Hurricane Rita, The Forgotten Storm

"On Thursday, I went to Southwest Louisiana with Mark. He was on an assignment to cover the reconstruction work in the area destroyed by Hurricane Rita. I returned home mad because I felt people living in that part of the state are being neglected. I was angry because I realized that small towns, which constitute most of America, aren't important to the national media. They aren't as cool to cover after a disaster turns lives upside down.

I met very tough people during my trip. A couple told us that they aren't asking for what New Orleans people want. They said all they want was to get back to where they were before the hurricane."
Fayrouz in Beaumont

Fay's adventure through Hurricane ravaged south. Many people not accustomed to the damage that can be wroth by a hurricane wonder why the place is still in pieces, to us here in south Dade, it's nothing new. A storm can take in a couple of hours what took lifetimes to build, so it's no big mystery why the damage lingers. And linger it will for years to come.