i was there...in dam-b texas. right between jasper and woodville on 190. with my grandma. her birthday is sept. 26th and her name is mattie alice strawther owens...she was killed in a car wreck before christmas. what the hell was that..an 84 year old christian who never done any wrong..to survive a hurricane like that only to be taken by a selfish cell phone user?
I am so so sorry about your loss, i understand. my mother a Jasper resident was taken from us 4 years ago thanks to a drunk driver, she was 39. its changed my whole family.
i live in port neches tx and it looked like hell when we came back...we couldn't come to our house for 3 weeks and we didn't go back to school for about 5 weeks.
To me Rita was worse by different means. The evacuation of Galvaston to Houston coming towards louisiana was devistaing days before the hurricane hit, cars caught on fire, a bus exploded. then the hurricane turned to where the people had fled to saftey. New Orleans got flooded, they knew it was going to happen when the hurricane hit.I saw pic of Cameron parish,and they had trees WRAPPED around houses,Like a ball of mudd!Storm surge reached 3 miles south of lafayette parish.thats over 50 miles!
The song makes me sick. I am from the Lake Charles area and survived this mess and never once blamed Government for what happened nore has anyone I know blamed government either. Suck it up and move on is our motto down here in this part of Louisiana. The sooner the rest of the country gets that and stops playing blame games, the better off we all will be.
thats my neighborhood near the end of the video where you were talking with that lady. i live down that street you were on. our house wasnt damaged but all around us was
Kirbyville,Buna,Evadale,Silsbee,Fred,Spurger,Lumberton,Kountze,Vidor,there are sooooo many small towns that I didn't even mention that got hit hard by Rita!! And we are still trying to rebuild.
My brother and his friends live in Grand Chenier and Cameron, LA. I was just down there in June/July 2007, and there is still so much that needs done, and insurnace is still not paying, and Road Home Program for those people down there is a joke. I feel like forwarding the song to Gov. Blanco!!
That Hurricane was a nightmare! During the State of Emergency. It took me approximately 36 hours nonstop just to get to the Woodlands from Pasadena. The average trip timing takes at least 1 1/2 hours.
yeah it was pretty bad. my family evacuated from houston and went to my uncles in woodville just south of jasper, as that was as far as we could get, and at about 2-3 in the morning the whole roof came off. it started as a trickle but in about an hour there was 6 inches throughout the house it was a total loss. I was the first to leavefor home and as i was heading home i had to wait behind the emergency vehicles clearing the road. man was houston a fucking ghost town. it was erie
I wanted to say thanks for making this video. I was in Jasper when Rita came thru, it was very scary, the video didn't even begin to show the damage that was caused. We were stuck without power or running water for a month, some had it worse and were without even longer, I just thank the good Lord my family was safe and our homes had minimal damage.
my grandpa lived in chalmette, louisiana for hurricane katrina. st.bernard parish is not talked of much either. we sympathize with lake charles in rita. every home in chalmette was destroyed. they don't have a water line on my grandpas house, because he had 25 feet of water, well over the roof. the water rose from nothing to the roof in 3 minutes. many people drowned in their attics. we are also not new orleans, so we are forgotten too.
I agree adding some footage of Cameron would've added so much to this. I'm from Vermilion Parish which also had alot of stormsurge damage and while we still have a long way to go too, what I saw of Cameron a year later broke my heart....the song is a PERFECT choice!
nice video, you should have got some footage of cameron, LA, they got it the worst, its basicaly gone.. very sad, i live in lake charles and my front oak tree fell and destroyed the front of my house but its all good now.. and thats not really much compaired to what alot of people got so im thankfull.
We haven't had the media attention or the financial dollars that New Orleans has received for Katrina, even though the devestation from Rita was just as bad. Thanks for letting people know that we are still trying to rebuild here! Thanks also go out to the people from all over the country that have come to our small communities and helped! A Sulphur Survivor
i understand u lost houses and many things because of rita, but u didnt get same financial support and media ATTENTION AS KATRINA BECAUSE IT JUST WASNT THE SAME SCALE
millions of people lived in ht ehuge city of new orleans, while only a few thousand people live in the small communities along the northern texas shore
@noobkillaman actually rita was threatening to hit houston, which is the 4th biggest city in the US, and much much larger than new orleans (it has 5 million people, N.O. has about 1 million). What about ike? a hurricane that was just as bad as katrina in terms of storm surge and winds that hit houston 2 years ago? it affected 5 million people and was very destructive too, but we didnt get media attention and financial support from ike
i was there...in dam-b texas. right between jasper and woodville on 190. with my grandma. her birthday is sept. 26th and her name is mattie alice strawther owens...she was killed in a car wreck before christmas. what the hell was that..an 84 year old christian who never done any wrong..to survive a hurricane like that only to be taken by a selfish cell phone user?
jspmfr 3 years ago
I am so so sorry about your loss, i understand. my mother a Jasper resident was taken from us 4 years ago thanks to a drunk driver, she was 39. its changed my whole family.
larryj02 3 years ago
First we got rita then we got ike! :'(
rickengothic 3 years ago
I saw my house!!
mskimmie14 3 years ago
i live in port neches tx and it looked like hell when we came back...we couldn't come to our house for 3 weeks and we didn't go back to school for about 5 weeks.
