The 2008 hurricane season is finally over and it was an active one across the Louisiana Gulf Coast.

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Terrebonne Parish, 50 miles southwest of New Orleans, battled two very destructive storms in less than two weeks.

Gustav brought down most of the utility poles and power lines in the parish and damaged or destroyed thousands of homes.

A glancing blow from Ike pushed water into more than 10,000 homes.

Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois says in his parish, Gustav and Ike caused more damage than Katrina and Rita three years ago.

"I was glad we finished this season with no more," said Sheriff Bourgeois. “I really was. But, that's something we can't control. We just pray we don't have any. We just don't want it to come here."

The 2008 hurricane season exposed more problems, getting aid to people who need it.

Storm victims waited in some cases for days for food, water and ice.

"The federal government has to pre-position supplies along the Gulf Coast for future storms," said Governor Bobby Jindal, R-LA. “It simply doesn't make sense to bring in 18-wheelers from the Midwest with tarps, MREs, food, water and ice that are needed immediately."

No Louisiana community bore the brunt of the ‘08 storms more than the tiny Isle de Jean Charles.

Three months after Gustav, the Native American fishing village is barely back and the only road on to the island is down to one lane.

Retired Catholic priest Roch Naquin is one of the lucky ones.

He can live in part of his house while fixing the rest.

Father Naquin grew up on the island and remembers when it was four miles wide.

Now, it's less than a half mile wide.

"I never seen this island destroyed as it is right now," said Naquin. "The spirit of the people was damaged a great bit."

People on Isle de Jean Charles now have a big decision to make, rebuild or move out.

Some say the island is worth saving. Others say moving might not be the worst thing to happen, if the Native American community can move together.

"The chief talked about trying to get us to move as a tribe," said Naquin. "Rebuild our houses and be a community within a larger community, so that we can maintain our identity and our culture."

There are now less than 100 people living full time on Isle de Jean Charles.

That's down from about 400 before Hurricane Carmen in 1974.