miles per hour the final death toll was 1‚577 in Louisiana and another 238 in Mississippi for a total of 1‚836 deaths. Hurricane Karina reached up to a Category 5 hurricane‚ hurricane levees set up in New Orleans were only made for a Category 3. At one point up to 80% of New Orleans was 20ft underwater‚ this alone impacted almost 90‚000 square miles. Total damages from this storm to New Orleans was around $81billion but was estimated for both Louisiana and Mississippi exceeded $150 billion dollars
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06.09.2012 Important Cities of the American South New Orleans‚ Louisiana La Nouvelle-Orléans (New Orleans) was founded May 7‚ 1718‚ by the French Mississippi Company‚ under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville‚ on land inhabited by the Chitimacha. It was named for Philippe d’Orléans‚ Duke of Orléans
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Into The history of Louisiana‚ there are many things that occur. Such as the great the depression‚ how Louisiana became the French Louisiana than the Spain than the French once own it again. Deep into the history of Louisiana you can learn a lot and share it with many other. LaSalle was the French explorer who discovered Louisiana for France in 1682. The difficulties he face was that he never established the colony but was the 1st initial person to discover Louisiana. Treaty of Fontainebleau was
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Victoria Perez The Control of Nature Response Paper It is an extremely difficult task for engineers to design a “dam” like the Old River Control Structure in southern Louisiana so that they can be sure that it will prevent avulsion of the Mississippi into the Atchafalaya. The flood of 1973 that caused so much damage to the Old River Control Structure was the affect of many things. There were unusually heavy snows in the upper valley. The South of the state received an exceptional amount of rainfall
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THE POLITCAL STORM How Hurricane Katrina Exposed Political Chaos On August 29‚ 2005‚ the United States witnessed a catastrophic natural disaster that demolished not only homes and roads‚ but lives. Hurricanes Katrina hit the Gulf Coast in Louisiana ranking at a category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale‚ maintaining winds of 100-140 miles per hour and stretching 400 miles across. What experts can agree on is that there was over an estimated $100 billion in damage‚ but what they cannot agree
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Oanh Nguyen Engl 1302 LEGALIZED GAMBLE IN TEXAS Texas legislators should pass and legalized gambling to help keeping the money inside the state and also earn more revenue through tourism and other associated industries. Compare to neighbor state Louisiana‚ Texas has lost millions and millions dollars per year because Texans crossing the state line for gambling habit. If gambling was legalized‚ the revenue from this industry would surpass any others. It would not just bring revenue and taxes from casinos
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California- VAC‚ spring 2011 Professor: Wells Community Immersion Paper: Jennings‚ Louisiana I. Identification and General Description of Community Choosing a community to write about for this community immersion paper was not hard‚ as I live in one of the most talked about cities in southern Louisiana. Jennings‚ Louisiana is a city located in the southern part of Louisiana about 80 miles from Baton Rouge‚ Louisiana. It is the city base for Jeff Davis Parish which combined has 6 cities in the
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Civil–Military Relations in Hurricane Katrina: A Case Study on Crisis Management in Natural Disaster Response In late August 2006‚ Hurricane Katrina struck the New Orleans region‚ affecting an area of over 90‚000 miles. It began with a hurricane which led to flooding‚ disrupting millions of lives across multiple jurisdictions‚ and damaging or destroying much of the local critical infrastruc- ture—21 refineries‚ miles of electricity transmission lines‚ and telecommunications equipment—within
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States is a leader in the Vietnamese catfish industry and‚ in 2001‚ produced 597 million pounds of catfish. Catfish is a particularly popular dish in the southern states of the United States and produced domestically in Mississippi‚ Arkansas‚ and Louisiana in man-made freshwater ponds. Although the U.S. is clearly one of the top producers in the market‚ Vietnamese catfish importers have been causing problems for the United States’ domestic catfish industry. Vietnamese catfish importers saw an opportunity
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The Identity of America America is the land of the free‚ the land of the brave‚ and the land of opportunities. However‚ throughout history this country has endured hardship to reach its success. For the past 500 years‚ America has been explored‚ established‚ and has evolved over time. Although this nation has undergone changes‚ America’s identity is traced back to its roots that started it all. Exploration‚ wealth‚ and power influence the identity of this mighty nation. Ever since the first explorers
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