Wednesday, August 29, 2012

New Orleans Hunkers Down As Isaac Hits Louisiana Coast

Wednesday, August 29, 2012
NEW ORLEANS — Newly downgraded Tropical Storm Isaac plodded its way across Louisiana on Wednesday, inundating parts of a mostly rural area southeast of New Orleans, while in the city, on the seventh anniversary of Katrina, levees were so far holding.
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