#louisiana

Louisiana in September was like an obscene phone call from nature. The air - moist, sultry, secretive, and far from fresh - felt as if it were being exhaled into one's face. Sometimes it even sounded like heavy breathing. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#louisiana #south #nature

From my friend, Brig. General Ezell Ware, Jr., CA Nat'l Guard, Dec. Keep on going till you get there, then keep going. ↗

— Tracey Richardson

#louisiana #natchitoches #new-orleans #st-maurice #historical-romance

I'm from Louisiana and live in Texas now. ↗

— Mike Wilson

#live #louisiana #now #texas

The next day I was put on paid leave from my new job at Louisiana State University. This is very painful to me, though once again I understand the circumstances in which my employers find themselves in light of these actions taken against me. ↗

— Steven Hatfill

#again #against #circumstances #day #employers

My first few plays took place in the South and even The Lucky Spot was in the thirties but in Louisiana. ↗

— Beth Henley

#few #first #louisiana #lucky #place

I pointed out on the floor last year, after Hurricane Katrina, we were very proud that one of our National Guard engineering battalions was called to Louisiana. And they did a magnificent job. ↗

— Kit Bond

#battalions #called #did #engineering #floor

While the level of support we can each provide certainly varies, it is very important at this time that we all do what we can to help our neighbors - not only our immediate neighbors here in Alabama, but those further away in Mississippi and Louisiana. ↗

— Jo Bonner

#away #certainly #each #further #help

But we made a decision based on the fact that we have been up there a long time and that we feel that the seniority is important to the people of Louisiana. ↗

— John Breaux

#been #decision #fact #feel #important

I needed to explain that Louisiana's coast accepts the drainage from two-thirds of the United States and, while the necessary levees constructed upstream have prevented floods, they have also contributed to problems downstream. ↗

— John Breaux

#also #coast #constructed #contributed #downstream

I'm concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. There's no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#concerned #cost #else #everybody #everybody else