Ninety years ago, the Mississippi and Atchafalaya rivers — swollen from months of rainfall — burst through levees, sending muddy water into businesses, homes and farmland across Louisiana. Families ...

Perhaps the only other natural disaster in the United States that comes close to the level of devastation of Hurricane Katrina was the 1927 flood of the Mississippi River. That flood dumped as much as ...

The Randy Newman song “Louisiana 1927” has become a local classic, covered by numerous pianists and vocalists, with its familiar lines, “The river had busted through clear down to Plaquemines / Six ...

1. The blasting of the Birds Point levee in Missouri conjures up 1927 and the blast of the Caernarvon levee in St. Bernard Parish. See the front page of the April 30, 1927 The Times-Picayune for ...

CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters Life!) - Jazz and soul singer John Boutte summed up emotions of his fellow New Orleanians with a rendition of Randy Newman's "Louisiana 1927" at the city's first Jazz Fest ...

“Morning Edition, September 9, 2005 · Hundreds of songs have been written about New Orleans and Louisiana. One that’s been played frequently in recent days has a special poignancy. Singer-songwriter ...

This field book contains notes on bird and mammals observed in various Florida, Louisiana and Texas locations. Some frequently observed birds include geese, mallards, heron, egrets, gulls, loons, and ...