1 00:00:06,867 --> 00:00:09,200 POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND 2 00:00:09,333 --> 00:00:11,933 ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER 3 00:00:12,067 --> 00:00:14,500 JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION. 4 00:00:14,633 --> 00:00:19,233 TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. ENTERGY. 5 00:00:19,367 --> 00:00:24,000 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. 6 00:00:24,133 --> 00:00:25,867 ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS 7 00:00:26,000 --> 00:00:33,233 CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING 8 00:00:33,367 --> 00:00:34,833 ARTIST AND AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER FOR SOUTHWEST 9 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,767 LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR 10 00:00:36,900 --> 00:00:38,867 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:59,000 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. OUR WHOLE SALES TAX SYSTEM IS 12 00:00:59,133 --> 00:01:03,500 ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY. NO TAX HOLIDAY THIS WEEKEND? 13 00:01:03,633 --> 00:01:07,333 THE PROBLEMS WITH HOW WE COLLECT SALES TAX. 14 00:01:07,467 --> 00:01:13,167 NOW IT'S EVERY APPLICANT WILL GET 100% REIMBURSEMENT. 15 00:01:13,300 --> 00:01:16,767 GREAT NEWS THIS WEEK FOR LOUISIANA FLOOD VICTIMS 16 00:01:16,900 --> 00:01:20,467 IT IS AN EFFORT TO REALLY LOOK AT DATA AT THE STATE AND 17 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,167 LOCAL LEVELS. HOW LOUISIANA TAKES CARE OF 18 00:01:23,300 --> 00:01:26,567 ITS KIDS. THAT WAS THE SIGNATURE STORM 19 00:01:26,700 --> 00:01:32,967 FOR LOUISIANA. THE LASTúO÷O ISLAND HURRICAN 20 00:01:33,100 --> 00:01:34,733 1856. HI, EVERYONE. 21 00:01:34,867 --> 00:01:40,733 I'M ANDRE MOREAU. MUCH MORE ON THOSE STORIES ON 22 00:01:40,867 --> 00:01:44,500 "SWI" RIGHT NOW OTHER HEADLINES MAKING NEWS ACROSS LOUISIANA. 23 00:01:44,633 --> 00:01:48,600 AN AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN IS RAMPING UP TO EDUCATE LOUISIANA 24 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:51,533 VOTERS ABOUT A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT 25 00:01:51,667 --> 00:01:55,833 WILL BE DECIDED THIS FALL. POTENTIALLY REVERSING A JIM CROW 26 00:01:55,967 --> 00:02:01,667 ERA LAW THAT ALLOWS FELONY CONVICTIONS WITHOUT UNANIMOUS 27 00:02:01,800 --> 00:02:07,100 AGREEMENT FROM JURORS. THE STATE IS ONE OF TWO THAT 28 00:02:07,233 --> 00:02:09,533 ALLOWED SOKD SPLIT JURY VERDICTS. 29 00:02:09,667 --> 00:02:13,433 A PERSONAL CAN BE CONVICTED IF 10 OF 12 JURORS AGREE A 30 00:02:13,567 --> 00:02:16,067 DEFENDANT IS GUILTY. THE U.S. SENATE PASSED A 31 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,567 SHORT-TERM EXTENSION OF THE FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM 32 00:02:19,700 --> 00:02:22,867 SENDING IT TO PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HIS SIGNATURE JUST HOURS 33 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:28,167 BEFORE AN AUGUST 1 DEADLINE. THE 86-12 VOTE PRESERVED ACCESS 34 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:33,167 TO FLOOD INSURANCE FOR U.S. HOME OWNERS BUT PUNTS ON REFORMS TO A 35 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:36,867 PROGRAM THAT NOW COVERS MORE THAN 5 MILLION÷■ HOUSEHOLDS AND 36 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,867 COLLECTS MORE THAN $3 BILLION IN PREMIUMS YEARLY. 37 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,700 THE BILL EXTENDS THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE PROGRAM AND 38 00:02:43,833 --> 00:02:46,500 ITS ABILITY TO BORROW MONEY THROUGH NOVEMBER 30. 39 00:02:46,633 --> 00:02:51,667 GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS ANNOUNCED STEPHENSON 40 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,533 TECHNOLOGIES, LIU'S■■ APPLIED RESEARCH CENTER SECURED A $10 41 00:02:55,667 --> 00:02:59,000 MILLION FEDERAL CONTRACT TO STRENGTHEN THE SIPER SECURITY OF 42 00:02:59,133 --> 00:03:02,000 SMALL BUSINESSES THAT WORK WITH MANUFACTURERS IN LOUISIANA. 43 00:03:02,133 --> 00:03:06,533 THE AWARD COMES FROM THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE'S AIR 44 00:03:06,667 --> 00:03:11,233 FORCE RESEARCH LAB. L.E.D. SECRETARY DON PIERSON 45 00:03:11,367 --> 00:03:14,133 BECAME AN HONORARY LIFE MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN ECONOMIC 46 00:03:14,267 --> 00:03:20,667 DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL THIS WEEK, THE LARGEST AND OLDEST ECONOMIC 47 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:22,367 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION IN AMERICA. 