| Rebekah Rankin and her new baby boy, Spencer Dean! Born August 26, 2005. 8 pounds 3 ounces. Congratulations Rebekah! Click here to see more pictures here! |
| Hurricane Rita MT Supervisor, Karen Monceaux, lives in Groves, Texas which is about 2 minutes from Port Arthur where the storm came in. She sent these pictures. Thankfully, Karen's house withstood the storm. Click on the pictures to see larger versions. |
| This is part of Karen's backyard near her shed. The tree hanging over it is a neighbor's tree |
| Next Door Neighbor's Yard |
| Next Door Neighbor's Yard |
| Local Business |
| House Down the Street 8 houses down from Karen |
| Karen's House |
| This is an empty lot behind Karen's house with a ton of trees. As you can see a number of them are down. |
| House on street near Karen with a mangled garage. Their house seemed to be okay but the garage was just tore up. |
| This is a neighbor across the street from Karen. House is okay but trees down everywhere. |
| This is an amazing picture. You can see pictures down but then there stands a lonely golf tee!!!! |
| This is an overpass by Lamar University in Beaumont |
| A local Market Basket (grocery store) |
| Local Oil Refinery |
| This is the post office in Sabine Pass. Sabine Pass is right on the coast and is pretty much wiped out. |
| This is the home of the Port Arthur Mayor that burned right after the hurricane. |
| House on 39th in Groves |
| Hollywood Theater at Parkdale |
| The house with the blue tarp over it is one of Katelyn's (Karen's daughter) friend's home. The house that has no roof is next door to the one with the blue tarp. The roof of the house ended up on top of the house with the blue tarp. |
| Dairy Queen |
| This is a small trailer park in town. Every other trailer had damage and every other one was okay. You can see the one with the couch and loveseat still in the living room. |
| This is a small strip mall in town |
