Hear anything from Lafayette? New Iberia?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/24/AR2005092400511_pf.html
Rita Hits Near Civil War Battleground
By The Associated Press
The Associated Press
Saturday, September 24, 2005; 10:12 AM
-- Hurricane Rita came ashore Saturday just east of Sabine Pass, Texas, home to a Civil War battleground and a town that was nearly destroyed by a hurricane over a century ago.
In 1886, a hurricane destroyed much of the town of Sabine Pass, killing 86 people. Major storms hit again in 1900 and 1915.
Sabine Pass was annexed by Port Arthur in 1978, and about 1,500 people lived in the community in the early 1980s.
The Sabine Pass Battleground State Park & Historic Site commemorates a battle in 1863, when the U.S. Navy tried to invade Confederate Texas. The Navy wanted access to the rail center of Houston, but was stopped by Lt. Dick Dowling of the Confederate Army and 46 of his men, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Web site.
Sabine Pass also is the birthplace of J.P. Richardson Jr., "The Big Bopper," who died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and Ritchie Valens in 1959. Two years earlier, he recorded his most famous song, "Chantilly Lace."
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On the Net:
The Sabine Pass Battleground State Park:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/sabine_pass_battleground
I heard there was flooding in New Iberia this morning. But that was from 8:30.
Laf. area - trees down, some w/out elec., no real damage
New Iberia - flooding is the major problem, some houses w/out roofs, lots of trees down
everything south of that is major flooding 6+ feet of water in houses, people on rooftops waiting to be picked up, and that is the places that they can get to!