Cindy Hits The Gulf Coast

Bob Matherne looks over the damage Tropical Storm Cindy did to his backyard while standing in his carport, which was also damaged in the storm, July 6, 2005, in Montegut, La.

Cindy came ashore in southeast Louisiana, knocking out power to an estimated 250,000 homes and businesses. Heavy rain and a storm surge flooded low-lying streets along the Gulf Coast, and roof damage was reported in parts of Louisiana.

Juanita Matherne rakes leaves and branches from her driveway in Montegut, La., July 6, 2005, following Tropical Storm Cindy.

Dark clouds from Tropical Storm Cindy are shown over Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, Miss., July 5, 2005.

Water from Terrebonne Bayou floods a field near fishing camps in lower Montegut, La., as rain clouds from Tropical Storm Cindy begin to move in, July 5, 2005.

Rick Picou, left, helps Richard Trahan tie down crab traps in preparation for the arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy, July 5, 2005, in Chauvin, La. Trahan had just come home from vacation and wanted to secure his traps before it was too late.

Annie Chaisson, 86, rests after she and her son arrived at an American Red Cross storm relief shelter at South Terrebonne High School in Bourg, La., July 5, 2005.

Peggy Nanny, left, and her sister Joyce Bilbery, of Carrollton, Ky., walk along the beach in Bay St. Louis, Miss., July 5, 2005.

Paul Houston gets in some fishing in Bay St. Louis, Miss., before the expected arrival of Tropical Storm Cindy, July 5, 2005.

Mary Ellen Davis and her husband, Mike Davis, of Miami, share an umbrella while walking through the unusually empty Jackson Square in the French Quarter of New Orleans, July 5, 2005.

Ramona Brisco waits in Tropical Storm Cindy's rains to board a streetcar in New Orleans, July 5, 2005.

Roxie Barnett, from Morgan City, La., stands on a rainy corner of Bourbon Street in New Orleans with her granddaughter Ashlyn Thomas and daughter-in-law Stephanie Thomas, July 5, 2005.

Sherman Sanders, captain of the charter boat Beverlee Anne, secures his boat in the Biloxi Small Craft harbor, July 5, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss.

Lee Frasier, captain of the charter boat Vamoose, ties off the vessel with extra mooring lines in the Small Craft Harbor, July 5, 2005, in Biloxi, Miss.

A couple trys to stay dry as the first rains from Tropical Storm Cindy fall on the streets of the French Quarter in New Orleans, July 5, 2005.

Jocelyne Fouineteau, left, takes a picture as her daughter Nancy holds an umbrella, July 5, 2005, in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Fouineteau's are from Toronto, Canada, and were not letting the approach of Tropical Storm Cindy spoil their visit to New Orleans.

Corely Morse, left, of Hattiesburg, Miss., and Marshall Byrd, of Foxworth, Miss., put away loose items at a relative's house in the Riverside community near Waveland, Miss., July 5, 2005.

Barry Sheldon, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., loads sand bags into his truck that is parked behind the county Civic Center near Waveland, Miss., July 5, 2005.