It looks good now too ;) What did you think of Harrah's? They took a beating.
CC,
They sure did take a beating. Sulphur, Westlake, all of the area did.
My sister-in-law had all the newspaper reports from the American Press and Beaumont Enterprise. She has a scrapbook she's put together.
I was tickled at the LC American Press reports -- they apparently didn't publish a few issues, then printed the special publication and calendar. I meant to pick up a copy of the calendar and special section, but things were so hectic I didn't get it done.
I think I told you I gave the editor of the LCAP (Brett Downer) his first newspaper job, on the Contraband. Also Dennis Spears, a sports editor. I visited with Dennis a few years ago when I was in LC for a conference. I'm sure you remember old Jim Beam (not the whiskey, you'll know what I'm referring to)? I knew him well also.
My sister in law was really fascinated with the canned water from FEMA. She had photos of them in the scrapbook, because most people had never seen such (bottled, yea, but canned).
Then after we left there we read an article about how FEMA destroyed thousands of cans of the water. I assume it's so they can pay some govt. contractor lots of dough to can some more the next big disaster, instead of storing them for future use (DUH). Hope you saved some canned water, it'll be a collector's item someday.