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A new recording of the orchestrated version is included on the Katrina charity album, Our New Orleans, on Nonesuch Records. In 2007, the song was covered by Ray Stevens on his tribute album to New Orleans and Louisiana culture, New Orleans Moon. Singer/pianist Marcia Ball also covered the song at several Katrina benefit concerts.
Shepheard's Hotel entrance, c. 1920s Johann Adam Rennebaum, Architect of Shepheard's Hotel. Shepheard's Hotel was the leading hotel in Cairo and one of the most celebrated hotels in the world from the middle of the 19th century until its destruction in 1952 during the Cairo Fire. Five years after the original hotel was destroyed, a new one was ...
The prison experienced flooding ranging from 8 inches (200 mm) to 3 feet (0.91 m). [54] LCIW, the only state-operated prison to receive flooding during the incident, temporarily closed. [53] It was the first time in state history that the whole population of a particular prison was evacuated to other facilities. [55]
Rainfall in New Orleans totaled 5-7 inches, and some pockets got 8 inches, he said. On the Northshore, some places even saw double digits in rainfall. Flooding in the region was "no surprise ...
More Katrina coverage on AOL.com: Facts about the impact of Hurricane Katrina: Reliving the New Orleans Saints' emotional 2005 season. More than 15,000 refugees sought shelter in the Superdome
Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 - The worst river flood in U.S. history caused damage in Louisiana along with other states; Mississippi flood of 1973 - Affected areas around the Mississippi River in Louisiana and other states; May 1995 Louisiana flood - Much of New Orleans flooded after heavy rainfall across South Louisiana
Significant flooding was unfolding in the New Orleans area, forecasters warned. The National Weather Service declared a flash flood emergency on Wednesday night for the I-10 corridor in the New ...
Satellite photos of New Orleans taken in March 2004, then on August 31, 2005, after the levee failures. Investigators focused on the 17th Street and London Avenue canals, where evidence showed they were breached even though water did not flow over their tops, indicating a design or construction flaw. Eyewitness accounts and other evidence show ...