Big Crowds For Fat Tuesday

Big Crowds For Fat Tuesday (Added: March 08, 2011)

More than 100000 people per day have been coming to downtown Mobile to see the parades. (more)

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More than 100,000 people per day have been coming to downtown Mobile to see the parades.

By: Chad Petri | WKRG
Published: March 08, 2011

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You almost get a claustrophobic feeling in downtown Mobile on Fat Tuesday. People are littered along the parade route.

I went looking to see how far people had travelled. Most were from the Gulf Coast region. I did find one fellow from Washington DC.

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