The last two years Louisiana was the one seeking resources from other states after seeing significant damage from Category Four hurricanes. This year Florida is dealing with a major storm and Louisiana has sent help. Lt. Colonel William Saint says nearly 250 Louisiana National Guardsmen have been deployed to Florida…
cut 12 (10) “….pay it back”
Saint says they’ve sent helicopters, movement control teams, an engineer company, and a unit that can help transport supplies and personnel.

Ian is a tropical storm over central Florida. State Climatologist Barry Keim says Ian is delivering quite a punch since making landfall along Florida’s southwestern coast with maximum sustained winds of 150 miles per hour…
cut 15 (11) “….Orlando areas”

Congressional candidate Holden Hoggatt has released a hard hitting campaign ad that is a parody of the old Crime Stopper videos’ that Congressman Clay Higgins used to produce when he worked at the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office. In the video a man wearing a police uniform calls Higgins a fraud. Political analyst Roy Fletcher says Hoggatt’s campaign ad comes with some risks…
cut 8 (12) “…..back at Hoggatt”

Tulane University has received a five-million dollar grant to determine if sand from recycled glass can assist in the state’s coastal restoration efforts. Doctor Julie Albert says after receiving an initial award from the National Science Foundation they have demonstrated the efficacy of their glass-to-sand initiative at two sites in southeast Louisiana…
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Glass Half Full in New Orleans is recycling the glass to help the coast.