The town of Cameron, Louisiana is still recovering from hurricane Rita in 2005. The First Baptist Church just finally reopened five years after the hurricane. This is not the only town in southwest Louisiana and Texas who are still recovering from Rita. A lot of these towns were felt they were and after thought and overshadowed by hurricane Katrina. Katrina hit a month earlier than Rita, but Rita still caused much damage to many towns and cities. Although the damage of Katrina ($81 billion) was greater than Rita ($11 billion), Katrina captured the national spotlight.
To be honest, I do not remember hearing about Hurricane Rita in the news a lot. Katrina definitely caught the national spotlight. This article ties into our class discussions as of late about how the media decides which stories to report and what stories people want to hear about. This is a great example of how the public has a short attention span and can easily forget stories. The news media and the public are interested with the most rapid and most severe disasters.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39328510/ns/us_news-life/
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