Mardi Gras na Midwest
Yanzu shiga cikin shekaru goma sha biyar, yawancin abincin rana na Jobbie Nooner ya faru a ranar Jumma'a kafin karshen mako 4 na Gull a Lake St. Clair. A shekara ta 2015, za a yi a ranar 26 ga Yuni kuma ya zama mafi girma kuma ya fi kowanne lokaci. Abin da ya fara a ranar Jumma'a da yammacin rana yana da morphed a cikin bacchanalia mai ban mamaki, wanda ake kira "Mardi Gras na Midwest," kuma ya hada da waƙa da kida, DJ, da tsalle-tsalle na T-shirt, da kuma tarho daga cikin 'yan wasan gida na gida. , duk abin da giya ya sha.
Menene Jobbie?
A cewar "Traveling Michigan Thumb", Lee O'Dell ya fara yin amfani da Jobbie Nooner a 1975 a Anchor Bay don bikin bikin ranar haihuwar Lee Wagner. Jobbies, sunan marubuta ga ma'aikata na motoci, zai fara sauyawa a farkon 5 zuwa 6 na safe, kuma su bar aiki a tsakar rana a ranar Jumma'a kafin a rufe Yuli na motoci na motoci, daukar "sa'a" don shiga cikin jirgi. A cikin farkon shekarun 80, wannan bikin ya koma Gull Island, tsibirin da rundunar sojan Amurka ta samar da su kimanin kilomita 6 a fadin ruwa daga Lake St. Clair Metropark. Bayan dredging tashar jiragen ruwa, da aka yashe yashi da kuma muck aka dumped a shafin, samar da Gull Island.
Gull Island
Hanyar hanya ta isa tsibirin ita ce ta jirgin ruwa, ko da yake wasu ƙananan yankuna marasa bangaskiya suna tafiya daga Anchor Bay tare da wuraren da ke kusa da Lake St. Clair. Boaters sun kulle tsibirin ko a cikin ruwa mai zurfi a kusa da shi, sun kafa sansanin kuma suna yin murna duk rana da rana.
Babu wasu wurare a tsibirin, amma ba ya daina tsayar da jam'iyyar. A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, jam'iyyar ta girma sosai, tana maida hankali ga mutane 10,000 a 2010, a cewar Detroit Free Press . Akwai shafin yanar gizon sadaukarwa don bikin, jobbiecrew.com, wanda ke sayar da T-shirts kuma yana inganta taron da kuma bayanansa.
Wannan ba BABI ba ne ga yara ba, saboda akwai matsala mai girma, yawancin abu, da kuma amfani da barasa.
Harkokin adawa
A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, wani abu mai ban mamaki ya faru. A shekara ta 2005, Foundation Foundation, wata kungiya maras riba da ke da rashin lafiya na bikin shekara-shekara, ta yi hayar Gull Island na dan lokaci daga Rundunar Sojin Kasuwanci kuma ta shirya ta dakatar da masu sayarwa daga tsibirin kuma suna inganta tsabta. Duk da haka, jam'iyyar ta ci gaba ba tare da ya faru ba. Har ila yau, a 2005, a cewar Macomb Daily , Harrison Township ya bincika yiwuwar kwangila na tsawon lokaci na Gull Island, wanda mutanen da ke cike da abinci, suka yi, amma yunƙurin ya rabu da su. A shekara ta 2007, mutuwar ya faru lokacin da wani mai shan giya ya shiga wani jirgi kuma ya kashe wani fasinja. A shekara ta 2013, an gano jikin a tsibirin kawai kafin farkon bukukuwan, duk da cewa ba a yi wasa ba.
Hanyowa na gida
Kodayake har yanzu suna karkashin jagorancin Rundunar Sojoji na Kasuwanci, ana gudanar da bikin ne da dama daga cikin kungiyoyi na doka, ciki har da US Coast Guard, US Customs and Border Protection, Macomb da St. Clair County Sherriff Departments, da Marine Patrols na Clay Township da New Baltimore 'Yan sanda.
An kammala ginin hasumiyar tsaro a shekara ta 2009 ta hanyar Brier Patrol don gano hanyoyin gine-gine na doka, tare da wasu kyamarori 11 tare da Kogin St. Clair da tafkin. A shekarar 2012, yawancin kamala da aka kama da su sun lalace. A cewar voicenews.com, Macomb County Executive Markel Hackel ya yi amfani da Jobbie Nooner don inganta Lake St.Clair a wasu gabatarwa kuma ya dauka cewa ya zama darajar $ 500,000 a kowace shekara ga tattalin arzikin gida. Ya ce, "An ci gaba da kasancewa a hankali a cikin 'yan shekarun nan," in ji shi, kuma ya ga ya zama abin farin ciki ga yankin.
Raft Kashe
Bugu da ƙari, akwai wani abokin tarayya da ake kira Raft-Off, babban taro na jiragen ruwa daga tsibirin Harsen, inda aka yi ƙoƙari don saita rikodin duniya don yawancin jiragen da aka haɗa tare. Jigon jiragen ruwa masu yawa suna yin maciji ta hanyar ruwa mai zurfi, tare da mahalarta "Walking the Gauntlet" a tsakanin jiragen ruwa.
Idan kun yi shirin shiga jam'iyyar, ku zo da tsararraki, yalwaci ku ci kuma ku sha kuma ku daina jurewa don jin dadi. Ku kula da jiragen ruwa marasa fahimta kuma kuna da kyau!