Primary in Louisiana The Blanket Primary in Louisiana is “unique primary system”. The Blanket Primary is also known as a “Jungle” Primary in Partisan elections. The reason it’s called a blanket primary is because the party affiliation is not mentioned on the ballot. The winner of the primary is the candidate who has the majority of the vote. If two candidates have the majority of the vote‚ they run against each other in a run off regardless of their party affiliation. In Louisiana‚ there is a
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Hurricane Katrina was one of the worst natural disasters to ever strike the United States. It took place on August 23‚ 2005-August 31‚ 2005. It hit a couple of cities‚ but it hit the city of New Orleans‚ Louisiana the hardest. New Orleans was very popular for tourists before Katrina hit‚ and still is (Jervis‚ 2015). After it hit New Orleans‚ it left many people devastated; killing an estimated amount of 1‚833 people. Many of people were left homeless. There are still places in New Orleans that hasn’t
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locations. According to Source 2‚ hurricanes usually attack in Gulf states. Gulf states are states like Texas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ and Florida. On the another hand‚ tornadoes strike in a place call Tornado Alley. Tornado Alley is somewhere in northern Texas‚ Oklahoma‚ Kansas‚ and Nebraska. Although other states that get effected by tornadoes are Arkansas‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama‚ Tennessee‚ and Georgia. Likewise‚ this is the third biggest effect you should know about a
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Franklin wanted to pass the Albany Plan was to make it faster to end conflict with other countries and Natives. It was the first real attempt at uniting all of the colonies. At this point in time the colonies were completely divided. Louisiana and New Orleans: Louisiana was the name of “New France” or the French territory in the middle of North America. The French’s expansion in the middle of North America led to conflict between the French and the English colonies because it prevented the English
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Tragedy." 1. According to Frontline‚ what problems were caused by the following groups: The Local and state officials? Fail to plan The U.S. military? Waited too long FEMA? Poorly led The Government? Indifferent to victims who were poor 2. Why was the Louisiana National Guard unable to help? 300 soldiers were trapped inside the headquarters. And they were unaware that the canal leaves were giving water off 3. Why were rescue efforts hampered in the first 24 hours? Their backup generator flooded. Communication
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Hurricanes can cause a lot of damage. My hurricane is Hurricane Andrew of 1992. Hurricanes can pop up at any time. They can cause massive amounts of damage. A hurricane starts as mass amounts of wind. What happens is the pressure drops. There is sometimes a storm and usually a mass amount of clouds. The weather would be cloudy and rainy during the storm. The hurricane that this paper is about Andrew of 1992 in Florida. Trees were toppled and agricultural damage was done. Andrew reached hurricane
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Harry A. Evans EMDG 502 Hurricane Andrew Brett Hicks On August 24‚ 1992 Hurricane Andrew slammed into the South Florida‚ devastating Homestead‚ Florida City and parts of Miami‚ then continued northwest across the Gulf of Mexico to strike Louisiana coastline. In all‚ the storm caused 15 deaths directly‚ 25 deaths indirectly and $30 billion in property damage‚ making it the costliest disaster in U.S. History. More than 250‚000 people were left homeless; 82‚000 businesses were destroyed or damaged;
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On August 23‚ 2005‚ Katrina was formed merely as a tropical storm that the people of the United States thought wouldn’t do any damage. On August 28‚ 2005‚ cities in southern Louisiana and Mississippi started to demand a mandatory evacuation‚ but numerous people were stranded with no form of transportation or anywhere to go. Thousands were left waiting to see if Katrina would really strike as the weather stations had predicted. “That day‚ the National Weather Service predicted that after the storm
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Louisiana and Mississippi activated their emergency plan on 26‚ August‚ 2010‚ trying to evacuate everyone‚ but unfortunately not everyone could leave due to medical reason or had no access to transportation. In Hurricane Katrina there were more than 1‚800 people that died. In Louisiana more than 1‚500 lost their lives and in Mississippi 230 people lost their lives. In Florida 14 people lost
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Atchafalaya River is a 137 mile long distributary of the Mississippi River and Red River in south central Louisiana in the United States. It flows south‚ just west of the Mississippi River and is the fifth largest river in North America‚ by discharge. (From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia) The Atchafalaya River is navigable and provides a significant industrial shipping channel for the state of Louisiana‚ as well as the cultural heart of the Cajun Country. Fun fact it’s been closed for 150 years
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