I have my doubts that so many people would remain in a town for which the primary modern repository of information succinctly sums up its entire history like this:
"In 1957, Cameron was nearly destroyed by
Hurricane Audrey. A storm surge of 12 feet (3.7 m) and winds of 125 miles per hour (201 km/h) caused the deaths of more than 300 residents of the town.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron,_Louisiana#cite_note-3][3][/url]
Nearly fifty years later, in late September 2005,
Hurricane Rita hit Cameron. A 15-foot (4.6 m) storm surge and winds of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h) destroyed much of the town. Everyone had evacuated beforehand.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron,_Louisiana#cite_note-4][4]
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On September 13, 2008,
Hurricane Ike leveled Cameron with a 12-foot (3.7 m) storm surge just as the town was recovering from Rita in 2005.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron,_Louisiana#cite_note-5][5][/url] Ike destroyed more than 90 percent of the homes in the parish seat and caused catastrophic flooding in every part of the parish.
A 2010 report on the damage sustained from the effects of Rita and Ike stated that few people returned to the town to rebuild after the hurricanes, due to stricter building codes and high insurance costs that increased the cost of living dramatically. None of the stores have been rebuilt; only a gas station, bank, post office, and a restaurant remain (the latter two of which are still housed in trailers). Most of the residents still live in mobile homes. The First Baptist Church in the community was rebuilt in 2010.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron,_Louisiana#cite_note-Damage-6][6][/url]"