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State Farm Insurance workers Dan Marrujo of Fort Worth, Texas, left, Maria Granger of San Antonio, center, and Paul Olson of Mesquite, Texas, give aid to a Hurricane Rita victim, not in picture, at the Federal Emergency Management Agency hurricane relief center in Houston on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Saying they were caught off-guard by the number of people in need, FEMA officials closed a relief center early on Wednesday after some of the hundreds of hurricane victims in line began fainting in triple-digit heat. (AP Photo/Donna Carson)

Signs inside the Federal Emergency Management Agency hurricane relief center direct people where to obtain services Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005. Saying they were caught off-guard by the number of people in need, FEMA officials closed the center early on Wednesday after some of the hundreds of hurricane victims in line began fainting in triple-digit heat. (AP Photo/Donna Carson)

Myra Sellers, right, and her brother-in-law Bronson Davis hang clothes out to dry on a fallen tree in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005 near Woodville, Texas. Residents in the area are still waiting for power and water to be restored. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Hurricane Rita Pictures from Monday, Sept. 26, 2005

Local resident Louis Parent pedals his bicycle on flooded Boulevard Hamel, a main artery in the lower north end of Quebec City. The street was closed as remnants from hurricane Rita fell on the region. Jacques Boissinot ASSOCIATED PRESS

Emergency workers gather in what was downtown Cameron, La. Ric Feld ASSOCIATED PRESS

Military vehicles loaded with soldiers and workers make their way past what was a Shell gas station in Cameron, La. Ric Feld ASSOCIATED PRESS

Search and rescue personnel walk through mud in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in Cameron, La.  David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

Search and rescue personnel walk through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in Cameron, La.  David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

An overturned truck leans on a tree in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in Cameron, La.  David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

A search and rescue worker walks through the mud in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita in Cameron, La.  David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

Alligators swim in receding Hurricane Rita floodwaters around Highway 82 in Cameron Parish just outside the boundries of the Rockerfeller Wildlife Refuge near North Island, La. Smiley N. Pool THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Receding floodwaters from Hurricane Rita leave a house in the middle of Highway 82 in Grand Chenier, La. Smiley N. Pool THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

A house rests against a tree in floodwaters from Hurricane Rita, a few hundred yards from its foundation, in Grand Chenier, La. Smiley N. Pool THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Motorists wait for debris to be cleared off Highway 82 in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita near Forked Island, La. David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cattle make their way down Highway 82 through floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Rita south of Forked Island, La. David J. Phillip ASSOCIATED PRESS

Hurricane Rita Pictures

In Lake Charles, La., dozens of boats broke their moorings and clustered up against a rail line running along the highway. Stephen Crowley/The New York

The storm caused flooding in Beaumont, Tex., and throughout the Gulf region. Marko Georgiev for The New York Times

Wranglers tried to guide a herd of cattle to higher ground Saturday as floodwaters rose after a levee broke in Chauvin in Southern Louisiana. Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images

An above-ground tomb floated down a street Saturday in Delcambre, La., after the hurricane pushed water from Vermilion Bay into the city. Lori Waselchuk for The New York Times

Hurricane Rita Pictures, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005

Sweet Lake area, La. David L. Ryan THE BOSTON GLOBE

United States Coast Guard flight mechanic Alan Maloney looks over storm damage in Oak Grove, La.
David L. Ryan THE BOSTON GLOBE

A neighborhood is surrounded by flood waters left by Hurricane Rita in Port Arthur, Texas on Saturday. Ron Heflin ASSOCIATED PRESS

Trees are snapped to the ground by winds of Hurricane Rita on Saturday. Brett Coomer ASSOCIATED PRESS

A building in Port Arthur is damaged by Hurrican Rita. Lannis Waters THE PALM BEACH POST

Pictures of Flooding Caused by Hurricane Rita

Mandeville during Hurricane Rita Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Lakeshore Drive in Mandeville with about five feet of Lake Pontchartrain on top of it. PHOTO BY CHUCK COOK

Louisiana Highway 14 runs through Delcambre, La., floods from tidal surge from Hurricnae Rita, Saturday, September 24, 2005. STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

Delcambre, La. residents troll the streets in hopes of finding town folk that want to leave after floods from tidal surge from Hurricane Rita covered the area with up to 10 feet of water, Saturday, September 24, 2005. PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

