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...That said, Hollywoodland is in many respects an enjoyable movie. It has a good sense of movie life at levels below the top - down there where people are still striving to make a living, and are still knocked out when they catch a glimpse of Rita Hayworth in a restaurant. The cars they drive, the houses they lived in, the flaky ambitions they harbor are realized with a nice, casual authenticity. (Brody's private eye is a good example; he thinks if he can sensationally crack this case he could become the town's go-to gumshoe, the first...
...That's the we-can-rebuild attitude shared by many former residents of nearby Holly Beach, La. The entire town was completely erased by Rita - about 500 houses were destroyed. The debris from Holly Beach and neighboring towns now litters the Sabine Refuge. Holly Beach was once known as the Cajun Riviera. There was always a band playing on the beach, crabs cooking, and constant parties. "This was Margaritaville," says Gene Reynolds, a local high school principal. There is nothing but concrete slabs where the houses once stood, and a few concrete steps leading to nothing. The only thing left...
...Bush signed the fourth hurricane appropriation bill giving U.S. Fish & Wildlife $132 million to clean up hazardous material. The delay will end up costing taxpayers more money - because the same cleanup crews that worked last fall have to return to Louisiana and start again. In the year since Rita, the debris has sunk deep into the marsh, making hazardous materials more difficult to find and retrieve. Plus, labels have peeled off containers, so no one knows exactly what they have contained, or how much they have already leaked. No one knows how much damage has already been done, or what...
...Right now, there aren't any grocery stores or restaurants for 40 miles. On the edge of town, Sonny Meaux, 52, is selling fresh-caught crabs and Cokes from a shed sporting a "Holly Beach, Ground Zero for Hurricane Rita" sign. He says there are rumors that high rises are going to be built on the beach. He won't sell his land for less than $5 million. "I figure I'm gonna be the last one standing because of my price," he says. Out in the harbor, fisherman are catching pogies - in an area that has not been fished...
...avocado tree with water from a garden hose. There used to be 40 palm trees bordering the property, she says. Now there are two. Loretta says she's having a bad day. All she can think about is moving - but they don't have anywhere else to go. "Hurricane Rita never happened," Sonny says. "It was just Katrina. We are forgotten...