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Crawfish another hurricane casualty 24 Jan 2006
United Press International ...seen it this bad," said David Savoy, past president of the Louisiana Crawfish Farmers ... this past December on his farm 30 miles northwest of Lafayette was one ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: Bossier Fair Grounds, Baton Rouge Drive ... 24 Jan 2006
Bayou Buzz, The meet was moved to Harrah´s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City , La. , after Hurricane Katrina caused significant damage to and forced the temporary closure ...

La. Open countdown begins 24 Jan 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, AND ON THE LWGA: The Louisiana Women's Golf Association ... one of its events in Lafayette again this ... 14-15, after being canceled following Hurricane Katrina last ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: Ford Downsize, World Trade, Baton Rouge ... 24 Jan 2006
Bayou Buzz, ...related designs catering to a Louisiana sports fan ... New Orleans , “including during and after Hurricane Katrina ... Thanks also to Lafayette Coca-Cola Bottling and ...

April ballot in New Orleans OK'd 24 Jan 2006
Times Picayune, ...who applied for benefits after the hurricane. ... high concentrations of refugees: Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas ... Rouge, Lake Charles, Lafayette, Alexandria, Monroe and ...

Katrina, Rita wipe out 11 years of growth; construction to grow 24 Jan 2006
Construction.com, Also, Louisiana Generating has secured DEQ permits for a $1.3 billion ... as a possible site for new shipyards before the hurricane struck, according to ... Lafayette. ...

Cajun women dismantle UNO 24 Jan 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Louisiana blistered the young Privateers (all freshmen and sophomores) with a 24-4 ... an opponent still reeling from last summer's devastation of Hurricane Katrina ...

Entire season blown off course 24 Jan 2006
Boston Globe, Saturday, then went to higher ground in Lafayette, La. ... It's been almost five months since Hurricane Katrina made ... to high school and college in Louisiana and he ...

ULL aims for first Sun Belt victory Jan 23, 2006
2TheAdvocate, The University of Louisiana at Lafayette — winless after ... which spent four months practicing and playing at a Texas college because of Hurricane Katrina. ...

Helping rebuild lives Jan 22, 2006
NorthJersey.com, Dill Rink in Montvale - for shipment to Lafayette, La., also ... through its Operation Home Delivery project, for Hurricane Katrina victims in Louisiana. ...

For Katrina evacuees, home is where the heart is Jan 23, 2006
The Courier-Journal, Louisiana -- it's just beautiful ... several months after the floodwaters left behind Hurricane Katrina filled ... Lisa, a native of Lafayette, said she returned to the ...

UL to host 2 LHSAA state soccer title games Jan 23, 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, ...recently renovated Cajun Track/Soccer Complex will host the Louisiana High School ... cannot host the event after suffering extensive damage from Hurricane Katrina ...

Defensive end gives commitment to UL Jan 22, 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, ...six football games during the 2005 season due to Hurricane Katrina, but ... end became the 10th verbal commitment to the University of Louisiana's recruiting class ...

Homeless have options for housing assistance Jan 23, 2006
Shreveport Times, ...from the date of the hurricane," Sullivan said ... To protect Louisiana evacuees' property, HUD declared two ... of the SMILE Family Shelter in Lafayette, is concerned ...

Recovery efforts get feedback Jan 22, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, ...cities along with 24 parishes and cities in Louisiana. ... needs to be rebuilt," said Don Lopez of Lafayette. ... Parish, which was hard-hit by Hurricane Rita, can ...

Art shows heartache, hope of victims Jan 21, 2006
Dateline Alabama, ...see all the trials and tribulations that Louisiana artists went ... in the days after the hurricane while she ... mainly from Lake Charles, New Orleans and Lafayette. ...

Mardi Gras filters into Lake Charles despite damage Jan 22, 2006
NewsOK.com (subscription), ...those living in this western Louisiana community were ... Hurricane Rita barreled through Lake Charles in September ... Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Lafayette and Lake ...

Hurricanes impact medical students' residency choices Jan 22, 2006
Shreveport Times, Then came Hurricane Katrina. ... of students that they want to stay in Louisiana and they ... New Orleans area residency programs to Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Houma and ...

News Briefs Jan 17, 2006
TheInd.com, ...an incredible opportunity for Lafayette to potentially ... lawmaker feels that federal hurricane relief contracts ... competitive prices, “because Louisiana ends up ...

