Amaqiniso Ngento Eyenzekayo
Iqhwithi uKatrina yayiyingozi enkulu yendalo kwimbali ye-United States. Abafazi beSiqhwithi, intlangano eyenziwe ngabasetyhini baseNew Orleans iqokelele la manani alandelayo. I-80% ye-New Orleans ikhukula, yindawo elinganayo kwinqanaba kwi-SEVEN Manhattan Islands. Abantu abayi-1 500 bafa; 134 babesaphilile iminyaka emibini emva kwesiqhwithi. Ama-204,000 kunye namakhaya awonakele kakhulu.
Abahlali abangaphezu kwama-800,000 kunye nabemi basekhaya baphoqeleka ukuba baphile ngaphandle kwamakhaya abo, eyona nto inkulu kakhulu ukusuka kwi-Dust Bowl yama-30. Amashumi amawaka eNew Orleani ahlala ngaphandle kweLouanaana. Ama-trailer angu-81,688 ama-FEMA ayedlalele ekuqaleni, amaninzi awo aboniswe ukuba anamazinga angakhuselekanga okuyi-formaldehyde toxicity. Izigidi ezi-1.2 zezigidi zanikwa uqeqesho lwe-Red Cross. Abantu abangama-33,544 bahlangulwa yi-Coast Guard. Iminyaka engama-34 eyaneleyo yerhafu kunye neengcola zazisasaza kwiNew Orleans yedwa. Kwakukho iingxelo ze-inshurensi ezingama-900 000 kwixabiso leedola ezingama-22.6.
Ukukhuselwa kweNkukhu
INew Orleans ikhukula ngokukodwa ngenxa yokuba iinqabhoko ezingakhiwe ziphukile. NgoJuni ka-2006, uLieutenant General Carl Strock we-Army Corps yeenjiniya, wamkela uxanduva egameni leenqwelo zeenqwelo zakwa-Army Corps ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kokukhuselwa kwekhukula eNew Orleans, ekuthiwa "yinkqubo egameni kuphela." Kwakhona wathi le ngxelo ibonise ukuba "siyiphuthe into ethile kwindlela yokuyila."
Ukulahleka kwemimandla yamanzi eyasikhusela ekukhuselweni kwamanzi kwindlobongela yayibuye ibe negalelo ekubhubhiseni kwethu. Le nyaniso yayiphuthunyiswa yi-Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MR GO) eyakhelwe iinkampani zeoli kwiimigxobhozo. UMnu GO uqhube isithwathwa esiphambukayo sisuka ngqo kwiSt.
EBernard Parish naseMpumalanga New Orleans.
Ukususela kwiNkantyambo yeKatrina, iindawo ezininzi zakhiwe kwakhona, uMnu Go uye uvaliwe, kwaye ukulwa kwethu ukugcina imimandla yamanzi kuye kwagqalwa ekugqibeleni kulo lonke ilizwe. Ukufumana ulwazi oluthe xaxa malunga neLouasana Wetlands kunye nokulwa kwethu ukuzilondoloza kuya kwiwebhusayithi yeMelika ye-Wetlands Foundation.
ENew Orleans Ngoku
Ukuba ucinga malunga nokuchitha ixesha eNew Orleans, nokuba kukuzonwabisa okanye ishishini, nantsi enye inkcazelo ofuna ukuyifumana. Oku kuvela kumbono wendawo yokuhlala kuyo yonke indawo, kungekhona upolitiki okanye intatheli. I-ajenda yam kuphela ibonisa umfanekiso wangempela. Ndaqaphela nje ukuba abantu abasemadolobheni asekufutshane basasicela ukuba senza njani - enye intlanzi evela eBaton Rouge, malunga neekhilomitha ezili-70 ngaphandle kweNew Orleans, iphakanyiswe loo mbuzo.
I-Orleans i-Alive!
Ikota YesiFrentshi, ininzi iindwendwe ezinxulumene neNew Orleans, ayizange yonakaliswe nguKatrina. Isixeko esidala sasizinakekela ngokwaso, kwaye iQarter ibukeka kakhulu kunokuba ikhona iminyaka. UJackson Square usemhle kwaye uyamema, ejikelezwe ngabaculi bepeyinti, ababukeli beemali ababona ikusasa, abadlali, abaculi kunye nabadlali. Uphila ngumoya. Iindawo zokutyela, amahotele, kunye neeklabhu ziyamkela kwaye ziyamkela, njengokuba zihlala zihlala.
Kukunzima ukudideka ukuba ungumvakalisi obuyelayo, kuba uyazi ukuba ungalindela ntoni-ikharityhulam, umculo, ukutya nokuzonwabisa.
