Eyeballing Rita Damage 01

25 September 2005

Captions by Associated Press.

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An oil rig platform construction facility is surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 near New Iberia, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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A man is helped after falling off a raft while moving through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Abbeville, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Floodwaters surround damaged homes and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The site where homes once stood in Holly Beach, is shown in this aerial view in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron Parish, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Floodwaters surround damaged homes and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The Henry Hub natural gas facility is surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Erath, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Holly Beach, La. where homes once stood is shown in this aerial view in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
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The city of Cameron is covered in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

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Cody Vice, 20, right, is overwhelmed as he and his friend Dustin Hymel, 19, background, rescue neighbor George Readom from his flooded home Saturday, Sept. 24 2005, in Abbeville, La. Readom, who is crippled and could not leave his home before Hurricane Rita hit the area, was handed off to military personnel to be transported out. (AP Photo/The Austin American-Statesman, Matt Rourke) ** NO MAGS NO SALES NO TV INTERNET: AP NEWSPAPER MEMBERS ONLY. **
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Lester Levene, left, and Dustin Hymel, 19, support their elderly neighbor George Readom in Abbeville, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, as Cody Vice, 20, right, pushes bags floating on a tire. Readom is crippled and was unable to leave on his own as waters rose in rain from Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Matt Rourke) ** NO SALES NO MAGS, NO TV. INTERNET: AP NEWSPAPER MEMBERS ONLY **

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Drew Suire, center, is embraced by his aunt Donna Cassisa, left, and his mother, Mona Suire, after he returned from their flooded homes Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in New Iberia, La. The area was flooded with water from Hurricane Rita Saturday. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) ** MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES **
[Image] Lisa Blake of New Orleans looks through her photos to see if any are fine after Hurricane Rita outside the Cajundome in Lafayette, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. She and Scott Surgi (not shown) had been turned away from shelters in Crowley and Lake Charles before returning to the Cajundome for shelter. (AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Denice Broussard) ** NO SALES**

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Michele Miller, holding her dog, Poochie, and her son Rickey Miller, right, watch as Spc. Forrest Vinson, with the 527th Engineering Battalion from Ruston, La., loads Lady into the back of a Louisiana Army National Guard truck as they leave due to flooding from Hurricane Rita in Erath, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. The family was staying with friends after evacuating from Pecan Island. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) ** NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV **
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New Iberia resident Leroy Marks, right, gets help from Bill Delarm in rescuing Chut, left and Puddles from their home in New Iberia, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, as floodwaters from Hurricane Rita swept through southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) **MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES**

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Loveless Touchet carries his neighbor's child, Kaitlyn Ardin, 2, to a Louisiana Army National Guard vehicle as the rest of Ardin's family gets off a rescue boat in Erath, La., to escape flooding from Hurricane Rita, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) ** NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV **
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A Coast Guard helicopter lands on a flooded Hwy. 82, Saturday Sept. 24, 2005, to pick up residents caught by the rising water caused by Hurricane Rita in Mouton Cove, La. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Brad Kemp) ** NO SALES **

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People prepare to be transported by the Louisiana Army National Guard, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Erath, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, to a safe location. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) ** NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV **
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New Iberia resident Vincent Cassisa, left, and others wade with what belongings they could carry from their homes in New Iberia, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 as floodwaters from Hurricane Rita quickly swept through southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) **MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES**

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Members of the Port Arthur, Texas, Police Department SWAT Team patrol the city after Hurricane Rita swept over Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/ The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) **TV, OUT MAGS, NO SALES, ONLNES OUT**
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Members of the Port Arthur, Texas, Police Dept SWAT Team patrol the city in the back of a city truck after Hurricane Rita swept over Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/ The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) **TV, OUT MAGS, NO SALES, ONLNES OUT**

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Volunteers, some of which were also evacuees and some inmates who volunteered from a work crew from the Polk County Sheriffs' Department help unload a truck bringing food and water to a shelter at Livingston Jr. High School in Livingston, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita made landfall early Saturday morning causing extensive damage to Texas and Louisiana. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Steve Campbell) ** MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, MAGS OUT, TV OUT, INTERNET: AP MEMBERS ONLY **
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Savannah Gary climbs into a truck as her child, Kaitlyn Ardin, 2, cries during a rescue by the Louisiana Army National Guard, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Erath, La. Gary and her family were rescued from flooding from Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Jim Hudelson) ** NO SALES NO MAGS NO TV **

