... at the Arts and Humanities Council of Southwest Louisiana is in Lake Charles. The last time I was in Lake Charles was on my honeymoon in 1966 with my first wife, and still good friend, ... few years before my wife Tina was there too. He and his family had been cleaning up again after their restaurant was flooded by Katrina, Rita and now Ike.I am amazed by how resilient the folks are that live along the ...

... Wednesday for failures and missteps by the state government in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She pledged to remake New Orleans better than before the storm. "To anyone who even suggests that this great city should ... drowned in floodwaters. Kris Wartelle, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Charles Foti, said the office has been besieged with allegations of neglect that may have led ...

... Ike's storm surge inundated hundreds of homes in Cameron Parish and flooded parts of Lake Charles -- 30 miles north of the Gulf Coast -- as rescue teams waited for winds to ... before launching search and rescue missions. Storm surge levels in Calcasieu Parish, which includes Lake Charles, exceeded those of Hurricane Rita in 2005, local officials said. Continue>>>

... county lines, party lines, or rivers - there is so much to see and do here.This brings us to "Democracy Days" at St. Charles Community College, an institution of which I was wholly ignorant until I sorted my mail ... the role of the government in addressing societal problems. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Iraq War, and the impending meltdown of our mortgage industry, we are facing difficult ...

Prince Charles to made his semi-annual statement on climate change yesterday.  The Prince of Wales is warming that the world is not ... to the problem.  Otherwise, the result will be catastrophic for us, especially poor countries.  Then the Prince went on to discuss a local flood and Hurricane Katrina.  To be fair, however, Prince Charles did ditch his private jet and ask that his staff use bicycles ...

SCOTT MORGAN | ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR Lauren Williamson, 18, and Patrick O'Neill, 19, of Pass Christian, Miss. ride the St. Charles Ave. street car Saturday, Sept. 27, 2008, in New Orleans, La. ON THE ST. CHARLES AVE. STREETCAR — When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast in 2005, Pass Christian, Miss., was among the hardest hit areas. [...]