Art shows heartache, hope of victims Jan 18, 2006
KATC, LAFAYETTE, La. ... on discarded refrigerators are featured in an exhibit of hurricane-related art ... said the show is an effort to support Louisiana artists affected ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: AmSouth, Pacer Health, Motorola, US LEC ... Jan 17, 2006
Bayou Buzz, ...services to the residents of South Lafayette, Youngsville and Broussard, Louisiana. ... of universities that suffered devastation from Hurricane Katrina ...

Moreno set for big fight in little city Jan 21, 2006
Santa Cruz Sentinel, ...girls are fighting for a world title in Louisiana. ... that disaster mostly bypassed Kinder, Hurricane Rita wasn't ... about 60 miles northwest of Lafayette, 200 miles ...

Proudly hosted by IGN FAQs Jan 20, 2006
IGN, Woods Huntingtown Huntsville Huron Hurricane Hurst Hutchinson ... Islip West Jordan West Lafayette West Linn ... Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Marshall ...

MechaCon returns to Lafayette, LA in August Jan 17, 2006
Anime-Cons.com (press release), ...in 2005 - despite the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on ... between New Orleans and Houston, Lafayette will again ... only south, central and north Louisiana, but also ...

IBERIABANK Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter Earnings Jan 18, 2006
MSN Money 12 new modular branch units in communities in South Louisiana. ... unit open in Broussard, a suburb of Lafayette. ... quarter of 2005, one-time hurricane-related costs ...

UNO loses its top scorer Jan 21, 2006
Times Picayune, This is somewhat of fallout from our situation (after Hurricane Katrina)," Towe ... Williams in the starting lineup, beginning Monday night at Louisiana-Lafayette.

Outdoors: Hunt for squirrels after woodies Jan 19, 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, ...acorns longer such as pin oaks, but this year Hurricane Rita's winds ... Like other mammals, Louisiana squirrels will enter a rutting (mating) period sometimes in ...

Rooms expected to open up eventually for Sweet 16 fans Jan 18, 2006
Shreveport Times, Henry, the commissioner of the Louisiana High School ... allowing residents relocated due to Hurricane Katrina will ... currently rooms available in Lafayette for the ...

UL may land state baseball, soccer events Jan 18, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, Due to the damage caused by Hurricane Katrina, the soccer ... In fact, Lafayette is the only known option to host ... games will be held at the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns ...

Louisiana exports top talent Jan 11, 2006
Shreveport Times, He was recruited by Louisiana-Lafayette and signed with ... Hurricane Katrina sent New Orleans product DJ Augustin ... signed with Baylor and Lafayette Northside power ...

Water Level Loggers Track Hurricane Surge in the Nick of Time Jan 12, 2006
Business Wire (press release), ...a digital elevation model, and plotted the areas where the hurricane was expected ... miles, from the Beaumont/Port Arthur area in Texas to Lafayette, Louisiana. ...

Mission to explore post hurricane reconstruction opportunities Jan 13, 2006
Aberdeen City, UK firms keen to establish a temporary presence in Louisiana. ... on the forthcoming USA Post Hurricane Gulf Coast ... to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Lafayette and Lake ...

BPCC teaching skills needed to work on movie sets Jan 19, 2006
Shreveport Times, ...major studios that were washed out of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina but ... a grant that would allow BPCC to partner with the University of Louisiana Lafayette. ...

Louisiana, Texas officials want to work together when storms near Jan 11, 2006
Denton Record Chronicle (subscription), ...out, Texas counties could also utilize Louisiana cities as ... power lines," Roach said, recalling Hurricane Rita. ... the same to Beaumont or to Lafayette," Roach said ...

The 'Routes' back to roots Jan 17, 2006
Washington Times, ...and rerouted to Lafayette by Hurricane Katrina, Nick ... He relocated to Lafayette, where he had lived in ... NPR affiliate on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ...

Religion Notes Jan 21, 2006
BurlingtonFreePress.com, ..."Faith Under Fire," 7 pm Wednesday, Lafayette 108, UVM. ... and insights including from Ground Zero, the Gulf regions and Louisiana for Hurricane Katrina. ...

Acadiana community foundation raising awareness — and funding Jan 16, 2006
2TheAdvocate, LAFAYETTE — In just five years, the Community ... $2 million dedicated solely to hurricane relief, Hebert ... s meeting — the University of Louisiana at Lafayette ...