A pony is stranded in water on Jefferson Island Road near Delcambre, La., from tidal surge from Hurricane Rita, Saturday, September 24, 2005. PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

Trying to save anything they can from their flooded home on Avery Island Road in New Iberia, are from front ot back is Jace Marceaux, Juan Migues, center and Toby Provost Saturday, September 24, 2005. PHOTO BY DAVID GRUNFELD

Sailboats wash up against a railroad bridge near downtown Lake Charles during the high winds of Hurricane Rita Sept. 24, 2005 PHOTO BY TED JACKSON

Thw Waters Return to New Orleans due to Rita

Jefferson Parish Sheriff Deputies use a truck to help evacuees escape rising floodwaters Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, in Jean Lafitte, La. This community is experiencing the effects from Hurricane Rita and many homes have been flooded. AP Photo/Ric Francis

Klyle Guidry paddles up a street in Laffite, La., to check on his house after surges from Hurricane Rita flooded the area, Sept. 24, 2005. Hurricane Rita swept ashore with a powerful surge of seawater that swamped coastal communities. AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian

Flooding in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans, is seen Sept. 24, 2005. The failure on the Industrial Canal, where a storm surge pushed by Hurricane Rita's winds topped a levee and caused water to cascade into the area. AP Photo/Brad Loper

Picture of President Bush and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff

President Bush and Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff are briefed on Hurricane Rita at Peterson Air Force Base, in Colorado Springs, Colo., Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005. Peterson is the headquarters for NORAD and the U.S. Northern Command's operation center. Bush is monitoring Hurricane Rita from an Air Force base in the Rocky Mountain foothills, seeing how the military is working with state and local officials battling the storm more than 1,000 miles away. Susan Walsh ASSOCIATED PRESS

Pictures of Ninth Ward Flooding Due to Levee Break

This image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows an aeriel view of the Ninth Ward, after rising waters caused by Hurricane Rita ran over the levee Friday in New Orleans. AP Photo/U.S. Coast Guard

Water rises in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans Friday. The repaired levee along the Industrial Canal was breached allowing water to flow into neighborhoods that were just getting dry from Hurricane Katrina. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel

Water from the breach in the levee in the Industrial Canal floods the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Friday. The neighborhood had just been pumped dry from flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. AP Photo/Ric Francis

Water flows over Alavar Street in New Orleans, Friday due to a breach in the floodwall on the downtown side of the Industrial Canal. AP Photo/Tia Owens

Water from the breach in the levee in the Industrial Canal floods the lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, Friday. The neighborhood had just been pumped dry from flood waters of Hurricane Katrina. AP Photo/Ric Francis

New Orleans Area Feeling Hurricane Rita's Effect, September 23

82nd Airborne Major Gen. Bill Caldwell, left, and Command Sgt. Major Wolf Amacker talk about the new flooding from the Claiborne Avenue bridge as Hurricane Rita adds to the destruction after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. PHOTO BY ALEX BRANDON

Water from the Industrial Canal pours over one side of a train track, right, in Gentily, and toward the other rail, left, which is sunken and closer toward the city of New Orleans as Hurricane Rita comes closer to southeast Louisiana Friday. PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

Water from Bayou Bienvenue swamps a car parked alongside Paris Road in Chalmette as Hurricane Rita brings in a storm surge late Friday. PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

Paris Road in Chalmette may be impassable again as a St. Bernard Sheriff's deputy drives on the medianlate Friday. Storm surge and debris, right, quickly make its westward toward the city of New Orleans as Hurricane Rita hits southwest Louisiana. PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

A thin cement wall, left center, tries to keep water away from businesses and homes, left, near the Industrial Canal area of Gentily as Hurricane Rita begins to hit southwest Louisiana. PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

A storm surge again covers Paris Road in Chalmette where a car was parked near Bayou Bienvenue as Hurricane Rita starts hitting southwest Louisiana. PHOTO BY CHRIS GRANGER

Hurricane Rita Pictures, September 23

September 23: Hurricane Rita as seen in an infrared satellite view late Friday.

September 23: A forecaster monitors Hurricane Rita as it nears landfall.

September 23: Waves break near a Galveston, Texas, pier.

September 23: A fire burns in downtown Galveston, Texas.

September 23: Embers from a fire in Galveston, Texas swirl in the wind.