48 00:03:22,533 --> 00:03:28,500 THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE PLANS TO OPEN A POLICY 49 00:03:28,633 --> 00:03:32,600 CENTER IN HONOR OF GOVERNOR KATHLEEN BLANCO. 50 00:03:32,733 --> 00:03:36,233 THE CENTER WILL FOCUS ON PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES THE GOVERNOR 51 00:03:36,367 --> 00:03:41,300 WORKED ON DURING HER CAREER. THE STATE'S HAZING PENALTYS WILL 52 00:03:41,433 --> 00:03:43,933 TOUGHEN. THE MARRIAGE WAITING PERIOD WILL 53 00:03:44,067 --> 00:03:47,833 SHORTEN AND TYPES OF RECORDS SHIELDED FROM PUBLIC VIEW WILL 54 00:03:47,967 --> 00:03:57,800 GROW, 430 NEW LAWS TOOK EFFECT THIS WEEK. 55 00:03:57,933 --> 00:04:06,800 THESE MEASURES ENDED IN MAY AND SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE GOVERNOR. 56 00:04:06,933 --> 00:04:11,167 WE ARE APPROACHING THE TWO-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE AUGUST 2016 57 00:04:11,300 --> 00:04:17,200 FLOODS THAT IMPACTED SO MANY PEOPLE IN 21 PARISHES COVERING 58 00:04:17,333 --> 00:04:20,100 MUCH OF SOUTH LOUISIANA. REMEMBER, OF COURSE, TWO HUGE 59 00:04:20,233 --> 00:04:26,933 FLOOD EVENTS IN 2016 THAT IMPACTED 56 PARISHES AND SO MANY 60 00:04:27,067 --> 00:04:32,333 PEOPLE TRYING TO RECOVER. THE WORK TO HELP RECOVER IS 61 00:04:32,467 --> 00:04:35,733 RESTORE LOUISIANA. THEIR WORK IS NEVER DONE. 62 00:04:35,867 --> 00:04:37,767 PAT FORBES IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. 63 00:04:37,900 --> 00:04:41,333 YOU ARE AT THE CENTER, THE PERSON PEOPLE TURN TO ALL THE 64 00:04:41,467 --> 00:04:43,000 TIME. ONE THING THAT IS HAPPENING BIG 65 00:04:43,133 --> 00:04:46,567 THIS WEEK IS CHECKS ARE GOING OUT IN THE MAIL THAT WILL MAKE A 66 00:04:46,700 --> 00:04:49,100 BIG DIFFERENCE. TELL US ABOUT THAT. 67 00:04:49,233 --> 00:04:54,100 THAT'S RIGHT, ANDRE. IN JULY THE GOVERNOR ASKED THE 68 00:04:54,233 --> 00:04:57,400 RESTORE LOUISIANA TASK FORCE TO LOOK AT THE OPPORTUNITY TO 69 00:04:57,533 --> 00:05:03,400 INCREASE WHAT TO DATE HAS BEEN A 50% REIMBURSEMENT FOR WORK DONE 70 00:05:03,533 --> 00:05:06,567 BEFORE WE GOT THIS. THAT WAS A BUDGETARY CONCERN 71 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:10,033 THAT WE HAD INITIALLY. IT LOOKS LIKE THE FUNDING IS 72 00:05:10,167 --> 00:05:12,633 ADEQUATE. SO THE GOVERNOR SAID GO LOOK TO 73 00:05:12,767 --> 00:05:15,333 100%. SO 100% FUNDING RIGHT NOW? 74 00:05:15,467 --> 00:05:19,133 THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. 75 00:05:19,267 --> 00:05:25,300 UP UNTIL NOW A FEW FOLKS LOW TO MODERATE INCOME AND SOMEBODY 76 00:05:25,433 --> 00:05:29,500 ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED IN THEIR HOME WAS ELIGIBLE FOR 100%. 77 00:05:29,633 --> 00:05:35,600 NOW IT IS EVERY APPLICANT WILL GET 100% REIMBURSEMENT FOR 78 00:05:35,767 --> 00:05:38,433 ELIGIBLE EXPENSES. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE 79 00:05:38,567 --> 00:05:43,700 TALKING ABOUT? IN THE END OVER 10,000 80 00:05:43,833 --> 00:05:49,833 FAMILIES, OVER $110 MILLION. THIS WEEK WE WILL PROCESS 81 00:05:49,967 --> 00:05:54,200 ADDITIONAL CHECKS TO EVERYONE WHO SO FAR RECEIVED THEñ■ 50% 82 00:05:54,333 --> 00:06:00,100 REIMBURSEMENT TO@ú BRING THAT REIMBURSEMENT UP TO t■50%.Ñ■ 83 00:06:00,233 --> 00:06:03,233 4600 HAPPY@■ FAMILIES THISú?p■ WILL GET THEúñ LETTERSú■ OVER T 84 00:06:03,367 --> 00:06:06,967 NEXT TWO LETTERS, THEñ■ CHECKS. IS THERE A LIMIT TO WHEN THAT 85 00:06:07,100 --> 00:06:08,567 MONEY WILL RUN OUT? NOPE. 86 00:06:08,700 --> 00:06:12,167 THE FUNDING, THE REASON WE ARE ABLE TO DO 00:06:17,133 ESTABLISHED WE HAVE ADEQUATE■■ FUNDING TO COVER THE INCREASE 88 00:06:17,267 --> 00:06:23,000 FROM 50% TO 100%. THE STATUS OF THE FDA 89 00:06:23,133 --> 00:06:26,200 DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS AND WHERE THAT STANDS WITH ALL THE 90 00:06:26,333 --> 00:06:32,367 POLITICAL GOVERNMENTAL RED TAPE THATTING IS -- THAT IS GOING TO 91 00:06:32,500 --> 00:06:33,967 TAKE TO THAT HAPPENING SURE. 92 00:06:34,100 --> 00:06:37,900 IT IS TIED TO THIS 100% REIMBURSEMENT. 