XforgottonX 3 years ago
okay, to everyone who says rita was not bad and it didnt hit lake charles la
um...exuse me were you there do you live there no and hell no
um.. my house isnt where it use to be anymore
so
hurricanritasurvival 3 years ago
what category was hurricane rita?
thebiggestRIOT 3 years ago
To me Rita was worse by different means. The evacuation of Galvaston to Houston coming towards louisiana was devistaing days before the hurricane hit, cars caught on fire, a bus exploded. then the hurricane turned to where the people had fled to saftey. New Orleans got flooded, they knew it was going to happen when the hurricane hit.I saw pic of Cameron parish,and they had trees WRAPPED around houses,Like a ball of mudd!Storm surge reached 3 miles south of lafayette parish.thats over 50 miles!
bradford1028 3 years ago
man this brings back the nightmare of that week
i live in east texas and it took the usual hour and a half drive eight hours for my family from the beaumont area to get to our house
12 people in our house and 7 or eight dogs waitin and ridin out that awful storm with no power
my grandparents house survived but it the woods don't look the same anymore...its so bare now even 3 years later :(
halfmoonrise 3 years ago
my room roof had a huge hole in it from hurricane rita!
sassyshania101 3 years ago
oo i live in lake charles moss bluff i bearly got hit by both of the hurricanes.
brolly200 3 years ago
The song makes me sick. I am from the Lake Charles area and survived this mess and never once blamed Government for what happened nore has anyone I know blamed government either. Suck it up and move on is our motto down here in this part of Louisiana. The sooner the rest of the country gets that and stops playing blame games, the better off we all will be.
Blwn2000pu 3 years ago
My home was taken from me in this storm.
RedneckMelly 4 years ago
yea I live in Port Neces TX right by Port Auther and this hurricane left me with alot of sad memories
prodlowe 4 years ago
great video man i remember that i was in cleveland,tx
rkm2012 4 years ago
thats my neighborhood near the end of the video where you were talking with that lady. i live down that street you were on. our house wasnt damaged but all around us was
mattwilson07 4 years ago
Kirbyville,Buna,Evadale,Silsbee,Fred,Spurger,Lumberton,Kountze,Vidor,there are sooooo many small towns that I didn't even mention that got hit hard by Rita!! And we are still trying to rebuild.
colorsplashes 4 years ago
My brother and his friends live in Grand Chenier and Cameron, LA. I was just down there in June/July 2007, and there is still so much that needs done, and insurnace is still not paying, and Road Home Program for those people down there is a joke. I feel like forwarding the song to Gov. Blanco!!
jenna4freedom 4 years ago
i give you yo props man that was tight
rkm2012 4 years ago
That Hurricane was a nightmare! During the State of Emergency. It took me approximately 36 hours nonstop just to get to the Woodlands from Pasadena. The average trip timing takes at least 1 1/2 hours.
pr3v3n2 4 years ago
yeah it was pretty bad. my family evacuated from houston and went to my uncles in woodville just south of jasper, as that was as far as we could get, and at about 2-3 in the morning the whole roof came off. it started as a trickle but in about an hour there was 6 inches throughout the house it was a total loss. I was the first to leavefor home and as i was heading home i had to wait behind the emergency vehicles clearing the road. man was houston a fucking ghost town. it was erie
jordanguillory 4 years ago
I wanted to say thanks for making this video. I was in Jasper when Rita came thru, it was very scary, the video didn't even begin to show the damage that was caused. We were stuck without power or running water for a month, some had it worse and were without even longer, I just thank the good Lord my family was safe and our homes had minimal damage.
htownbiitch2stay 4 years ago
my grandpa lived in chalmette, louisiana for hurricane katrina. st.bernard parish is not talked of much either. we sympathize with lake charles in rita. every home in chalmette was destroyed. they don't have a water line on my grandpas house, because he had 25 feet of water, well over the roof. the water rose from nothing to the roof in 3 minutes. many people drowned in their attics. we are also not new orleans, so we are forgotten too.
kimberlyann5 4 years ago
i am from sulphur,my house was not damanged by rita.
PredsFanFromla 4 years ago
THIS SONG MAKES ME LAUGH.
PredsFanFromla 4 years ago
..... o_o;
wingsofhope2 4 years ago
I agree adding some footage of Cameron would've added so much to this. I'm from Vermilion Parish which also had alot of stormsurge damage and while we still have a long way to go too, what I saw of Cameron a year later broke my heart....the song is a PERFECT choice!
cajunreiner 4 years ago
nice video, you should have got some footage of cameron, LA, they got it the worst, its basicaly gone.. very sad, i live in lake charles and my front oak tree fell and destroyed the front of my house but its all good now.. and thats not really much compaired to what alot of people got so im thankfull.
tube2a 4 years ago
What is the name of the song that is being played and who is singing the song
RickyMA1988 5 years ago
its by P!NK and the song is called "Dear Mr. President" its the hidden track on her latest album
larryj02 5 years ago
I'm still waiting on my FEMA check that Bush promised me :)
gymnastmike 5 years ago 3
We haven't had the media attention or the financial dollars that New Orleans has received for Katrina, even though the devestation from Rita was just as bad. Thanks for letting people know that we are still trying to rebuild here! Thanks also go out to the people from all over the country that have come to our small communities and helped! A Sulphur Survivor
byusmurf 5 years ago 2
i understand u lost houses and many things because of rita, but u didnt get same financial support and media ATTENTION AS KATRINA BECAUSE IT JUST WASNT THE SAME SCALE
millions of people lived in ht ehuge city of new orleans, while only a few thousand people live in the small communities along the northern texas shore
noobkillaman 3 years ago
@noobkillaman actually rita was threatening to hit houston, which is the 4th biggest city in the US, and much much larger than new orleans (it has 5 million people, N.O. has about 1 million). What about ike? a hurricane that was just as bad as katrina in terms of storm surge and winds that hit houston 2 years ago? it affected 5 million people and was very destructive too, but we didnt get media attention and financial support from ike
CodArk2 7 months ago