TweetWith the 5 year anniversary of Katrina filling the airwaves, much is being said about The Big Easy. New Orleans has had so much to overcome—Hurricane Katrina and then the BP Oil Spill that has affected that area greatly. New Orleans has struggled to rise back up from the “ashes” so to speak, but don’t let the media fool you. There are good things happening in New Orleans, and now there is an Internet portal discussing the positive things going on in NOLA. Good Nola is a fun site that has all of the buzz and local happenings of New Orleans. If you are into the arts, entertainment, food, and culture that New Orleans is known for, then you need to bookmark the site and check it regularly. According to the founder of Good Nola: Good Nola is a local website and organization dedicated to showcasing positive media about New ...
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TweetI don’t know if I could say something that hasn’t already been said about Hurricane Katrina. 5 years ago today, we all woke up to the devastating news that New Orleans was under siege because of a levee breach which caused catastrophic flooding in most parts of the city. Hundreds were feared dead and thousands of people struggled to live in horrible circumstances at the New Orleans Superdome and convention center, both which were over-populated and unorganized with no food or sanitary conditions. Personally, I was afraid for a family member. My father, who lived in Memphis at the time, was missing. He went to find his brother-in-law in Biloxi, Mississippi and I didn’t hear from him over a week period. My birthday (Sept. 3) came and went without a phone call from him. I was worried that he had gotten stuck in the storm. About a nine days after ...
Read More →TweetWhen the photo of the seagull covered in oil surfaced on every major newspaper and news program a few weeks ago, my daughter began asking questions. “What is that on the bird, mommy? Is the bird dead?” I hadn’t thought of even discussing the BP oil spill with her. At six years old, she tends to worry about everything and I didn’t want to little head to be consumed with thoughts about the spill. But the more and more the story grew and grew and we learned about the magnificent proportions in which we are all being affected, I could no longer withhold the information from her. I let her sit with me as we watched coverage of the oil spill together and she asked me questions, which I tried my best to answer. I felt that sharing information this way was the best way to handle her curiosity regarding ...
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