Hurricane Rita: Texas

Environmental worker prepares to spread booms and oil-absorbent pads around perimeter fence at Valero's Port Arthur,Texas refinery following oil spill after facility was flooded by Hurricane Rita, Sept. 24, 2005.

Workers at Valero's Port Arthur, Texas, refinery inspect oil spill after refinery was flooded by Hurricane Rita, Sept. 24, 2005.

Aerial photo taken from U.S. Coast Guard helicopter shows fishing vessels leaking fluids in Port Arthur, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005, in aftermath of Hurricane Rita.

Robert Shumake, of Galveston, Texas, carries flag as he walks along street in Galveston, Sept. 24, 2005, following Hurricane Rita.

A broken power line hangs across a street in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita made landfall.

Rose City police officer Joe Taliaferro checks for theft at the I-10 Fuel Mart in Rose City, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005. The front window apparently was broken by flying debris from Hurricane Rita; no merchandise appeared to be missing.

Insulation and wires dangle in the wind at the Christian Fellowship Church in Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita collapsed an outer wall and tore away part of the roof.

A broken set of stadium lights lie in the street in Galveston, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005.

Denise Zeon, a resident of Tiki Island, Texas, waits in the car with her dogs, Snoopy and Princess, to return home, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed. The Galveston area was not seriously damaged by Rita.

Motorists push their car out of high water under Interstate 10 in Beaumont, Texas, Sept. 24, 2005.

Building siding lies on a street and on electrical lines after being torn off by Hurricane Rita's winds Sept. 24, 2005, in Beaumont, Texas.

A man crosses deserted Main Street in downtown Houston, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed through the area in the early morning hours.

A tree uprooted by Hurricane Rita's winds smashed through a house Sept. 24, 2005, in Beaumont, Texas.

A firefighter walks past a fire at a strip mall Sept. 24, 2005, in Pasadena, Texas. Firefighters had to battle high winds as Hurricane Rita made landfall on the Texas gulf coast.

Water covers Route 87 through the east side of town following Hurricane Rita Sept. 24, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas. Rita hit land as a category 3 hurricane near the Louisiana and Texas border, causing flooding and wind damage throughout the region.

A delivery truck sits flipped on its side following Hurricane Rita Sept. 24, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas.

Water covers Route 87 through the east side of town following Hurricane Rita Sept. 24, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas.

A Port Arthur, Texas, street lies under floodwaters from Hurricane Rita 24 Sept. 24, 2005. Rita gave the U.S. Gulf Coast its second pounding in less than four weeks early Saturday, wreaking new havoc and floods with driving sheets of rain and threatening domestic energy supplies already at crisis levels.

A business lies flooded Sept. 24, 2005, in Port Arthur, Texas, after Hurricane Rita passed over the Gulf coast.

An exterior of Yaga's Cafe lies in ruin Sept. 24, 2005, from the effects of hurricane Rita in Galveston, Texas.