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  • noun Plural form of bayou.

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Examples

  • One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said.

    Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010

  • One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said.

    Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010

  • One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said.

    Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010

  • One of the chief reasons for removing old, oil and gas wells from south Louisiana's lakes and bayous is that those areas are vulnerable to storms and hurricanes, and any collapse in structures could threaten the public, Lopez said.

    Susan Buchanan: Louisiana Removes Defunct Oil Wells But Hazards Remain Susan Buchanan 2010

  • And if you are anywhere below that level, you are going to get water in Houston proper, because of those drainage ditches that they call bayous and we will watch those go up all night tonight, 100-mile-per-hour, maybe 95 - mile-per-hour winds in downtown Houston.

    CNN Transcript Sep 12, 2008 2008

  • These are termed bayous, and are found everywhere along the river, below the mouth of the Ohio.

    Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

  • It does - I lived there for 12 years (and yes, fishing on the bayous is a wonderful, peaceful experience on early summer mornings before it gets too hot) - but it clearly has some of the problems the rest of the South has, made painfully clear by Hurricane Katrina's grisly aftermath.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • It does - I lived there for 12 years (and yes, fishing on the bayous is a wonderful, peaceful experience on early summer mornings before it gets too hot) - but it clearly has some of the problems the rest of the South has, made painfully clear by Hurricane Katrina's grisly aftermath.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • It does - I lived there for 12 years (and yes, fishing on the bayous is a wonderful, peaceful experience on early summer mornings before it gets too hot) - but it clearly has some of the problems the rest of the South has, made painfully clear by Hurricane Katrina's grisly aftermath.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

  • It does - I lived there for 12 years (and yes, fishing on the bayous is a wonderful, peaceful experience on early summer mornings before it gets too hot) - but it clearly has some of the problems the rest of the South has, made painfully clear by Hurricane Katrina's grisly aftermath.

    AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed 2010

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  • plural of bayou ,

    March 27, 2012

  • Are you bias-ed? that's understandable!

    March 28, 2012