HURRICANE GUSTAV

Fears Over Flooding as Gustav Crashes Ashore

New Orleans barrier topped by water

Water from the Industrial Canal in New Orleans floods a road as Hurricane Gustav strikes the Gulf Coast on Monday. Gustav made landfall as a Category 2 storm near Cocodrie, La., with 110-mile winds. (Photo credit: Stephen Morton / Getty Images)

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STORM UPDATE

A Sigh of Relief in New Orleans

Big Easy largely spared Hurricane Gustav’s wrath

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CAMPAIGN UPDATE

This afternoon, I visited the St. Stephen Parish Festival with my four children. Afterwards, we made a detour through Rice on the way home to Sartell, for an update on shoreline restoration and water quality issues on Little Rock Lake in Benton County.

Our Lady of Fatima Shrine at St. Stephen Catholic Church. The shrine, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and her message of peace and prayer for conversion, is a place of natural beauty, art, communal prayer, and renewal to those who visit it.

Patrick (2) fishing from a constituent’s dock during a campaign swing to Little Rock Lake in Benton County.

Patrick (2) meets a friendly cat at a supporter’s home on Little Rock Lake in Benton County.