93 00:06:38,033 --> 00:06:43,000 A LOT OF FOLKS WHO HAVE THE SBA LOANS AND DUPLICATION OF 94 00:06:43,133 --> 00:06:48,233 BENEFITS ARE WORRIED THAT OUR FUNDING OF THIS 100% 95 00:06:48,367 --> 00:06:51,300 REIMBURSEMENT WILL AFFECT THEIR ABILITY TO GET PAID IF WE GET 96 00:06:51,433 --> 00:06:53,500 THAT FIXED. THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 97 00:06:53,633 --> 00:06:59,033 WE HAVE ADEQUATE FUNDING TO DO THE SBA FIX AS WELL AS THE 100% 98 00:06:59,167 --> 00:07:03,233 REIMBURSEMENT. WHERE THE SBA FIX IS IS A 99 00:07:03,367 --> 00:07:06,633 VERSION WRITTEN BY CONGRESSMAN GRAVES, HAS MADE ITS WAY OUT OF 100 00:07:06,767 --> 00:07:09,367 THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SENATE WHERE THEY ARE 101 00:07:09,500 --> 00:07:13,300 CONSIDERING IT. IT WOULD WIPE OUT ALL SBA LOANS, 102 00:07:13,433 --> 00:07:18,733 WHETHER APPROVED -- I MEAN, WHETHER ACCEPTED, NOT ACCEPTED, 103 00:07:18,867 --> 00:07:22,533 DRAWN, NOT DRAWN. IT WOULD ELIMINATE THEM AS A 104 00:07:22,667 --> 00:07:25,033 DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS FOR OUR PROGRAM. 105 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:30,800 OUR EXPERIENCE IN DISASTER RELIEF GIVES US THE ABILITY TO 106 00:07:30,933 --> 00:07:34,633 FAST TRACK SOME OF THESE ITEMS, WHICH IT IS NEVER FAST ENOUGH IF 107 00:07:34,767 --> 00:07:38,667 YOU ARE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, BUT IT IS FASTER THAN A LOT 108 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,167 OF OTHER STATES. YOU'RE RIGHT. 109 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:44,300 UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE BEEN HIT BY A LOT OF DISASTERS, AS 110 00:07:44,433 --> 00:07:46,933 EVERYBODY KNOWS. IT HAS GIVEN US A WORLD OF 111 00:07:47,067 --> 00:07:50,733 EXPERIENCE THAT MAKES US BETTER ABLE TO REACT QUICKLY AND GET 112 00:07:50,867 --> 00:07:53,467 THE THINGS IN THAT WE HAVE TO DO. 113 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:55,567 WE ARE GLAD WE HAVE THAT CAPABILITY. 114 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:57,200 WE ARE NOT SO HAPPY ABOUT THE REASON. 115 00:07:57,333 --> 00:08:02,333 THE FACT IT HAPPENED. I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THE 116 00:08:02,467 --> 00:08:06,900 SURVEY DEADLINE THAT HAS PADS, THE APPLICATION. 117 00:08:07,033 --> 00:08:11,900 THAT DEADLINE HAS NOT PASSED BUT WILL AT SOME POINT 118 00:08:12,033 --> 00:08:16,533 THAT'S CORRECT. WE SET JULY 20 FOR THE SURVEY 119 00:08:16,667 --> 00:08:18,533 APPLICATIONS. IF YOU HAVEN'T COMPLETED THE 120 00:08:18,667 --> 00:08:24,133 SURVEY BY NOW, IT IS TOO LATE. WE HAVE NOT YET SET THE DEADLINE 121 00:08:24,267 --> 00:08:26,967 FOR THE APPLICATIONS BUT IT WILL BE THIS FALL. 122 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:31,567 IF YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED BY RESTORE PROGRAM TO COMPLETE THAT 123 00:08:31,700 --> 00:08:35,533 APPLICATION, I WOULD IMPLORE YOU TO DO SO BECAUSE WE HAVE THE 124 00:08:35,667 --> 00:08:38,933 FUNDING AVAILABLE TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE AND WE, THE PEOPLE WE 125 00:08:39,067 --> 00:08:44,167 HAVE INVITED TO APPLY ARE VERY LIKELYl?ú■h?h?p?pór? TO BE ELIG. 126 00:08:44,300 --> 00:08:47,867 HARD TO BELIEVE TWO÷■÷■■■■■ LATER SO MANY PEOPLE ARE DEALING 127 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:55,267 WITH THIS, NOT EVEN BACK IN THEIR HOMES. 128 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:58,567 AMAZINGLY. IF YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, 129 00:08:58,700 --> 00:09:01,333 YOU KNOW HOW DIFFICULT IT IS. YOU KNOW FIRSTHAND. 130 00:09:01,467 --> 00:09:07,033 THERE ARE LOTS OF FOLKS OUT THERE -- WE ARE GLAD WE HAVE 131 00:09:07,167 --> 00:09:12,167 BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THIS PROGRAM UP AND RUNNING SO FAST. 132 00:09:12,300 --> 00:09:21,400 THAT DOESN'T MAKE ANY DIFFERENCE TO THE WORLD. 133 00:09:21,533 --> 00:09:26,067 TRYING TO CUT THROUGH AS MUCH RED TAPE AS POSSIBLE. 134 00:09:26,200 --> 00:09:40,600 FOR MORE INFORMATION CHECK OUT RESTORE.LA.GOV. 135 00:09:40,733 --> 00:09:46,533 A FEDERAL GRANT ANNOUNCED THIS WEEK WILL ALLOW 4,500 KIDS FROM 136 00:09:46,667 --> 00:09:52,600 LOW-INCOME LOUISIANA HOUSEHOLDS TO ATTEND HIGH QUALITY EARLY 137 00:09:52,733 --> 00:09:55,933 HOLLYWOOD EDUCATION PROGRAMS. THAT MAY SEEM LIKE A SMALL 138 00:09:56,067 --> 00:09:57,833 NUMBER. KELLY SPIRES IS HERE TO EXPLAIN 139 00:09:57,967 --> 00:10:01,100 WHY IT CAN MAKE SUCH A BIG IMPACT. 140 00:10:01,233 --> 00:10:05,933 LOUISIANA RECIPIENTLY SCORED POORLY ON A NATIONAL REPORT THAT 141 00:10:06,067 --> 00:10:09,300 LOOKS AT CHILD WELL BEING. EARLY EDUCATION IS A KEY WAY TO 142 00:10:09,433 --> 00:10:15,800 IMPROVE THOSE MEASURES. 49th OVERALL, 50th IN ECONOMIC 143 00:10:15,933 --> 00:10:19,667 WELL BEING, 47th IN EDUCATION AND 44th IN HEALTH. 