Winn Parish, Louisiana

culture and any changes that occur over time. Barns as a piece of material culture also provide information on origin and disbursement of cultural groups and their characteristics. In his article, The Cajun Barn, he argues that the southern central Louisiana Cajun barns went through four evolutionary events that altered and adapted to the changes in time and the economy of the area. Comeaux traces the developments over time in a region called Bayou Teche. He provides maps and floor plans to…

At only 7 years old, in August of 2005, I received the most devastating news anyone my age could have received. I was told by my family that a hurricane was coming to my city; New Orleans, Louisiana. Because of this storm, Hurricane Katrina, I was told that I would most likely have to move away for a long time; which meant the rest of my life. The hurricane ended up destroying the entire city completely. This was heartbreaking to me for a plethora of reasons, the main one being that I was so…

Hurricane Patricia hit land on Oct. 23. It set records for being the strongest hurricane ever based on the barometric pressure (879 millibars), the speed it changed from a tropical storm to a category 5 hurricane (24 hours), and the faster sustainable winds (200 mph). Hurricane Patricia starting forming in the Pacific, but didn’t hit anybody’s radar until it started to form a tropical storm in the Gulf of Tehuantepec which is in the Pacific Ocean west of the Mexican state of Chiapas. The storm…

The Hurricane of 1938 The hurricane of 1938 was one of the deadliest hurricanes to ever impact the north east coast. The storm had many amazing features like how powerful it was, the damage it caused and how it impacted the land and people lives. The Hurricane of 1938 was very powerful in many different ways. Source 2 states that the hurricane started by the coast of Africa and by the time it reached the U.S it had winds of over 155 miles per hour and was over 500 miles wide. Source 1 mentions…

September 11, 2001, had went from a normal day in New York City, to a tragedy. The day had started out sunny and warm with the birds singing, but it had all went down hill very quickly. The early morning was a blur for long time firefighter, Shane. It's now mid-afternoon, and all that's on his mind is finding and saving the helpless victims of the attacks, with the rescue dog owned by the fire department, Corny. People covered every inch of the street, making it seem like Black Friday, but this…

bout 80 years ago a very tragic disaster happened. The Hindenburg disaster. A lot of people lost their friends, family, and local people in their city. This was a big event happening on May 6, 1937. The Length of the Hindenburg was about 245m/803.8 feet. The diameter was 41.2m/135.1 feet. The gas capacity was 200,00 cubic meters/ 7,062,000 cubic feet. It traveled at about 135 km/h and 84 mph. It’s made out of gelatin on top of a sheet of cotton. This disaster was famous because it was the…

Patricia, the strongest hurricane ever recorded at sea, approached Mexico's Pacific coast with such ferocity that one official predicted it would become the most dangerous storm in history. Thousands were evacuated from luxury beach resorts long before the powerful Category 5 storm touched down Friday evening near Cuixmala in southwestern Mexico. Its 165-mph winds uprooted trees and dropped power lines. The hurricane center's final advisory on what had been described as a possible…

What is erosion? In the dictionary, the word erode means “to diminish or destroy by degrees; especially to gradually eat into or wear away” (Webster 243). Erosion, or the process of being eroded occurs on Earth’s natural surfaces as such as beaches, rives, and other major bodies of water. Erosion can have both an ecological and economic effect on the Earth and us as its citizens. For example, in the early 2000s when Hurricane Isabel occurred, it “resulted in irregular erosion of the Chesapeake…

It has been 145 years since the Great Chicago Fire started on October 8, 1871. Chicago had not had rain in three weeks prior to the fire, so it made the city flammable. The city was also made up of wood, everything was wood. Their fire alarm system was bad because they took 40 minutes after the fire started. The fire crossed the river and spread through the city because their rivers were polluted. Chicago had around 30,000 people and still growing, it was one of the fasted growing cities at…

A. Before the L'Aquila earthquake in 2009 people were starting to prepare for a earthquake but not a 6.3 earthquake. However, there was miscommunication between the scientist and the people of L'Aquila. Since earthquakes are the hardest natural disaster to predict, nothing is always 100 percent accurate. The seismologist involved with the making of predictions did not want to scare the people and make them prepare for an earthquake that was not going to come, when the seismologist were not…