ʻIkeʻia e Memphis he 3 mau'īniha o ka hau i kēlā me kēia makahiki. Hoʻonuiʻia kēia nui ma luna o ka lōʻihi o ka hoʻoilo a hiki ke komo i nā kaupuni maʻamauʻokoʻa.
ʻO kaʻeleʻele o ka hau hau i Ianuali he 2 inisi aʻo kaʻawaʻana o ka hau hau i ka lāʻo Feberuari he 1 ink,ʻoiai heʻuʻuku ka hau e hikiʻole ai ka hau hau i nā mahina he 10.
He nui nā mea noho lōʻihi o Memphis e hoʻomanaʻo nei ua loaʻa ka hau i ka kūlanakauhale ma mua o kēia lā.
ʻO nā kumumanaʻo e wehewehe i ke kumu e ulu ai kēia me ka hoʻomehana honua, ka manaʻo e hoʻopiʻiʻia ka hau e nā hulu o ka muliwai Mississippi , a me ka "Pyramid theory" e hōʻike ana e pale ka Bram Pro Pyramid i nā makani hau e hele mai mai ke komohana. ʻO ka hopena i koe ka mea kūponoʻole aʻaʻole hiki ke nānāʻia.
ʻO nā hanana hau nuiʻelua i Memphis moʻolelo iʻikeʻia i nā makahiki i hala aku nei, e hāʻawi ana i kekahi mau hōʻoia i ka manaʻo eʻike nui ana ke kūlanakauhale i ka hau. ʻO ka hapa mua o kēia mau kaukipikipiki i waena i waena o Malaki 16 a me 17, 1892 a waihoʻia he 18 iniha piha o ka hau ma ka honua. Ua hana ka lua i ka Malaki 22, 1968 i ka pauʻana o ke kūlanakauhale me ka 16.5 'īniha o ka hau.
ʻOiai ua hikiʻole iā Memphis ke loaʻa ma kahi kokoke i ka neeʻana o ka nee o ka'āina (he 25'niha i kēlā me kēia makahiki),ʻoi aʻe kaʻike o ke kūlanakauhale i nā lā he nui me ka hau me ka hau.
Hiki iāʻoe ke manaʻolana i kekahi mau kau anuanu a me nā lā anu anu i nā manawa he nui o ka makahiki.
I ka makahiki 1994, ua hahauʻiaʻo Memphis e kahi makaniʻino nui i lilo i kumu nui i nā lāʻau a me nā laina mana, e waiho ana ma mua o 300,000 mau kānaka me kaʻole hela no nā lā a, i kekahi manawa, he mau hebedoma.