144 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:24,800 EVERY YEAR THE ANNIE E. CASEY FOUNDATION COMPILES MEASUREMENTS 145 00:10:24,933 --> 00:10:29,233 OF CHILDHOOD WELL BEING IN A REPORT CALLED KIDS COUNT. 146 00:10:29,367 --> 00:10:32,367 THERESA FALLGOOD HEADS THE PROGRAM, THE LOUISIANA NONPROFIT 147 00:10:32,500 --> 00:10:35,967 THAT HELPS THE COUNT. IT IS AN EFFORT TO LOOK AT 148 00:10:36,133 --> 00:10:40,467 DATA AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS TO SEE HOW ALL CHILDREN 149 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:46,300 ARE DOING ACROSS AGES AND WELL BEING. 150 00:10:46,433 --> 00:10:50,500 PERCENTAGE OF LOW WEIGHT BABIES AND YOUNG PEOPLE GRADUATING FROM 151 00:10:50,633 --> 00:10:54,267 HIGH SCHOOL ON TIME. LOUISIANA IS ONE OF THREE 152 00:10:54,400 --> 00:10:58,300 STATES WHERE ECONOMIC RANKINGS HAVE DROPPED SINCE 2010. 153 00:10:58,433 --> 00:11:03,633 CHILD POVERTY RATE, PERCENTAGES OF CHILDRENS WHERE 154 00:11:03,767 --> 00:11:07,467 PARENTS HAVE FULL TIME YEAR AROUND EMPLOYMENT AND THE 155 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,167 PERCENTAGE NEITHER IN SCHOOL OR WORKING AND IN FAMILIES WITH A 156 00:11:11,300 --> 00:11:14,800 HIGH HOUSING COST. OUR STATE'S EDUCATION 157 00:11:14,933 --> 00:11:17,967 RANKINGS HAVE IMPROVED. SOME OF THE F OF THE LARGEST OF 158 00:11:18,100 --> 00:11:21,833 ANY STATE, BUT WE ARE FAR BEHIND. 159 00:11:21,967 --> 00:11:25,933 8% MORE FOURTH GRADERS ARE PROFICIENT READERS THAN 2010, 160 00:11:26,067 --> 00:11:29,633 BUT 74 PRESIDENT ARE STILL NOT READING AT A PROFICIENT LEVEL. 161 00:11:29,767 --> 00:11:34,700 THAT IS CRITICAL. AT FOURTH GRADE KIDS ARE 162 00:11:34,833 --> 00:11:37,600 MAKING THE TRANSITION FROM LEARNING TO READ FROM LEARNING 163 00:11:37,733 --> 00:11:39,867 TO READ. IF YOU ARE NOT PROFICIENT IN 164 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:44,767 FOURTH GRADE YOU ARE HIGH RISK AT FAILING IN SCHOOL INCLUDING 165 00:11:44,900 --> 00:11:47,100 DROPOUT. THE TREND IS MOVING IN THE REST 166 00:11:47,233 --> 00:11:51,300 DIRECTION. WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO SEE 167 00:11:51,433 --> 00:11:53,600 HUGE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER INCOME 168 00:11:53,733 --> 00:11:59,467 KIDS AND LOWER INCOME KIDS. ONE OF THE DRIVERS THERE IS OUR 169 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:04,733 RATE OF PERCENTAGE OF KIDS WHO ARE UNINSURED. 170 00:12:04,867 --> 00:12:11,233 THAT RATE HAS DECLINED FROM 6% IN 2010 TO 3% IN 2017. 171 00:12:11,367 --> 00:12:15,133 90% OF LOUISIANA KIDS ARE COVERED BY SOME FORM OF HEALTH 172 00:12:15,300 --> 00:12:16,900 INSURANCE. THAT ECONOMIC NUMBER HAS TO 173 00:12:17,067 --> 00:12:20,433 BE IMPROVED AND OTHER INTD OKAYTORS WILL RISE WITH IT. 174 00:12:20,567 --> 00:12:25,600 KIDS ARE MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE POVERTY WHEN THEY ARE 175 00:12:25,733 --> 00:12:29,267 YOUNGEST AND MOST VULNERABLE TO THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS. 176 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:34,000 WHAT THING COULD WE DO TO IMPROVE CHILD WELL BEING, FOCUS 177 00:12:34,133 --> 00:12:40,233 ON CHILD POVERTY RATE AND GET MORE PARENTS CONNECTED TO HIGH 178 00:12:40,367 --> 00:12:45,500 QUALITY JOBS. 30% LIVE IN POVERTY, TWISHDS 179 00:12:45,633 --> 00:12:50,200 OF CHILDREN BIRTH THROUGH AGE 4 HAVE BOTH PARENT IN THE WORK 180 00:12:50,333 --> 00:12:53,300 FORCE. 35% HAVE PARENTS WHO LACK SECURE 181 00:12:53,433 --> 00:12:55,067 INCOME. MELANIE BRONSON IS WITH 182 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,700 LOUISIANA POLICY INSTITUTE FOR CHILDREN. 183 00:12:57,833 --> 00:13:02,967 HER GROUP STUDIED HOW LIMITED ACCESS TO CHILD CARE AFFECTS THE 184 00:13:03,100 --> 00:13:05,333 STATE'S ECONOMY. THEY ARE GETTING FIRED. 185 00:13:05,467 --> 00:13:07,067 MISSING WORK. TURNOVER RATES. 186 00:13:07,200 --> 00:13:12,367 IT COSTS LOUISIANA EMPLOYERS $800 MILLION BECAUSE OF CHILD 187 00:13:12,500 --> 00:13:14,733 CARE BREAKDOWNS OF THEIR WORKERS. 188 00:13:14,867 --> 00:13:19,167 IF PARENTS CAN GET BACK TO WORK AND CHILDREN CAN BE IN 189 00:13:19,300 --> 00:13:23,200 QUALITY CHILD CARE PROGRAMS IT CAN BE A TWO-GENERATION SOLUTION 190 00:13:23,367 --> 00:13:27,367 TO LOUISIANA'S POVERTY PROBLEMS, BRONSON SAID. 191 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:32,533 THE SCIENCE IS CLEAR THE BRAIN IS BUILT FROM THE BOTTOM 192 00:13:32,667 --> 00:13:35,633 UP. 80% HAPPENS FROM BIRTH TO AGE 3. 193 00:13:35,767 --> 00:13:38,700 30% OF CHILDREN ARE STARTING KINDERGARTEN HINTD. 