Three to five major hurricanes have been predicted by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecasters to occur between June to November.
Leaders of the First Baptist Church in Cameron have been trying to get a contractor to come out and give them a quote so they can apply for a building permit. Most of the church has been gutted to the studs, with pews currently stacked in the building's center. This is the fourth hurricane the small congregation has survived as well as one fire, said Cyndi Sellers, a longtime church member who was baptized and married there.
"The stress that you go through when there's a storm in the Gulf, if you don't live on the coast you can't really imagine what it's like," she said. Dyson and his wife considered leaving but decided to stay — he is working at an LNG plant being built in Cameron. He also used to catch shrimp, but his boat was destroyed by Laura.
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