Eminye imihla ihlala kwisizwe sethu ngokuhlangeneyo kwaye ayinakuze ilibaleke. NgoAgasti 29, 2005 — usuku iNkanyamba uKatrina eyawa ngalo kumazantsi mpuma eLouisiana, yaza yaba yenye yeentlekele zemvelo ezinkulu kwimbali yaseUnited States — yenye yazo. Kodwa ukonakaliswa kukaKatrina kudlulela ngaphaya kokubonakalayo, kwaye iziphumo zayo zinokuviwa ngabahlali baseNew Orleans abadala nabatsha.

Ukusiqonda ngcono isixeko-esinye sithandwa sam ngabafundi be-T + L-kwiminyaka eli-10 kamva, sacela abantu bendawo ukuba banikezele ngeengcinga ngenkanyamba, ukutshatyalaliswa kwayo, kunye noloyiso lwesixeko kunye nokusilela njengoko kuqhubeka nokwakha kwakhona. UCedric Angeles, Umfoti wase-NOLA onemifanekiso ebonisa eli qhekeza, uyibeka ngokucacileyo: Ndingatsho ukuba iNew Orleans inomphefumlo onobuhle nonzulu kunayo nayiphi na idolophu yaseMelika.

Apha ngoku, amazwi awodwa angama-40 ahamba:

UAlex Beard , igcisa:

UKatrina mkhulu kakhulu kum ukuba ndingasishwankathela ngamagama ambalwa. Ingaba i-voluminous tome okanye i-expletive. Ndiza kuhamba neyokugqibela.

UBen Jaffe, uMlawuli oyiNtloko, IHolo lokuGcina kunye nomdlali we-bass / sousaphone kwi-Preservation Hall Jazz Band:

Akululanga ukuthetha ngoAgasti 29, 2005. Kwabo bethu baphila ngoku kwaziwa nje njengoKatrina, kubuhlungu kumanqanaba amaninzi.

Ndingomnye wabo bantu abathi, ngesibindi okanye ngobudenge kuxhomekeke kubani ocelayo, bahlala ngasemva. Ndabona iliso lesiphango lisikhumbula ngokupheleleyo. Ngosuku olulandelayo, ndandiphandle ndijonga umonakalo owenziwe ngumoya kunye nemvula yesaqhwithi, xa umhlali owayebhuduzela ekhwele ibhayisekile wadlula wandixelela ukuba iindawo ezaphukileyo zazonakele kwaye isixeko sasizele ngamanzi. Akuzange kuthathe xesha lide ukuba imeko ihambe isoyikeka. Ukusuka cwaka noxolo uye esihogweni esiphilayo. Akukho nto ithethelela ukusilela kwethu ukukhusela abemi bethu. Masingaze silibale ukuba ubomi babantu baphulukana ngelixa abanye bengazange babe nethuba lokulwa. Iipesenti ezingama-80 zedolophu yethu zaphela phantsi kwamanzi. Khawufane ucinge indlu yommelwane ibase umlilo. Ngoku khawufane ucinge indawo ohlala kuyo iphela. Kwakubuhlungu. Imoto ebhukuqiwe, ityhalelwe phezulu kwindlu ekwiWadi yeThoba engezantsi, emva kwenkanyamba uKatrina, ngo-2005. Cedric Angeles

Ndinebhongo kakhulu ngokwenza iNgxowa-mali yoNcedo lweeNkanyamba zaseNew Orleans, enikezela ngoncedo olungxamisekileyo kwezemali kunye neenkonzo ezingama-360 kwiimvumi zaseNew Orleans. Sichonge iintsika zoluntu lwenkcubeko kwaye sakuxhasa ukubuyela kwabo eNew Orleans ngeedola zesibonelelo. Bendisazi ukuba singakwazi ukubuyisela iindawo zokuhlala zenkcubeko yethu eNew Orleans, abanye baya kulandela ekhondweni labo. Benza njalo! Okokuqala yayiliBhendi yokuZalwa ngokutsha kweBrass kunye neKermit Ruffins, emva koko iHot 8 kunye neMiphefumlo yabavukeli, uJames Andrews, uShannon Powell, kunye namakhulu abanye.

