Isaac is bringing a large and dangerous storm surge to the coast from Central Louisiana to the Panhandle of Florida.

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Finding a hotel room in central Louisiana or Mississippi yesterday was like trying to get a table at Emeril's restaurant during Mardi Gras.

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Baker's district, in central Louisiana, was about 15 percent black before it was redrawn recently, but it is now almost 30 percent African American.

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Forecasters have issued storm warnings for an area stretching from central Louisiana to the Florida panhandle and through the course of the call, Fugate and Knabb stressed that now is the time to prepare for Isaac.

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As the founder of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Louisiana to the Vice President of Program in metropolitan Atlanta and now President and CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Missouri for 19 years, I have learned a lot of lessons along the way.

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The recurring hot spots include southeast Louisiana, central and southern California, and areas around Dallas, Houston, Chicago and Phoenix.

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The figure below shows the overall Intuit Small Business Index along with the figures for two census division regions: Mountain (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) and West South Central (Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas).

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While the spillways will divert water away from Louisiana cities, low-lying central parts of the state will be flooded.

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In the bull's-eye Tuesday are parts of north-central Texas, southeastern Oklahoma, and northern Arkansas and Louisiana, according to the National Weather Service.

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