That picture looks to me like a section of Cameron maybe 4 streets wide at the most. It was a beach side community even though it was the Parish seat. Many of the beach side structures were up on stilts and a lot were rental properties also. Cameron sits at the mouth of the Calcasieu River and the Gulf of Mexico. It is the entrance to the Lake Charles port, etc and host a lot of off shore pertroleum support facilities along with a fishing and shrimping fleet.
The reason you don't see much in the photo is that most of everything will be many miles inland because the storm surge will have washed it there.
I worked a pipeline job through that marsh north of the beach in 1957 after Hurricane Audrey came through. There were bits and pieces of houses, boats, refrigerators, all miles inland to where the originally resided.
I'm sure some of the town structures may have survived because some did in 1957. Such as the court house.
... in 1957 after Hurricane Audrey came through. There were bits and pieces of houses, boats, refrigerators, all miles inland to where the originally resided ...
There was also a school bus that had been swept off the road -- visible way out in the marsh. It was there for years after Audrey -- a poignant reminder of the tragedy.