New Orleans Mardi Gras

For the last several years, my family has been coming to my house for Thanksgiving dinner. For a long time, my parents would host, but something changed a couple of years ago, and now everyone prefers my meal over anything else. What changed? I started frying my turkeys, that’s what. For many households, the idea of frying a turkey for the holiday seems a bit tacky, but I assure you that it’s the best way to go. Turkey is usually so dry and bland if you cook it in the oven, but not so with…

The Chinese government is estimated to have spent $37.23 billion on building the dam alone, which is several times the original estimate, says the Xinhua news agency.In the future the dam is expected to improve the overall air quality by reducing the use of coal. Meanwhile, until the dam is up and running, ten millions tonnes of debris have already been flushed into the river during its construction.…

Tsunami Many natural and manmade disasters happen every year. Some minor, others life changing. The life changing experiences have quite literally changed these people's lives. One of these many natural disasters had this effects on people… this was the 2011 tsunami in Japan. An earthquake in the area caused a hurricane to start. This hurricane quickly destroyed the cities in it’s way and killed 20,000 people in the process. The disaster had many effects on the people who were there firsthand…

differences are evident, some similarities are conspicuous. New Orleans destruction caused by Katrina was due to levee and flood wall failures mainly because of engineering faults (Cite), while Hurricane Harvey in Houston caused destruction that was due to flooding. Houston, like New Orleans was not prepared for a hurricane that would…

Hurricane Sandy, also known as “Superstorm Sandy”, was a massive hurricane and cyclone storm that occurred on October 22nd 2012, and lasted until November 2nd. Sandy is considered to be the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (Gutner). Initally starting out as just a Category 1 tropical storm in the Caribean sea, Sandy made its way to Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, and the United States east coast border, reaching to a Category 3 strength. With its immense strength and wind power of a maxium of 115…

- Severe flooding damage to Gulfport, Mississippi, New Orleans, Louisiana, and areas in between. - Some levees are overtopped in New Orleans, and there is extensive damage to the Superdome roof, where more than 10,000 people sought shelter from the storm.According to FEMA, Katrina is, "the single most catastrophic natural disaster in U.S. history…

creates land by dumping the sediment that flows down it into the Gulf of Mexico and as the sediment builds up, land is formed. The river has changed course many times over many thousands of years. If the Mississippi River had never gone towards New Orleans and gone through all the changes it has been through, southern Louisiana wouldn’t have been formed. The Mississippi River is so important in the growth of Louisiana because it is the only thing that helps build land in Louisiana. At this…

August 27, 2017, at 2 AM, I watched as the water slowly crept up to my house. I couldn’t sleep. I was sitting there, staring, at the river outside my house that used to be my driveway not knowing what else to do. I kept my phone close that night, every so often hearing the ‘ding’ that would signify that another one of my friends were either being evacuated or the water had finally found its way into their home, while I was silently hoping that the water wouldn’t choose my house to break into.…

Living a life faced with adversity it is truly remarkable the lasting impact Billy Strayhorn was capable of having on the development of jazz. He is acknowledged for being an exceptional pianist, composer, arranger and possessing one of the greatest compositional voices in the 20th century. He was truly an under appreciated revolutionary force decades ahead of his time, even while being the first closeted then out black gay man in a particularly homophobic environment of an all black male jazz…

Politics after Katrina Disasters put a lot of pressure on everyone that it affects. Every person hearing the news or living through feels some kind of pain. When people are affected, it eventually means politics will have to show its ugly head. Politics and disasters do not mix well at all. Notably was hurricane Katrina. According to the article, Politics after Katrina, published by Jake Elliott (2010) Katrina was the largest natural disaster to hit the mainland United States to date. Combine…