hurricane katrina
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Could a Tornado Capsize a Cruise Ship?
Two powerful tornados touched down around New Orleans Tuesday night, trashing several communities, killing at least one person and injuring dozens more. It also gave us this awesome video of a cruise ship ominously passing by the massive storm on the Mississippi River like some sort of booze cruise of the damned.
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New Orleans Loses Power as Hurricane Ida Inundates Louisiana
All of New Orleans lost power Sunday night after Hurricane Ida brought down eight transmission lines that deliver electricity to the city, according to a new report from Nola.com. Everyone in Orleans parish, home to New Orleans, lost power around 7:15 p.m. local time, 8:15 p.m. ET, and it’s not clear when power might be…
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Seeing Hurricane Katrina in 2020 Vision
I thought I understood time until 2020. There are regularly days when I am not sure which day of the week it is until it’s time to go to bed. Then there are weeks where I’m not sure what year it is. This week, as we neared the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, when I saw…
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14 Years After Hurricane Katrina, Authorities Found Two Cars Lodged In The City’s Underground Canal
Just over 14 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and other parts of America’s southern coast, authorities have retrieved a full car from one of the city’s underground drainage canals.