Evacuation was strongly recommended for areas along the Gulf from Louisiana to Florida, though some residents refused to evacuate the area. On August 17, 1969 Camille made landfall producing the highest storm surge ever recorded in the Unites States and had winds sustained around 190 mph. One such factor contributing to the Camille's freakish strength could have been the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico. The Loop Current is quite difficult in forecasting in that there is no set pattern or location to which the current runs. Within the Loop Current there is warm water that extends fairly deeper than the water surrounding it.
The Battle of Fort Mystic Sean Corrigan 7/1/14 The Battle of Fort Mystic, under the Pequot War 1634-1638 considered a turning point in American history. In 1637, English colonists and their Indian allies attacked and burned Fort Mystic, killing more than 500 adults and children .Masakra Pequot destroyed, and those that have not been sold as a slave, was finally forced to work was the first use documented in "total war" against the Indians, a policy that has survived through the centuries. Today, housing and lack of threat identification site Pequot War battle. In 2007, the tribe received a scholarship program for the identification and documentation of the battle of Fort Mystic Mashantucket Pequot battles Protection Americans. This was the beginning of hostilities in order to document the behavior of the grant of two additional Pequot Battlefield - Fort Saybrook seat and identification documents and investigate other Pequot fight another war.
The French, Spanish and Creole people were more liberal than most during this time in history and many “Free People of Color” lived peacefully in the area contributing greatly to the culture of the City. A revolt in Sant Domingue (Hati) in 1709 brought a large influx of immigrants to the city who settled in the French Quarter. Haitians played a major role in the development of Creole cuisine, the perpetuation of voodoo practices and preserving the city's French character. And so the stage is set for the blended cultures that thrive yet today in New
Mann Gulch Fire On August 5th, 1949 what was thought to be a routine day in the lives of 16 smokejumpers, will be remembered within the U.S. Forest service as well as firefighting history. The Mann Gulch fire occurred in Montana’s Helena National Forest, and prior to this incident, no smokejumper had ever died fighting a wildland fire. The fire, which was caused by lightning strike, was originally spotted at 12:25 pm. Due to the remote location and lack of roads; smokejumpers were dispatched to the incident. Forman Wagner (Wag) Dodge and his crew made their jump a few hours after the call.
He survived, but was given 20 years for the stabbing. ❑ Finally, Clarence Norris was sentenced to death, but the sentence was revoked. Norris violated his parole in 1946 and fled to Brooklyn, New York where he stayed until 1976, when he came back to Alabama and received a pardon. What I want to know is why one boy can be set free and another can receive a death sentence for the same alleged crime. If they were white men, they would never have been accused for this crime.
City Manager Steven LeBlanc late Wednesday issued a mandatory evacuation order for the low lying west end of Galveston Island. [49] Later, the mandatory evacuation order was extended to the entire island of Galveston, as well as low-lying areas around Houston, Texas. [50] Residents evacuating ahead of Ike were received by emergency workers in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. The fleeing residents were provided a place of refuge, medical treatment, and provisions until Ike had passed. After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and submerged New Orleans, the DFW area became a place for New Orleans residents to recover from the storm's destructive forces.
The immigration station caught fire and eventually burned down to the ground mysteriously. They would eventually rebuild it and The United States Treasury quickly ordered the immigration facility be replaced under one very important condition. “All future structures built on Ellis Island had to be fireproof. On December 17, 1900, the new Main Building was opened and 2,251 immigrants were received that day
Decolonization Decolonization began in the 19th century (in Latin America) and is not yet finished. But most of the countries became politically independent after World War II. The right of self-determination of the peoples was decided in the UN Charter of 1945 and within only two decades the whole system of colonialism collapsed. In 1955 there was a conference in Bandoeng, Indonesia, in which 29 former African and Asian colonies decided not to take part in the East-West-Conflict. The consequences of colonialism were enormous.
During the nineteenth century, France colonized North Africa, from western Morocco to western Tunisia, including Algeria between them, also known as the Maghreb area (maghreb is an Arabic word which means sunset, so the western place on earth before Christopher Colombus discoveries). During the two World Wars, France had to face lack of employees in its factories and other unskilled jobs because of French men fighting and dying in the wars. Many immigrants from Spain, Portugal, Italy and the North African colonies were recruited at that time to substitute them, especially after WWII where the whole country needed to be rebuilt. From the late Fifties to Seventies, France allowed many of these workers families to move to France. This massive flow of immigrants was conducted while Algeria was fighting for its independence, fuelling the flames of racism and hatred of North Africans and Muslims in France.
Then, they had some small colonies in The West Indies and in today’s Haiti. In the middle of the 18th century, a series of colonial conflicts began between France and Britain, which ultimately resulted in the destruction of most of the first French colonial empire. These wars were the War of the Austrian Succession (1744–1748), the Seven Years' War (1756–1763), the War of the American Revolution (1778–1783), the French Revolution (1793–1802) and the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). This cyclic conflict is known as the Second Hundred Years' War. During these wars France had lost many colonies and recovered some.