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MARY FOSTER, The Associated Press
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
09-25-2005

Even fishing villages have had enough
By MARY FOSTER, The Associated Press
Date: 09-25-2005, Sunday
Section: NEWS
Edtion: All Editions

LAFITTE, La. - Around this little town, everyone owns knee-high rubber boots, boats are anchored in most back yards and one waterway or another runs past almost every house.

Residents of this region live among the hundreds of lakes, canals and bayous that stretch between New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico. They deal with more liquid than land.

"We spend a lot of time on the water," said ...

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