Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ben-Iesau sonyeere ndị nchekwa ụsọ oké osimiri na 1986 iji nweta G.I. Bill ma laghachi n'ụlọ na kọleji. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ afọ iri abụọ na ise na San Diego, Louisville, Baton Rouge, Houston, na New Orleans. Mgbe oke ifufe Katrina mere, e depụtara ya dịka onye na-ahụ maka nchekwa ụsọ oké osimiri US na ụlọ omebe iwu obodo. Akwụkwọ ya nke onwe ya bipụtara, "The Long September: ndụ mmekọrịta nke onye Katrina na-aza", na-akọwa ahụmịhe ya na-eduga, n'oge, na ozugbo ọ gachara. Ọ bụ onye isi nke Ọha na Ọchịchị maka Ngalaba Nchebe Osimiri nke Asatọ n'oge
Deepwater Horizon oil spill disaster na 2010, wee laa ezumike nká n'oge na-adịghị anya mgbe ọ nwetasịrị ọkwa nke Commander.