I-Mardi Gras yaseMidwest
Manje esangena eminyakeni eyishumi yesine, i-party ye-Jobbie Nooner yasebhishi yenziwa njalo ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kweviki le-4 kuJulayi eGull Island eLake St. Clair. Ngonyaka ka-2015, kuzokwenzeka ngoJuni 26 futhi ube mkhulu futhi umgcini we-rowdier kunanini ngaphambili. Into eqale njengeqembu ngoLwesihlanu ntambama yasebhishi ilandelwe yi-bacchanalia yonke, ngokuvamile ebizwa ngokuthi "i-Mardi Gras yaseMidwest," futhi ihlanganisa umculo ophilayo, ama-DJ, ama-T-shirt imincintiswano, kanye nama-flyovers we-televised avela kumaqembu wezindaba zendawo , konke okuphethwe yizophuzo eziningi.
Yini i-Jobbie?
Ngokusho kokuthi "Ukuhamba Ngendwangu YaseMichigan," i-Jobbie Nooner yaqala ngo-1975 e-Anchor Bay ngo-Lee O'Dell ukugubha usuku lokuzalwa lukaLee Wagner. AbakwaJobbi, isiteketiso sabasebenzi basezimboni zezimoto, bavame ukuqala amashifu abo ngo-5 noma ngo-6 ekuseni, bese beka emsebenzini emini ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kokuvalwa kweJulayi kwezimayini ezihamba ngezimoto, bethatha "u-nooner" ukuba bahlanganyele emabhawulweni abo. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka engu-80, umkhosi waguqukela eGull Island, isiqhingi esakhiwe yi-US Army Corps of Engineers cishe ngamamayela angu-6 ngaphesheya kwamanzi aseLake St. Clair Metropark. Ngemuva kokudonsa iziteshi zokuthutha, isihlabathi esisele kanye nomswakama sathunyelwa esakhiweni, sakha isiqhingi saseGull.
Isiqhingi saseGull
Indlela yodwa yokufika esiqhingini ngesikebhe, nakuba abanye abahlukumezekile behamba bevela e-Anchor Bay ezindaweni ezingajulile zeLake St Clair. Abagibeli bemikhumbi bavala isiqhingi noma emanzini angajulile azungezile, bamise ikamu futhi bagubhe usuku lonke nobusuku.
Azikho izakhiwo zanoma yiluphi uhlobo esiqhingini, kodwa aluqedi iqembu. Eminyakeni yamuva, leli qembu likhulile kakhulu, liheha abantu abangaba ngu-10 000 ngo-2010, ngokusho kweDetroit Free Press . Kukhona iwebhusayithi ezinikezele yokugubha, i-jobbiecrew.com, edayisa amathebhu futhi ngokuvamile ikhuthaza umcimbi kanye namaqembu ayo ngemuva.
Lokhu akuyona indawo yezingane, njengoba kunesihloko esiyinkimbinkimbi sabantu abadala, ubuningi bezinyosi, nokusetshenziswa kotshwala.
Ukuphikisa
Phakathi neminyaka, kunezigameko eziningana ezimbalwa ezenzekile. Ngo-2005, SiyiNhlangano YesiSekelo, iqembu elingelona inzuzo elibonakala ligula umkhosi waminyaka yonke, laqasha isiqhingi iGull Island okwesikhashana kusukela e-Army Corps of Engineers futhi ihlose ukuvimbela abadabuli beliqhingi futhi bathuthukise ukuhlanza. Naphezu kwalokhu, iqembu liqhubekile ngaphandle kwesigameko. Futhi ngo-2005, ngokusho kweMacomb Daily , i-Harrison Township yafunda ukuthi kungenzeka yini ukuqashwa kwe-Gull Island isikhathi eside, okubangelwa abahlali abadla ukudla, kodwa umzamo wazama ukuphuma. Ngonyaka ka-2007, kwashona ngesikhathi isidakwa esiphuzile sigxila kwelinye isikebhe sabulala umgibeli. Ngo-2013, isidumbu sitholakale esiqhingini nje ngaphambi kokuqala kwemikhosi, nakuba ukudlala okungcolile kwakungabikho.
Ukuvakasha kwendawo
Nakuba ngokusemthethweni kusekhona ngaphansi kokuphathwa kwe-Army Corps of Engineers, lo mkhosi uphethwe ngamacembu eziningana zokuphatha umthetho, kuhlanganise ne-US Coast Guard, i-US Customs and Border Protection, iMacomb neSt. Clair County Sherriff Iminyango, kanye neMinyango Yokuhamba Emanzini weDolobha laseClay kanye neMinyango yamaphoyisa eNew Baltimore.
Umbhoshongo wekhamera yokuphepha wagcwaliswa ngo-2009 yi-Border Patrol ukuthola ukuwela kwemingcele engekho emthethweni, kanye namanye amakhamera angu-11 eduze noMfula iSt. Clair kanye nolwandle. Ngo-2012, inani lokuboshwa okuhlobene nalo liye lahlehla. Ngokusho voicenews.com, i-Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel isebenzisa i-Jobbie Nooner ukugqugquzela iLake StClair kwezinye iziphakamiso futhi ibheka ukuthi kufaneleka ngaphezu kwama-dollar ayizinkulungwane ezingu-500 ngonyaka emnothweni wendawo. "Sekuyiminyaka embalwa edlule ngokuhamba kahle," usho futhi uyibheka njengabhonasi besifunda.
I-Raft Off
Ukwengeza, kukhona umcimbi womlingani obizwa ngeRaft-Off, umhlangano omkhulu wezikebhe ezivela eHarsen's Island, lapho imizamo yokubeka irekhodi lomhlaba yenzelwa izikebhe eziningi eziboshwe ndawonye. Umugqa omude owedlule wabaqhubi bezinhlanzi ngezinyoka ezingenalutho, nabahlanganyeli "Ukuhamba ngeGauntlet" phakathi kwezimoto.
Uma uhlela ukujoyina iqembu, ulethe isikrini selanga, inala yokudla nokuphuza nokubekezelelana okuningi ngokuzithoba ngokweqile. Buka abalandeli abanamakhono futhi ujabule!