I-Mardi Gras yaseMidwest
Ngoku kungena kwishumi laso leshumi, i-party ye-Jobbie yaseNooner yasebhankini ihlala rhoqo ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kweveki yesi-4 kuJulayi kwi-Gull Island eLake St. Clair. Ngo-2015, kuya kuqhutywa ngoJuni 26 kwaye ibe mkhulu kunye nomgca wemiqolo kunanini ngaphambili. Iqalo elaliqala ngoLwesihlanu lwama-beach party liye laya kwi-bacchanalia yonke, edlalwa ngokuba yi "Mardi Gras yaseMidwest," kwaye iquka umculo ophilayo, i-DJ, i-T-shirt imincintiswano, kunye neefowuni zee-TV ezivela kwii-newsstand , zonke zikhutshwa ngotywala oluninzi.
Yiyiphi i Jobbie?
Ngokutsho "Ukuhamba ngeNgqumbo yaseMichigan," i-Jobbie Nooner yaqalwa ngo-1975 e-Anchor Bay ngo-Lee O'Dell ukubhiyozela usuku lokuzalwa luka-Lee Wagner. I-Jobbies, igama lomnxeba wezithuthi zabasebenzi bezithuthi, bahlala beqala ukuhamba kwabo ngo-5 okanye ngo-6 ekuseni, baze bahambe emsebenzini ngemini ngoLwesihlanu ngaphambi kokuvalwa kweJulayi kweefektri zeemoto, bathathe "i-nooner" ukuya kwiqhekeza kwiinqanawa zabo. Ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-80, ukubhiyozela kwaguquka kwiSiqithi saseGull, isiqithi esakhiwe yi-US Army Corps yeenjiniya malunga neekhilomitha ezili-6 ngaphesheya kwamanzi ukusuka eLake St. Clair Metropark. Emva kokurhweba iziteshi zokuthutha, isanti eseleyo kunye ne-muck yatshitshiswa kwisayithi, yakha isiqithi saseGull.
Isiqithi saseGull
Indlela yodwa yokufikelela kwisiqithi ngesikhephe, nangona abanye abangenabungenangqondo bahamba bevela e-Anchor Bay kunye neendawo ezinzulu zeLake St. Clair. Abanqwelisi baqhankqalaza kwisiqithi okanye emanzini angatyijikelezileyo, bamise inkampu baze babhiyoze imini yonke nobusuku.
Akukho zixhobo zaliphi na uhlobo kulesi siqithi, kodwa aluyikuyeka ityala. Kwiminyaka yakutshanje, iqela likhule kakhulu, litsala abantu abangama-10 000 ngo-2010, ngokwe-Detroit Free Press . Kukho idibansi ezinikezelweyo yokubhiyozela, jobbiecrew.com, ethengisa ii-T-shirt kwaye ngokubanzi ikhuthaza umcimbi kunye namaqela ayo emva.
LAYINYE indawo yabantwana, njengoko kunomxholo omdala onobudala, ubuninzi bunqunu, nokusetyenziswa kotywala.
Ukuchaswa
Kule minyaka, kukho iziganeko ezimbalwa ezenzekileyo. Ngo-2005, silapha kwiSiseko, iqela elingenanzuzo ngokubonakalayo ligugu lomthendeleko wonyaka, iqeshwe i-Gull Island kwisikhatyuka kwi-Army Corps yeenjiniya kwaye ilungiselele ukuvinjelwa abaqhankqalazi beqithi kunye nokukhuthaza ukucoceka. Nangona kunjalo, iqela laqhubeka ngaphandle kwesiganeko. Kwakhona ngo-2005, ngokutsho kweMacomb Daily , i-Township yaseHarrison yafunda ukukhangela kwexesha elide lokuqeshiswa kweSiqithi saseGull, esabangelwa ngabahlali abasondezayo, kodwa umgudu wazama. Ngomnyaka ka-2007, kwafa ukufa xa umntu obunxilisayo ehlaselwa kwelinye isikebhe waza wabulala umgibeli. Ngo-2013, umzimba wafunyanwa kwisiqithi nje ngaphambi kokuqala kwemithendeleko, nangona umdlalo ongcolileyo wawucacisiwe.
Ummandla weNgingqi
Nangona ngokusemthethweni kusekho ngaphantsi kolawulo lwe-Army Corps yeenjiniya, umthendeleko upolisa ngamalungu amaninzi omthetho, kuquka i-US Coast Guard, i-Customs Customs and Border Protection, iMacomb neSt. weClay Town kunye namasebe ePolisa aseNew Baltimore.
Inqaba yekhamera yokhuseleko yagqitywa ngo-2009 yiBorder Patrol ukufumana ukuwela kwemida engekho emthethweni, kunye nezinye iikhamera ezili-11 kunye noMlambo waseSt. Clair kunye nelibi. Ngonyaka ka-2012, inani lokubanjelwa okuhambelanayo liye lahla. Ngokutsho kwe voicenews.com, iMacomb County Executive Mark Hackel isebenzisa i-Jobbie Nooner ukukhuthaza iLake St.Clair kwezinye iintetho kwaye ibona ukuba iyayixabisa ngaphezu kwama-500,000 ngonyaka ngonyaka kwezoqoqosho. "Kuye kuhamba ngokuthe tye kwiiminyaka embalwa edlulayo," utsho kwaye uyicinga ukuba ibhonasi yommandla.
Raft Off
Ukongezelela, kukho isiganeko somlingani esibizwa ngokuba yiRaft-Off, ukuhlanganiswa okukhulu kweenqanawa ezivela kwisiqithi saseHarsen, apho umzamo wokubeka irekhodi yehlabathi kwenzelwe iinqanawa ezininzi ziboshwe ndawonye. Umgama omibini obanzi wabaqhubi beenyoka ngokusebenzisa amanzi angenanto, kunye nabathathi-nxaxheba "Ukuhamba kweGauntlet" phakathi kweenqanawa.
Ukuba uceba ukujoyina i-party, velisa i-sunscreen, ininzi yokutya kunye nokusela kunye nokunyamezela okukhulu ngenxa yokugqithisa. Jonga abaqhubi abanamava kunye nexesha elihle!