Tropical Storm Nate is still projected to hit the southeast Louisiana coast as a Category 1 Hurricane early Sunday morning. State Climatologist Barry Keim says even as Nate moves quickly into the Gulf, there is a chance the storm will veer to the east and miss the Louisiana coast..:
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A State of Emergency has been declared for Louisiana as Tropical Storm Nate races toward the Gulf Coast. Last summer, pumps failed to work when heavy rain fell in New Orleans. Governor John Bel Edwards has the National Guard ready to move if needed if they fail again this weekend:
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for Grand Isle and areas outside of levee protection in St. Bernard Parish.

The LSU Tigers are ranked as the nation’s fifth most-valuable college football program in a report out of Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus. The analysis, by Ryan Brewer, found that if the Tigers were for sale, they’d be worth about $911 million dollars…:
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The report shows the SEC as a whole put five teams in the top 10.

A Tropical Storm Warning is now in effect for metropolitan New Orleans, Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Maurepas, and from west of Grand Isle to Morgan City Louisiana due to approaching Tropical Storm Nate. Some areas in far eastern Louisiana are under a hurricane warning.