Cameron Parish Grim--October 26

No photos today . . . Cameron Parish just too grim to photo. This parish, south of Lake Charles and right on the Gulf of Mexico. . . is gone . . . the cities of Creole, Oak Hill, Cameron, Grand Chanier . . . gone. One newspaper report indicates only 20 buildings in the entire parish WON'T have to be rebuilt from the ground.

It's estimated it will be 6 months before the debris is removed, electricity/sewage/water restored, and people are allowed to rebuild. Recovery Centers in Lake Charles and Lake Arthur soon will stand ready to coordinate UMCOR relief dollars and United Methodist and other volunteers who will be there when new homes, new communities, and new lives rise from the ashes.

Down on the Bayou

Jason