When Tanya Fontenot drove to her childhood home last September, her parents warned her about the nails. They were everywhere -- on roads, in grass, hidden in crevices throughout Lake Charles, Louisiana.
What had once been attached to homes and roofs, keeping the dwellings of Lake Charles together, were scattered everywhere, torn asunder by one of the worst hurricanes to hit the mainland United States in the last century.
Mike and Josetta Prudhome, Tanya's parents, had lived in a tan house with the painted-white front porch for decades. Mike loved the land, so he could have outdoor activities.