Report that provides information on federal financial assistance provided to the Gulf States after major disasters were declared in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in response to the widespread destruction that resulted from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma in 2005 and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike in 2008. This includes a brief summary of each hurricane and a discussion concerning federal to state cost-shares.

Patent for a combination-plow that "may be combined with facility to form a variety of plows designed for work of different kinds, the present invention being an improvement upon that shown and described in Patent No. 492,462, granted to [the inventor] February 28, 1893" (lines 10-15).

Report examining evacuation procedures using existing forecasting models in the gulf coast states and discusses ways to improve the use of forecasting models by government officials.

Foldout poster detailing the physical setting and socioeconomics of the Chenier Plain ecosystem. Discussion of habitats including ridge, upland forest, wetlands, aquatic, agricultural, and urban.

Patent for a new and improved carburetor. This design calls for "the apparatus [to be] submerged in water for the purpose of equalizing the temperature of the carbureting-liquid, and thereby imparting a more uniform illuminating quality to the gas; also obviating the danger of explosion from access of flame to the exterior of the apparatus" (para. 2).

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1985.

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1987.

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during the fiscal year 1984.

Report of the Red River Compact Commission describing the approved budgets, audits, and rules and regulations during fiscal year 1986.

This report provides radiometric and magnetic data for the Alexandria quadrangle between Louisiana and Texas that was acquired and processed in May and June of 1980. Appendix A provides a detailed summary of data acquisition, processing, interpretation, and presentation methods; Appendix B contains a flight summary report for the quadrangle.

Patent for improvement in the methods of baling and packing cotton specifically optimizations in the packing and baling of cotton by avoiding all the mechanical appliances used in forming and securing bales of cotton, such as the press, canvas bagging, band, buckles, and bale-ties.

Patent "to furnish for railway-companies a form of excursion-ticket whose return portion or stop-over portion, as the case may be, is not capable of successful use by scalpers" (lines 11-15).

Patent for improvements in electric belts.