Looking down the main street running through Lake Charles. Without a government badge or media pass, nobody was allowed beyond the exits of the interstate entering the town. Every exit was blocked by armed National Guard and State Police.

Image ID: wea03433, NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) Collection
Location: Louisiana, Lake Charles
Photo Date: 2005 September 30
Photographer: Michael Gill, NOAA/NWS/WSFO Wichita


Category: Hurricane Damage/NOAA 200th Photo Contest/

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