Battle of New Orleans

Hurricane Matthew has been a very severe weather event. Hurricane Matthew started on September 28th, 2016 through October 10th, 2016. Lasting a total of thirteen days. The reason that Hurricane Matthew became such a major event is because it traveled a really long path, and how many people lost their lives because of this hurricane. There were a total of 1,384 deaths caused by Hurricane Matthew. This hurricane occurred from the Caribbean to Cape Hatteras. It went through many places. Such as,…

Background On Sunday, November 7, 2010 the cruise ship, Carnival Splendor, departed Long Beach, California for seven-day, six-night cruise touring the Mexican Riviera; with stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, and Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Carnival Splendor was to arrive back in Long Beach with its 3,200 guests and 1,167 crew members on Saturday, November 13. On Monday, November 8, 2010 at 6:00a.m., a fire erupted in the aft engine room. The Splendor operates on six diesel engines, three in the…

Hurricane Andrew was the third largest hurricane that struck the southeast part of the United States on August 24, 1992. “Andrew was a small and ferocious Cape Verde hurricane that wrought unprecedented economic devastation along a path through the northwestern Bahamas, the southern Florida peninsula, and south-central Louisiana” (Rappaport, 2014). Before Hurricane Andrew struck land it was reported as being a category 4 storm, but was later updated as a category 5 that pass through the…

On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy, pummeled the East Coast, slamming into numerous states. Some of the hardest hit were New York, and New Jersey where the storm surge, produced the largest amount of destruction. According to the National Weather Service (2012) the storm surge occurred near the time of high tide along the Atlantic Coast, causing record tide heights; some measuring 12.5 feet high. Alongside the damaging storm surge, Hurricane Sandy gave way to explosions and downed power lines…

The discrimination against African Americans went as far as to make laws in order to suppress them. African Americans had to go through a lot of obstacles before voting. They had to face the constant discrimination of the Jim Crow Laws. These laws focused on restricting the both their liberty and their rights. The laws required for schools to be segregated, to separate groups of students according to their race. They also demanded for the segregation of public areas, streetcars and railroads.…

Isaac Cline, along with everyone else in the weather bureau, were the reason that there were so many deaths in the 1900 hurricane that hit Galveston. The Law of Storms was referred to repeatedly throughout the book stating that storms would never enter the gulf. This thought was relied on too heavily and was pushed on the civilians as truth leading the the whole hearted belief that they were safe. “...but said his office had received no notice of anything of the kind.” Dr. Young said about the…

She sits on top of a half sunken New Orleans police car in her Givenchy dress. She is surrounded by half flooded homes, and scenes of modern day New Orleans flashes across the screen. As the video progress, she sings about illuminate, black hair and features, and her roots. Images of the rich New Orleans culture is periodically featured. She surrounds herself with all female dancers, sometimes in top 1800’s women couture. The scene of a little black boy b-boy dancing with riot police officers…

Entertainment in the 1950s was similar but different from modern day entertainment. The entertainment in the 1950s really was really based on your economic class. The most popular things to do in the 1950s was to go to the motion picture theatre with your friends or family, people watched boxing, people also watch NFL football games and all sorts of things. The theater in the 1950s was a big hit for America’s people, but what people really loved about the movies in the 1950s was the drive in…

In Galveston Texas, 1900 there was a hurricane. It wasn't just any hurricane, it was one of the most massive hurricanes in history with winds up to 145 mph and lasted from August 27, 1900 to September 17, 1900. The Galveston hurricane damaged 21 cities, and left up to 6,000-12,000 people dead. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is the deadliest natural disaster ever in the United States. They first detected the hurricane over the tropical Atlantic on August 27th. The storm first got to the Texas…

A Ghastly Home under the Superdome New Orleans, a lively city on the coast of Louisiana, was devastated by a level five hurricane on August 29 of 2005. Its name was Hurricane Katrina, and it wreaked havoc across the New Orleans area. Thousands of lives were lost, and thousands more lives were devastated and crumbled. Although many protective shelters were put into effect, they did not properly prepare for the storm. An example of this would be the Superdome, which was used in major natural…