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🆘 🤲 Give ’Til It Helps: The Gulf Begins to Recover from Hurricane Beryl
The second named storm of 2024 and the earliest-forming Cat 5 hurricane on record within a calendar year, Hurricane Beryl may have landed as a Cat 1, but still wreaked havoc in its wake. Learn how you can help!
Projections for July 4th Travel Are In: 2024 Will Be Another Record-Breaker
AAA predicts another record-breaking 4th of July holiday all across the United States, with more than 70.9 million travelers! Texas travel volume will exceed 5.6 million travelers, with Florida at 4.5 million.
Foley Beach Express Bridge Becomes Toll Free, Courtesy of State of Alabama
The signing of an agreement for the state of Alabama to purchase the Foley Beach Express Bridge in Orange Beach means the bridge will become toll free immediately upon ownership change.
Musings, Clues, and the Rougarou: Why Is the Blue Dog Blue?
George Rodrigue painted his first Blue Dog in 1984 after years of painting Cajun folklore and Louisiana landscapes. The Blue Dog, surprisingly, didn’t start blue.
‘Hurricane Awareness Tour’ Lands on the East Coast With One Gulf Stop
Hurricane experts from the NOAA & the USAF will visit five U.S. East Coast locations and offer tours of Reserve WC-130J hurricane hunter and WP-3D Orion aircraft, to raise awareness of the dangers of hurricanes
How the 2024 and 2017 Solar Eclipses Differ – Totality Spoiler: 2024 = More
While the Texas Gulf Coast won’t have quite as perfect a vantage point for the April Total Solar...
The Perfect Valentine: Send Your Love a Symbolic Adopt-a-Manatee!
This Valentine’s Day, show your love for the special people in your life by symbolically adopting a real, living manatee for them from Save the Manatee Club. With over 30 unique manatees available for adoption, this heartfelt gift is sure to make a lasting impression!
⚜️ Peak King Cake Season Means Serious Carnival Craving
“King Cake flavor” may very well be the new pumpkin spice. Yes, what has been sacred in Louisanan and Mardi Gras cuisine has been summarily co-opted into a foodie nightmare!
⚜️ Stirrup Some Fun This Thanksgiving at NOLA’s Human Horse Races
Hay may be for horses, but races are for humans. On Thanksgiving in New Orleans, one event leaves the horses to relax in their stalls, while the peoples trot about and horse around.
As American as Pecan Pie: The Incredibly True Story of Antoine & the Pecan
The incredibly true story of the enslaved man on a Louisiana plantation who set in motion the nation’s pecan industry is as American as Pecan Pie!