Kuthathe unyaka ukufumana iHolo yoLondolozo ibuye ivuleke. Kuthathe eminye iminyaka emithandathu ngaphambi kokuba sibe nenzuzo. Sasinda ngomphefumlo uphela. Oko kuyinyaniso ngokwenyani yomphefumlo wesixeko sethu. Akukholeleki ukuba ayisiyiyo kuphela ukuba simi namhlanje, kodwa nathi, isixeko esihlangeneyo, somelele kunakuqala. Umculo eNew Orleans womelele kunakuqala.

USodolophu waseNew Orleans uMitch Landrieu:

INkanyamba uKatrina kunye nokungaphumeleli kwamagunya aseburhulumenteni kwakuyintlekele engekho namnye. Kodwa iNkanyamba uKatrina ayikhange ibe yingxaki yethu kuphela; U-Katrina wayengoyena mntu ubaluleke kakhulu kwi-litany yeengxaki i-New Orleans ejongene nazo kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo. Abemi bethu baqala ukuhla kwisiqingatha sokugqibela senkulungwane yama-20 emva koko uhlaselo lwangoSeptemba 11, 2001, lwaluchitha uqoqosho lwethu oluxhomekeke kukhenketho. Emva koKatrina, iNew Orleans yajongana noRita, Ike, Gustav, noIsake; ukudodobala kwesizwe; kwaye, ewe, ukuchitheka kweoyile kweBP. IWadi yeThoba engezantsi, emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, ngo-2005. UCedric Angeles

Ngoku, iNew Orleans isemqolo kwaye inkqubela phambili yethu yomelele ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Ukubuya kwesixeko sethu lelinye lawona mabali abalulekileyo ehlabathi wentlekele kunye noloyiso kunye novuko kunye nentlawulelo. Ibali lethu lixelwa ngegama elinye: ukomelela. Ngokwenene sasingenayo enye indlela; yayilungelelanisa, okanye isweleke. Uqhwithela lubeke i-gauntlet, kwaye, ngale ntlekele inkulu kangaka, yeza noxanduva olukhulu lokuyilungisa.

KwiNew Orleans, uKatrina wayenamava okusondela ekufeni. Kodwa saphakama saya kumceli mngeni, sisombulula kungekuphela nje ukwakha isixeko ebesikade sinaso, kodwa ukudala isixeko ekwakukudala sihlala siso. Iifreyimu zemifanekiso ngaphakathi kwekhaya elishiyiweyo nelitshatyalalisiweyo, ngo-2005. UCedric Angeles

Alithandabuzeki elokuba inkqubela phambili yethu ibimangalisa, kodwa iNkosi iyazi ukuba kunendlela ende, ende ekusafuneka sihambe. Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, nangona ibiyiminyaka eli-10, uKatrina akazange adale zonke iingxaki zethu-zizizukulwana ekwenzeni kwaye kwabelwana ngazo zonke ezinye iindawo zaseMelika. Kodwa, okuye kwavela kwelinye icala leminyaka eli-10 ngumzekelo wenkulumbuso wotshintsho kunye nokuyilwa kweedolophu eMelika.

Kwisixeko sethu, ukomelela kuthetha ngaphezulu kokuthintela amanzi kunye nemigxobhozo ukusikhusela kwisaqhwithi; kuthetha ukubetha ulungelelwaniso phakathi kweemfuno zabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo okusingqongileyo ngelixa silwa noxinzelelo olungapheliyo lobundlobongela, intlupheko kunye nokungalingani. Sinoxanduva lokuyilungisa kwaye sibeke isixeko kwindlela enobulungisa negcinekayo kwizizukulwana ezizayo.

INew Orleans ngoku sesinye sezixeko ezikhula ngokukhawuleza eMelika njengoko kungekho nasinye isixeko esifika emphefumlweni wakho njengathi. Ezokhenketho ziyaqhubeka nokubeka iirekhodi ezintsha kwaye ngoku sineendawo zokutyela ezininzi kunokuba sasinjalo ngaphambi kwesiphango. Sihamba phambili kulwaphulo-mthetho, ulwakhiwo luyanda, ubugcisa, umculo, kunye nokuthenga kuyachuma kwaye kukho imeko entsha yobomi kunye nokudlamka naphi na apho uya khona. Kodwa, sinomsebenzi ekufuneka siwenzile.

