NEW ORLEANS (travelvideo.tv) - Mphepo yamkuntho Katrina inatsikira ku New Orleans pa August 29, 2005, imodzi mwa zaka zoopsa kwambiri za mphepo yamkuntho m'mbiri. Pafupifupi 80 peresenti ya mzindawo unakhudzidwa ndi kusefukira kwa madzi ndipo pafupifupi zaka zitatu pambuyo pake chiwonongekocho chikupitirirabe mochuluka kwambiri. New Orleans ikufunika anthu kuti abwere kudzathandizira kuchira - chuma cha alendo ndichofunikira kuti chibwererenso. Mpaka pano, boma silinabwere kudzathandiza. Dongosolo loyamba la bizinesi ndikuyesa kukopa anthu kuti azibweranso.
Ine ndekha ndabwera ku New Orleans monga purezidenti wosankhidwa wa Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) omwe Bungwe la Editors Council likuchita msonkhano wawo wapachaka pano. Pambuyo potenga "Katrina Tour" ya maola anayi ndikuwona kufalikira kwakukulu kwa chiwonongeko m'madera ambiri, n'zosatheka kuti musamve mwamphamvu za zomwe mzinda wapaderawu wadutsamo. Gulu lotchedwa "New Orleans Lero ndi Mawa: Kuchira ndi Kuyambiranso" lidakambirana zovuta zokhudzana ndi zokopa alendo mumzindawu chifukwa cha ngozi yowononga zachilengedwe yomwe idachitika mu 2005.
Funso linafunsidwa: New Orleans ndi umodzi mwamizinda ikuluikulu ku US komanso womwe ukusowa thandizo kwambiri - tingawukonde bwanji kuti ukhalenso wathanzi?
Malinga ndi gululi, mpaka pano, ndi anthu okhawo omwe athandizira kuchira - osati boma konse. Zikuoneka kuti ili ndi vuto lalikulu la boma koma palibe yankho lokwanira. Zinthu zakhala zopusa kwambiri kotero kuti nzika zomwe zidalandira thandizo la ndalama kuti zithandizire kumanganso zikuyembekezeka kunena kuti ndalamazo ndizopeza ndikubweza gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu a msonkho.
Atsogoleri atatu adayang'ana pazifukwa izi:
KUCHITA
Sandra Shilstone, pulezidenti ndi CEO wa New Orleans Tourism, akuti amaika chidwi chapadera pa chitukuko cha zokopa alendo makamaka mu nthawi pang'onopang'ono. Tourism idalemba anthu opitilira 80,000 Katrina asanakhalepo ndipo amathandizira gawo limodzi mwa magawo atatu achuma. Ndalama zokwana madola 15 miliyoni patsiku zinali kutayika chifukwa cha misonkhano yachigawo imene inathetsedwa pambuyo pa mphepo yamkuntho. Olemba nkhani zankhondo anali kubwera m'malo mwa atolankhani oyendayenda ndipo anali kupatsa dziko lonse lapansi chithunzi chochititsa mantha cha momwe zinthu zilili.
Chisankho chachikulu choyambirira chinali kupitiliza ndi chikondwerero cha 150 Mardi Gras, ngakhale panali chipwirikiti. Kampeni ya "Thanks America" idakhazikitsidwa kwa aliyense yemwe adathandizira panthawi yovuta kwambiri. Patatha sabata imodzi Mardi Gras, New Orleans adachititsa msonkhano wa khonsolo ya SATW Freelance, kuyang'ana atolankhani oyenda bwino kwambiri kuti athandize kufalitsa uthenga woti New Orleans idali yotseguka kuchita bizinesi komanso kuti mzimu wamzindawu udakali moyo. Panali kampeni ya "Come Fall in Love ndi New Orleans All Over Again" yomwe inali ndi ma TV ambiri ku US.
Nyenyezi zaposachedwa kwambiri zamalonda Jerry Davenport ndi gulu la zikwizikwi. Gulu la zaluso labweranso ndi vive, kuyambira pang'ono ngati kusinthika kwa chikhalidwe. Audobon Nature Institute ikutsegula Insectarium mu June, ndikupanga zosangalatsa zabanja.
"Voluntourism" ndi yolimbikitsa, monga odzipereka amabwera kudzathandiza kukonza zowonongeka. M'malo mwake, kulembetsa kukuchulukirachulukira m'mayunivesite akuluakulu monga Loyola ndi ophunzira omwe adabwera kudzathandizira ntchito yomanganso.
Katrina asanachitike, alendo apachaka anali 10.1 miliyoni ndipo mu 2006 adatsika mpaka anthu 3.7 miliyoni. Mu 2008, pakhala chiwonjezeko cha 90 peresenti, koma malingaliro ena olakwika akadalipo. Anthu amaganiza kuti mzindawu udakali pamadzi ndipo sunakonzekere kuyendera. Mzindawu ukubweranso, koma pakufunika alendo ambiri ochita zosangalatsa kuti apitilize kuchira.