194 00:13:38,833 --> 00:13:41,733 THE REASON WE HAVE SO MANY CHILDREN STARTING BEHIND. 195 00:13:41,867 --> 00:13:46,933 IT IS VERY OBVIOUS. WE INVEST LESS THAN AS A 196 00:13:47,067 --> 00:13:52,067 STATE .5% OF OUR STATE GENERAL FUNDS ON EARLY CARE AND 197 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:54,767 EDUCATION. YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW. 198 00:13:54,900 --> 00:13:59,533 IN THE STATE DOESN'T INVEST EARLY IT SPENDS MORE LATER. 199 00:13:59,667 --> 00:14:03,367 IF A CHILD STARTS KINDERGARTEN BEHIND, SHE IS MORE LIKELY 200 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:05,433 NEEDING MORE ATTENTION IN THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. 201 00:14:05,567 --> 00:14:09,700 THEN IS MORE LIKELY TO END UP IN BEING HELD BACK A GRADE AND 202 00:14:09,833 --> 00:14:14,567 THEN IS MORE LIKELY TO NOT GRADUATE ON TIME OR AT ALL. 203 00:14:14,700 --> 00:14:17,800 AND THEN LIKELY TO END UP IN THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM. 204 00:14:17,933 --> 00:14:25,033 THE INVESTMENT, THE COST THAT WE SPEND ON THE BACK END IS SO 205 00:14:25,167 --> 00:14:26,733 GREAT. THE STATE'S POLICY CHOICES 206 00:14:26,867 --> 00:14:28,567 HAVE NOT REFLECTED THAT RESEARCH. 207 00:14:28,700 --> 00:14:35,967 IT IS ONLY 15% OF CHILDREN BIRTH TO 3 CAN ACCESS ANY 208 00:14:36,100 --> 00:14:39,933 PUBLICLY FUNDED PROGRAM. ANY PROGRAM WE HAVE, THE CHILD 209 00:14:40,067 --> 00:14:43,567 SCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM WE HAVE CUT THAT FROM SOIING ALMOST 210 00:14:43,700 --> 00:14:49,433 40,000 KIDS 10 YEARS AGO TO 15,000 KIDS TODAY AND WE HAVE A 211 00:14:49,567 --> 00:14:53,133 WAITING LIST OF 5,000 KIDS TO GET INTO THAT PROGRAM. 212 00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:55,933 IS SITUATION IS BRIGHTER FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS. 213 00:14:56,067 --> 00:15:01,200 WE ARE DOING A GOOD JOB SERVING OUR AT-RISK 4-YEAR-OLDS. 214 00:15:01,333 --> 00:15:05,433 GREAT PRE-K PROGRAM, HIGH QUALITY. 215 00:15:05,567 --> 00:15:10,933 90% OF HIGH RISK 4-YEAR-OLDS CAN ACT AS IF THEY CHOOSE A PRE-K 216 00:15:11,067 --> 00:15:14,000 PROGRAM ACROSS THE@b@b■■ STATE. THE LEGISLATURE AGREED TO 217 00:15:14,133 --> 00:15:16,733 MAKE EARLY CARE AND EDUCATION MORE ACCESSIBLE. 218 00:15:16,867 --> 00:15:20,533 IT CAN BE UNAFFORDABLE EVEN FOR MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES. 219 00:15:20,667 --> 00:15:22,967 THAT IS GOING BE A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. 220 00:15:23,100 --> 00:15:25,167 WE ARE NOT GOING TO ACHIEVE IT TOMORROW. 221 00:15:25,300 --> 00:15:31,533 YOU ARE NEVER GOING TO GET THERE UNLESS WE INCREASE BY 20% THE 222 00:15:31,667 --> 00:15:34,000 ACCESS AND THEN 20% AND THEN 20%. 223 00:15:34,133 --> 00:15:39,233 AND THEN STEP BY STEP, MAYBE LOUISIANA WILL ADVANCE IN THE 224 00:15:39,367 --> 00:15:40,967 RANKINGS. NEXT WEEK A VISIT WITH STATE 225 00:15:41,100 --> 00:15:42,833 SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JOHN WHITE. 226 00:15:42,967 --> 00:15:50,067 WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT, KELLY. 227 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:54,567 THANKS SO MUCH. THIS WEEKEND WAS SUPPOSED TO 228 00:15:54,700 --> 00:15:58,100 BE THE TIME FOR PARENTS TO GET A LITTLE DISCOUNT ON SCHOOL 229 00:15:58,233 --> 00:16:01,900 SUPPLIES FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. NO STATE SALES TAX. 230 00:16:02,033 --> 00:16:06,500 BUT WHEN LAWMAKERS FINALIZED THE BUDGET, THEY ACCIDENTALLY GOT 231 00:16:06,633 --> 00:16:09,767 RID OF SALES TAX FREE WEEKEND. SO KELLY, WHAT NOW? 232 00:16:09,933 --> 00:16:14,767 WELL, ANDRE, LAWMAKERS COULD BRING A BILL NEXT YEAR TO BRING 233 00:16:14,900 --> 00:16:18,533 THESE TAX FREE WEEKENDS BACK. WE SPOKE WITH ROBERT TRAVIS 234 00:16:18,667 --> 00:16:22,500 SCOTT FROM THE RESEARCH COUNCIL ABOUT OTHER REFORMS THAT ARE 235 00:16:22,633 --> 00:16:25,433 MORE PRESSING. CAN YOU TELL US WHY WE ARE NOT 236 00:16:25,567 --> 00:16:27,267 HAVING A SALES TAX HOLIDAY THIS WEEKEND? 