I-St Charles Street Street ikhulile kwaye iqhuba ixesha elithile ngoku, kwaye ubuhle beAvenue buya kuphelela. Zama ukutyelela isixeko esitratweni , okanye uhambo oluhambayo kwiSithili saseJadini, sisona sisona sikhokelo kunye nendlela efanelekileyo yokubona le nxalenye yeCandelo laseMelika. Uninzi lwezorhwebo luqala kwiMangcwaba yaseLafayette ngaphesheya kwesitrato ukusuka kwiNdlunkulu yeNdwendwe ehloniphekileyo. I-Uptown igcwele iindawo zokutyela kunye neCellellia Grill ehloniphekile iphinde ivule, kubangela uvuyo olukhulu phakathi kwabemi.
ISithili saseWarehouse, kunye neemyuziyamu zayo, iifriji zezobugcisa, kunye nokuzonwabisa, kunjengoko kwakunjalo - i-bohemian engaphantsi kweKota, kungekhona njengento ehlobisayo njenge-Uptown, kwaye ihlala ihlekisa kakhulu.
Iindawo ezintsha zivula, kwaye iindawo ezindala zikhula. Ibhizinisi lendibano liyachuma, kwaye abo beli shishini baye bafikelela ngaphezu kwayo - ngokutsho kweentlanganiso ezikhethiweyo, baye baphumelela ekuboneleleni nasiphi na iinkonzo eziyimfuneko ukuqhuba ishishini kunye nokwenza umonakalo endleleni.
Ngaba iindawo zokutyela, amaHhotele kunye nezinye izinto ezifunekayo kwiTekethi-I-Katrina New Orleans?
Usenokubona ezimbalwa iindawo zokugcina iimpahla kwiindawo ezithile zedolophu. Kuyinyaniso - amashishini amancinci ahlupheke emva kweqhwithi ngenxa yemicimbi yomshuwalense, iingxaki zabasebenzi kunye nezinye iingxaki zemali. Nangona amashishini amaninzi amancinci, amaninzi amaninzi ayanda. Uninzi lwezitolo ezitsha zivule kuMgca weMagazini, ukudibanisa zakho iintandokazi zakudala, zenze indawo yokuthengisa ephumelele kakhulu edolophini. Ungakwazi ukuthenga iimpahla zakho zokugqitha eziphezulu kunye neengubo eziphathekayo kwikota. Ichweba sele livuliwe ixesha elide, kwaye iinqanawa zihamba ngokuhamba rhoqo ukusuka emlanjeni ngaseWoldenberg Park. Kukho ezinye iivenkile ezivulekileyo ngoku kuvulekileyo phambi kukaKatrina. Iindawo ezintsha zeMculo zivulekile. Isitalato saseBourbon ibonakala ibuyela kwiingcambu ze-jazz - i-Irvin Mayfield ineqela, i-Jazz Playhouse, kwi-Royal Sonesta. AbaFrentshi besitalato, abadumiweyo kwi-HBO series "Treme" ivulekile kwaye izaliswe ngabaphathiswa.
Ngaba i-New Orleans ihlala ixinezelekile?
Indawo yeLakeview kunye neSithili seNine, aqhelekanga kwindlela yokutyelela, iya kubuya ngamandla. Indawo yaseLakeview izaliswe ngabahlali abazimiseleyo ukuba bavule izikolo kunye namashishini, kwaye abaninzi baye babuyela emakhaya abo. Abaninzi baye bathuthela kwindawo yaseLakeview, njengoko kuye kwaba namathuba okufumana amakhaya amakhulu kwixabiso lokuthengisa. I-Ward ye-Ninth ephantsi ibuyile kuBrad Pitt kunye nothando lwakhe lwaseNew Orleans. UBrad waqala ukwenza i-Right Right Foundation ukwakha ikhaya elitsha elinokuluhlaza kule ndawo. Ezinye izindlu ziye zavela apho izidumbu ezisetyenziselwa ukuphela. Nangona kukho indlela ende yokuhamba, ezi ndawo zihlala zihlaziywa imihla ngemihla. I-East iya kubuya, ihamba ngokukhawuleza ukuba iqiniseke, njengoko abaninzi abahlali bebuya kwaye banako ukuvuselela. Kusenzima kubahlali ukuba ba tyelele ezi ndawo zedolophu, ubuncinane kungenxa yale ndawo.
Ngaba Kukhuselekile Ukutyelela eNew Orleans?
Nangona ukuzimisela kweendaba kukubonisa ukuba isixeko sinobungozi, inyaniso kukuba, awukho okanye ukhuseleke apha kunokuba kukho nawuphi na ummandla omkhulu. Inyani lokwenene kukuba imizamo yokunciphisa ubugebengu eNew Orleans ibonisa iziphumo. Ngo-2008 ubugebengu behlelwe kuzo zonke iindidi ngaphandle kobusela bemoto. Izinga lokubulala liye lahla ngo-15%, idlwengulo ngo-44% kunye nokuphanga okuxhobileyo kuyehla ngo-5%. Ulwaphulo-mthetho olupheleleyo luye lwahlaselwa ngo-6.76% ngo-2008 ngaphezu ko-2007 kwaye ukunyuka komgangatho kwinqanaba lolwaphulo-mthetho liyaqhubeka ngo-2010. Sinomagosa omtsha kunye nomphathi wamapolisa omtsha, bobabini abazinikezele ukwenza iNew Orleans engcono.