MLK Day helpers add structure to volunteer efforts Jan 17, 2006
philly.com, ...three-bedroom, two-bath house to be trucked down to Lafayette, La., for a family that lost everything to Hurricane Katrina ... "I have family down in Louisiana. ...

Pain, power, poem Jan 22, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...that forced family members out of their homes following Hurricane Katrina ... Poet Akeem Martin, attending the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, writes about ...

Faith Matters for Jan. 21 Jan 22, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...found the benefit Octogenarians Golf Team of Louisiana for golfers ... the shelter at the synagogue after Hurricane Katrina ... a baby boy home from a Lafayette hospital ...

Days are numbered Jan 11, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, Louisiana and 150 hotel rooms in Lafayette Parish were ... to go," said Greg Kennerson, a Hurricane Rita evacuee ... and mobile homes occupied in Louisiana by evacuees ...

Art shows heartache, hope of Katrina victims Jan 12, 2006
2theadvocate.com, LAFAYETTE — In the weeks after Hurricane Katrina, artist ... featured in an exhibit of hurricane-related art ... is an effort to support Louisiana artists affected ...

Strong wage growth here in 2005, feds say Jan 11, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, In Louisiana, only New Orleans had a higher 2005 average wage ($691) than Lafayette, at least before Hurricane Katrina. Only East ...

Making national name is Davis’ next ‘project’ Jan 19, 2006
2theadvocate.com, Benjy Davis Project will perform in the Louisiana cities of New Orleans, Lafayette and Shreveport ... Last fall, Hurricane Katrina, the storm that disrupted the ...

Cingular Completes 2005 Network Investment in Louisiana Jan 10, 2006
Yahoo! News (press release) City of Lafayette & surrounding parishes (added 8 ... of thousands of minutes to hurricane victims through ... and evacuation shelters in Louisiana, Mississippi and ...

Survey Reveals Recent Trends in Louisiana’s High-level ... Jan 10, 2006
PR Web (press release), January 10, 2006 -- Despite the devastation Hurricane Katrina had on the Louisiana healthcare system ... Rouge & North Shore, Greater Lafayette / Lake Charles ...

Clothing donated for hurricane survivors now going to Lafayette Dec 24, 2005
Times Picayune, ...truck with clothing, racks and hangers left the Northwest Louisiana Hurricane Relief Center in Minden last week en route to the Lafayette Restoration Center. ...

New Orleans 2005: Never Forgive... Never Forget Jan 9, 2006
Revolutionary Worker Online, ...drivers in Houston, Dallas, and Lafayette, Louisiana, tried to ... Before the hurricane, Black people made up ... time, if ever again." Louisiana Congressman Richard ...

USA playing in 'Chamber of Horrors' Jan 14, 2006
Mobile Register, ...t used since 1983, because Lakefront Arena was damaged by Hurricane Katrina ... Jointer had a tough shooting night against Louisiana-Lafayette, making just 3 of 14 ...

Fambrough: Not much potential for controversy at LHSAA meeting Jan 14, 2006
2TheAdvocate, The move to Lafayette was made necessary by Hurricane Katrina. ... The Louisiana High School Coaches Association/LHSAA Hall of Fame Classic lineup on Feb. ...

City’s Animal Activists Help Hurricane Victims Jan 12, 2006
Gazette Newspapers, Hurricane Katrina had demolished almost everything in the ... Rescue Relief Fund donated $5,000 to Louisiana School of ... Dutton Animal Control Center in Lafayette, La ...

Mayor demands action in King's memory Jan 16, 2006
CNN International ...make a personal commitment to help those in need, including hurricane victims, and ... the building of a house that will be trucked to Lafayette, Louisiana, for a ...

Barron’s show spans 25 years of ideas Jan 14, 2006
2theadvocate.com, 18-Feb. 18 at the Brunner Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, 100 Lafayette St. ... Uprooted: Hurricane Katrina/Rita Louisiana Artists Invitational continues ...

With casting call, New Orleans again sees movie production Jan 15, 2006
Malaysia Star, ...a month before Hurricane Katrina hit. Colleen Thomas drove more than 100 miles (160 kilometers) from her evacuation site in Lafayette, Louisiana, west of New ...

Added hurdles toughen resolve Jan 9, 2006
Times Picayune, She accuses Picard of using the hurricane crisis to ram through his ... at Southwestern Louisiana Institute (now the University of Louisiana-Lafayette) just eight ...