‘Sifunde lukhulu, kuba amanzi ebengakhethi. Ukuba ubusendleleni, ikukhuphe. Abantu abaninzi baqonda, ngeloxesha okanye emva kwenyani, ukuba sonke sikule nto sikunye-sonke sikwisikhephe esinye. '

Ke njengokuba sisondela kwisikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-300 esixekweni ngowama-2018, sakha iNew Orleans engcono, eyomeleleyo nokomelela ngakumbi. Kwaye, sikwenza njengeqela elinye, umlo omnye, ilizwi elinye, isixeko esinye-njengoko bekufanele ukuba besisoloko sisenza njalo.

Uphuma eLagasse Umpheki kunye nomcebisi:

INew Orleans idume ngokwakhiwa kwayo, umculo, inkcubeko kunye nokutya. Akunakuphikwa ukuba sinembali ende eyakhiwe ziimpembelelo ezininzi kunye nemvelaphi edityanisiweyo ngokudibeneyo isinika isazisi esahlukileyo. Abantu baseNew Orleaniya bayigcina imbali yethu kunye nomoya uphila ngokwabelana ngamava ngokutya. Besisoloko sizimisele ngokutya kwaye ilizwi ngokuqinisekileyo liyinyani apha: Phila ukutya, ungatyi ukuze uphile. Ukujonga eNew Orleans iminyaka eli-10 emva kukaKatrina sisikhumbuzo esihle sendlela ukutya okuyintliziyo nomphefumlo wesixeko. Kwakuhlala kunjalo kwaye kuya kuhlala kunjalo. Namhlanje, indawo yokutya iqhume-ingapheleli nje kwinani leendawo zokutyela, kodwa nakwizinto ezenziwa ngabapheki. Sityhala imvulophu kwinto ekuthethwa ngayo yiNew Orleans cuisine kwakhona. Ewe, iimpembelelo zeCajun kunye nesiCreole ziseseyinxalenye yesiseko sethu, kodwa ngoku sidlala ngokwenene kulindeleke. Kwaye jonga, sisenokwandisa kwinto yesiqhelo, kodwa sisondela kuyo ngesixa esifanayo sothando. Post-Katrina, songeze umkhosi omtsha wempembelelo etshintsha ukutya kwethu kunye nokuchaza indawo yokutya. Kum, le nguqulelo ngomnye umzekelo wokomelela nokomelela kwesimilo.

UGeorge Kourounis, uMbaleki obalekayo, osukela isaqhwithi, kunye nomkhosi wePivot's Angry Planet:

Kuthathe ixesha ngaphambi kokuba siqonde ukuba imbali sele yenziwe.

Ukuba yingcali yokuleqa isaqhwithi kuthetha ukuba ndiqhele ukubona ubukrakra bukaMama Wendalo ngokwam. Bendileqa inkanyamba iminyaka, kwaye bendiphakathi kwenkanyamba ngaphambili, kodwa u-2005 wayehlukile. I-U.S. Yafumana ukuwa kweenkanyamba ezinkulu ngaloo nyaka, enye ngenyanga ukusukela ngoJulayi ukuya ku-Okthobha, kwaye ndandilapho kumntu ngamnye, ndibeka umboniso wezaqhwithi njengoko babesiza Kodwa uKatrina uya kuhlala ethe qatha engqondweni yam. Itraki yokuhamba ecaleni kwendlela kwiWadi yeThoba engezantsi, ngo-2005. UCedric Angeles

Kwakukho iqaqobana lethu elalihlangene laza lafumana igaraji yokupaka yekhonkrithi eyomeleleyo yentsimbi. Khange ndicinge ukuba nasiphi na esinye isakhiwo siza komelela ngokwaneleyo ukumelana nomoya ongenakuphepheka, inkunkuma ephaphazelayo, kunye nezantyalantyala zamanzi ezikhukhula.

Elona candelo lililo yayikulindelo. Silinde ubusuku bonke kwigaraji, singazi ukuba iiyure ezingama-24 ezizayo zisigcinele ntoni. INkonzo yeMozulu yeSizwe eNew Orleans ikhuphe izilumkiso malunga nokubakho kwezixhobo zasendlini kunye neemoto ezincinci ukuba zibulale, imijukujelwa yomoya, kwaye izakhiwo ezinde zinokuhamba emoyeni ziye kwindawo yokuwa. Ngeli xesha uKatrina wayeyididi lesihlanu lesiphepho, esona siphezulu kwinqanaba. Kwakungekho ukulala okuninzi.

