What has happened down here is the wind have changedClouds roll in from the north and it started to rain
Rained real hard and rained for a real long time
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
The river rose all day
The river rose all night
Some people got lost in the flood
Some people got away alright
The river have busted through clear down to Plaquemines
Six feet of water in the streets of Evangeline
CHORUS
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
Louisiana, Louisiana
They're tryin' to wash us away
They're tryin' to wash us away
President Coolidge came down in a railroad train
With little fat man with a note-pad in his hand
The President say, "Little fat man isn't it a shame what the river has
done
To this poor farmers land."
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9/3/2005, 6:07 p.m. CT
By ALLEN G. BREED
The Associated Press
By ALLEN G. BREED
The Associated Press
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07:32 PM CT Saturday, September 3, 2005
Anne Rice
What do people really know about New Orleans?
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
07:32 PM CT Saturday, September 3, 2005
Anne Rice
What do people really know about New Orleans?
Do You Know What It Means to Lose New Orleans?
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Texas is now my second favorite state. Governor Rick Perry is showing the leadership I wish we had more of--thanks Rick.
5:15 P.M. - AUSTIN, TX (AP): The number of hurricane evacuees staying in Texas is now nearly equal to the entire population of Baton Rouge.
Texas Governor Rick Perry says 120,000 storm victims are being housed in 97 shelters across the state. An estimated 100,000 more are in hotels there. And more are coming.
Emergency workers at Houston's Astrodome are preparing for 10,000 new arrivals everyday for the next three days. Evacuees are also moving in large numbers into other states including Tennessee, Indiana and Arkansas.
On a different note:
Saints to move?
By Robert Travis Scott
Capital bureau
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is leaning strongly toward moving the Saints permanently to San Antonio following the devastation to the city and the Superdome by Hurricane Katrina, a state senator who has spoken with a top team official said Saturday.
Sen. Mike Michot, R-Lafayette, said he spoke with Saints’ chief of administration Arnold Fielkow by phone Friday morning about Benson’s potential plans.
Team officials could not be reached Saturday. The team had previously announced it was looking for a new home for the current season, and San Antonio was one of the options.
Michot said he was told that Benson has not made a final decision, but the owner is serious about moving once and for all to San Antonio. “We may lose them permanently,” Michot said.
A possible move by the team is a “huge concern” among a few state officials who have become aware of it, but every significant political figure in the state is preoccupied with reacting to the storm aftermath.
State officials want to convince Benson to delay a decision so that the state can focus on the rescue and rehabilitation effort and later find a way to keep the Saints at home in New Orleans.
“This is like pouring salt into the wound,” Michot said.
Michot said decency dictates that Benson should postpone any decision on a permanent move until state officials have had a chance to talk with him.
“Give us time,” Michot said.
Another state official confirmed a similar conversation with Fielkow.
Michot is the vice-chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, a key committee for legislation related to state agreement with the Saints.
He said that in the long run the Saints might be better off staying in New Orleans because a revived city with national support could provide a better stadium.
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I taped that, on NBC last night but haven't watched it yet.
I'm so glad that people are getting out of there now. Awesome what everyone is doing. Still is so sad, their lives will never be the same again.
EWTN played Aaron Neville singing Louisiana 1927 over footage of the disaster's wake on Friday. I actually wept watching it.
Jack, I wept too.
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