louisiana flooding
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Louisiana flooding. By: Briley Dotson. Geography. Location Louisiana is in the south of the U.S. Louisiana has marshes and fertile delta lands Place Louisiana is a good place to hunt and fish. What is happening?. The flood will reach Baton Rouge on Wednesday May 18 th - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Louisiana flooding
By: Briley Dotson
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Geography
• Location
• Louisiana is in the south of the U.S.
• Louisiana has marshes and fertile delta lands
• Place
• Louisiana is a good place to hunt and fish
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What is happening?
• The flood will reach Baton Rouge on Wednesday May 18th
• The flood is slow moving which gives time for people to escape
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Local Area
• The oil refineries are building barricades to keep the water out
• The rain caused the flood and everyone is leaving
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World or Nation
• The world’s fish supply will go down because Louisiana brings in a lot of fish
• The nation’s oil supply will also go down because Louisiana has a lot of oil
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What is being done?
• Volunteers are helping build barriers to keep water out
• Volunteers are helping the victims in Louisiana
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How can we help?
• We can send help there
• Red Cross needs our support to help the victims in Louisiana
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Pictures
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Current Event
• Who Lansing’s budget
• What Job cuts
• When 2012
• Where Lansing
• Why Because Lansing’s budget fiscal could cut 102 jobs
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Resources
• 1. www.Infoplease.com
• 2. www.pbs.org
• 3.www.klsa.com
• www.mlive.com