New Orleans

There major reason as to why New Orleans was so vulnerable to a Category 5 Hurricane is because the city is 7 feet below sea level. It creates a perfect area for the sea water to rush in and but it’s not so easy for that water to leave. The U.S. Gulf Coast on the other hand was vulnerable due to the warm water that surrounds it. Warm water allows for hurricanes to maintain themselves and travel in towards the coast. Hurricanes are a natural disaster, and have been happening for centuries and…

In the New York Tribune, ‘The Mysterious Jazz’ article by Greenville Vernon written in 1919 talks about Lieutenant James Reese Europe who discovers Jazz music. The subtitle in the paper reads, “Lieutenant Europe’s Describes the Origin of the Term - His Adventures in France - Negro Music Pleases the French People - The Personnel…

there television screen learning about new hurricanes that are headed towards land. These storms are violent winds that pick up lots of water and cause lot of damage to anything in its path. Not only is this natural disaster damaging to people and physical objects right in its path, but it hurts the economy a lot which cause for the rest of the United States or even the world to feel and suffer from the after math of the hurricane. In August of 2007 New Orleans was hit by hurricane Katrina. This…

wracked New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast region during and after 2005 and is virtually without parallel in recent U.S. history. The tremendous storm surge after the hurricane paralyzed the city of New Orleans because not only the city’s natural geographic features made it vulnerable to flooding, but also the built protective system failed and worsened the impact of flooding. The flooding ensued after Katrina exposed many persisting governmental management problems, which along with New…

division in many parts of the country. New Orleans, given its prominent history involving slavery, is an epicenter of this divide. Mitch Landrieu’s speech serves to provide reasoning for why the statues are a problem and why it is important that they are removed. He accomplishes clarity in this purpose by providing context to why this is matter which must be discussed, how the statues are historically deceptive, and what the monuments detract from New Orleans and its future. In order for his…

In 1800, New Orleans was the richest and 3rd largest city because its port was used to ship produce to Europe, Caribbean and South America (history.com). French colonists settled in Louisiana because they wanted to increase their population in the new world. They were Catholic sons of noblemen, military men and owners of plantations. They were considered the elite and were proud of their European culture. They continued to live their life and followed European traditions and refused to learn…

Hurricane Katrina Imagine a deadly hurricane that will destroy anything in it’s path. Hurricane Katrina has changed the United States in many ways. Hurricane Katrina was larger than anticipated, and had a huge outcome for many cities and states. It was a catastrophic event in United States history. To begin, the devastation of Hurricane Katrina was caused by many things. According to www.history.com/topica/hurricane-Katrina, “Weather forecasters thought that…

Katrina made its second and third 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…

In 2004 the presidential election was occurring and soon after George Bush became the new president of America, and not long after followed the Iraq war. This war caused thousands of deaths within the United States leaving some people to become anxious. When writing the song American Idiot Billie Armstrong wrote it from a spectator point of view because he lived through it and watched it everyday on television. Throughout the song he voiced his own comments and concerns on wondering how society…

impact that humans have on the wetlands. Building levees and dams to control flood waters are issues that are understandable but when human use wetlands as dump sites and waste land human interference is unacceptable. In fifty years, the city of New Orleans will become a coastal city and in a hundred a memory. One day the city that created jazz will cease to exist it will be a place in the history books. We are all Louisiana. According to the USGS, the U.S cannot keep up with the loss of…