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      <title>Preparing for Evacuation</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 19:43:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Preparing Your Home For a Flood</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2011 23:19:55 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Flood Insurance and Levees</title>
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      <title>Disaster Information Resources Series</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 May 2006 17:55:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>There's a Hurricane Forming...</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2005 22:02:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Determining Seafood Safety in an Oil Spill</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:19:01 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JAnderson@agcenter.lsu.edu (Julie A. Anderson)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Special Needs - LSU Fieldhouse</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina refugees needing medical attention are treated at both the Field House and the Pete Maravich Assembly Center. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Now Is The Time To Prune Trees</title>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Citrus Research Station:  Hurricane Katrina Damage</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2005 13:35:20 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Estimated Damage Caused To Louisiana Agriculture From Excessive Rains in 2009</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:59:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[This report summarizes the estimated damage caused by excessive rains in September and October 2009. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>KMGuidry@agcenter.lsu.edu (Kurt M. Guidry)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Hurricane Katrina Photo Gallery</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:26:11 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Animal Shelter - Parker Coliseum</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:21:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The animal shelter was set up in Parker Coliseum in response to Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[AgCenter employees pitch in at the Baton Rouge River Center, which is housing 6,000 refugees from Hurricane Katrina. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Disaster Recovery: Good News About Your Homeowners Insurance Policy</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:22:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Although your policy may not cover flood damage to your home, it does offer some protection from loss caused by natural disasters, such as hurricanes. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JTucker@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jeanette A. Tucker)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Bleach Does Kill Mold – Within Limits</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2005 19:59:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>CReichel@agcenter.lsu.edu (Claudette H. Reichel)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Disaster Recovery: Don't Let Disaster Compromise Credit</title>
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      <title>Horses Affected By Hurricane May Need Extra Care</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Horses that survived the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina still may need special attention to assure their continued health. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CDepew@agcenter.lsu.edu (Clinton G. Depew)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Avoiding Mold Hazards in Your Waterdamaged Home</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[A flood-damaged building requires special attention to avoid or correct a mold population explosion. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>What You Can Do To Help After Storms</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:00:19 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As a 4-H club member and a caring person, you are probably wondering what you can do to help people your age that had to move away from their home town into a different home and a new city and school. Here are some suggested activities to help new students in your schools or at other schools: - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DSasser@agcenter.lsu.edu (Diane Sasser)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Not A Good Time To Replant A Lawn, Regardless Of Hurricanes</title>
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      <dc:creator>RStrahan@agcenter.lsu.edu (Ronald E. Strahan)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Disaster Recovery: Managing on a Suddenly Reduced Income</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana families impacted by disaster often experience a sudden reduction in income that can be financially and emotionally traumatic.   Reduce this hardship by taking positive action. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Emergency Protection from Rising Water</title>
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      <title>Be On Lookout For Fire Ants In Areas Where Flooding Occurred</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Fire ants can be a serious problem after hurricanes – particularly in flooded areas, according to experts with the LSU AgCenter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DPollet@agcenter.lsu.edu (Dale K. Pollet)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Emotional Recovery Part Of Disaster Aftermath</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 18:26:45 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Those who survive hurricanes and other natural disasters are at risk for behavioral and emotional readjustment problems. Most child and adult survivors experience one or more normal stress reactions for several days after a natural disaster. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DSasser@agcenter.lsu.edu (Diane Sasser)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Age Groups React Differently To Calamity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Children's reactions to disaster depend on their age and maturity. Their responses also are affected by how close they are to the event, their level of exposure to it through TV and how they see their parents react. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>DSasser@agcenter.lsu.edu (Diane Sasser)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Tenants Have Many Rights After A Disaster</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[If you rent or lease an apartment, house or business building and the structure is damaged in a natural disaster, read your lease carefully to determine what you need to do regarding damages, terminating the lease, securing temporary housing and other matters, advises LSU AgCenter family economics professor Dr. Ann Berry. