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 | Tom Wurth removes sheets of tin from his bicycle shop windows Monday, Sept. 26, 2005, in Houston. Wurth was unable to find any plywood to board up the windows as protection against Hurricane Rita. click to open  |  | A long line surrounds the HEB Gulfgate Grocery store in Houston, Texas, September 25, 2005. The store opened Sunday morning and it is the first time shoppers have had a place to shop since Hurricane Rita. click to open |  | With a statue of Texas hero Sam Houston in the background people sit in stop and go traffic near Huntsville, Texas. as they return to the Houston area after Hurricane Rita on Monday, Sept. 26, 2005. click to open |  | Rickey Luster, a homeless man sits at a bus stop in downtown Houston, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed through the area in the early morning hours. click to open |  | A man crosses deserted Main Street in downtown Houston, Saturday, Sept. 24, 2005, after Hurricane Rita passed through the area in the early morning hours. click to open |  | Refugees from Hurricane Katrina carry donated clothing in Houston Sep 4th 2005. Texas has been swamped by hundreds of thousands of refugees from Hurricane Katrina, straining resources in a state where government is small and people fend for themselves. click to open |  | Sadie Davis holds a sign as she searches for relatives inside the Reliant Astrodome in Houston, Texas Sep 4th 2005. Hurricane Katrina has laid waste to a region of the US Gulf coast the size of Britain, submerged New Orleans in corpse-strewn floodwaters and triggered a law-and-order meltdown that shocked the world. click to open |  | Empty tables stand at Palmer Episcopal church in Houston where 25 hurricane victims came for dinner that was prepared for 250 Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005. click to open |  | One of the country's fastest-growing cities, Houston has added nearly 1 million new people since 2000. Housing affordability and a strong job market seem enough to lure people from all over the country. The city has invested millions over the last five years in expanding infrastructure by adding trains, bolstering the downtown business district and funding the arts, which has helped to centralize--to an extent--the city, which has always been more famous for sprawl and oil. click to open |
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