Hurricane Rita

Sep 24, 2005



We're about at the yellow dot

Our chimney needs some work

The dogwood in front of the house could not handle the wind

most of the cedars were lost

pine trees leaning in the wind

a tree fell on our cabin around 7:30 am

front yard

our light pole

close up of the cabin

more cabin photos

two nice oak trees that made a great swing until now

another view of the cabin area

tree in our driveway

the inside of the cabin after the storm came in

view looking out of the cabin

with the neighbors after the storm

driving down FM 1276

checking out the damage

baby squirrels displaced

the inside of our neighbor's house after their roof blew off

what's left of their roof

starting to clean up

Rick got stuck in our driveway

tree down in the driveway

Rick's mom's house -- only lost the pecan tree

but our barn out back wasn't so lucky

closeup of the barn with the neighbor's tree through it

inside the barn

one of the FEMA meals

checking out the damaged oak trees

three oak trees down together at the back of our place

Holly and our new dog, Smoke

Alana and the roots of the oak trees

no one lived in this house -- one of the worst hit

neighborhood...

a corner totally wiped out...

neighborhood...

lost most of the nice huge oak trees around this house

neighborhood...

neighborhood...

waiting on the insurance adjuster so we can replace the dogwood

dairy aisle at Leesville, LA Wal-Mart, open 8-5 weeks after the storm