SUNGA
Warren J. Riley, woyang’anira Dipatimenti ya Apolisi ku New Orleans amene wakhala ali m’gulu la apolisi kwa zaka 27, anati: “Pankhani ya umbanda ndi kukonzanso zinthu - madera atatu anawonongedwa kotheratu ndipo 5 mwa 19 anawonongedwa kwambiri. Apolisi 174 adalembedwa ntchito chaka chatha ndipo ena 72 chaka chino. Apolisi ambiri akhala akukhala m'matrailer omwe ali 10 ndi 25 mapazi ndi anthu anayi mu ngolo imodzi. Gawo la chilungamo chaupandu linawonongedwa - anthu akhala akugwira ntchito kunja kwa ma trailer ndi zipinda za bar, koma dongosololi tsopano likugwira ntchito pazitsulo zonse makamaka chifukwa pakhala kutsimikiza kwamphamvu kuti apite kunyumba. Zaka ziwiri zoyambirira zinali zovuta kwambiri, kuyesa kukhazika mtima pansi pambuyo pa kusamutsidwa kofala chotere.
Superintendent Riley akuwona kuti apolisi aku New Orleans amayendetsa bwino zochitika zazikulu kuposa zina zilizonse mdziko muno. Mphamvuyi ikadali yochepa ndi apolisi pafupifupi 170 koma Riley akuwona kuti adzadzaza chaka chamawa. Akuyembekeza kufotokoza kuti mzindawu ndi wabwino kuyendera ndipo anthu ayenera kukhala omasuka. Kupita patsogolo kwakukulu kwachitika ndipo kumayang'ana kwambiri madera oyendera alendo. Anthu opitilira 800,000 amasamalidwa nthawi ya Mardi Gras popanda chochitika, zomwe Riley amanyadira.
Mitu ina yowopsa pambuyo pa Katrina inali yolondola chifukwa chakusowa kwa apolisi, koma ntchito yolembera anthu ntchito tsopano yasintha zonsezi. Apolisi obisala amayang'aniranso madera ena otchuka monga Bourbon Street. Ziwerengero zawonjezeka kuchoka pa 88 akuluakulu a Katrina mpaka 124 omwe adatumizidwa ku French Quarter. Mofanana ndi mzinda wina uliwonse waukulu, pali madera amene anthu amadetsa nkhawa kwambiri za umbanda. Upandu wambiri ndi wamkati komanso wokhudzana ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo.
Pali zipatala zinayi zomwe zimatha kuthana ndi anthu ambiri mumzindawu, komanso malo ena omwe ali pamtunda wa mphindi makumi awiri kuchokera mumzinda. Pali chiwongolero chokulirapo chazadzidzidzi kuyambira masiku asanafike 9/11.
CHIKHALIDWE CHA JAZZ NDI CHOLOWA
Quint Davis, wopanga komanso wotsogolera New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, akuti amayang'ana chikondwererochi ngati fanizo la mzinda - microcosm ya New Orleans. Pali oimba pafupifupi 5000 omwe amachita nawo chikondwerero, koma panthawi ya Katrina, mwachiwonekere panali kuchepa kwakukulu. Iwo anaganiza zokhala nacho, ngakhale kuti anthu a mumzinda wonsewo anali okwana pafupifupi tsiku limodzi. Mayina akuluakulu anavomera kupezeka pamwambowu ndipo mwanjira ina anthu 50 kapena 60,000 anabwera. Chifuniro cha anthu kuti awone chikondwererocho chikuchitika ndi kupitiriza chinali chomveka.
Chaka chatha New Orleans idabwereranso kuzipinda pafupifupi 30,000 ndipo panali maulendo ambiri ochokera kumayiko ena kupita ku chikondwerero cha jazi kuposa momwe zakhalira kuyambira 9/11. Kumeneko kunachitika kuyesetsa kulengeza m’manyuzipepala a dziko lonse amene sanangowonjezera kukula kwa zigawo, koma kuchokera m’dziko lonselo ndi padziko lonse lapansi. M'malo mwake, manambalawo adapitilira manambala asanafike 9/11.
Jazz Fest ndizochitika ku New Orleans - osati nyimbo chabe. Zomwe zikuchitika mumzinda wa Jazz and Heritage Festival ndi pafupifupi US $ 285 miliyoni. Magulu 103 amoyo amalengezedwa mupepala lamasiku ano ngati akusewera mumzinda pompano. Mukamayenda m'misewu yotchuka ngati Bourbon Street, nyimbo zamoyo zimachokera kumadera ambiri, zosangalatsa mu nthawi ya nyimbo zapaipi ndi ma DJs. Zikuyembekezeka kuti chikondwerero cha chaka chino chikhale chachikulu kwambiri m'mbiri ndipo Davis akukhulupirira kuti sanangochira koma akupita patsogolo.
Aaron Neville, Santana, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, Al Green, Diana Krall, Jimmy Buffet Elvis Costello ndi Sheryl Crow ndi ena mwa mayina omwe akuyembekezeka kusangalatsa chaka chino.
Kupambana kwa Jazz ndi Heritage Festival ndi umboni wochulukirapo kuti pali ntchito yosunga moyo wa New Orleans.
Lamlungu loyamba la chikondwererochi chaka chino ndi April 25th mpaka 27th, ndipo May 2 mpaka 4 ndilo sabata lomaliza. New Orleans Wine and Food Experience imayenda pa Meyi 21 mpaka 25, 2008.
June 13 - 15 - Phwando la Tomato la Creole
June 13 - 15 - Zydeco Music Festival
Mzindawu uli wokonzeka kulandira alendowo ndipo ukuyembekeza kwambiri kuti sakhala kutali, poganiza kuti mzindawu sungathe kusamalira alendo.
Zikuwoneka ngati ndizosatheka kuletsa anthu aku New Orleans kuvina!
Kuti mudziwe zambiri:
www.neworleansonline.com
www.nojazzfest.com
