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December 14 2022 Vol. XXXIV • No. 25
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Three parishes just northwest of New Orleans are perilously situated between the Mississippi River and Lake Pontchartrain. When hurricanes visit the area, as they regularly do, the 60,000 residents of St. Charles, St. John the Baptist and St. James parishes head for higher ground. Though the river threat has been lessened by a series of
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levees, the communities remain vulnerable to the inundating hazard of wind-pushed water from the lake. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers now is working to alleviate the lake threat through construction of a series of levees, flood walls and pumps. The years-long task is daunting. see LEVEE page 46
Dobbs Equipment’s Southeast Expansion Will Add 18 Stores Dobbs Equipment, a leading John Deere construction equipment dealership headquartered in Tampa, Fla., has completed the acquisition of Flint Equipment Company’s Construction and Forestry John Deere division, adding 18 stores in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama. The acquisition was completed on Oct. 1, 2022. Flint Equipment has retained its power systems and Ag and Turf businesses. The acquisition will allow Dobbs Equipment to sell construction, road building and forestry equipment in four states and makes see DOBBS page 22
Adam Tschetter (L), chief executive officer, and Edward Dobbs, chairman, both of Dobbs Equipment.