Kuzo zonke iidolophu, kukho iidolophu ezifunekayo ukuba uhlale kude, kwaye kunjalo, ngelanga, ninyani apha. Abavakhenkethi bahlale becebiswe ukuba bangangeni emangcwabeni ngaphandle kohambo (ngaphandle kweSt. Louis No. 3 kunye neMangcwaba yaseLafayette.) Isixeko esiPhakathi asiyona indawo efanelekileyo ukuba ibe kuyo, kodwa ngokunyanisekileyo, umhenketho okanye isivakashi akunakwenzeka ukuba kufuneka okanye ufuna ukuya khona. Ukuqonda ngokuqhelekileyo ngumgaqo waseNew Orleans, njengoko useNew York, okanye eSan Francisco, okanye naphi na le mihla.
Imidlalo eqhubekayo
Ukuba ungumdlali wezemidlalo, kuninzi ukugcina ujabule. Inkontileka yeZiNgcwele iye yahlaziywa ngowe-2025. Sinikezelwe iShumi le-Super Bowl yethu, ngo-2013, irekhodi le-NFL. Kwaye, ngokuqinisekileyo, iiNkonzo zethu zeNew Orleans zibuphengululi behlabathi emva kokuwina i-Super Bowl XLIV. Ubani onguNtu uhlanga oluphilayo kwaye kakuhle. Ukucaphula umninimzi ongcwele uTom Benson, "Kukho konke, oku kubonisa ukuba isixeko sethu sikhuphuka, sinobuchule kwaye sinobuchule obukhulu kwinto esinokuyifeza kunye nefuthe eliya kuba nalo, ukususela namhlanje. Umzi wasekhaya, kwaye mhlawumbi asikho isidingo sokuthetha ngeNew Orleans esisekho emveni koko. I-Orleans entsha ibuyele emuva ... "I-Superdome iye yahlaziywa ngokutsha, ibe yi-$ 80 yezigidigidi zeedola-lo ngumqondiso wokuqhelekileyo, okanye yintoni? I-New Orleans Centre Centre yokuThengisa eyayisisitalato ukusuka kwidome yatshatyalaliswa kwiSiphepho uKatrina. Isusiwe kwaye indawo entsha yezemidlalo "i-Champions Square" ithathe indawo yayo. Amaqela phambi kweeNtlondi zekhaya zaseNtshonalanga zibhetele ngakumbi kunanini ngaphambili.
Ngebhola lebhola ekhatyeni, ihlala ihlala ngeTyar Bowl, kwaye ngoku kutshanje, i-New Orleans Bowl.
Iimpondo zabuya ngo-2007, kwaye iqela likhula apha. Ngethuba elincinci, isiseko sefestile siye sahlutha into eyintandokazi kubalandeli bonke malunga nommandla. Ngo-2008, sabamba umdlalo we-NBA All-Star xa abaninzi bathi isixeko asilungele. Kwakuyi-smash! Ibhola yebhola yekholeji yokugqibela I-Final Four iya kudlalwa apha ngo-2012, kunye nabafazi ngo-2013.
Abadlali bebhola be-Baseball bayakujabulela i-Zephyrs, iqela elinesithathu elisefama laseFlorida Marlins. I-Zephyrs ihlala irekhodi elihle yaye idlale kwibaladi elimangalisayo.
Icandelo lokuzonwabisa
INew Orleans ibe yindawo eyithandayo yokuvelisa i-movie ixesha elithile ngoku, kwaye izinto azizange zibheke ngcono. I-Case Curious ye-Benjamin Button " mhlawumbi iyona mveliso eveziwa kakhulu, kodwa ngaphezu kwe-20 iifilimu zafakwe apha ngo-2007-2008. Ngomabonwakude, i-Disney iveza "i-Imagination Movers" kunye ne-HBO iza kubonisa "Treme.", Uchungechunge malunga nommandla weTermme owaziwayo ngenxa yabemi bayo abaculi nabaculi.
Unokukunceda Uninzi lwe-Orleans Eninzi kunye neeRhafu zakho zoKhenketho:
Uyabona ukuba asikho konke malunga ne-Mardi Gras kunye neBourbon Street, nangona sithandwa ngokubili. Mhlawumbi ininzi yabantu abayiqondi into yokuba siphila kumzuzwana njengokuba senza apha. Ukuba awuwutholi, wehla uze uzame. Tyelela intente yeWWOZ kwiJazz Fest; i-peel ebilisiwe i-crawfish kwi-cafe yangaphandle; thabatha uhambo lwenqanawa lomlambo. Kulungile.