Blogs from United States, North America - page 6837

8:45PM Biloxi is a mess, though I heard it was worse before. We got down here about 3:30AM last night. There are about 110-120 of us. We are all sleeping under a huge red and white tent (picture a circus tent) provided by the Salvation Army. Lights are strung from pole to pole, but right now they're watching a movie (projected against the canvas), so I'm writing this near the well-lit entrance. We're in a place called Yankie Stadium, an old football field that the Salvation Army has leased to make part of its headquarters. The top of the bleachers are torn up. The press box is gone. We're sleeping on the grass. We woke up at about 7AM. A trailer acts as the canteen. Coffee (non-dairy powdered creamer, two sugars), Pop Tarts, a banana, juice ... read more

(Near Atlanta, GA) Here are our landmarks: increased traffic, lit-up billboards, the passing time. The things I carry: sleeping bag, a Spanish play, a memoir, wallet, pillow, sweatshirt, old jeans just bought at the Salvation Army store, t-shirts, gloves, thick rubber boots, towel, flip-flops, bathing necessities. The people I'm with: Rachel (my roommate), Rose (from Ireland), Tamara (from Cocktails, my a cappella group), Tom (my Methodist minister and a campus chaplain), and 108 (or so) other USC students neatly packed into two charter buses. We're going to Biloxi, Mississippi. Hurricane Katrina hit weeks ago, tearing Biloxi to pieces, overrunning New Orleans (and much of the Gulf Coast) with mud, muck, and water. A madhouse. We saw the images on CNN, Fox News, Time magazine, internet sites. Looting. Dying. People stranded on houses. Stuck in the Superdome. ... read more

I just got back from New York, NY, visiting my best friend Jake and his girlfriend Liz. They live in the lower west side of Manhattan, right near NYU and Soho...Their apartment is 2x as big as my Jeep Cherokee and, needless to say, we were a bit cramp. But being so close to each other brought some great times. Jake works for a music television station called Fuse and is somewhat handy with a video camera. After compiling all his footage from our graduation roadtrip a couple summers ago, he made this amazing "movie" (and its a real movie!) of all of us throughout those amazing 16 days. It turned out so great. Copies will be made available at the producers discretion. This was my 3rd time to NYC so we definitely didn't do the ... read more

Well, we're back in the USA. It is obviously growing on us because as we crossed the border we almost experienced a “back home” feeling. Once again we had a very pleasant customs officer and it all went very smoothly. Having crossed the border into Montana we headed to Glacier national park. It is illegal to take a vehicle longer than 28ft through the park so we took a tour on the “going to the sun” road in a very individual vehicle during which you cross the “continental divide”. It is at this point the rivers run either east or west into the oceans. We also saw the wonderful valleys and peaks carved out by glaciers We then headed of to Missoula. They call this “big sky country” and you can see why. After mountains, ... read more

Oct 10, 2005 *City official name :Augusta *Founded date : *Location :Georgia State *Elavation :? ft (? m) *Area :Approximately ? square miles (? km²). *Facts :Augusta is a city located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 195,182. In 1996, the governments of the City of Augusta and Richmond County combined to form a single governing body known as Augusta-Richmond County. The consolidated city-county is today simply known as "Augusta, Georgia" and not by the consolidated name. The area that comprises the city limits of Augusta (identified during the 2000 census as "the Augusta-Richmond County balance") includes almost all of Richmond County, except for the towns of Hephzibah and Blythe, which maintain governments separate f... read more