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"I'm going to rebuild everybody's home that needs a home," says Bobbit.
Farther down the road, on the Louisiana border, you find Pearlington, Miss. The people here say this town was forgotten before the storm, so it's no surprise they feel overlooked now.
Griff Hailes got tired of waiting for the government to help, so he bought his own trailer and put it where his house used to be.
"We had a little savings," Hailes says. "We're old folks, I'm 80, she's 79. We saved up a little nest egg. Time to use it."
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Late Thursday we crossed the state line into Louisiana and headed north, into Bogalusa.
Estimates are Hurricane Katrina brought down 65 percent of the trees here, enough to rebuild every home in New Orleans.
"The big trees are the ones that took a hit," says tree farmer Bill Jenkins.
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It's a huge loss for Louisiana's timber industry, which will likely take a
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