W hen Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, it permanently altered the way the Southeastern United States approached ...

Sept 26, 2005 -- We had feared the worst of Hurricane Rita, but fortunately it didn't cause as much damage to the oil refineries as it might have.

MORE | TxDOT evacuation and contraflow routes "Hurricane Rita was one where we had to go to Lufkin it took about 12 hours to get to Lufkin when it should be about 2 hours. It was very congested.