Analysis Of Zack Kopplin's Article Should We Abandon Louisiana?

Within occupied south Louisiana citizens were torn in their loyalties, goals, and visions for the future. Since The city fell early and did not suffer from Battle, most citizens were not driven by fear to want in into the war. They refused to give up hope for a southern victory and thus were cautious to contribute with Union forces. It was very hard for the African-Americans to live in Louisiana at first, after the civil war it got way easier. Before the Civil War, Louisiana was a major slave state. In 1860, 47% of the population was in slavery. However Louisiana also had one of the largest free black populations in the United States.

Granting, New Orleans implemented reforms, some of these reforms failed and some did accomplish in what they were doing. Before and during the occupation or controlling to the United States, New Orleans created these different from and were an innovator of the system of policemen called “Gendarmerie (Rousey 16),” which was created like a lot of the policy systems in the south, to essential to ensure the capture of slaves who runaway in the countryside. These men had all had swords and would carry flint-flocked pistols unlike the watchmen of the north who would carry just a staffs or clubs. They fairly looked like a militarized police, and they would live in barracks and would all wear a blue uniform. While the tenure of the Gendarmerie force

On August 12, the Americans of Louisiana woke up with water in their houses. A week passed, and now thousands evacuated the flooded regions around Baton Rouge. 40,000 homes were ravaged, and several were found deceased. People were stranded on highways and rooftops, trapped in deep waters infested with rodents and snakes, and floating through the destruction onto mattresses. The state has been declared a disaster area. However, national media seems entirely uninterested with this flooding - after all, it was not the first time Lousiana had to endure through a natural disaster. A multitude of critics advocated for the abandonment of Louisiana. Because Louisiana is prone to natural occurrences due to its location, critics believe that it is wholly pointless to rebuild a state that is always sinking. However, the abandonment of Louisiana would result in the movement of all the

The American landscape has always been that of great majestic glory. But this was not always so. The westward expansion was not always in the cards for the Americans. The French had mostly settled from the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. With the Louisiana Purchase the U.S acquired most of that land. How did this land help define the United States of America as a Nation? This essay will discuss the actions leading up to the Acquirement of the Louisiana territory and how it changed America forever.

John Kenneth Galbraith once said “Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.” While in many ways this is an accurate statement within the political realm of the United States there are many times that politics is greatly affected by the memories of the past. This is especially true of the Southern United States. The South has its own perspective and history that impacts the political environment and unities the region unlike anywhere else in the United States. However, as united as the South has been on the national level there are vast differences to be found on the state level. This paper will offer an overview of one of the Southern States politics in particular, that of Louisiana. Rather it is European

Climate change is one of the leading global and political problems we face today. Recently, Texas experienced the worst flooding from a major hurricane in their history. Aside from Harvey in the United States, India, Bangladesh, and Nepal also had dangerous monsoons that caused massive loss of life and property. Although there have been fewer hurricanes in the last decade they have become significantly stronger causing more devastation wherever they make landfall. While Harvey gained strength just before landfall it stalled over Houston causing massive flooding before returning to the Gulf again. Climate change remains a divisive political issue, with a significant percentage of Republicans saying they don’t believe the scientific consensus that man-made industrial emissions are accelerating the rise of global warming due to climate

In the science article, “What we can say about the Louisiana floods and climate change”, Chris Mooney explains that Louisiana is always at risk of floods, naturally, but climate change is exacerbating that risk. He explains how heavy rainfall is influenced by a moister atmosphere, which is a relatively direct consequence of human-induced warming to explain how climate change aided to the floods. He also stated that there’s no question if climate change is playing a role but what the role is. Finally he says the floods weren’t “caused” by climate change but it’s the type of event you would expect to see on a more warming planet. The purpose of this article is to help give some sort of explanation as to why the floods in Louisiana

Louisiana has one of the most culturally diverse areas on earth, with respect to “SoLa,” or Southern Louisiana. New Orleans was the birthplace of Jazz, and is full of great culture from people who have developed unique traditions that are special to New Orleans. Not is the culture diverse, the wetlands contain some of the most diverse ecosystems in North America. With 40% of America’s wetlands in SoLa, the area is very unique when compared to many other places in the US. Along with the uniqueness in culture and environment, the practices of the politicians and industries may be unique due to the questionable practices of the politicians and companies. The problems described in the film for Louisiana seem to be quite unique, but after some thought, the problems are almost universal to most of the modern world.

In the science article, “What we can see about the Louisiana flood and climate change” by Chris Mooney, he discusses that Louisiana is always at a risk for floods, but climate change is increasing that risk. In this articles he argues that climate change has already shown increased rainfall in many parts of the world which can be part of the problem of flooding. But he also does argue that climate change had nothing to do with the floodings, although it is an effect climate change may cause. Overall in this article he goes back in forth with facts and statements on how this could’ve or couldn’t have been a climate change cause.

No one cares about a small bush fire until it’s a wildfire. Granted, not everything needs to be reported on the news, but when thousands of American citizens right in our backyard are being given contaminated water, does it really have to take the Governor declaring a state of emergency almost two years after the problem started for people to care? Before the State of Emergency was issued, msnbc was the only news outlet to have spent a significant amount of time, over 68 minutes, covering the crisis. CBS, NBC, ABC, Fox, CNN, and PBS combines spent about 5 and a half minutes covering the crisis (Robbins,

On August 12th, 2016, the southern part of Louisiana was flooded do to massive rain fall. I feel this is a big topic that should be talked about because of the eye opening things that have happened such as damage and the record breaking water levels recorded. This stuff really should be talked about but isn’t.

The media provided the city with up-to-date information on what was going on in the world and they let people know what is happening so they can protect their families. Everyone looks at the news from time to time to stay informed. Subjective information is someone’s opinion. Newcasters shouldn’t be subjective. Providing your own opinions is not as effective as providing real information. They should be objective and give only facts so they don’t be held responsible for what they may say on national television or the radio. The people of New Orleans were not worried about the storm. They did not think it was going to be as bad as it was. The news showed how people were getting ready for the

"Texas flooding puts Cruz, GOP in bind on climate change," proclaims a story by CNN. Did you know that all over the world natural calamities are happening? Well right now in Texas, it’s flooding drastically.

There are disasters occurring all around the world that most individuals will not hear of due to a lack of media coverage. Many of these disasters can have incredibly detrimental effects on entire populations, and those at risk deserve a chance to educate themselves. Two of the disasters found were the West Fertilizer plant explosion and the increasing rate of acidification of ocean water. Despite the fact that these disasters pose such incredible dangers, they were found to be among the least reported on stories amongst media outlets. Although these disasters have not been covered nearly as much as other major catastrophes, such as hurricane Katrina, they still have far reaching physical and emotional consequences and have their own unique story.

Another reason I started to look at outside sources about the environment to help and educate my family and other was due to the article by Robert Gifford (2011), The dragons of inaction: psychological barriers that limit climate change mitigation and adaptation. That is because it discussed how individuals who are unaware that global climate is an issue, they don’t know what step to take, where to find help, or based on their religion or personal beliefs may often feel like God will not forsake them by flooding the Earth again, or that whatever is to happen will happen if its destined to. This article describes that global warming and climate change is not directly affecting an individual or specific region, he or she may not experience a direct hit like those who experienced the impact of a disaster like El Nino. Many residents in California were facing mudslides,