Connection Cafe

OCTOBER 26, 2017

In the aftermath of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina , about 22% of total funding went to the American Red Cross (ARC). About 50% of funding at this point for Hurricane Harvey has gone to ARC. 82% of that funding came from corporations, where 18% was sourced from independent, community and public foundations.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Disaster Relief Of A Different Kind - West Virginia Headline News and Talk Radio : Seventeen West Virginia Office of Technology employees are working long hours in Louisiana lending an IT helping hand following what Hurricane Isaac left behind.

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AFP Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2005

She asked whether anyone knew the whereabouts of her three aunts, who were missing since Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana Aug. BY Dibya Sarkar Published on Oct. 31, 2005 On Sept. 15, through a private Web site called LATalk.org, Ruby pleaded for help. Several weeks later she wrote: 'Does anybody read these things for real?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 2, 2025

Among the 500 most populous counties, these are the 20 where First Street expects the highest 30-year growth in home insurance premiums: Orleans Parish, Louisiana: +634% Miami-Dade County, Florida: +590% Pinellas County, Florida: +451% St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana: +351% Duval County, Florida: +333% El Dorado County, California: +291% St.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 7, 2025

million to restore damage it caused to southeast Louisiana’s coastal wetlands, a jury ruled on Friday following a landmark trial more than a decade in the making. Plaquemines Parish, the southeast Louisiana district which brought the lawsuit, had asked for $2.6 How are oil companies contributing to Louisiana’s land loss?

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 4, 2025

I’m incredibly concerned because this affects everyone in every part of the country, Sorensen said, noting the potential for severe storms Friday in House Speaker Mike Johnson’s home district near Shreveport, Louisiana, where the data shows a 13% vacancy rate, well below the average for the south and the rest of the country.

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The Verge

AUGUST 28, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator players are hunting down Hurricane Laura as it approaches the US Gulf Coast. Lake Charles, Louisiana voted 10 to 5 to leave up the Confederate South’s Defenders Monument. Hurricane Laura toppled the statue atop of the monument overnight. Tom Warren / The Verge ). Those good tweets.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 11, 2025

It was also western North Carolina in late September after Hurricane Helene created raging rivers that flooded some houses and swept others away. Weeks before the hurricane, the city had released a 100-plus-page affordable housing plan that it spent a year hammering out with local housing and social service agencies.

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Fast Company Tech

APRIL 9, 2025

Climate disasters like the Los Angeles fires and North Carolinas Hurricane Helene are causing property insurance rates to skyrocket and carriers to leave markets, a finding recently confirmed by the Treasury Departments Federal Insurance Office. Making homes more resilient and energy-efficient But more disaster-prepared housing is not enough.

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