Elder Bush Wraps Up Tour of Gulf Damage

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"The devastation is similar, but when you know a town, know the area, it's different," he said after riding in the open back of a large military cargo truck. "It's made a profound impact on me."
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Bush has witnessed the effects of a hurricane on Cameron before. In 1965, Bush's Zapata Corp. lost an oil rig in Hurricane Betsy. He recalled flying in an airplane near Cameron to search for it. Years later, sonar detected some of the wreckage.

"This is where I got my first ulcer," he said.
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"The thing that gets me is the spirit of the people here," Bush told a group gathered on the courthouse steps. "It's very emotional for me. They're going to fight back. I wish the critics could see what you all are doing."

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Former President George H.W. Bush talks with Cameron Parish emergency management official Freddie Richard, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2005, in Cameron, La. (AP Photo/Carlos Javier Sanchez)