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Author: Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily Advertiser

Travel

Hard Rock Hotel collapse: Work starts to bring down cranes before coming storm

October 17, 2019Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserComments Off on Hard Rock Hotel collapse: Work starts to bring down cranes before coming storm

If the plan to bring down two unstable cranes at the Hard Rock construction site fails, the coming storm may do it instead.

Travel

Engineer weighs in on Hard Rock Hotel collapse: ‘Logically, it doesn’t make sense’

October 14, 2019Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserComments Off on Engineer weighs in on Hard Rock Hotel collapse: ‘Logically, it doesn’t make sense’

Structural engineer Walter Zehner worked on the project before it became a planned Hard Rock Hotel. A look at what he thinks could have happened:

News

Engineer weighs in on Hard Rock Hotel collapse: ‘Logically, it doesn’t make sense’

October 14, 2019October 15, 2019Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserComments Off on Engineer weighs in on Hard Rock Hotel collapse: ‘Logically, it doesn’t make sense’

Structural engineer Walter Zehner worked on the project before it became a planned Hard Rock Hotel. A look at what he thinks could have happened:

Nation

Hard Rock hotel construction collapse in New Orleans: At least 1 dead, several missing

October 12, 2019October 14, 2019Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserComments Off on Hard Rock hotel construction collapse in New Orleans: At least 1 dead, several missing

The construction of a Hard Rock hotel on Canal Street collapsed Saturday morning in New Orleans. You can watch the harrowing moments here.

Nation

Tropical Storm Barry brings familiar question to sinking Louisiana island: Stay or go?

July 12, 2019Andrew J. Yawn, Lafayette Daily AdvertiserComments Off on Tropical Storm Barry brings familiar question to sinking Louisiana island: Stay or go?

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana, was once a 22,000-acre saltwater oasis. But because of erosion and rising sea levels, it has shrunk to 300 acres.

Headlines

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U.S. Embassy urges Americans to leave Haiti ‘as soon as possible’

August 31, 2023Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY

PCE inflation report: Key measure ticks higher in July. What will the Fed do?

August 31, 2023August 31, 2023Paul Davidson, USA TODAY

USF is building a $340M on-campus football stadium amid concerns academics are being left behind

August 31, 2023AP

At 61, Meg Ryan is the lead in a new rom-com. That shouldn’t be such a rare thing.

August 31, 2023Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY

Iran bans weightlifter for shaking hands, taking photo with Israeli competitor

August 31, 2023Steve Gardner, USA TODAY

Blue supermoon: See photos of the rare moon that won’t happen again until 2037

August 31, 2023Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY

College professor harassed students to quench ‘clown fetish,’ offering extra credit, cash

August 31, 2023Chris Quintana and Colin Campo, USA TODAY
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