237 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:30,967 SO WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION IS THEY SET 238 00:16:31,100 --> 00:16:36,567 THE STATE SALES TAX AT 4.45%. AND THEN THEY SAID HERE'S THE 239 00:16:36,700 --> 00:16:40,833 LIST OF THE EXEMPTIONS THAT YOU CAN TAKE. 240 00:16:40,967 --> 00:16:46,367 THERE ARE 109 OF THEM. IF YOU ARE NOT IN THAT LIST, 241 00:16:46,500 --> 00:16:49,867 THAT EXEMPTION IS GOING TO BE SUSPENDED AS LONG AS THIS LAW IS 242 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:51,967 ENFORCED. WELL, THE SALES TAX HOLIDAYS 243 00:16:52,100 --> 00:16:57,433 WEREN'T ON THE LIST. IS IT GOOD OR BAD TAX POLICY 244 00:16:57,567 --> 00:17:00,800 TO HAVE A WEEKEND WHERE THE STATE IS NOT COLLECTING SALES 245 00:17:00,933 --> 00:17:02,767 TAX? I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE FOOL 246 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:06,333 THEMSELVES A LITTLE BIT INTO THINKING I'M GETTING A BETTER 247 00:17:06,467 --> 00:17:08,067 DEAL. YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT SALE 248 00:17:08,200 --> 00:17:11,367 WOULD HAVE BEEN. IF IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A STEEPER 249 00:17:11,500 --> 00:17:13,300 SALE DISCOUNT THAN IT WAS THAT WEEKEND. 250 00:17:13,433 --> 00:17:17,833 IT IS HARD TO KNOW. BUT AS FAR AS TAX POLICY, THE 251 00:17:17,967 --> 00:17:23,133 PROBLEM IS THE MORE EXEMPTIONS YOU HAVE THAT YOU -- THAT REALLY 252 00:17:23,267 --> 00:17:27,800 ARE NOT REALLY UNNECESSARY, THEN THE MORE PRESSURE THERE IS TO 253 00:17:27,933 --> 00:17:30,933 HAVE A HIGHER RATE ON YOUR SALES TAX RATE. 254 00:17:31,067 --> 00:17:36,000 THAT IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT. THERE ARE KIND OF SOME BIGGER 255 00:17:36,133 --> 00:17:38,867 ISSUES WITH LOUISIANA'S SALES TAX SYSTEM. 256 00:17:39,000 --> 00:17:42,400 OUR WHOLE SALES TAX SYSTEM IS ONE OF THE WORST IN THE COUNTRY. 257 00:17:42,533 --> 00:17:46,700 THAT IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE HUGE NUMBER OF EXEMPTIONS. 258 00:17:46,833 --> 00:17:52,800 IT IS PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE LACK OFú1ú3v[ UNIFORMITY ANDé■÷; WHA 259 00:17:52,933 --> 00:17:55,467 WE PLACE ON EACH ONE. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOCAL 260 00:17:55,600 --> 00:18:06,467 RATE AND STATE RATE AND WHAT WE APPLY THOSE TWO. 261 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:11,933 THE DECENTRALIZED, THE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ARE IN CHARGE OF 262 00:18:12,067 --> 00:18:15,333 SALES TAX COLLECTION. AS LAWMAKERS WERE RUNNING 263 00:18:15,467 --> 00:18:18,733 AROUND TRYING TO DECIDE HOW MUCH MONEY THEY NEEDED TO RAISE, THE 264 00:18:18,867 --> 00:18:20,933 U.S. SUPREME COURT CAME OUT WITH A DECISION. 265 00:18:21,067 --> 00:18:25,500 IT IS KNOWN AS THE WAY FAIR DECISION. 266 00:18:25,633 --> 00:18:29,267 IT WENT TO COURT WITH SOUTH DAKOTA TO TRY TO DETERMINE 267 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:34,600 WHETHER OR NOT SALES TAXES COULD BE COLLECTED THERE, EVEN IF THEY 268 00:18:34,733 --> 00:18:37,233 DIDN'T HAVE A FISCAL PRESENCE IN SOUTH DAKOTA. 269 00:18:37,367 --> 00:18:40,733 WHAT THE WAY FAIR DECISION DID BY THE SUPREME COURT SAID IT 270 00:18:40,867 --> 00:18:46,933 DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A PHYSICAL PRESENTATION TO COLLECT SALES 271 00:18:47,067 --> 00:18:50,667 TAX. IF YOU HAVE A SAAB STAN SHL 272 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,300 VIRTUAL PRESENTATION THAT CAN BE ENOUGH 273 00:18:52,433 --> 00:18:55,767 THE LOCAL AND STATE TAXING DIFFERENT THINGS AND THE LOCALS 274 00:18:55,900 --> 00:19:01,533 BEING MORE OF THE AUTHORITY IN COLLECTION ARE TWO POLIIES THAT 275 00:19:01,667 --> 00:19:05,600 SET LOUISIANA BACK. THE SUPREME COURT DECISION 276 00:19:05,733 --> 00:19:12,700 SAID THAT, WELL, WE LIKE SOUTH DAKOTA'S CENTRALIZED SYSTEM. 277 00:19:12,833 --> 00:19:16,567 THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS WE THINK THAT THE SOUTH DAKOTA 278 00:19:16,700 --> 00:19:21,867 SYSTEM DOES NOT VIOLATE THE CLAUSE, NOT PLACING UNDUE BURDEN 279 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,633 ON BUSINESSES TO DO INTERSTATE COMMERCE. 280 00:19:24,767 --> 00:19:26,567 LOUISIANA DOESN'T HAVE A CENTRALIZED SYSTEM. 281 00:19:26,700 --> 00:19:30,800 WHAT IT HAS DONE IS CREATE A REMOTE SALES TAX COMMISSION THAT 282 00:19:30,933 --> 00:19:34,633 WILL BE IN CHARGE OF BEING THE CENTRAL COLLECTOR FOR A LOT OF 283 00:19:34,767 --> 00:19:38,000 THESE REMOTE SALES. LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ARE ALREADY 284 00:19:38,133 --> 00:19:40,433 MOVING AHEAD TO MAKE THE COLLECTIONS. 285 00:19:40,567 --> 00:19:44,333 THE REMOTE SALES COLLECTION IS TRYING TO GET ITS DUCKS IN A ROW 286 00:19:44,467 --> 00:19:47,367 AND START TO DO IT AT THE BEGINNING OF 2019. 287 00:19:47,500 --> 00:19:52,367 A BIG QUESTION IS IN THE END HOW ARE THOSE TAXES GOING TO BE 288 00:19:52,500 --> 00:19:55,267 COLLECTED AND WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES ARE THEY GOING TO BE COLLECTED. 