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A house lies heavily damaged by winds of Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, near Port Arthur, Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer) ** MANDATORY CREDIT MAGS OUT, NO SALES TV OUT INTERNET: AP MEMBERS ONLY **
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Rescue personnel stand in flood waters from Hurricane Rita in Erath, La., near the intersection of Hwys. 14 and 339, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast Saturday, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) ** NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV **

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U.S. Coast Guard flight mechanic Alan Maloney looks out at the damage and flooding during a flight over Oak Grove, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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The aftermath of Hurricane Rita is seen over Campron, La., in this aerial photo made in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)

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This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows damage and flooding in Gibbstown Bridge, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows a damaged and flooded church in Campron, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)

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Carlyss Fire Department Captain Andy Clopton, left, 33, consoles Dale LeDoux , 55, as LeDoux watches his home of five years burn to the ground in Sulphur, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Firefighters responding to the blaze ran out of water during Hurricane Rita and had no choice but to let the home burn itself out. LeDoux says he had come home to take care of storm damage when he noticed the fire. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Edmund Fountain) **NO MAGS NO SALES**
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Rose Machado, left, walks in waist high flood water as her neighbors' trailer burns in Lafitte, La., after Hurricane Rita passed through the area, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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An unidentified woman sits on her porch as floodwater continues to rise Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Jean Lafitte, La. This community is experiencing the effects from Hurricane Rita and many homes have been flooded. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
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Evacuees Thomas Olivier, left, Ronald Perrin, second from left, Shannon Ola, third from left, and Donald Scioneaux holding Seth Ola, 3, along with other residents of lower Jean Lafitte, La. flee rising floodwaters Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. The community is experiencing the effects from Hurricane Rita and many homes have been flooded. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)

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Residents of Laffite, La., are evacuated by an air boat after surges from Hurricane Rita flooded the area, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita swept ashore Saturday with a powerful surge of seawater that swamped coastal communities and vast stretches of farmland from the Texas line to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Rescuers scrambled into boats and helicopters to reach hundreds of stranded residents who chose to ride out the storm. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
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Cornell Cauley of Houston enters a makeshift shower Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, behind the Mayborn Convention Center, which was turned into a shelter for Hurricane Rita refugees in Temple, Texas. The convention center received more than 400 refugees, of which half remain. Many have left, making their way back to the Texas coast despite alerts from government officials to stay away. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Andrew Nenque) ** NO SALES, MAGS OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT **

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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter surveys the damage over Campron, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows debris in Calcasieu, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)

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This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows vehicles making their way through flooded streets in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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A environmental worker prepares to spread booms and oil-absorbant pads around the perimeter fence at the Valero's Port Arthur,Texas, refinery following an oil spill after it was flooded by Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita made landfall along the Texas coast early Saturday.morning. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)

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A fishing boat is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita over Campron, La., in this aerial photo made in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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A fishing boat is seen on its side in this aerial view with the U.S. Coast Guard, over Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)

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This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows damage and flooding in Sweet Lake, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
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A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter is seen flying over Oak Grove, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)

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Donovan Patout, left, Stephan White, center and Rusty Broussard rescue three dogs from a friends home near New Iberia, La., as floods from Hurricane Rita cover the road Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck) **MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES**
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The Groves Community Seventh Day Adventist Church in Groves, Texas is damaged after Hurricane Rita hit the area Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) ** OUT TV, OUT MAGAZINES, OUT TABLOIDS, OUT WIDE WORLD, OUT INTERNET USE. NO SALES. **

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Ernestine Mitchell talks about the tree that fell on her home from Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Warren, Texas. Mitchell stayed home during the hurricane with 19 friends and family members. No one was injured. (AP Photo/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gabriel B. Tait) ** MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT **
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A fishing boat and mobile home, rear, rest in the water near the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, after the storm surge from Hurricane Rita pushed them to the road way at LaFleur Park. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck ) **MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES**