Ekuseni, saqala isaqhwithi kancinci, kwaye emva kwemini, sasiqhushumbiswa ngumoya osondela kwi-200 mph. Kwakukho iziqwenga zentsimbi ezijikeleza emoyeni njengeehelikopta, kwaye ithontsi ngalinye lalivakala njengenqaku lenaliti. Kwafuneka ndikhase ukusuka kwenye indawo ukuya kwenye indawo kungenjalo ndibethwe ngumoya omkhulu.

Xa isiphepho sagqitywa ekugqibeleni, intshabalalo ishiye ngasemva ikhuphisana naleyo yeenkanyamba ezininzi endizibonileyo, kodwa zande kakhulu. Ukuqhuba ndiphuma eGulfport, kuye kwafuneka ndihambe ngeenqanawa, iJet Skis, iintambo zombane ezantsi, kunye nokuvuza kwegesi. Kude kwaba sekufikeni kwam ekhaya ukuya eKhanada apho ndafunda ukuba kwakukubi kangakanani.

Ngethamsanqa, uKatrina wabuthathaka kwinqanaba lesithandathu lesiphango ukuya kwisithathu kwiiyure zokugqibela ngaphambi kokuwa komhlaba. INew Orleans ayikhange ibethe ngqo; ukuba ibinjalo, umonakalo ngewawube mbi kakhulu. Kunzima ukucinga, ucinga ukuba izinto ezimbi zifike njani apho. Kwiminyaka eli-10 edlulileyo ukusukela kwixesha lenkanyamba ngo-2005, i-U.S ibe nethamsanqa ukunqanda esinye isitrayikhi esikhulu senkanyamba. Ndiyathemba ngenene ukuba abantu boNxweme lweAtlantic abazilibale izifundo esizifunde kuKatrina. Kudala, kwaye iinkumbulo ziyaphela, kodwa izaqhwithi ziyakubuya.

IBig Freedia, iBounce Artist kunye nombhali we UThixo asindise ukumkanikazi uDiva! :

Ndicinga ukuba wonke umntu eNew Orleans une-PTSD evela eKatrina kwaye uya kuhlala ekwinqanaba elithile. Ndiyikhumbula ngokungathi yayizolo. Ndandisandula ukufudukela kwigumbi elitsha kwaye ndandipheka i-crawfish kunye ne-shrimp kunye noMalume uPercy, udadewethu kunye nosana olusandul 'ukuzalwa, kunye nomntakwethu, xa umama wam wasifowunela esithi masihambe.

Besilumkisiwe amaxesha amaninzi ngaphambili. I-Shit ayize yenzeke xa sihamba, ndiyakhumbula ndimxelela. Ngaphandle kokuba indlu yam ibiwe. Ngethuba lobusuku, isiqhwithi sasifikile sahamba, kodwa ngentsasa elandelayo, ii-levees zaphuka. Yilapho sonke isihogo sagqabhuka khona. Iindlela eziphambili zangaphakathi kumgxobhozo waseLouisana, njengoko kubonwe ngaphezulu. UCedric Angeles

Isizathu sokuhlala kwethu yayikukuba sasikwigumbi lesibini lendlu — sasikwazi ukugqobhoza umngxuma eluphahleni, apho sahlala khona iintsuku. Ekugqibeleni safika kwi-610 Bridge. Mntwana, yayingeyonto intle. Kwakudumbile kushushu; Abasetyhini baphelelwe kukutya kunye namanabukeni abantwana babo; iindevu zam zakhula. Ndingoyena mntu wayekude kuKumkanikazi ngoko. Ndiyabulela uthixo, ekugqibeleni sahlangulwa saza safika kwiziko lomkhosi e-Arkansas.

Emva kukaKatrina, ndagxothwa ndaza ndahlala eHouston kwaye yindlela uBounce aqala ngayo ukusasazeka. Ndenza ukubonakala kweklabhu apho ubusuku obuthathu ukuya kwezine ngeveki. Umhlobo wam osenyongweni-umculi we-Bounce oguqukileyo uKatey Red-waya eDallas. Ngelo xesha, iBounce yaba ngaphezulu kwesitayile somdaniso okanye umculo. Yayiyindlela yokuhambisa iintlungu kunye nosizi lwethu kuba uninzi lwabantu abaphume baya kwiiklabhu yayiziimbacu zikaKatrina. Ndicinga ukuba amandla ahlala kunye neBounce kwaye yiyo loo nto isahleli nabantu abaninzi. Njengoko benditshilo, ndicinga ukuba sonke sisecaleni emva kukaKatrina. Isixeko sethu siguqulwe ngonaphakade. Kodwa iBounce yayilusindiso lwethu. Yasisindisa.

