Moments: easttx_small

Charlie Simmons, 8, and his mother Frances Simmons, 36, cool off in PWA Creek Thursday in Newton, Texas. She has been taking her four children to the creek almost everyday to cool off and bathe since Hurricane Rita swept through East Texas and knocked out power.

Charlie Simmons, 8, and his mother Frances Simmons, 36, cool off in PWA Creek Thursday in Newton, Texas. She has been taking her four children to the creek almost everyday to cool off and bathe since Hurricane Rita swept through East Texas and knocked out power.