About two-hundred Louisiana emergency responders have made it to Florida and South Carolina, two states that are expected to see flooding from Hurricane Dorian. Deputy Director of the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Casey Tingle, says Louisiana received assistance from other states during its major hurricanes and its returning the favor…
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Many of the Louisiana emergency responders are firefighters from around the state that will help with search and rescue missions.

After lashing out on the Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian has started making its way up the eastern seaboard. The United Cajun Navy is stationed in Jacksonville and Founder Todd Terrell says they spent the holiday weekend gathering supplies
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Terrell says if you want to volunteer go to united-cajun-navy-dot-org or you can make a monetary donation at pan-handle-relief-dot-org

LSU studied the weather effects of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico and found temperatures increased two degrees on average and humidity dropped five percent a month after landfall as a result of defoliation. Satellite imagery showed Maria stripped the island of its vegetation, and LSU Coastal Sciences Professor Paul Miller says those plants usually absorb a lot of the sun’s energy, but…
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Temperatures returned to normal about two months afterward when the island re-greened.

It’s voter registration week. Louisiana Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin says you can register online anytime at voterportal.sos.la.gov. He says you can also register in person at your parish Registrar of Voters Office and you’ll need to bring a valid I-D or proof of residency…
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The deadline to register to vote for the October 12th election in person or by mail is Wednesday September 11th. The deadline to register to vote online is Saturday September 21st.