Wymarłe miasto w Luizjanie - Redux

Westlake, LA - 2/6/2016 - The SASOL industrial complex looms behind residential lots in Westlake, the small town opposite Mossville.

Westlake, LA - 2/6/2016 - Jaimee Richard (7) stands in the street as the SASOL industrial complex looms behind her in Westlake, the small town opposit...

Westlake, LA - 2/6/2016 - (L to R) Jermaine Reed Jackson (9), Josh Jackson (15), and Jaydain Smith (16) play in the street as the SASOL industrial com...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - Edward Julia LeMelle Gordwin (79) sits in the living room of her small family home in Mossville. Gordwin moved into the hou...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - Haki Kazi Vincent (formerly Marvin D. Vincent) stands in the backyard of his home near Old Spanish Trail in Mossville. Vinc...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - Haki Kazi Vincent (formerly Marvin D. Vincent) feeds his horse in the backyard of his home near Old Spanish Trail in Mossvi...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - Handpainted signs on a property at the edge of Mossville pay tribute to the geneaology and family history of the Mossville...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - A storm rolls in behind the SASOL industrial complex, as seen from Old Spanish Trail, the road that connects Mossville to t...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - The sun rises over the SASOL industrial complex, which operates day and night. Remaining residents of Mossville complain of...

Mossville, LA - 2/6/2016 - The sun rises over the Philips 66 industrial complex, which operates day and night. Remaining residents of Mossville compla...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - South African petrochemical giant Sasol is quickly expanding its Lake Charles Chemical Complex into the area where the tiny...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The "lay down yard" at the edge of Westlake, where industrial construction equipment is staged before being transported to...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The SASOL industrial complex operates day and night, and remaining residents of Mossville complain of the noise and light p...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The SASOL industrial complex operates day and night, and remaining residents of Mossville complain of the noise and light p...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Warning signs are posted near the edge of the SASOL industrial campus. Nearly all the residents of Mossville -- founded by...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Dr. Wilma Subra, a chemist, microbiologist, an activist who works with poor communities such as Mossville and defends them...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Dr. Wilma Subra, a chemist, microbiologist, an activist who works with poor communities such as Mossville and defends them...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The Mossville Cemetery, located off Old Spanish Trail, still serves as an active burial site for the community. The SASOL c...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Larry Allison (66) stands on the property where he has lived since 1978 on Old Spanish Trail in Mossville. Allison worked a...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Christine Bennett stands with her husband Delma Bennett and their granddaughter Sophia Christine Bennett on the road loeadi...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Mimi Hayes stands with her husband W.C. "Skeeter" Hayes at their home in Westlake. The Hayes are members of the Community...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Jacqueline Green, a member of the Community Advisory Panel that meets with representatives of the SASOL corporation, stands...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - LaSalle Williams, known as "Coach Williams" to local residents, stands in front of the public school where he worked as an...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - South African petrochemical giant Sasol is quickly expanding its Lake Charles Chemical Complex into the area where the tiny...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The tiny residential lot where Stacey Ryan has been holding out as SASOL's industrial construction encroaches from all side...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Stacey Ryan holds an outdated map of his neighborhood and points to the lot where he has been holding out as SASOL's indust...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - A NO TRESPASSING sign posted in the driveway of the tiny residential lot where Stacey Ryan has been holding out as SASOL's...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - Stacey Ryan stands in the driveway of the tiny residential lot where he has been holding out as SASOL's industrial construc...

Mossville, LA - 2/5/2016 - The sun rises over the SASOL industrial complex and the tiny residential lot where Stacey Ryan has been holding out. Nearl...

Westlake, LA - 10/23/2015 - Rose and Dale Luttrell stand in their front yard in downtown Westlake.

Westlake, LA - 10/23/2015 - Dale Luttrell sits in his living room in downtown Westlake.

Westlake, LA - 10/23/2015 - The Sasol plant is rapidly expanding across acres of land that were once part of the tiny towns of Westlake and Mossville.

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - Allen LeBlanc stands in front of his house in Mossville. He has lived nearly his entire life in the small hamlet, which ha...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - The Phillips 66 refinery as seen from Old Spanish trail. Westlake's landscape is one of sprawling plants?silver citadels...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - Evelyn Singleton (62) sits on her front porch and watches construction traffic pass by on Old Spanish Trail. Ms. Singleton...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - A gas flare inside the Sasol plant. Westlake's landscape is one of sprawling plants?silver citadels of columns, pipes, sm...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - Industrial piping runs across a small waterway that passes through the Phillips 66 plant and under Old Spanish Trail, the...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - A Westlake Recreation League football team practices at Jim Griffin Field, across the street from the Phillips 66 refinery...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - Judy Montgomery (65, L) sits next to her father Vallery Montgomery (89) as nurse Laura Bull performs a checkup. Montgomery...

Westlake, LA - 10/22/2015 - A sign advertising fair property buyouts is posted on the side of a road in the small hamlet of Mossville.