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Thierry "Ted" Benoit (25 July 1947 – 30 September 2016) was a French comic artist, graphic novelist and prominent figure in the stylish Franco-Belgian ligne claire comics scene in the 1980s. His influences included Edgar P. Jacobs , Moebius , Robert Crumb and to a lesser extend Jacques Tardi .
August 29, 2005 – Although Hurricane Katrina's eye came ashore in lower Plaquemines Parish Louisiana, the resulting storm surge resulted in multiple levee failures in the New Orleans area, flooding approximately 80% of the city, with some places being inundated by more than 15 ft (4.6 m) of water. The failures of the levees were considered ...
August 29 marks the 10-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Katrina hit Louisiana, and since then, New Orleans and surrounding areas have never been the same.
The Greater New Orleans Urban Water Plan (UWP) is a collaborative, multibillion dollar post-Katrina redevelopment plan for the New Orleans metropolitan area. Originally released in 2013, the UWP is the result of collaborative efforts among Greater New Orleans, Inc., local civic leaders, and stormwater management experts. [ 34 ]
St. Thomas More Catholic High School in Lafayette, Louisiana, confirmed Bech had graduated in 2015, and asked for prayers for his family. "Tiger was a 2015 graduate and standout in football ...
Flooding in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Betsy in 1965. New Orleans was settled on a natural high ground along the Mississippi River. Later developments that eventually extended to nearby Lake Pontchartrain were built on fill to bring them above the average lake level. Navigable commercial waterways extended from the lake ...
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
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