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President Bush, shakes hands with Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife Game Warden, Gary Teller, left, during the President's visit to the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Bush hopscotched the country from one high-tech disaster command center to another Saturday, declaring himself satisfied with the government's response to Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)
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Chase Hebert wades towards a friend's horse barn near Rose Hill in Vermilion Parish, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Chase rode out the Hurricane Rita in Kaplan, La., and returned to the farm to save the horses. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Kerry Maloney) **MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES**

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Spike Harrell of Conroe, Texas, wades onto dry ground after stalling his truck in deep water beneath an overpass along PPG Road in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Harrell, an oilfield consultant, was trying to get to Lafayette, La., to assist a company trying to get an oil rig back in place after Hurricane Rita moved it from its moorings. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Bryan Tuck) **MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES**
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Carter Brennan with the Lake Charles Fire Dept. peeks through a window of a house damaged by Hurricane Rita in Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Mark Saltz) ** MAGS OUT NO SALES **

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Editors, photo editors and librarians: Please eliminate from your systems and archives AP Photo LAALE102, slugged: RITA NEW ORLEANS, transmitted Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The image was transmitted in error. The AP
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Flood waters from the storm surge of Hurricane Rita flow through skewed shipping containers in an industrial area of New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. Hurricane Rita's wind-driven storm surge topped one the battered levees and poked holes in another Friday, sending water gushing into already-devastated neighborhoods just days after they had been pumped dry. (AP Photo/The Town Talk, Tia Owens-Powers)

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Editors, photo editors and librarians: Please eliminate from your systems and archives AP Photo LAALE103, slugged: RITA, transmitted Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The image was transmitted in error. The AP
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Watermarks can be seen on the sides of houses in a neighborhood of the downtown side of the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. New floodwater filled the streets from a small breach in the floodwall caused by the effects of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/The Town Talk, Tia Owens-Powers)

Captions by Associated Press.
An oil rig platform construction facility is surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 near New Iberia, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)	A man is helped after falling off a raft while moving through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Abbeville, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Floodwaters surround damaged homes and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)	The site where homes once stood in Holly Beach, is shown in this aerial view in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron Parish, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Floodwaters surround damaged homes and businesses in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)	The Henry Hub natural gas facility is surrounded by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Erath, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Holly Beach, La. where homes once stood is shown in this aerial view in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)	The city of Cameron is covered in floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Sunday, Sept. 25, 2005 in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Cody Vice, 20, right, is overwhelmed as he and his friend Dustin Hymel, 19, background, rescue neighbor George Readom from his flooded home Saturday, Sept. 24 2005, in Abbeville, La. Readom, who is crippled and could not leave his home before Hurricane Rita hit the area, was handed off to military personnel to be transported out. (AP Photo/The Austin American-Statesman, Matt Rourke) NO MAGS NO SALES NO TV INTERNET: AP NEWSPAPER MEMBERS ONLY.	Lester Levene, left, and Dustin Hymel, 19, support their elderly neighbor George Readom in Abbeville, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, as Cody Vice, 20, right, pushes bags floating on a tire. Readom is crippled and was unable to leave on his own as waters rose in rain from Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Matt Rourke) NO SALES NO MAGS, NO TV. INTERNET: AP NEWSPAPER MEMBERS ONLY
Drew Suire, center, is embraced by his aunt Donna Cassisa, left, and his mother, Mona Suire, after he returned from their flooded homes Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in New Iberia, La. The area was flooded with water from Hurricane Rita Saturday. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES	Lisa Blake of New Orleans looks through her photos to see if any are fine after Hurricane Rita outside the Cajundome in Lafayette, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. She and Scott Surgi (not shown) had been turned away from shelters in Crowley and Lake Charles before returning to the Cajundome for shelter. (AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Denice Broussard) NO SALES
Michele Miller, holding her dog, Poochie, and her son Rickey Miller, right, watch as Spc. Forrest Vinson, with the 527th Engineering Battalion from Ruston, La., loads Lady into the back of a Louisiana Army National Guard truck as they leave due to flooding from Hurricane Rita in Erath, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. The family was staying with friends after evacuating from Pecan Island. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV	New Iberia resident Leroy Marks, right, gets help from Bill Delarm in rescuing Chut, left and Puddles from their home in New Iberia, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, as floodwaters from Hurricane Rita swept through southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES
Loveless Touchet carries his neighbor's child, Kaitlyn Ardin, 2, to a Louisiana Army National Guard vehicle as the rest of Ardin's family gets off a rescue boat in Erath, La., to escape flooding from Hurricane Rita, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV	A Coast Guard helicopter lands on a flooded Hwy. 82, Saturday Sept. 24, 2005, to pick up residents caught by the rising water caused by Hurricane Rita in Mouton Cove, La. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Brad Kemp) NO SALES
People prepare to be transported by the Louisiana Army National Guard, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Erath, La., in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita, to a safe location. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV	New Iberia resident Vincent Cassisa, left, and others wade with what belongings they could carry from their homes in New Iberia, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 as floodwaters from Hurricane Rita quickly swept through southern Louisiana. (AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal, Matthew Craig) MAGS OUT TV OUT NO SALES
Members of the Port Arthur, Texas, Police Department SWAT Team patrol the city after Hurricane Rita swept over Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/ The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) TV, OUT MAGS, NO SALES, ONLNES OUT	Members of the Port Arthur, Texas, Police Dept SWAT Team patrol the city in the back of a city truck after Hurricane Rita swept over Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/ The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) TV, OUT MAGS, NO SALES, ONLNES OUT
Volunteers, some of which were also evacuees and some inmates who volunteered from a work crew from the Polk County Sheriffs' Department help unload a truck bringing food and water to a shelter at Livingston Jr. High School in Livingston, Texas, on Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita made landfall early Saturday morning causing extensive damage to Texas and Louisiana. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Steve Campbell) MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES, MAGS OUT, TV OUT, INTERNET: AP MEMBERS ONLY	Savannah Gary climbs into a truck as her child, Kaitlyn Ardin, 2, cries during a rescue by the Louisiana Army National Guard, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Erath, La. Gary and her family were rescued from flooding from Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/The Shreveport Times, Jim Hudelson) NO SALES NO MAGS NO TV

