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3 unusual facts about Hurricane Gustav


Cyclone Olivia

Hurricane Gustav – thought to have produced the highest wind gust in a tropical cyclone at 340 km/h (211 mph)

United States House of Representatives elections in Louisiana, 2008

The primary elections were to be held September 6, 2008, but were rescheduled for October 3, 2008 due to storm damage following Hurricane Gustav.

WWL-FM

The station was instrumental in assisting motorists over the air during Hurricane Gustav that occurred on August 31, 2008.


Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act

More recently, in 2008, Hurricanes Gustav and Ike have left their mark on Louisiana's Coastal Wetlands.

The Times-Picayune

toward people who were cash-strapped after the evacuation" from Hurricane Gustav, which in the meantime had become part of the melange of problems associated with hurricanes and governmental agencies; a second editorial on the same day blasted the State of Louisiana's Road Home program and its contractor ICF.


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