The Hurricane was organized in a typical fashion, a wisp of wind somewhere over the Ethiopian highlands in early August 2005. As the scrap of weather drifted westward, it picked up a bit of steam and rain until it revolutionized over the Atlantic. In the ensuing days, the loose-band formation’ mobilized-- and refueled off the Sun. As the tropical flotilla approached the Bahamas' from the south, it was given a name: Katrina, the eleventh storm of what was shaping up to be an unusually active season. The Mississippi River Delta, over the past 5,000 years, has expanded the Louisiana border "Boot" into the Gulf of Mexico (30+ miles). However, in the past century, with the rise of Global Warming < that "Rubber-Sole" was quickly fading away. There was no buffer-zone, to protect Southeastern Louisiana- from environmental intruders, anymore; the coastal wetland was home to a rich mosaic of commerce: fish, shrimp, crawfish, oysters, crabs, and sweat...
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