Hurricane Harvey Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ====Louisiana==== In [[Louisiana]], Governor [[John Bel Edwards]] declared a state of emergency for the entire state. A mandatory evacuation was ordered in [[Cameron Parish, Louisiana|Cameron Parish]] for the cities of Big Lake, [[Cameron, Louisiana|Cameron]], [[Creole, Louisiana|Creole]], [[Grand Chenier, Louisiana|Grand Chenier]], [[Hackberry, Louisiana|Hackberry]], [[Holly Beach, Louisiana|Holly Beach]], and [[Johnson Bayou, Louisiana|Johnson Bayou]]. Additionally, a voluntary evacuation was ordered in [[Vermilion Parish, Louisiana|Vermilion Parish]] for low-lying areas south of [[Louisiana Highway 14|State Highway 14]]. The [[Louisiana National Guard]] prepared about 500,000 sandbags and emergency boats and high-water-rescue vehicles were placed on standby should flooding occur. In [[New Orleans]], there were concerns about whether or not the city's drainage system could handle a heavy rainfall event, with only 105 of the 120 water pumps being operational and some power turbines being out of service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-louisiana-new-orleans-impacts|author=James Crugnale|work=[[The Weather Channel]]|location=[[Atlanta]]|title=Hurricane Harvey: Louisiana Gov. Urges Residents to Remain Vigilant as Storm Strikes Texas|date=August 25, 2017|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826033312/https://weather.com/storms/hurricane/news/hurricane-harvey-louisiana-new-orleans-impacts|archive-date=August 26, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> The city's public schools, as well as six universities and a medical school, closed on August 29.<ref name="AP SW LA">{{cite news|first1=Jeff|last1=Amy|first2=Michael|last2=Kunzelman|title=Haunted by Katrina's memory, Louisiana now faces Harvey|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-harvey-louisiana-flooding-20170829-story.html|access-date=August 29, 2017|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829231214/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-harvey-louisiana-flooding-20170829-story.html|archive-date=August 29, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> As Harvey began re-emerging into the Gulf of Mexico on August 28, the tropical storm warning in Texas from Mesquite Bay to High Island was extended eastward into Louisiana to the community of Cameron at 12:00 UTC, while a tropical storm watch was issued from Cameron to [[Intracoastal City, Louisiana|Intracoastal City]].<ref name="TCR"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page