A house lies heavily damaged by winds of Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, near Port Arthur, Texas. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Brett Coomer) MANDATORY CREDIT MAGS OUT, NO SALES TV OUT INTERNET: AP MEMBERS ONLY	Rescue personnel stand in flood waters from Hurricane Rita in Erath, La., near the intersection of Hwys. 14 and 339, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Rita pummeled east Texas and the Louisiana coast Saturday, triggering floods and demolishing buildings. (AP Photo/The Times, Jim Hudelson) NO SALES, NO MAGS, NO TV
U.S. Coast Guard flight mechanic Alan Maloney looks out at the damage and flooding during a flight over Oak Grove, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	The aftermath of Hurricane Rita is seen over Campron, La., in this aerial photo made in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows damage and flooding in Gibbstown Bridge, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows a damaged and flooded church in Campron, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
Carlyss Fire Department Captain Andy Clopton, left, 33, consoles Dale LeDoux , 55, as LeDoux watches his home of five years burn to the ground in Sulphur, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Firefighters responding to the blaze ran out of water during Hurricane Rita and had no choice but to let the home burn itself out. LeDoux says he had come home to take care of storm damage when he noticed the fire. (AP Photo/St. Petersburg Times, Edmund Fountain) NO MAGS NO SALES	Rose Machado, left, walks in waist high flood water as her neighbors' trailer burns in Lafitte, La., after Hurricane Rita passed through the area, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005 (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)
An unidentified woman sits on her porch as floodwater continues to rise Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Jean Lafitte, La. This community is experiencing the effects from Hurricane Rita and many homes have been flooded. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)	Evacuees Thomas Olivier, left, Ronald Perrin, second from left, Shannon Ola, third from left, and Donald Scioneaux holding Seth Ola, 3, along with other residents of lower Jean Lafitte, La. flee rising floodwaters Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. The community is experiencing the effects from Hurricane Rita and many homes have been flooded. (AP Photo/Ric Francis)
Residents of Laffite, La., are evacuated by an air boat after surges from Hurricane Rita flooded the area, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita swept ashore Saturday with a powerful surge of seawater that swamped coastal communities and vast stretches of farmland from the Texas line to the mouth of the Mississippi River. Rescuers scrambled into boats and helicopters to reach hundreds of stranded residents who chose to ride out the storm. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)	Cornell Cauley of Houston enters a makeshift shower Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, behind the Mayborn Convention Center, which was turned into a shelter for Hurricane Rita refugees in Temple, Texas. The convention center received more than 400 refugees, of which half remain. Many have left, making their way back to the Texas coast despite alerts from government officials to stay away. (AP Photo/Temple Daily Telegram, Andrew Nenque) NO SALES, MAGS OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT
A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter surveys the damage over Campron, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows debris in Calcasieu, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows vehicles making their way through flooded streets in Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	A environmental worker prepares to spread booms and oil-absorbant pads around the perimeter fence at the Valero's Port Arthur,Texas, refinery following an oil spill after it was flooded by Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita made landfall along the Texas coast early Saturday.morning. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
A fishing boat is seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita over Campron, La., in this aerial photo made in a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	A fishing boat is seen on its side in this aerial view with the U.S. Coast Guard, over Port Arthur, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
