1 According to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine, homeless people spent an average of four days longer per hospital visit than comparable non-homeless people. 2  This extra cost, approximately $2,414 per hospitalization, is attributable to homelessness.1.
On March 2, 1699, French-Canadian explorer Jean Baptiste Le Moyne Sieur de Bienville arrived at a plot of ground 60 miles directly south of New Orleans, and named it Pointe du Mardi Gras when his men realized it was the eve of the festive holiday.
Friday, January 22 6:30 p.m. - Conde Cavaliers (Mobile, Route A). This is the very earliest 2016 Mardi Gras parade schedule for south Alabama you can find. These dates are not confirmed at this point-the schedule is meant only to give an idea of where in the calendar parade dates will fall. Saturday, January 9 1 p.m. - Krewe de la Dauphine (Dauphin Island) Saturday, January 16 1 p.m. - Island Mystics (Dauphin Island).