I would say that it probably means the entire town. It was right on the coast, and the gulf has gone inland as far as Lake Charles, 20 to 25 miles to the north.
Putting towns in places like that is like begging hurricanes to wipe them out.
Laz, those towns have been there for a very, very long time. Most of them now are basically staging and support areas for the oil services companies. My husband used to stage from Houma and Cameron when he would go offshore to work on the pieces of the rigs he designed.
People that live there know that they can get whacked by a hurricane. It's no different that people that live along the San Andreas Fault. It's just assessing how much risk you are willing to take. We haven't had a major hurricane in the upper Texas Coast since 1983!
LOL FOX News showing how some private people came out of cleared the roads with chainsaws. GREAT example of how the people can get the job done. Meanwhile the city is no-where to be found.
PERFECT example of what was stated above. People are not stupid and can get things accomplished.