The Cajundome Shelter in Lafayette, home to thousands of evacuees after Katrina.
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
The Festivals Acadiens in Lafayette, annual Cajun music festival
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
FEMA's office in Lafayette always had long lines
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
Rita hits Louisiana, local TV station in Lake Charles struggles to stay on the air in makeshift studio
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
Rita's aftermath in Lafayette
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
A flooded sugar cane field, factory workers inspect damage from Rita on airboat
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
A damaged "camp" (weekend house) in Cypremort Point
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
In New Orleans, cars parked onto higher ground were still flooded by Katrina, or were pushed there by waters
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
In the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, salt water killed all the grass, streets are empty of people and animals
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
An alligator and her babies in a swamp outside of Lafayette
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
KRVS music host Cecil Doyle in the studio
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
New Orleans Artist Wendall Haynes, with French Quarter artists. He's living in the Cajundome in Lafayette with the most important possessions he rescued: his paint and pallette knives.
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
Kendall Simon! Our newest Radio Rookie. Kendall is 15. He was evacuated from N.O. with his family. I met him at the Cajundome shelter and loaned him a recording kit to keep a radio diary, which will air on NPR in the near future
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
Me, in fashionable KRVS T-Shirt, with Engineer Karl Fontenot, Operations Manager James Hebert (standing) and Cajun musician Marce Lacouture.
(Beth Fertig/WNYC)
Dave and Jan Spizale gear up to clean up their son's apartment in New Orleans
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