bobbutts
(Weather Hobbyist)
Sat Sep 24 2005 09:32 PM
Re: Rita Nearing Landfall at the Texas / Louisiana Border

Quote:

It is not "swamps and farms."



Yeah looking deeper I'm definately wrong about that. I picked out some of the counties most likely to be affected.

Data from http://county-map.digital-topo-maps.com/louisiana.shtml

Coast
Parish Population
Cameron Parish LA 9,991
Vermilion Parish LA 53,807
Iberia Parish LA 73,266
St. Mary Parish LA 53,500
Terrebonne Parish LA 104,503
Lafourche Parish LA 89,974

Inland
Calcasieu Parish LA 183,577
Jefferson Davis Parish 31,435
Lafayette Parish LA 90,503
Acadia Parish LA 58,861
St. Martin Parish LA 48,583
Assumption Parish LA 23,388


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