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Suspicions fire racial tensions
Gina Blandin has a theory about what caused the flooding disaster that befell New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck last August, an idea that has little to do with engineering studies or physical evidence and everything to do with the poisonous...Tags: Politics, Science, Housing and Urban Planning, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Local Government
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Reopening Night
Scaffolding still surrounds a huge hole in the southeast wall, the staff is a shadow of its former size, only two of 15 sprawling dining rooms are functioning, half the specialty dishes have been lopped off the menu and there was a last-minute scramble to...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurants, Natural Disasters, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Mardi Gras
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Workers' plea: Gimme shelter
Home for Chuck Wonycott these days is a cramped metal bunk with a thin foam mattress deep in the bowels of an old merchant marine ship docked at the Port of New Orleans. His closet is a narrow locker. His dining room is the ship's mess hall. His...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Breads, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Officers
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The Big Uneasy
The lavish Carnival banquets already are under way at Antoine's Restaurant, the parading clubs are finalizing their ornate processions and the reviewing stands are in place along St. Charles Avenue. Everything, in other words, looks to be ready for the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, NAACP, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Mardi Gras, Mercedes-Benz Superdome
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New uneasiness settles on broken city
The food, a timeless presentation of French gourmet classics, is as savory as ever. The service is attentive and flawless. The dining rooms, freshly polished and filled with historical artifacts, promise a luxuriant meal. The veteran waiters are hard at...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Renovation, Mercedes-Benz Superdome, Crime, Law and Justice
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Rugby-Bulls 48 Hurricanes 14 - Super Rugby result
ReutersPRETORIA, May 4 (Reuters) - The Bulls (South Africa) beat the Hurricanes (New Zealand) 48-14 (halftime 27-0) in a Super Rugby match at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday. Scores: Blues - Tries: JJ Engelbrecht, Deon Stegmann, Akona Ndungane, Dean Greyling,...Tags: Natural Disasters
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Still adrift after the storm
First Hurricane Katrina took John Hoffmann Jr.'s home, which flooded, then exploded, and then burned. Next the storm took Hoffmann's job of 23 years washing dishes at Antoine's Restaurant, a position that vanished when the heavily damaged New Orleans...Tags: Bodies of Water, FEMA, Theft, Labor Day, Politics
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FPL to invest about $500 million to strengthen electric system against storms
Florida Power & Light plans to invest about $500 million over the next three years to strengthen its electric distribution system against wind and flood damage from storms, executives announced. The outlay is about the same amount as the state's...Tags: Cape Coral (Lee, Florida), Port St. Lucie (St. Lucie, Florida), Natural Disasters, FPL Group, Hurricane Sandy (2012)
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Insurance stalls revival
There were 11,256 bottles of wine in the cellar of Antoine's Restaurant on the morning of Aug. 29 when Hurricane Katrina struck, some of them rare, most of them expensive and all of them ruined when the power failed, the air conditioning died and the...Tags: Federal Housing Administration, Bodies of Water, Floods, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Renovation
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Will the Bermuda High help us again this storm season?
Sun SentinelWhether the Bermuda High will punish or protect Florida during hurricane season remains unknown. Washed out by a winter system over the U.S. Southeast, it’s for now a mushy blob of warm air, so diluted that it’s hard to tell where it’s...Tags: Politics, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Leslie (2012), Hurricane Isaac (2012), National Weather Service
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Site shows how storm could affect your area
Sun SentinelWant to know in detail how a tropical storm might impact your neighborhood? Don’t refer to the cone of error. The National Weather Service now offers Tropical Cyclone Potential Impacts – weather.gov/tcig – a site that provides color-...Tags: Politics, Natural Disasters, Tropical Storms, Tropical Weather, Weather
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Gov. Scott: Sequestration could hurt hurricane recovery
Sun SentinelFederal sequestation could hurt Florida’s ability to recover in the aftermath of a hurricane because less money will be available to prepare the National Guard, Gov. Rick Scott said Wednesday. Further, he said National Guardsmen are to be...Tags: FEMA, Politics, Rick Scott, Tropical Storms, Regional Authority
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