March goes on in the name of King Jan 17, 2006
Trenton Times, ...at the Trenton Marriott at Lafayette Yard hotel was ... president of Dillard University in Louisiana, a historically ... recuperation of Dillard from hurricane damage. ...

Commentary: Secretary of state post may be losing political appeal Jan 16, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, Wanted: Louisiana secretary of state. ... But Michot, R-Lafayette, said Friday he won't run. He wants to spend his time and energy on hurricane recovery legislation ...

'Hollywood South' again seeing movie production Jan 14, 2006
Times Picayune, ...from her evacuation site in Lafayette, west of ... But after Katrina and Hurricane Rita, other parts of ... from New Orleans to Shreveport, in northwestern Louisiana. ...

Film production returns to New Orleans Jan 16, 2006
CNN METAIRIE, Louisiana (AP) -- With roughly two-thirds of New ... from Maryland a month before Hurricane Katrina hit. ... from her evacuation site in Lafayette, west of ...

Smiley Anders for Jan. 19 Jan 18, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...quarterback Jake Delhomme, formerly of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and the ... In September, shortly after Hurricane Katrina, the Concert Band and ...

From the Lafayette Farm Bureau: This year, growers were hit by ... Dec 24, 2005
The Daily Advertiser, New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina basically wiped it off the map, the rest of South Louisiana, equally devastated by Katrina, as well as Hurricane Rita, has ...

News Briefs Jan 10, 2006
TheInd.com, ...a large portion of south central and eastern Louisiana. ... for coverage of a hurricane wreckage tour ... that — again — has sidetracked Lafayette Utilities System ...

Guard planning to shrink presence in New Orleans next month Jan 10, 2006
KLFY, The approximately two-thousand Louisiana National Guard troops on Hurricane Katrina relief duty ... of the 256th "Tiger Brigade" based in Lafayette, says if ...

Cajuns get pledge from Florida WR Jan 17, 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, The University of Louisiana football squad picked up its seventh verbal commitment for ... He finished a six-game hurricane-shortened senior season with 58 catches ...

Guard planning to shrink presence in New Orleans next month Jan 10, 2006
KATC, ...-- The approximately 2,000 Louisiana National Guard troops on Hurricane Katrina relief ... commander of the 256th "Tiger Brigade" based in Lafayette, said if ...

MLK Day celebrations scheduled Jan 13, 2006
2TheAdvocate, Lafayette is among communities across southwest Louisiana that have ... a tribute to those devastated by Hurricane Katrina ... and a member of the Lafayette City-Parish ...

Green Wave working to catch up Jan 15, 2006
Times Picayune, ...process that has been hampered by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina ... 3, 310) of Pickering has visited Louisiana-Monroe, Louisiana Tech and Louisiana-Lafayette. ...

Rita victims in Louisiana need to register for FEMA assistance Dec 24, 2005
Times Picayune, People affected by Hurricane Rita in the Louisiana parishes of Acadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, Lafourche, St ...

Louisiana Business Shorts: McDermott, Fair Grounds, Job Fair ... Dec 29, 2005
Bayou Buzz, Donna Landry, chief operating officer of Lafayette General Medical ... efforts to contribute to local hurricane relief in ... The Louisiana Family Recovery Corps is an ...

Blanco panel backs 4-month process Jan 13, 2006
Times Picayune, Mayor Ray Nagin told the Louisiana Recovery Authority he ... Bush's federal coordinator for hurricane recovery ... a jewelry-manufacturing company in Lafayette, said he ...

Outdoors: LDWF aids in hurricane rescue Jan 1, 2006
Opelousas Daily World, There can be no doubt that they were among Louisiana's best, including the many ... Many of these boaters hailed from Lafayette and Opelousas, as well as the ...

NO Guard force might be reduced Jan 10, 2006
Times Picayune, BATON ROUGE -- The approximately 2,000 Louisiana National Guard troops on Hurricane Katrina relief ... 256th "Tiger Brigade" based in Lafayette, said that ...

Louisiana delegation had eventful year Jan 7, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...in the House, his Louisiana Recovery Corporation idea to purchase hurricane-ravaged properties ... Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette — Having not been a ...

Cingular Completes 2005 Network Investment in Mississippi Jan 12, 2006
PR Newswire (press release), ...following: City of Oxford and Lafayette County (added 3 ... thousands of minutes to hurricane victims through ... and evacuation shelters in Louisiana, Mississippi and ...

