by Staff

Can New Orleans Be Saved From Sinking?

First of all New Orleans is not sinking. I don’t know where anyone would get this idea. over 50% of the city is at or above sea level. What Hurricane Katrina did was expose the areas that were originally swamp that was filled in without building it up first. And this causes the neighborhoods in this area to flood more readily than other areas.   So no New Orleans is not sinking. Then there are those that want to blame this

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Can New Orleans Saints Make the Playoffs

    The New Orleans Saints have made the playoffs many times over the course of their history. But their success has always been spotty. In recent years when they played the Rams and that famous no call when it was obvious that a call should have been made, kept the Saints from going to the Super Bowl again.   They have only been to the Super Bowl once and they won the game with the excellent coaching by Sean Payton

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How Did New Orleans Recover From Hurricane Katrina?

  Hurricane Katrina dealt a pretty savage blow on the city. The winds were very strong and caused a lot of destruction with huge trees blown down, roofs torn off, and even some unstable building collapsing. In the central business district many windows were blown out and took months for those to be replaced.   Because the storm was so huge stretching from it seemed Texas to Alabama many in the people chose to evacuate. Before then people did not leave

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How Do They Say Baby in New Orleans

    New Orleans says baby in many ways. One very popular way for some folks to say baby is the French word “cher” which means dear. The word can even mean expensive. And that word in English “dear” can mean expensive in Britain like if you remember in The Beatles song When I’m Sixty Four he sings … if it’s not too dear.” Meaning if it’s not too expensive.   So in the city some people say baby like Babee

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Can New Orleans Survive Another Hurricane?

  New Orleans can absolutely survive another hurricane. We are a city that is over 300 years old and the challenges that they had in the beginning of the city were a lot more than we have today.   Back then there were no levees or at least there were no manmade levees. There were only the levees that the Mississippi River naturally built but they were not enough to protect from all flooding. There were hurricanes and there were always

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How Did New Orleans Get Its Name

  New Orleans was founded in 1718 by Bienville who was actually Canadian. The spot that he picked was recommended by the Natives of the area at the time. It had a natural levee that help to protect it from seasonal flooding when the Mississippi River overflowed its banks.   There were many times in the early days when that levee could not contain the river and the French Quarter was inundated by water. So in its early days the city

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Limousine Services

  Travel in style in New Orleans in the perfect limousine for a great, elegant way to get around the city, or to go to and from and event. Are you in town for a ladies night out? Or just want a classy way to enjoy a night out on the town with your mate? Maybe a limousine is the way to go. New Orleans has numerous limousine services to choose from. What a classy way to get around the city

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Scooter Rentals

  Renting a scooter is another excellent and fun way to get around New Orleans. Scooter rentals are becoming more popular. Easy to go from here to there without having to worry too much about parking. Below are links to several companies who’ll rent you the perfect scooter. Don’t forget your helmet!! Seeing the city by scooter is a cool and breezy way to take a nice tour around the Quarter. Revel in the sights and sounds of the city. And

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Bicycle Rentals

  Taking a bicycle is one of the best ways to see New Orleans. Especially fun if you do it with a group of people. We have many bike rental companies in the city. And we provide a list of some of the best ones. We highly recommend wearing a helmet as the folks in the above photo are NOT doing. You can get one at the bike shop or pack one in your suitcase before you come if you know

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Taxi Cabs/ Uber/Lyft

  Being a tourism town New Orleans is full of many means of transportation. We provide a list of different, taxi services to choose from. And also links to download the Lyft app and Uber app for Android and iPhone.   With the advent of ride sharing programs like Uber and Lyft the traditional taxi cabs have experienced competition in a way that they’ve never had to deal with before. There are pros and cons of each type of service. Some

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