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New page: right|300px '''Hurricane Gustav''' is a major hurricane that formed August 25, 2008 near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and later hit the Caribbean. Alth...
[[Image:Hurricane Gustav.gif|right|300px]] '''Hurricane Gustav''' is a major [[hurricane]] that formed August 25, 2008 near Port-au-Prince, [[Haiti]], and later hit the [[Caribbean]]. Although it was a category 3 hurricane it downgraded to a category 1 on September 1st when it hit the [[United States]] Gulf Coast states. It is estimated that it has resulted in the deaths of 96 people in Haiti, the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Jamaica]], [[Cuba]] and the United States. Mandatory evacuation orders of 1.9 million people took place in the state of [[Louisiana]] and 200,000 people in [[New Orleans]] alone. Louisiana governor [[Bobby Jindal]] declared a state of emergency, activating between 3,000 and 8,000 members of the Louisiana National Guard. Evacuations along the [[Alabama]] and [[Mississippi]] Gulf Coast also took place. The University of Southern Mississippi and Alcorn State University will be closed until September 2nd. The governments response has been compared to the response to the 2005 [[Hurricane Katrina]], with Governor Jindal saying, "our state is better prepared that it has been before."<ref>http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2008/08/gov_bobby_jindal_declares_pres.html</ref>
==Political Impact==
Hurricane Gustav hit New Orleans on the start of the 2008 [[Republican]] National Convention. [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] were unable to attend the convention. The first day of the Republican convention focused almost entirely on Hurricane relief and raising money for organizations like the [[Red Cross]]. Former [[Democratic]] National Committee chairman Donald Fowler responded to the timing, saying:
''"The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they [Republican Convention] start. The timing is — at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that [[God]]’s on our side."''
He would later apologize.<ref>http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gq6nPDr8rAx2DW8eaPVPDQy_WyYA</ref> Popular filmmaker and [[liberal]] activist [[Michael Moore]] said on the Hurricane,
''"Gustav is proof that there is a God in Heaven."''<ref>http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/michael-moore-gustav-is-proof.html</ref>
==See Also==
[[Hurricane Katrina]]
==References==
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==Political Impact==
Hurricane Gustav hit New Orleans on the start of the 2008 [[Republican]] National Convention. [[President]] [[George W. Bush]] and [[Vice President]] [[Dick Cheney]] were unable to attend the convention. The first day of the Republican convention focused almost entirely on Hurricane relief and raising money for organizations like the [[Red Cross]]. Former [[Democratic]] National Committee chairman Donald Fowler responded to the timing, saying:
''"The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they [Republican Convention] start. The timing is — at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that [[God]]’s on our side."''
He would later apologize.<ref>http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gq6nPDr8rAx2DW8eaPVPDQy_WyYA</ref> Popular filmmaker and [[liberal]] activist [[Michael Moore]] said on the Hurricane,
''"Gustav is proof that there is a God in Heaven."''<ref>http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2008/08/michael-moore-gustav-is-proof.html</ref>
==See Also==
[[Hurricane Katrina]]
==References==
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