Sep 7th, 2008 · Host Liane Hansen speaks with Kevin Voisin, Vice President of Marketing at Motivatit Seafoods in Houma Louisiana. The company was hit hard by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, and now the Houma area is reeling in the aftermath of Gustav.
Sep 3rd, 2008 · As New Orleans residents begin to return to the city, they'll find uprooted trees and some ongoing power outages, but not the more devastating damage that was feared. That's thanks, in part, to the rebuilt levees that protected the city. Work to make them stronger continues.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · In Louisiana, National Guard troops, local and state officials and utility crews are fanning out across the state to assess the damage. In Houma, La., people say Hurricane Gustav could have been worse, but that doesn't mean the community got off lightly.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Hurricane Gustav made landfall Monday near Houma, La. — a town with no levee system and little defense against major storms. John DeSantis of the Daily Comet, a newspaper published near Houma, discusses how the small town fared.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Officials along the Gulf Coast began checking the damage left behind by Hurricane Gustav as New Orleans' mayor urged residents who had evacuated to stay away for at least a few days to be sure it was safe.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Gustav is no longer a hurricane, but that doesn't mean all is well yet for residents of the Gulf Coast. Millions are still far from home in shelters across the region. One such shelter is a gymnasium in Shreveport, La., that has become home to about 800 people.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · The brunt of the storm largely missed New Orleans this time around. As Hurricane Gustav was losing steam, people who stayed behind as others evacuated surveyed the damage.
Sep 2nd, 2008 · Hurricane Gustav sent Gulf Coast residents, as well as the presidential candidates, scrambling this week. John McCain called an audible, and the first day of the GOP convention was muted and largely procedural. Democrat Barack Obama also has altered his course, as well as his tone.