Ruisrock

Each summer the top Finnish rock artists, along with famous international stars, meet at Ruisrock to give the ten thousands of visitors the musical party many have been waiting for all winter. Out of the total population, 17.6% of those under the age of 18 and 7.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty line. Ruisrock, founded in 1970, is along with the Netherlands's Pinkpop, the oldest rock festival in the world still being arranged. 11.8% of the population and 9.5% of families are below the poverty line. It is arranged annually on the island of Ruissalo. The per capita income for the city is $19,947. Ruisrock is a rock festival in Turku. Males have a median income of $40,211 versus $26,050 for females.

The median income for a household in the city is $42,856, and the median income for a family is $48,298. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 86.0 males. For every 100 females there are 92.0 males. The median age is 37 years.

In the city the population is spread out with 27.0% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.7% who are 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.67 and the average family size is 3.09. 20.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 8.7% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. There are 9,480 households out of which 36.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.4% are married couples living together, 14.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 24.5% are non-families.

2.67% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. The racial makeup of the city is 83.13% White, 13.56% African American, 0.49% Native American, 0.72% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.62% from other races, and 1.43% from two or more races. There are 10,133 housing units at an average density of 331.8/km² (859.1/mi²). The population density is 841.5/km² (2,178.5/mi²).

As of the census^GR2 of 2000, there are 25,695 people, 9,480 households, and 7,157 families residing in the city. Slidell is located at the intersection of I-10 which is also known as "The Twin Spans" which connects New Orleans to Slidell, I-12 and I-59. The Amtrak train station is situated at 1827 Front Street. Amtrak's daily Crescent train connects Slidell with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans.

The Old Town and lakefront areas of the city were hit especially hard with many buildings taking on 8 feet of water from the storm surge. Reports say the town was hit by a huge storm surge and that there are around 100,000 dead fish in the city streets. Slidell suffered catastrophic damage from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, a major tropical cyclone that hit the region on August 29, 2005. Rather than using the airport codes of ASD and KASD for the existing Slidell Airport, or NEW and KNEW for the original downtown airport, or even MSY and KMSY for the international airport, NWSFO Slidell uses IATA airport code LIX and ICAO airport code KLIX, despite not corresponding to any actual airport.

Slidell is also the location of the National Weather Service forecast office for greater New Orleans. Slidell hosts several parade krewes each Carnival season, and is the westernmost outpost of the moon pie as a significant Mardi Gras throw. Louis, Mississippi, and a NASA computer center on Gause Boulevard nearly tripled Slidell's population over a period of ten years, as Slidell found itself becoming a major suburb. Stennis Space Center in nearby Bay St.

The opening of NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility, the John C. space program the 1960s, the New Orleans area became a hotbed of activity. With the advent of the U.S. With the coming of Interstate highways 10 and 12, Slidell found itself at a major crossroads, becoming a popular overnight stop for travelers who did not want to stay in New Orleans.

A lumber mill and shipyard were also built. A large creosote plant was built, and Slidell became home to St Joe's, a major producer of bricks. Around 1910, Slidell began a period of economic and industrial growth. Ironically, Fremeaux Avenue is now a major artery, far overshadowing Erlanger Avenue.

Colonel Leon Fremeaux drew up the original plans for the city, naming the largest street for Erlanger and a smaller for himself. Though he supposedly never set foot in the town, Slidell takes its name from John Slidell, Confederate revolutionary, major figure in the Trent Affair, and father-in-law to Baron Erlanger, head of the banking syndicate which financed the railroad. One of the building camps on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain continued to expand well after the completion of the railroad, and was eventually chartered as a city by the Louisiana State Legislature in 1888. In 1882, the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad began construction on a new railroad connecting New Orleans to Cincinnati, Ohio through Meridian, Mississippi.

The total area is 2.64% water. 30.5 km² (11.8 mi²) of it is land and 0.8 km² (0.3 mi²) of it is water. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 31.4 km² (12.1 mi²). Slidell is located at 30°16'45" North, 89°46'40" West (30.279040, -89.777744)^GR1.

. As of September 9, 2005, the total extent of the damage is yet to be determined. It was severely damaged by Hurricane Katrina. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 25,695.

Tammany Parish in Louisiana, situated on the northeast shore of Lake Pontchartrain. Slidell is a city in St. Kennedy. Suspected assassin of John F.

Lee Harvey Oswald: defector to the USSR in 1959. Chris Duhon: former Duke University point guard and current Chicago Bulls starting point guard; helped Duke to the 2001 NCAA men's basketball championship. Chacko George: teen Jeopardy! champion. Tony Canzoneri: world boxing champion.

Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown: world-famous multi-instrumentalist and Grammy Award winner (1924-2005).