Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 storm in Plaquemines Parish at 6:10 am on this date 20 years ago. She brought widespread flooding and devastation. Saint Bernard Parish President Louis Pomes (Louie POE-mez) was an employee of the parish at the time. He was amazed at how fast the water rose because of breaches in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet.
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One of the more remarkable stories that came out of Hurricane Katrina was how the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on the LSU campus became the world’s largest field hospital at that time in U-S history. Sean O’ Keefe was the chancellor of LSU at the time and says the doctors and nurses came from hospitals that were closed because of Katrina.
LSU football kicks off the season tomorrow night at Clemson in a top ten matchup. The Fighting Tigers will welcome back to the field linebacker Harold Perkins, who missed most of last season with a torn ACL. Perkins will play the STAR position and he says it will allow him to showcase his pass rush abilities as well as his pass coverage skills.
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There’s a college football game in Shreveport tomorrow night. Andrew Greenstein has more…
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