activities by hurricanes with Mobile County in Alabama experiencing hurricane Ivan and hurricane Dennis in 2004 and 2005 (Link, 2010). In 2005, Hurricane Katrina was the costliest and one of the deadliest hurricanes to have hit the United States and was rated category three in Mobile County (Marchi, 2007). The response to the disaster was poor owing to the lack of proper disaster preparedness as well as hazard mitigation planning. The very possibility of a hurricane hitting Alabama in the near future-within
Growing up in Mobile, Alabama as a young girl I had to grow up fast.Taking lots of responsibilities. I always been the middle child on both my mother and father side. Its very difficult dealing with your younger siblings making sure their ok. As I grew older my parents always expected more from me than the rest of my siblings. I always had more to do around the house than the others, I thought it was unfair. One day I went to my parents and asked them why do they put so much pressure on me? Why
Mardi Gras is a holiday that is celebrated all around the world. Louisiana is the only state that consider Mardi Gras a legal holiday. In Louisiana, New Orleans is one of the best to celebrate this busy holiday. Mardi Gras is not just a day of celebration, it has it’s own full season of activities and religious events. New Orleans is the place to be for Mardi Gras with the wonderful history, come-back celebrations, and hard working people that have made the seasons in the past ones to remember
Service Article(revised) T'S MARDI GRAS!!!!! Yes, New Orleans' famous Carnival season is this years' never-ending party and you're invited. Mardi Gras, famous for its colorful and cultural parades, is an experience you can't go any longer w/out! The Streets are packed with both tourists and Native Louisianans as they celebrate Mardi Gras in full color and sound. . The Huge Parades come flashing down the street we fresh music, an explosion of lights, and spectacular floats. Everyone is having a
Wal-Mart’s Response to Hurricane Katrina So far in the American history, hurricane Katrina remains to be one of the most devastating hurricanes to have ever been witnessed. Though preparation were already in place to counter its effects, the storm’s impact turned out to be one of the most unprecedented ever seen. This is even notable from the way government agencies reacted to this disaster. It brought out the inefficiencies and inadequacies of the emergency units both at the federal and state level
The Mardi Gras Indians have been a tradition that has lived on in new orleans for many years, the secrecy of the indians is what has made the mardi gras indian such an event, the mardi gras indians do not plan parade times or even publish any documentation. The Mardi gras indians do not take order from no one, and it because they believe in such belief due to years of harassment and it empowered them as much as their ancestor did back in the days of enslavement, I became interested in the Mardi gras
"It took the city of New Orleans to transform the centuries-old celebration of Mardi Gras into America's Greatest Party" (Hardy). Mardi Gras is known for being one of the many extravagant celebrations of Fat Tuesday that occur all over the world. However, this holiday was not always celebrated in this fashion. Many traditions that occur today, specifically in New Orleans, Louisiana, are “updated” or “revised” versions of original traditions. How has the holiday of Mardi Gras, including the holiday
Foie Gras is the enhanced liver of a duck or goose. A delicacy in the U.S., foie gras has a sweet, rich taste you definitely want to experience. It is only produced by a few farms around the U.S. but much more abroad. Let’s take a look at where foie gras has its roots. Foie gras begins in Egypt As you might expect, spectacular Egypt was the birthplace of foie gras. Ancient Egyptians happened upon the delicacy quite by accident. In hunting migratory geese, they noticed the livers tasted much more
New Orleans is best known for a lot of things, great food, great atmosphere and who can forget the parties. However, people in the Big Easy were staying out late and rocking for a whole different reason in 1919 as the Axeman of New Orleans had a special request that rocked the Big Easy. Let's start from the beginning, the Axeman was a serial killer who struck New Orleans from March 1918–October 1919. This killer was sickeningly good as he left little to zero evidence at the scenes, he entered the
Hundreds and thousands of people gather around for what is to be the next best twenty-four hour periods of their lifetime. Thousands of people patrol the streets of New Orleans as zombies would in a horror movie. There's an uproar of screaming as if lions were growling in the amazon. There’s a smell that would bring everything in range sprinting through the crowds just to get a whiff. These are the things that make Mardi Gras the way it is. When you first arrive to the parade, you’re greeted by
