LA Geography Chpt 2

Louisiana…

Absolute location A specific spot on Earth. – Latitude, longitude – An address – A city & state

Tell me, the absolute location…where the greatest college football team of all time plays…

South Bend, Indiana. Notre Dame Stadium 41°N, 86°W

Tell me, the absolute location for where the 2 nd best college football team plays…

Baton Rouge, LA Tiger Stadium 30°N, 91°W

What is the absolute location of where we are right now?

7880 St. George Drive, Baton Rouge, LA Room 37

Relative Location?

Relative Location Explains where a place is in relation to another place or places.

What is the relative location for the place the greatest college football team plays?

Right across from Touchdown Jesus.

What is the relative location for the place where the 2 nd best college football team plays?

Across the street, South from the PMAC

What is the relative location of St. George?

Right across the street from Chuck E. Cheese’s

What are the Northern boundaries of LA?

33°N 31°N

What is the Southern Boundary of LA?

The Gulf of Mexico

What are the 4 Western boundaries of LA?

94° 03’W Toledo Bend Reservoir Sabine River Sabine Lake

What are the Eastern boundaries of LA?

Mississippi River Pearl River Gulf of Mexico

What is the absolute location of LA?

Between 28°55’ & 33°N And 89° & 94°W

What is a relative location of LA?

Any of these… 1.South of Arkansas 2.East of Texas & South of Arkansas 3.West of Mississippi & South of Arkansas 4.The state the Mississippi River ends in 5.Between Texas, Arkansas, and Mississippi 6.The state the Red River ends in

What rank is LA in physical size compared to the rest of the states?

31 st baby! RankState NameArea (Sq Miles) 1Alaska587,878 2Texas266,874 3California158,648 4Montana147,047 5New Mexico121,599 6Arizona114,007 7Nevada110,567 8Colorado104,100 9Wyoming97,818 10Oregon97,052 11Utah84,905 12Minnesota84,397 13Idaho83,574 14Kansas82,282 15Nebraska77,359 16South Dakota77,122 17North Dakota70,704 18Oklahoma69,903 19Missouri69,709 20Washington68,126 21Florida58,681 22Michigan58,513 23Georgia58,390 24Illinois56,343 25Iowa56,276 26Wisconsin56,145 27Arkansas53,183 28North Carolina52,672 29Alabama51,718 30New York49,112 31Louisiana47,720 32Mississippi47,695 33Pennsylvania45,310 34Tennessee42,146 35Ohio41,328 36Virginia40,598 37Kentucky40,411 38Indiana36,185 39Maine33,128 40South Carolina31,117 41West Virginia24,231 42Maryland10,455 43Vermont9,615 44New Hampshire9,283 45Massachusetts8,262 46New Jersey7,790 47Hawaii6,459 48Connecticut5,006 49Delaware2,026 50Rhode Island1,213

Louisiana’s Rank for other things… Population (2010) – 25 th Violent Crime (2006) – 5 th Traffic Fatalities (2006) – 2 nd Avg. Annual Pay (2007) – 29th Doctors per 100,000 residents – 15 th Least most peaceful state - #1 ( Inst. for Econ. & Peace 2011 )

2010 City Crime Rate Rankings

Dad: Roll ‘em up. Kid: But I’m pretending that my hand is a bird & it’s flying in the wind that is caused by the centrifugal forces that our SUV is causing at is cuts through the air as we drive. Dad: I said, Roll ‘em up, son! Oh, and you’re not allowed to read books anymore.

2009 stats N.O stats You: Mom, are we gangsta? Your mom: Yes, Honey...Now would you hurry up & roll up that window already!!!!??

America's 10 Deadliest Cities : Flint, Michigan 66 murders, or 64.9 murders for every 100,000 citizens 2: Detroit, Michigan 386 homicides, or 54.6 murders for every 100,000 citizens 3: New Orleans, Louisiana 193 murders, or 53.5 murders for every 100,000 citizens. 4: St. Louis, Missouri 113 murders, or 35.5 murders for every 100,000 citizens 5: Baltimore, Maryland 217 homicides, or 35 murders for every 100,000 citizens 6: Birmingham, Alabama 72 murders, or 33.7 murders for every 100,000 citizens 7: Newark, New Jersey 92 murders, or 33.1 murders for every 100,000 citizens 7: Oakland, California 131 murders, or 33.1 murders for every 100,000 citizens 8: Baton Rouge, Louisiana 67 murders, or 28.9 for every 100,000 citizens 9: Cleveland, Ohio 97 murders, or 24.6 murders for every 100,000 citizens 10: Memphis, Tennessee 157 murders, or 24.1 murders for every 100,000 citizens Chicago 506 murders 18.7 murders for every 100,000 citizens

Murder rate down sharply in East Baton Rouge Parish Last year, the parish had seen 70 homicides through the end of August. After the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last week, the unofficial tally for 2013 stood at 43 slayings, according to figures compiled by The Advocate. That’s a drop of about 39 percent compared to the number of killings at the same point in Thirty-four of the slayings were in the city; nine were outside the city limits. JIM MUSTIAN September 02, 2013

BR Homicide Map 2011

2012

66 murders 2013

As of Oct. 5, 2015

N.O. Murder Map N.O. Murder Map (2010 shown below)

All 175 (2010)

But it is getting better…

But even if it’s getting better, we should not have 2 cities in the top 10 murder rates in the U.S.

Stayin’ Alive in the 225 (due Tuesday) If you were the mayor of Baton Rouge, what would you do to try to reduce the number of murders in the city each year? Explain why your solution would work, too. (on a blank piece of paper, write at least 1 good paragraph stating your solution & explaining why your solution would work)