289 00:19:55,400 --> 00:19:57,867 SOMEBODY IS GOING TO SUE. ALL THIS IS GOING TO GO TO 290 00:19:58,000 --> 00:19:59,500 COURT. I THINK THAT IS WHAT OUR 291 00:19:59,633 --> 00:20:02,467 ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SAYING FOR A WHILE. 292 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:04,600 WE SEE THIS COLLISION COURSE COMING. 293 00:20:04,733 --> 00:20:10,500 WE SHOULD ALSO EXPLAIN THAT THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY THIS BIG 294 00:20:10,633 --> 00:20:12,667 UNCOLLECTED PILE OF TAX REVENUE OUT THERE. 295 00:20:12,800 --> 00:20:17,533 WHAT YOU HAVE TO REALIZE IS A LOT OF THE BIG ONLINE SALES IN 296 00:20:17,667 --> 00:20:22,400 THE STATE WE ARE ALREADY COLLECTING SALES TAX ON IT. 297 00:20:22,533 --> 00:20:26,200 THEY ARE ALREADY IN THE BOOKS SO TO SPEAK. 298 00:20:26,333 --> 00:20:30,067 NOW YOU HAVE A WHOLE NEW REALM OF RETAILERS, ESPECIALLY THOSE 299 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:35,867 WHO ARE THE E-COMMERCE TIME. TYPE 300 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,800 YOUR ETSY AND EBAY. EXACTLY. 301 00:20:39,933 --> 00:20:43,433 THERE WILL BE NEW REVENUE. BUT A LOT OF THE BIGGEST 302 00:20:43,567 --> 00:20:46,700 RETAILERS OUT THERE THAT ARE ALREADY SELLING IN THE STATE 303 00:20:46,833 --> 00:20:51,800 WE'RE ALREADY COLLECTING. YOU ARE NOT GOING TO SEE AN 304 00:20:51,933 --> 00:20:54,367 ENORMOUS LEAP UP OF MONEY. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING WITH 305 00:20:54,500 --> 00:20:55,867 US. ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU. 306 00:20:56,000 --> 00:21:06,867 GOOD LUCK. HURRICANE EXPERTS AT COLORADO 307 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:11,133 STATE UNIVERSITY NOW PREDICT THE REMAINDER OF THIS YEAR'S 308 00:21:11,267 --> 00:21:13,800 ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE BELOW AVERAGE. 309 00:21:13,933 --> 00:21:18,800 THEY CITE A COOLER ATLANTIC OCEAN AND VERTICAL WIND SHEAR AS 310 00:21:18,933 --> 00:21:21,100 REASONS. THEY PREDICT NINE MORE STORMS. 311 00:21:21,233 --> 00:21:24,767 THERE HAVE BEEN THREE ALREADY, THREE REACHING HURRICANE 312 00:21:24,900 --> 00:21:29,067 STRENGTH, ONE BEING MAJOR WITH A 19% CHANCE A MAJOR STORM WILL 313 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:34,300 STRIKE ALONG OUR GULF COAST. ANY TALK OF HURRICANES OFFERS 314 00:21:34,433 --> 00:21:39,033 LITTLE COMFORT FOR THOSE OF US LIVING IN LOUISIANA LONG BEFORE 315 00:21:39,167 --> 00:21:46,767 KATRINA BECAME THE BENCHMARK, 162 YEARS AGO THIS LAST MONTH 316 00:21:46,900 --> 00:21:48,700 BECAME THE LAST ISLAND HURRICANE. 317 00:21:48,833 --> 00:21:52,167 IT WIPED OUT THE PLACE TO SUMMER ALONG OUR COAST. 318 00:21:52,300 --> 00:22:00,833 I TALKED WITH STATE CLIMATEOLOGIST BARRY KIME ABOUT 319 00:22:00,967 --> 00:22:06,500 THAT TRAGIC EVENT. IN THE 1850s, A VISITOR 320 00:22:06,633 --> 00:22:08,700 DESCRIBED THE STRETCH OF SAND AND SURF. 321 00:22:08,833 --> 00:22:12,367 HE WROTE, THIS BEACH IS CERTAINLY ONE OF THE FINEST 322 00:22:12,500 --> 00:22:14,800 PLACES FOR PROMENADING I HAVE EVER SEEN. 323 00:22:14,933 --> 00:22:18,700 IN THAT ERA, LOUISIANA WAS ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST STATES IN 324 00:22:18,833 --> 00:22:24,433 AMERICA. FIVE MILES FROM THE MAINLAND, ON 325 00:22:24,567 --> 00:22:30,800 THE GULF COAST OF TERREBONNE PARISH, THIS WAS A FASHABLE 326 00:22:30,933 --> 00:22:36,200 BEACH RESORT FOR THE PLANTATION OWNERS AND THE WELL TO DO OF NEW 327 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:38,833 ORLEANS. ON THE WEEKEND OF AUGUST 9 AND 328 00:22:38,967 --> 00:22:44,267 10 OF 1956, 400 PEOPLE PACKED THE 100 STRUCTURES ON THE 329 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:47,433 ISLAND. A MAINO TELL WITH BALL ROOM, 330 00:22:47,567 --> 00:22:50,800 RESTAURANT, DINING AND FINERIES WAS THE FOCAL POINT. 331 00:22:50,933 --> 00:22:55,433 FEW HAD GIVENS DANGERS OF SUMMERING ON A REMOTE BARRIER 332 00:22:55,567 --> 00:22:59,767 ISLAND DURING HURRICANE SEASON. UNAWARE OF HOW VULNERABLE THEY 333 00:22:59,900 --> 00:23:02,067 WERE. IT WAS A BEACH RESORT. 334 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,933 IT WAS A LITTLE OFF THE COAST. IT IS HARD TO GO TO THE BEACH IN 335 00:23:07,067 --> 00:23:11,233 THE MARSH OF LOUISIANA. YOU AREú■ OFF THE MARSH, A FEW 336 00:23:11,367 --> 00:23:15,933 MILES OFF THE COASTLINE. THE WATER IS FRESHER, A LITTLE 337 00:23:16,067 --> 00:23:18,433 CLEANER. FRIDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 8, THE 338 00:23:18,567 --> 00:23:21,933 WEATHER BEGAN TO TURN. IT WORSENED SATURDAY. 