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LA HCR10
Concurrent Resolution
Status
4/22/2025
Primary Sponsor
Alonzo Knox
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AI Summary
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Designates August 29th as "Katrina Day" in Louisiana to honor victims and survivors of Hurricane Katrina on the twentieth anniversary of its landfall in 2005
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Hurricane Katrina killed 1,033 people in Louisiana, making it the fourth deadliest hurricane in U.S. history, and caused an estimated $170 billion in damages—the costliest hurricane on record
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Eighty percent of New Orleans was submerged after the federally built levee system collapsed, with more than one million housing units damaged or destroyed
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Approximately twelve million Louisianians were displaced, with thousands never returning to their homes
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A copy of the resolution will be transmitted to New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell
Legislative Description
Commends the victims of Hurricane Katrina on the twentieth anniversary of its landfall and designates August 29th as "Katrina Day"
COMMENDATIONS
Last Action
Taken by the Clerk of the House and presented to the Secretary of State in accordance with the Rules of the House.
4/25/2025