This aerial photo taken from a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows damage and flooding in Sweet Lake, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)	A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter is seen flying over Oak Grove, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/David L. Ryan, Pool)
Donovan Patout, left, Stephan White, center and Rusty Broussard rescue three dogs from a friends home near New Iberia, La., as floods from Hurricane Rita cover the road Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck) MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES	The Groves Community Seventh Day Adventist Church in Groves, Texas is damaged after Hurricane Rita hit the area Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. (AP Photo/The Palm Beach Post, Lannis Waters) OUT TV, OUT MAGAZINES, OUT TABLOIDS, OUT WIDE WORLD, OUT INTERNET USE. NO SALES.
Ernestine Mitchell talks about the tree that fell on her home from Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Warren, Texas. Mitchell stayed home during the hurricane with 19 friends and family members. No one was injured. (AP Photo/The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Gabriel B. Tait) MAGS OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, ARCHIVE OUT	A fishing boat and mobile home, rear, rest in the water near the Interstate 210 bridge in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, after the storm surge from Hurricane Rita pushed them to the road way at LaFleur Park. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Arthur D. Lauck ) MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES
President Bush, shakes hands with Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife Game Warden, Gary Teller, left, during the President's visit to the Texas Emergency Operations Center in Austin, Texas, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Bush hopscotched the country from one high-tech disaster command center to another Saturday, declaring himself satisfied with the government's response to Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Rodolfo Gonzalez)	Chase Hebert wades towards a friend's horse barn near Rose Hill in Vermilion Parish, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Chase rode out the Hurricane Rita in Kaplan, La., and returned to the farm to save the horses. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Kerry Maloney) MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES
Spike Harrell of Conroe, Texas, wades onto dry ground after stalling his truck in deep water beneath an overpass along PPG Road in Lake Charles, La., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Harrell, an oilfield consultant, was trying to get to Lafayette, La., to assist a company trying to get an oil rig back in place after Hurricane Rita moved it from its moorings. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Bryan Tuck) MAGS OUT, INTERNET OUT, NO SALES	Carter Brennan with the Lake Charles Fire Dept. peeks through a window of a house damaged by Hurricane Rita in Lake Charles, La. (AP Photo/The Advocate, Mark Saltz) MAGS OUT NO SALES
Editors, photo editors and librarians: Please eliminate from your systems and archives AP Photo LAALE102, slugged: RITA NEW ORLEANS, transmitted Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The image was transmitted in error. The AP	Flood waters from the storm surge of Hurricane Rita flow through skewed shipping containers in an industrial area of New Orleans, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. Hurricane Rita's wind-driven storm surge topped one the battered levees and poked holes in another Friday, sending water gushing into already-devastated neighborhoods just days after they had been pumped dry. (AP Photo/The Town Talk, Tia Owens-Powers)
Editors, photo editors and librarians: Please eliminate from your systems and archives AP Photo LAALE103, slugged: RITA, transmitted Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The image was transmitted in error. The AP	Watermarks can be seen on the sides of houses in a neighborhood of the downtown side of the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, La., Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. New floodwater filled the streets from a small breach in the floodwall caused by the effects of Hurricane Rita. (AP Photo/The Town Talk, Tia Owens-Powers)