Cocodrie, Louisiana

Cocodrie, Louisiana
Cocodrie
Unincorporated community
Country United States
State Louisiana
Parish Terrebonne
Elevation 3 ft (0.9 m)
Coordinates 29°14′49″N 90°39′41″W / 29.24694°N 90.66139°W / 29.24694; -90.66139
Timezone CST (UTC-6)
 - summer (DST) CDT (UTC-5)
Area code 985
Location of Cocodrie in Louisiana
Location of Louisiana in the United States

Cocodrie is an unincorporated fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, United States, ten miles south of Chauvin, due south of the larger town of Houma.[1] It is part of the HoumaBayou CaneThibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Acadian settlement is known for being very near the landfall location for Tropical Storm Matthew on October 10, 2004, and Hurricane Gustav on September 1, 2008.[2]

Cocodrie is a waterfront town, located due west of Grand Isle, on an inlet of another bay blocked by several barrier islands along the Gulf of Mexico.[1] Cocodrie is connected to the larger town of Houma, due north, along Louisiana state highway 56.[1]

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Impact from Hurricane Gustav

On September 1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav, coming from Cuba, made a technical landfall near Cocodrie, around 9:30 a.m. CDT.[2] When Hurricane Gustav came from the southeast, the hurricane force winds (up to 115 mph, 180 km/h) extended for 70 miles from the eye center,[2] impacting the area with north-to-south winds for over 5 hours before making landfall.[2]

Media

Cocodrie, Louisiana was featured in the Insomniac Games Playstation 3 game Resistance 2 between the Holar Tower and Chicxulub Crater levels. The level consists of a plantation style environment surrounded by swamp and marshlands and also includes a large bridge later on into the level which highly resembles a single span of the Crescent City Connection which is located in New Orleans, LA approximately 85 miles northeast of Cocodrie.

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Notes

  1. ^ a b c Louisiana map, Louisiana-Map.org, 2007, webpage: LaMap-Louisiana-road-map (shows town/lake names).
  2. ^ a b c d "Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32", National Hurricane Center, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m., webpage: NHC-Adv-32.

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