Some La. congressional delegates benefitted from Abramoff events Jan 13, 2006
Shreveport Times, Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, who is giving the equivalent of a $2,000 donation from the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana to the hurricane recovery effort. ...

The prize of Texas Jan 9, 2006
San Jose Mercury News, Texas coaches unveiled a fresh weapon against Louisiana-Lafayette that they would ... Hurricane Rita rocked Texas' Gulf Coast region in late September, affecting ...

Fishermen buckle under Rita Jan 13, 2006
2TheAdvocate, ...are there to be caught, but Hurricane Rita’s ... of lower Cameron Parish organized by the Louisiana Seafood Board ... Wilfred Pierre, D-Lafayette, is chairman of the ...

Merging Jefferson and Orleans Parishes Jan 9, 2006
Louisiana Weekly, ...associates have attested to The Louisiana Weekly, the ... of New Orleans all but unscathed by the Hurricane. ... East Baton Rouge, Caddo, and Lafayette Parishes; two ...

Woodlawn boys to visit Central Jan 17, 2006
2TheAdvocate, University of Louisiana at Lafayette signee Damon Forest ... Wallace came to Woodlawn from two-time 5A champion Brother Martin following Hurricane Katrina. ...

Tagliabue banking on 'Dome return Jan 12, 2006
The Lafayette Daily Advertiser, Tagliabue, making his fourth visit to the state since Hurricane Katrina, called the ... alluding to threats of the Saints moving out of Louisiana before he bought ...

Horse Owners' Needs Still Urgent after Katrina and Rita Jan 12, 2006
TheHorse.com, ...by making donations to the Louisiana Veterinary Medical ... the LVMA Equine Committee, write "Horse Hurricane Relief" on ... 121 E. Gloria Switch, Lafayette, LA 70507. ...

‘Hollywood South’ again sees movie production Jan 15, 2006
Shreveport Times, ...miles from her evacuation site in Lafayette, west of ... But after Katrina and Hurricane Rita, other parts of ... total production was made in Louisiana, compared to ...

Storms test Boustany, Melancon Jan 2, 2006
2theadvocate.com, D-Napoleonville, represent every parish on Louisiana's Gulf Coast ... host to Hurricane Katrina and a piece of Hurricane Rita ... which covers the area from Lafayette, St ...

Inconsistency, turnovers keep ASU away from Bowl victory Jan 12, 2006
ASU Herald, Due to Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans was not available for use, so the New Orleans Bowl had to head west to Lafayette. ...

FEMA, parish officials continue to butt heads on housing issue Jan 11, 2006
Shreveport Times, ...on the ongoing housing needs for an estimated 10,000 hurricane evacuees in northwest Louisiana. ... 7 end date,? said Croft, a Lafayette resident. ...

Henry cries foul over Zephyr Field situation Jan 11, 2006
Times Picayune, Tulane's Turchin Stadium, which was undergoing renovations when Hurricane Katrina struck, was deemed unplayable this season. Louisiana-Lafayette's Moore Field ...

After the storm Dec 24, 2005
The News Journal, ...refuge until she could return to her Lafayette, La., apartment. Little did she know that Hurricane Katrina's havoc on the south-central Louisiana town would ...

Year where change reigns Jan 1, 2006
2theadvocate.com, ...with the Mall at Cortana and the Mall of Louisiana said their ... Baton Rouge and Lafayette hospitals spent millions of dollars to treat hurricane evacuees, and ...

Local golf: State's golf pros set to start Jan 3, 2006
The Daily Advertiser, ...is scheduled April 7-9 at the nearly-completed Wetlands course in north Lafayette. ... However, due to hurricane damage at the TPC of Louisiana course, the ...

Melancon leads trade mission Dec 25, 2005
2TheAdvocate, Charles Boustany, R-Lafayette, spent five days last ... Despite Louisiana being expected to receive the lion's ... the $29 billion in federal hurricane relief funding ...





American Red Cross -- (800) HELP-NOW
Feed the Children -- (800) 525-7575
Salvation Army -- (800) SAL-ARMY
Habitat for Humanity -- (800) HABITAT
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Humane Society of America -- (888) 259-5431
ASPCA -- (866) 275-3923
Oxfam America -- (800) 77OXFAM

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    A Category 4 hurricane could cause a storm surge of as much as 25 feet in Tampa Bay, according to a University of Central Florida researcher who is looking at the risks Florida cities face from tidal surges and flooding.

    Number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has nearly doubled over past 35 years September 16, 2005
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