Hurricane Rita pictures

[southerngale]

Some of the pics were taken right after, others a few weeks, a month and some a few months afterward. I can't possibly post all of them and as said in many other places, it's just not the same thing when looking at the damage through pictures. I took some of these and others were taken by other area residents and a few from the newspaper, etc.

Before Rita arrived


Beaumont Municipal Airport



Various Beaumont, Tx homes (many sights like these)



















Hollywood Theater at Parkdale Mall in Beaumont



Target in Beaumont




Rebuilding Target



Mattress Warehouse in Beaumont




Elks Lodge


Elegante Hotel in Beaumont (formerly called Hilton)



Jack in the Box in Beaumont



Kinkos in Beaumont



Johnson's Express Lube in Beaumont - cleaning up



MLK Parkway in Beaumont (near Lamar University) - several days after Rita


Ace Lumber in Beaumont



Oldest tree in Beaumont split in two



Lots of close calls in Beaumont



Sonic in Beaumont


Covels in Beaumont



St. Anthony Roman Catholic Cathedral Landmark in Beaumont



Christian Fellowship Church in Beaumont




Thanksgiving Picnic in Beaumont





A few from Port Arthur, Tx.














Port Arthur's finest


H&R Block


A little humor


Pleasure Island, Tx







A few from Nederland, Port Neches, Port Acres and Groves, Tx. area







Port Acres store


Port Neches gas station


Shire Apts.



Vidor, Tx.




Vidor Family Dollar


Vidor Church of Christ


Pine Forest Baptist Church in Vidor



Orange, Tx.


Orange First Baptist Church Est. 1857






Don't see this everyday


Bridge City (Tx) Frame and Art


United Pentecostal Bridge City


Sabine Pass, Tx.

Fisherman's Wharf




Sabine Pass home (most structures totally destroyed)




House was gutted and declared a total loss. Boat in front is from a neighbor's home several blocks away


Sabine Pass Post Office



Way up in Jasper, Tx.





Jasper Chevron






Jasper Trailers Tossed



National Guard in Jasper


Some Jasper homes




















Snapped Trees



Cameron, La.



Cameron First Baptist Church gym




Cameron Library


Cameron Library 2 months later - debris removed












2 months later










Dolphin Rescue



Grand Chenier Homes





Stranded Pony in Delcambre

[southerngale]

Sabine Pass, Tx. Aerial - NOAA











Orange, Tx. Aerial - NOAA









Cameron, La. Aerial - NOAA

[cycloneye]

Kelly those are incredible and dramatic pictures that you haved posted.Those pics show how strong Rita was when she made landfall in that area.

[Tampa Bay Hurricane]

Horrific

[JtSmarts]

Wow this is the first time I've really seen Rita's damage, besides those storm surge pics from Cameron.

[Matt-hurricanewatcher]

The top pics look a little like the damage from LILI...But as you got down they look like Katrina's.

[Jim Cantore]

Thats amazing

it got overshadowed by Katrina and thats the only reason we arent always saying how horrific that is but that just shows that even if its overshadowed a hurricane can still cause massive damage

[HURAKAN]

Amazing images, it looks as if a bomb was dropped in the area.

[wxmann_91]

Amazing pics southerngale. Thanks for sharing them.

I've already posted them twice so this time I'll only post the link:

Areas like Holly Beach, Peveto Beach completely erased from the earth

[Scorpion]

Wow, incredible. I had no idea it was that bad. The media hardly covered this.

[george_r_1961]

OMG it looks like a war zone

[Brent]

Hard to believe Beaumont was on the "weaker" side of Rita.

[Rainband]

WOW all I can say Is WOW. How anyone can say Texas got off lucky is beyond my comprehension My thoughts and Prayers go out to you all.

[CajunMama]

Hopefully this will show those who didn't know how damaging rita was the damage she did. No matter the strength of a hurricane, there's always devastating damage.

[Anonymous]

Very damaging storm, but much worse for Louisiana than Texas. I still don't think the people in Texas, mainly Corpus to Galveston know how lucky they have been.

[Dr. Jonah Rainwater]

Never mess with a Category Three hurricane...

Keep in mind, this was a 10-12 foot storm surge. Horrific.

[CajunMama]

Very damaging storm, but much worse for Louisiana than Texas. I still don't think the people in Texas, mainly Corpus to Galveston know how lucky they have been.

We not talking about the areas that rita missed. We talking the damage that rita directly affected.

[CharleySurvivor]

Those are amazing pics!

It's hard to imagine (for some of you) what devastation a hurricane can do. Seeing and living one is awful; worst then those pics.

My heart goes out to all who have been affected as I know too well what it is like from Charley last year.

Thank you for sharing those photos!

[Swimdude]

Drove through that area Thanksgiving Day. I had plenty to be thankful for, that's for sure.

[f5]

as bad as those photos are imagine the damage if Rita would of made landfall between freeport/Galveston we would be talking about 100+ billion in damage