“This town is full of Tabasco.” This is just one of the ways the author describes the city full of debauchery and degeneracy, New Orleans. But be mistaken, The author Elton Glaser loves the city so much that he believes a the only way to live is the New Orleans lifestyle. This consists of spending sunday in the pews and riots and parties in the street. Even your own funeral is a party you don't wanna miss as a parade of bells, trumpets, and drums travel down the street, shaking the ground. People
Located in the heart of the Deep South region of the United States, Alabama is one of the most interesting states to visit in the country. With miles of sandy beaches along its southern coast on the Gulf of Mexico to rugged mountains on its northern Tennessee border, Alabama has a wide range of beautiful natural landscapes that invite nature lovers to come and visit. For those who are lovers of culture and history, Alabama also beckons you to come visit its top-notch cultural and historical attractions
the United States in search of new lands. Gaines and fellow leaders explored the Mexican territory along present day Texas and into the state of Arkansas. After traveling and searching through much of the southwest, Gaines and his party returned to Mobile and Demopolis. Honorable men of great stature respected Gaines and after the traveling parties returned home, he received yet another title which now was superintendent of the subsistence and removal of Indians. George Strother Gaines now completely
of Nelle Harper Lee On April 28, 1926 in Monroeville, Alabama, Nelle Harper Lee was born to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Finch Lee. Along with her siblings, Alice, Louise, and Edwin, Harper was educated in Monroeville Public Schools before going on to attend Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama. After a year at Huntingdon, Lee decided to follow in the footsteps of her father and began studying law at the University of Alabama in 1945 [2]. She left there to study abroad at Oxford University
George Wallace Former Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama, who built his political career on segregation and spent a tormented retirement arguing that he was not a racist in his heart, died Sunday night at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. He was 79 and lived in Montgomery, Ala. Wallace died of respiratory and cardiac arrest at 9:49 p.m., said Dana Beyerly, a spokeswoman for Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. Wallace had been in declining health since being shot in his 1972 presidential campaign
Life is like a winding road that never ends. There are exits, wrong turns, stops, construction and many bumps along the way. When growing up, children are often faced with hardships.These bumps in the road are often tough to overcome. When defeated however, they result in lessons that will carry through the rest of their life. When going through these grueling times there are family, friends and many others who are there to give support, guidance, inspiration and to help the road be a little smoother
probable cause, the officer will then search the vehicle and often times finds the individual in possession: We 've got some low amounts that will get you a misdemeanor arrest and low amounts that will get you a felony arrest," Rizzardi acknowledged of Alabama laws. "All I 'll say is that somebody who uses a lot of marijuana or drinks alcohol uncontrollably and gets behind the wheel – let 's say at the corner of University Drive and the Parkway – my vantage point has to be the safety of the public in general
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee shows the reality of the world in the 1930s through the point of view of a little girl named Scout. She starts as a carefree tomboy, but learns to be more ladylike as the story continues. Her life really starts to change during a trial where her father is defending a black man. Also, she learns that killing a mockingbird is a sin.Overall, she grows up throughout the book, and starts to realize all the issues of Maycomb. One of the many lessons Scout learns
Is Atticus Finch the true hero of the novel To Kill A Mockingbird, well yes and no. Looking at the characters in the novel we will discuss how Atticus is a hero but not the true hero of the novel. It is easy to decide the answer to this topic by looking at what it means to be a hero. To be a hero it means to have the ability to help others that are in need even if it means you will suffer great personal loss. furthermore through the actions and examples of Atticus defending Tom Robinson and Boo saving
Growing Up How fast can children mature in their responses to others? Scout starts off as an immature young girl. Through the events that happen to her such as trying to get Boo Radley to come out and an unfair trial of a black man, she grows up. In her novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses the Coming of Age genre to show immature responses and mature responses through Scout’s eyes. When she was younger and knew less of the world, Scout responded in an immature way to practically everything