“The rise of the Earth's temperature, causing sea level increases that could add up to one foot over the next 30 years, threatens the very existence of New Orleans.” YearsEarthNextLevelsExistenceSeaFeetIncreaseAddNew OrleansTemperature Author:Ray Nagin
“There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.” PeopleArtIdeasSpiritLevelsMagicSeaTraditionAccessBuriedNew OrleansVoodooHaitian Author:Sam Trammell
“New Orleans is 5 feet below sea level, which means that holes dug in the ground immediately fill with water. Coffins were punctured and sunk with weights, which didn't stop them from floating up out of the cemeteries and down the streets of the French Quarter on stormy nights. The solution was to bury people above ground, in what are called vaults.” PeopleMeanNightWaterLevelsSeaFeetStreetsSolutionsWeightHolesQuartersFloatingNew OrleansCemeteryCoffinsStormyVaultsFrench QuarterStormy Nights Author:James Cagney
“Depending on how quickly you get ocean rise, you have people who live in river deltas [at risk]. Bangladesh is largely a river delta, and the rising sea level means that when storms come in, the human sanitation is backing up, the ability to farm, it's destructive-type situations like you saw in New Orleans with Katrina. You're increasing the frequency of that stuff in low-lying areas fairly dramatically.” PeopleHumansMeanLyingStuffAbilityLevelsSituationSawsRiskSeaLike YouTypeOceanLowsAreasRiversStormRisingDestructiveFarmsNew OrleansFrequencyKatrinaBangladeshDeltaSanitationBacking Up Author:Bill Gates
“I was a very poor young black boy in New Orleans, just a face without a name, swimming in a sea of poverty trying to survive.” TryingFacesYoungNamesBlackPoorBoysPovertySeaSwimmingNew OrleansBlack Boy Author:Tyler Perry