The state is ramping down its emergency response activities as most of Louisiana appears to have dodged a bullet from once Hurricane Barry. There were concerns that the levees in New Orleans would have difficulty handling the storm, but Governor John Bel Edwards says the upgraded levee system held up…
cut 10 (10) “…extremely well”
Some people are upset that Barry was talked up as a big storm, but didn’t live up to the predictions of massive flooding. State Climatologist Barry Keim says wind shearing and dry air attacked the storm. But Keim says federal forecasters did a good job of predicting a hurricane would make landfall along Louisiana’s coast several days before it happened…
cut 6 (12) “…this event”

LSU receives a grant worth nearly $400k from the Institute of Museum and Library Science in an effort to tell the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans and active duty military through the creation of virtual footlockers. Assistant Professor of Library and Information Science Ed Benoit says these virtual footlockers will not only be important family heirlooms but important documentation for historians.
Cut 13 (08) “…a time period.”
The virtual footlockers would include social media posts, digital photos, videos, emails, and stories from the troops.