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JTucker@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jeanette A. Tucker)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Follow Recommended Steps To File Insurance Claims After Hurricanes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As hurricane evacuees are allowed to return to their homes, LSU AgCenter family economics professor Dr. Ann Berry makes several recommendations for filing insurance claims. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JTucker@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jeanette A. Tucker)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Surprise! Homeowner's Insurance Policy Offers Good News After A Disaster</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Many people are surprised about the extent of protection their homeowner's insurance policy offers. Although your policy may not cover flood damage to your home, it does offer some protection from loss due to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, according to LSU AgCenter family economics professor Dr. Ann Berry. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JTucker@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jeanette A. Tucker)</dc:creator>
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      <title>After A Disaster</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aftera Disaster  - Lesson Plan for youth   Educators sometimes feel unprepared when new students arrive as a result of disaster they experience, and current students sometimes have difficulty feeling empathy for the new transfer students. This lesson plan can be used with groups of youth in junior high and high school who need guidance in dealing with a change in their social environment, i.e., their school, following a disaster or even after positive changes in their life situation. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Rising Above the Floods</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Repetitive flooding affects thousands of Louisiana homes and businesses. In this publication and its companion videotape, a procedure to demonstrate a non-invasive method to flood proofing is explained as it was demonstrated by a Michigan contractor. Special attention is given to adapting the technology for use in Louisiana’s floodplains. (PDF format only) - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Advises Making Your Home Safer, Stronger, Smarter</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Rita is a wake-up call for all whose homes were spared. It’s a vivid reminder of the importance of making your home stronger, safer and smarter. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>CReichel@agcenter.lsu.edu (Claudette H. Reichel)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Rescue Your Lawnmower or Other Small Engine After the Flood</title>
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      <title>Salvaging Timber</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Every forest owner has questions and decision needs when faced with salvaging timber after a storm. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Logging Downed Timber from the Hurricanes</title>
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      <title>Picking Right Home Repair Contractor Is Critical</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Thousands of Louisiana residents are facing home rebuilding or repairs in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. "Selecting a competent contractor to make home repairs is one of the most important things you will need to do to put your home and life back in order," says AgCenter family economics professor Dr. Jeanette Tucker. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>JTucker@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jeanette A. Tucker)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Don’t Forget To Help Those Who Volunteer</title>
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      <title>Louisiana 4-H’ers Reach Out To Evacuees</title>
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      <dc:creator>TFaul@agcenter.lsu.edu (Terril D. Faul)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Louisiana Commissioner of Agriculture's Presentation on Storm Damage</title>
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      <title>USDA-FSA Disaster Assistance Page</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:20:10 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>MSalassi@agcenter.lsu.edu (Michael Salassi)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Sweet Potato Damage from Storms</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The pecan industry in the state was extremely hard hit by Hurricane Gustav. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>TMerrill@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas A. Merrill)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Crop Marketing Issues</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[After more than two weeks of poor weather from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, Louisiana is assessing the impacts on agriculture and the effects are quickly adding up. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>MSalassi@agcenter.lsu.edu (Michael Salassi)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Cotton Damage from Hurricanes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Most of the state’s corn crop was harvested prior to Hurricane Gustav, but damage still is $45.8 million or nearly 11 percent of the crop value. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Forestry Damage from Storms</title>
