Cocodrie is an unincorporated fishing, shrimping and crabbing village in Terrebonne Parish,

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, United States, 10 miles south of Chauvin and due south of the city of Houma. It is part of the Houma– Bayou Cane– Thibodaux Metropolitan Statistical Area. The settlement is known for being very near the

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location for Tropical Storm Matthew on October 10, 2004,

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on September 1, 2008, "Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32",

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, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m., webpage:
NHC-Adv-32
and Hurricane Zeta on October 28, 2020. The name ''Cocodrie'' is

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for "alligator" or more rarely "crocodile". It is a waterfront town, located due west of Grand Isle, on an inlet of another bay blocked by several barrier islands along the

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. Louisiana map, Louisiana-Map.org, 2007, webpage: (shows town/lake names). Cocodrie is connected to Houma, due north, by Louisiana Highway 56. It is at the end of the highway. Most buildings in Cocodrie are now elevated on pilings to minimize flood damage. Cocodrie is home to the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium (LUMCON) W. J. DeFelice Marine Center, which was completed in 1986.

Impact from Hurricane Gustav

On September 1, 2008,

, coming from Cuba, made a technical landfall near Cocodrie, around 9:30 a.m. CDT. 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, impacting the area with north-to-south winds for over five hours before making landfall.

In popular culture

*Cocodrie is mentioned in the ''

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'' comic books. *Cocodrie was featured in the

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game ''

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'' between the Holar Tower and

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levels. The level consists of a plantation style environment surrounded by swamp and marshlands and includes a large bridge later on into the level which highly resembles a single span of the

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which is located in

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, approximately 85 miles northeast of Cocodrie.

References

Notes Sources
Cocodrie, Louisiana's Inside & Offshore Fishing Information

Hurricane Gustav Public Advisory Number 32
National Hurricane Center, 1 September 2008, 10 a.m. CDT. * Louisiana-Map.org, webpage: (shows town/lake names).

External links

* {{authority control Crabbing communities Unincorporated communities in Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana Unincorporated communities in Houma – Thibodaux metropolitan area

Impact from Hurricane Gustav

In popular culture

See also

References

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