Canal Street, New Orleans

Do You Have Black Mold? What is black mold? Are there other kinds of mold? How do you know which one you have? What’s the big deal about black mold anyway? Once you become an adult, who’s responsible for your home or apartment, you have a whole new set of problems. The biggest one is how to stay safe in your home. One culprit that will harm the overall safety of you and/or your family is black mold. According to moldpedia.com http://moldpedia.com/black-mold-stachybotrys , black mold or toxic black mold is a common name used for Stachybotrys Chartarum; “It is one of the most infamous toxic molds because it can grow in houses and is extremely dangerous to humans.” This type of mold produces toxins called mycotoxins. How Do You Know if You Have Black Mold?…

New Orleans Attraction New Orleans is a unique city, quite possibly the most unique in all the US. New Orleans is a very beautiful place. It has a lot of historical places to visit and learn about. When someone comes to New Orleans for vacation, they should go to the Bourbon Street, New Orleans cemeteries, and Voodoo Museum. First, no trip to the New Orleans is complete without a stop at Bourbon Street. This street is located right in the heart of the French…

With so much loss associated with Hurricane Katrina, the events leading up to the devastation should have allowed the city of New Orleans to be better prepared to undergo a category five storm. What caused the destruction, wind or water? What came first, the wind or the water? On August 29, 2005, New Orleans, Louisiana was caught in the eye of the unforgettable Hurricane Katrina. Thousands of innocent lives were lost, along with homes and businesses as a result of the rushing flood waters.…

As a little boy I always loved going to the festivals with my mama, New Orleans had the best of them. I loved the food, the music, and the mixture of the people from our city. Normally we weren’t allowed to be around the white people, but during festivals they were all over the city, and so were we. At school, we wouldn’t eat lunch at the same table as the white boys, but at the festivals I could be right there and nobody would pay any attention to me. Once during the first Jazz Festival in…

"A slow-moving Category three hurricane or larger will flood the city. There will be between 17 and 20 feet of standing water, and New Orleans as we now know it will no longer exist." —Ivor van Heerden, October 29, 2004. Hurricanes are natural disasters that cannot be prevented but can be prepared for. Hurricane Katrina formed on August 23rd, 2005. Over the last hundred years, hurricane Katrina is one of the strongest storms to impact the coast of United States of America. Hurricane Katrina has…

landfalls in the Gulf Coast area on August 29, 2005 as a Category three hurricane. A neighborhood TV channel reported New Orleans was encountering broad flooding due to a few levee breaks, the city was without electricity, and there were a few cases of massive damage in the area. In brief timing, whole neighborhoods were engulfed in water. Due the rapid flooding, numerous residents became stranded, long after Hurricane Katrina had passed, and could be seen on the roofs of buildings across the…

For this forum I will select my city law enforcement agency which is the New Orleans Police Department or better known as the N.O.P.D.. The history of the N.O.P.D. Dates back all the way to the 1790 's and even though during that time the agency had a different name (Guard Deville or City Watch) it was created by the Spanish Colonial Governor Baron de Carondelet due to the high crime level, and to help the military fight against crime (Sinclair). The N.O.P.D. Started very small by 1817 it only…

rebuilding process endured by the city of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina destroyed much of the city in August 2005. Which the storm caused levees to fail, releasing tens of billions of gallons of water into the city. The levee failure contributed to extensive flooding in New Orleans area and surrounding neighborhooding cities. And over 50 breaches in New Orleans hurricane surge protection were the cause of the majority of deaths and destruction during hurricane Katrina. In addition 80% or…

Section 001 Stalin Galarza The geographic location of New Orleans and the hydrology profiles nearby have risen the flooding tendency of the area; the city was built on low-lying marshland along the Mississippi River. On October 1965 after Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans and Louisiana, the congress approved the USCE flood protection plan, it was called “the barrier plan” it mainly consisted of a number of barrier complexes. Nevertheless, some disagreements caused the initial plan to…

The year was 2005, it seems like it wasn’t that long ago , but it has been nearly 11 years since the natural disaster named Hurricane Katrina came through and devastated the city of New Orleans. The Hurricane Katrina aftermath left 80% of the city underwater and 25,000 thousands of people displaced, stranded and in despair seeking refuge inside the Louisiana Super Dome. More than 1500 people died after the levees broke letting water from the Mississippi River flood most of the city. Nearly…