The people of Lake Arthur, in Southwest Louisiana, this time a month ago were stacking sandbags to hold back the rising waters from the most rain seen in the area for close to 50 years..
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Then.. when it was over and the lake returned to the normal levels they dropped and said a prayer of Thanks... Then they picked up their hammers and started rebuilding what they hadn't been able to save which were the boat ramps, docks, "end of the pier" camps and cleaning up the debris...
It will take a while before they are done. You'll hear the echos of the hammers
from across the lake for some time.
But I have no doubt that within the year...
You will be able to drive down this same road and only tell there had been "a rising" by the flood level marks on the trees.
That's because they are Cajuns and Cajuns don't give up...
That's just the way it is...
John Glass
Photo Journalist
Lake Charles, LA
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