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September 25. 2005
Hurricane Rita shifted her course, with the eye coming on shore very early Sept. 24 at Johnson Bayou in Cameron Parish near the Louisiana-Texas border. Eunice and much of Acadiana to the east had relatively minor damage from tropical storm force winds. However, further west in Cameron and Calcasieu parishes, the winds and storm surge inflicted catastrophic damage. Residents still remember the hundreds who lost their lives in Hurricane Audrey in 1957, so they evacuated, preventing loss of life when Rita came ashore. But the property losses are even more catastrophic than the damage from Audrey, and eastern Texas was also devastated by winds well over 100 miles an hour. In southern Vermilion and Iberia parishes, the storm surge, propelled by strong south winds that kept up for two days, caused the worst flooding in anyone's memory. Towns like Erath, Delcambre, Lydia, and smaller communities have been inundated. Support for hurricane relief efforts is now more vital than ever. Acadiana and Southwest Louisiana contributed in many ways to Hurricane Katrina relief. Now there is a dire need to help our neighbors in our own area. In addition to the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, many other groups are involved in relief efforts, including the United Way of Acadiana, which has established a Hurricane Recovery Fund, and the State of Louisiana, which organized the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation.
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