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Letters: Louisiana, let's listen to nature to prevent worse hurricanes

Por: The Advocate Opinion September 22, 2022

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With the primitive signs of , I cannot help but wonder whether this and next spring's hurricane seasons are symbols of Louisiana's inability to combat the brutality of natural disasters.Every year, schools are forced to shut down, infrastructure crumbles, roads are flooded, homes are destroyed, people are miserable and the state never seems to improve. It feels like each hurricane warning is another exhaustive sigh as we anticipate the... + full article



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