In 1979, New Orleans' police department went on strike and 16 krewes elected not to partake at all in the Carnival, while more than a dozen others moved to neighboring cities.
Many people braced for the Mardi Gras celebrations to be called off in 2006 following the brutal damage and deaths of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Yet, the people of New Orleans proceeded with them to show their strength and resiliency.
The current pandemic, however, proved to be too much of a risk for fear of the event becoming what is now called a super-spreader. Last year's Mardi Gras on February 25 has been linked to some 50,000 cases of it.
The city has closed the bars in Bourbon Street and blocked off the area for the most part. People are, instead, decorating the exteriors of their homes and having small get-togethers all over the city.
Let's hope for next year.
Seems To Be the Right Thing to Do. --RoadDog
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