I flew back to New Orleans and it was just the way I remembered it. The temperature was 98 degrees and the humidity was so high that reapplying deodorant is necessary down here. The French/Spanish architecture gives it a romantic and mysterious appeal. The air was not as fresh as I had wished it was but at least I could still breathe. The air smelled of urine that had been there for years. The streets looked as if a tornado had swept litter back and forth through the town. Residents‚ not only tourists
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Hurricane Katrina-New Orleans Hurricane Katrina significantly affected a vast number of people‚ including those who were not actually present during the storm: National Guard members‚ medical workers‚ media crew‚ government officials‚ and volunteers. This is a storm that will forever be discussed in New Orleans history. First‚ some background. Formation of hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean occurs every year during a certain time period‚ usually referred to as the Atlantic hurricane season
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On Tuesday night “NCIS: New Orleans” fans watched as Agent Dwayne Pride’s team made some personal sacrifices to bring a kidnapped petty officer home. With a twist that most fans didn’t see coming‚ the murder at the beginning of the episode was one of two crimes that the team needed to solve. Unfortunately‚ the decorated petty officer was only trying to help when he got killed saving another military service member. Hoping to stop the kidnappers and offering a personal favor to the get a location
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at a joke someone had made‚ my youth minister called. He asked if I would like to go on a mission trip to New Orleans this summer. Just like any other teenager‚ I jumped at the chance to go somewhere new‚ especially New Orleans. Therefore‚ I told my youth minister that I would love to go and to let me know the dates so I could take a week or so off work. I was so excited to go to New Orleans‚ but little did I know‚ I would have one of the greatest spiritual experiences of my life. “Mom‚ we have
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Expanding Disney Parks and Resorts to New Orleans The City of New Orleans is an amazing city and has great potential for expansion. Our city has always been defined by the French Quarter and we are so much more than just a “party city.” I believe there is a need to represent New Orleans as more “family friendly”‚ with numerous attractions beyond Bourbon St. My plan is to propose development in a cautious and fiscally responsible manner‚ while offering a glimpse of the extraordinarily exciting
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Soon New Orleans became the United States third largest and wealthiest city. During this time a lot of racial separation had been going on. In 1733 Moyne‚ Bienville freed two slaves who had been in his care for twenty six years. Later after everyone heard that he had freed his two slaves‚ it became common for a lot of manumission to happen. Manumission is the freeing of slaves by their masters. This made a big impact in New Orleans that soon a quarter of the houses on the main street of New Orleans
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millions of years that humans have been on this earth‚ many communities have come to existence. The great Egyptians‚ and the Roman empire‚ are just to name a few but none are more diverse and complex than the city of New Orleans. A city founded on the worlds’ second largest river‚ New Orleans is a place that has thrived for many years. Though it is always at risk of natural disasters‚ the people stay true to its’ traditions and diversity. The “Who Dat Nation” will always be strong and supportive of not
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Zeitoun Hurricane Katrina was a catastrophe that devastated the New Orleans area in 2005. The mass damage that hit various suburbs‚ such as the ninth ward passed a tipping point in which seemed nearly irreparable and is still feeling the devastation today. It left New Orleans choking in conditions portraying that of a third world country‚ in which was responsible for the many death of New Orleans natives and the stranding of hundreds of thousands. One subject matter that contributed to this devastation
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Security for Super Bowl XLVII On February 3‚ 2013‚ the biggest‚ grandest‚ most-watched single event in American sports is coming to New Orleans. (Tourism) New Orleans as celebrated plenty of milestones on its slow road to recovery from Hurricane Katrina‚ but arguably none is bigger than hosting its first Super Bowl since the 2005 storm left the city in shambles. (Kunzelman) As fans prepare to travel to cheer for their favorite teams‚ the San Francisco 49ers and Baltimore Ravens arrive in the
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Taking back the streets of New Orleans Man gunned down in the streets of New Orleans is the typical news headline in New Orleans. Crime has increased so drastically that citizens have moved to different parishes just to feel safe. The crime rate has increase and New Orleans has been labeled the “Murder Capital of the World”. There are undoubtedly many factors contributing to crime but the focus should be those connected to the root of the problem. The systems in New Orleans have failed our kids
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