339 00:23:22,067 --> 00:23:29,533 THE FULL IMPACT SUNDAY THE 10th. IN 1856 THERE'S NO REAL 340 00:23:29,667 --> 00:23:31,967 WARNING THAT YOU KNOW A STORM IS COMING. 341 00:23:32,100 --> 00:23:35,267 FORECASTING WAS ESSENTIALLY NONEXISTENT THEN. 342 00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:40,167 WE HAD BASICALLY THE STORM THAT GINS UP IN THE EXTREME 343 00:23:40,300 --> 00:23:43,467 SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. THE FIRST SHIP REPORTS OF THIS 344 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,600 STORM IS ABOUT 100 OR SO MILES WEST OF KEY WEST. 345 00:23:47,733 --> 00:23:51,067 MY SUSPICION IS IT PROBABLY MOVED OUT OVER WHAT IS CALLED 346 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:53,933 THE LOOP CURRENT. A WARM WATER CURRENT THAT COMES 347 00:23:54,067 --> 00:24:03,200 OUT OF CARIBBEAN AND GOES TO THE SOUTHEASTERN GULF OF MEXICO. 348 00:24:03,333 --> 00:24:07,667 THE STORM GOT OUT OF ONE OF THOSE EDDIES. 349 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:10,533 EXPLODED. KATRINA AND RITA DID THAT IN 350 00:24:10,667 --> 00:24:13,967 2005. I ASSUME THIS STORM DID 351 00:24:14,100 --> 00:24:19,667 SOMETHING SIMILAR AND MADE LAND FALL AT THE DERNIERES. 352 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,700 WIND STRENGTH 150 MILES PER HOUR. 353 00:24:21,833 --> 00:24:26,133 SPEAK OF THE REACTION THAT HAD TO HAVE EXISTED FOR 354 00:24:26,267 --> 00:24:30,633 SOMETHING TO GO FROM SOMETHING SO GRAND TO NONEXISTENT PRETTY 355 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,567 MUCH OVERNIGHT. AN 11 OR 12 FOOT STORM SURGE 356 00:24:34,700 --> 00:24:38,433 ROLLED OVER THIS ISLAND. THE HIGHEST POINT ON THE ISLAND 357 00:24:38,567 --> 00:24:42,133 IS 6 OR 7 FEET. EVERY POINT OF THE ISLAND WAS 358 00:24:42,267 --> 00:24:45,233 UNDER WATER, FIVE OR SIX FEET OF WATER. 359 00:24:45,367 --> 00:24:53,567 W.W. PUGH, A WEALTHY PLANTER FROM ASSUMPTION PARISH AND 360 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:57,767 SURVIVOR SAID, NOW THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE COMMENCED AND HORROR ON 361 00:24:57,900 --> 00:25:01,133 EVERY FACE. ALL CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER OR 362 00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:06,200 SOMETHING TO HELD ON TO FELL VICTIM TO THE MERCILESS WATERS. 363 00:25:06,333 --> 00:25:09,733 THAT WAS THE SIGNATURE STORM FOR LOUISIANA IN THE LATTER 364 00:25:09,867 --> 00:25:20,033 PARTS OF THE a a a0i8i1800s. NUMBER@R@r@r@r@r@r@r@r THE @r@r■ 365 00:25:20,167 --> 00:25:25,533 ú>ú>■■ THE NEXT DAY THOSE SUR SURROUNDED THE DERNIERES 366 00:25:25,667 --> 00:25:33,533 SURROUNDED BY DEAD. THE NEW ORLEANS DAILY PICAYUNE 367 00:25:33,667 --> 00:25:37,700 SAID THIS, THE HOTEL BEGAN TO SWAY. 368 00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:41,233 ONE TREMENDOUS CRY OF AGONY WENT UP AND IN FIVE MINUTES NAUGHT 369 00:25:41,367 --> 00:25:44,267 WAS TO BE HEARD BUT THE HOWLING OF THE WINDS AND THE LASHING OF 370 00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:50,100 THE WATERS. IT8■ IS BELIEVED@x MORE THAN 32 371 00:25:50,233 --> 00:25:55,933 PEOPLE DIED. NOT ONE STRUCTURE, NOT EVEN A 372 00:25:56,067 --> 00:25:59,433 FOUNDATION WAS LEFT STANDING. THE ISLAND SPLIT IN TWO BY THE 373 00:25:59,567 --> 00:26:02,733 STORM WAS NEVER INHABITED AGAIN. YOU DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE 374 00:26:02,867 --> 00:26:06,167 THESE KIND OF STORMS CAN HAPPEN, BUT WHEN THEY DO, YOU HAVE TO 375 00:26:06,300 --> 00:26:09,900 SAY, THIS CAN HAPPEN. THIS IS WHAT WE NEED TO BE 376 00:26:10,067 --> 00:26:14,200 PREPARED FOR IN THE FUTURE. IT IS SOMETHING IN LOUISIANA WE 377 00:26:14,333 --> 00:26:19,033 HAVE HAD TO COPE WITH SINCE THEY FOUNDED NEW ORLEANS IN 1818. 378 00:26:19,167 --> 00:26:21,667 YOU KNOW THEY CAN HAPPEN, BRACE YOURSELF BECAUSE SOMETHING IS 379 00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:28,833 RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER. TODAY WHAT REMAINS OF LAST 380 00:26:28,967 --> 00:26:38,667 ISLAND FORMS THE ISLE DERNIERES CHAIN, THE TERREBONNE BARRIER 381 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,900 ISLANDS REFUGE HOME TO NESTING BIRDS. 382 00:26:41,033 --> 00:26:44,033 THAT IS OUR SHOW. FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK, TWITTER 383 00:26:44,200 --> 00:26:48,033 AND INSTAGRAM. 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