Hurricane Katrina
Does he even know what a hurricane is?
Blanco was Louisiana's first elected female governor.
Tropical Storm Barry is forecast to hit the city unusually early in the hurricane season, just as the Mississippi River is reaching abnormally high levels.
The strengthening storm is expected to blow ashore early Saturday near Morgan City as the first hurricane of the season.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
“There are three ways that Louisiana can flood: storm surge, high rivers and rain,” Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards said. “We’re going to have all three.”
The Pulitzer-winning newspaper has been operating since 1837.
The CNN anchor called out the congressman's offensive comparison of New Orleans flood victims to those in his own state.
The Iowa congressman claimed a FEMA official told him that Hurricane Katrina victims only asked for help, unlike Iowans who "take care of each other."
Roland Bourgeois Jr. died just days after being sentenced to 10 years in prison for the racist attack in New Orleans.
Bourgeois, a white man, used racial epithets Before and after the shooting.