My Narrowed Down Topics

So I have decided that I will base my photographic essay on one of these three topics.  I am more drawn to #2 and #3 more than I am to #1.  

1.  Retail Stores
a.  Does New Orleans have the same retail shops that we do in Minneapolis?
b.  What about the operation of retail is similar to Minneapolis?
c.  What is different about the operation of their retail stores compared to Minneapolis?
d.  When people aren't working at those retail stores, what are they doing during their time off?
e.  Do they have special procedures for emergency (specifically a flood or hurricane)?
f.  What kinds of merchandise do they sell that is different than the merchandise in Minneapolis?
g.  Do they offer any services that differ from a service in Minneapolis?




2.  Oil Spill
a.  What does it look like?
b.  How much of an impact does spilled oil have on the environment and ocean life?
c.  What is BP doing to help clean it up?
d.  How much oil has actually been contained by BP?
e.  What types of programs or organizations are being implemented to help the conservation of the Gulf Coast?
f.  How much of the oil that has been spilled still needs to be cleaned up?
g.  How are conservation groups collecting money to help the clean-up efforts on the gulf coast?
h.  Who is running clean-up efforts on the gulf?
i.  What do people do when they're not helping those conservation and clean-up organizations?
j.  What times of the day are people cleaning up?  Do they work 24/7?  Do they work from sunrise to sunset?  9 to 5?
k.  Do they have shifts that they complete and another crew takes over for them when their shift is over?
l.  How has the oil spill affected local sea food business?
m.  Is seafood still safe to eat?  How do fisheries get the seafood out of the water without getting oil all over it?
n.  Has protocol changed for fisheries, especially on how to clean their catches?


3.  Landscapes
a.  How do people interact with the land?  With the sea?
b.  How do people use the land to their advantage?
c.  How does the land make life potentially difficult?
d.  How does that land make life easier for its citizens?
e.  How does their architecture work with the land?  What about their agriculture?
f.  What do people have to do differently to live below sea level?
g.  What land features are prominent in New Orleans?
h.  How have people learned to use the land they're given?
i.  Do citizens have to have flood insurance on every single building down there?
j.  Why do people choose to live in a city that's below sea level, and has a greater risk for flooding?
k.  What is so special about New Orleans' landscape that draws people to live there?
l.  Do people have to do anything special to stop flooding within their homes?
m.  What is so unique about the landscape of New Orleans?
n.  What beauty do people see within the landscape of New Orleans?
o.  What about the sea scape?  Why is it unique to New Orleans?
p.  How do people make money off of the land and the sea?
q.  What would convey the beauty of the land of New Orleans the best?
r.  Would the architecture of New Orleans also be considered a landscape?