Hurricane Katrina was a natural disaster that some have described as biblical in scale and unprecedented as a human tragedy. “The Storm,” as the locals call it, was the most destructive natural disaster in American history, laying waste to 90,000 square miles of land, an area the size of the United Kingdom. Before The StormContinue reading “8 Years Ago Today”
Monthly Archives: August 2013
50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington
On the 50th Anniversary of the March on Washington, we’d like to honor and acknowledge Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient, Mr. Bayard Rustin, the man behind the man, the man behind the march, and the man behind the movement. Who Is Mr. Bayard Rustin You Ask? A master strategist and tireless activist, Bayard Rustin is bestContinue reading “50th Anniversary Of The March On Washington”
When Oil and Corexit Mix
How toxic is the oil dispersant Corexit when mixed with oil? In the wake of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Catastrophe and the subsequent use of 2 million gallons of the oil dispersant Corexit to disperse an estimated 250-300 million gallons of oil, we find ourselves asking this question almost everyday. Three and a halfContinue reading “When Oil and Corexit Mix”
ADDICTIVE: BP Oil Spill Song
Traveling throughout out the Gulf Coast over the last three and a half years to record stories of unbending human resilience in the face of forces to powerful to comprehend, namely Hurricane Katrina and the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Catastrophe, has been an amazing experience. Music, as it relates to coping with an recovering fromContinue reading “ADDICTIVE: BP Oil Spill Song”
Storm Surge 