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      <dc:creator>TMerrill@agcenter.lsu.edu (Thomas A. Merrill)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Temporary Pet Shelter At LSU To Close Oct. 15</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The temporary shelter at Parker Coliseum on the LSU campus, set up to handle pet animals evacuated from hurricane-affected areas of southeast Louisiana, is bursting at the seams and accepting no more animals at this time. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>LBenedict@agcenter.lsu.edu (Linda F. Benedict)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Help Line Numbers</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:38:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here are some toll-free numbers set up to provide disaster assistance: - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>FGould@agcenter.lsu.edu (Frances I. Gould)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Preliminary estimates of losses in Louisiana agriculture, forestry and fisheries from Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Estimates of losses to Louisiana agriculture, forestry and fisheries resulting from Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike now place the totals as high as $950-plus million and climbing. The totals include up to $763 million in lost revenue to Louisiana farmers, ranchers, foresters and fishers, as well as another $175 million to $200 million in damage to the industries’ infrastructure – farm equipment, barns, processing facilities and so forth. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Ohio State Students Among Those Helping In Recovery Efforts; LSU AgCenter Working With Variety Of Volunteers</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As the cleanup from this summer’s hurricanes continues, LSU AgCenter agents are helping coordinate the work of people who are coming to the rescue. Among those were 30 students from The Ohio State University who arrived in Louisiana earlier this week (Dec. 11-17) ready to roll up their sleeves and pitch in to clean up parts of hurricane-ravaged South Louisiana. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Volunteers Target New Orleans City Park To Clean Bayou Metairie</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The LSU AgCenter’s efforts to help with the cleanup and recovery in New Orleans continue to take on national dimensions. One of the latest projects targeted Bayou Metairie in City Park and included 200 volunteers. Although most were local, some came from as far away as Boston. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Soybean Damage from Storms</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Only a small percentage of the state’s soybean crop was harvested prior to Hurricane Gustav, and damage to the crop so far is estimated at more than $115 million or nearly 28 percent of this year’s anticipated value. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>2011 Hurricane Season</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 12:33:08 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana faces serious flood threats during tropical storms and hurricanes from a combination of surge and inland rain. This site directs you to information you can use to understand how predicted flood levels may impact you, how you can reduce flood damage and how you can recover and rebuild once the floodwaters recede. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Using interactive maps to find ground elevation</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 15:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[As the flood crest moved down the Mississippi River and as hurricane rain and surge threatens Louisiana many people want to compare their ground elevation to a predicted flood crest at their property. This page gives detailed instructions for using the two LSU AgCenter interactive mapping systems to assess flood risk. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Using Flood Maps when Waters are Rising</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 13:42:51 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The LSUAgCenter Flood Maps portal displays Flood Insurance Rate Maps, used for rating flood insurance and as a basis for regulating development in identified flood hazard areas. The portal can be useful in estimating your risk when flooding is anticipated. This page tells you how and explains what you can and cannot do with the information provided on the portal. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>2011 Spring Flood Alert!</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 19:52:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Louisiana is facing serious flood threats, primarily on the Mississippi River but affecting many streams that flow to and from it. As the flood crest moves down the Mississippi River, levees are being challenged, spillways are  being opened, and people are evacuating. This site directs you to information you can use to understand how predicted flood levels may impact you, how you can reduce flood damage and how you can recover and rebuild once the floodwaters recede. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <title>Preparing a Child's Evacuation To-Go Kit</title>
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      <title>Disaster Wallet Card</title>
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      <title>Offshore Fishing Closures</title>
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      <title>What’s A 3-Day Food Supply?</title>
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      <title>Floodwalls</title>
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      <title>LSU AgCenter Experts Teach Chainsaw Safety</title>
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      <dc:creator>HDozier@agcenter.lsu.edu (Hallie Dozier)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Marsh Maneuvers Participants See Devastation Along Coast</title>
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      <title>Take Precautions For Mosquitoes After Storms</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 20:52:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>JBaldwin@agcenter.lsu.edu (Jack L. Baldwin)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Shelter - Grant Walker 4-H Educational Center 1</title>
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      <dc:creator>MClaesgens@agcenter.lsu.edu (Mark A. Claesgens)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Expert Offers Tips For Renting Lawn And Garden Equipment</title>
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      <title>Slime Mold ‘Sinister,’ But Not Harmful To Lawn</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 16:23:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Flood Insurance Provides Coverage for Emergency Protective Measures</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The flood insurance policy provides limited coverage for expenses you incur trying to protect insured property from flood damage. - Full Content set to .]]></description>
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      <dc:creator>PSkinner@agcenter.lsu.edu (Patricia Skinner)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Chainsaw Safety</title>
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      <dc:creator>CDeHoop@agcenter.lsu.edu (Cornelis F. De Hoop)</dc:creator>
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      <title>Goldman Sachs Donates Cash, Sends Volunteers To Assist In New Orleans Cleanup</title>
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      <dc:creator>PSkinner@agcenter.lsu.edu (Patricia Skinner)</dc:creator>
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