Inqanawa kuMlambo iMississippi, njengoko ibonwa kwidolophu yaseNew Orleans. UCedric Angeles

UGqr John , Imveli yaseNew Orleans kunye nemvumi ephumelele amabhaso eGrammy:

Ndandisendleleni ngexesha likaKatrina kwaye kwakufuneka ndibize kwaye ndixelele abantwana bam ukuba yayinzulu. Ezinye izinto zingcono ngoku ezinye zimbi. Kwiindawo zaseNew Orleans ngekhe wazi ukuba yenzekile, kodwa iWadi yeThoba ayisalungiswa. Inxalenye epheleleyo yeNew Orleans eyayilapha — enye eyayiyinxalenye yomphefumlo nomoya waseNew Orleans — ihambile. Baphi bonke aba bantu ngoku?

UGqirha John & apos; s impendulo yomculo kwilizwe laseNew Orleans emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, IsiXeko esiKhathalayo silibale , waphumelela ibhaso leGrammy yeAlbhamu yeClass Contemporary Blues ngo-2008.

Liljose Tompkins, Yenze umninikhaya kwisiseko esilungileyo kwiWadi yeThoba engezantsi:

Abantu abayiqondi inkxwaleko yengqondo esidlule kuyo kwiWadi yeThoba engezantsi. Kwakungekho nje malunga nokutshatyalaliswa, kodwa kunye nokukhathazeka kwengqondo kweso sixeko kusixelela ukuba asivunyelwe ukubuyela kwindawo yethu. Abantu abaninzi bafuna ukubuya-ndiyayazi loo nto kuba ndisebenze njengomsebenzi wamatyala eHouston kwabo bafuduswe sisaqhwithi-kodwa abakwazanga kuba bengenayo inkxaso yesixeko, okanye i-Road Home, okanye ezinye iinkqubo.

Abanye abantu baqala ukusibiza njengeembacu-ewe, sasiphathwa njengeembacu, hayi njengabemi. Kodwa ndiyakuqinisekisa ukuba ndingummi. Kwindawo esihlala kuyo abantu babehlala befundiswa ukuba babe yinxalenye yoluntu, bafunde ukuba nomhlaba ongowabo, kwaye babe ngabona babalaseleyo ebomini. Siliqela labantu abathandanayo kwaye babakhathalele abamelwane bethu. Amakhaya akwiWadi ye-NInth esezantsi, eyakhiwe sisiseko seYenze ilungile. UCedric Angeles

Ke kuye kwaba buhlungu, kwaye kusenzakalisa-mninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe kwaye asazi ukuba uyakuze wenziwe.

Kodwa ndiyabulela uthixo ngenxa ka Yenze Isiseko esifanelekileyo . Ukuba bekungengenxa kaBrad Pitt engena kunye nokutyalomali kule ndawo, ndicinga ukuba isixeko ngekhe sayithatha phantsi kwesizinda esaziwayo. Usenokungaqondi ukuba usindise ubomi obuninzi ngokwakha kwakhona le ndawo. Isiseko sakhe sanika iWadi yeThoba elisezantsi umpu engalweni ukuba kufuneka ibuye iphinde iphile, kwaye ngenxa yoko ndiya kuhlala ndinombulelo.

U-Eve Troeh, uMlawuli weendaba, WWNO:

Ukomelela kuye kwaba ligama eliyintloko lesi sikhumbuzo sikaKatrina, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kufuneka sikhethe elo gama. Ukomelela, kufuneka ugqithe kwinto ethile; Kuya kufuneka ukuba ujonge ukuba yintoni ebuthathaka kwaye yintoni eyomeleleyo, uvume ubuthathaka, uzifunde kwaye uzilungelelanise izinto ukuze zomelele.

Ngoku, ezinye izinto kufuneka zenziwe zibe bhetyebhetye-ukubuyiselwa kwemali ngumzekelo omkhulu woku, apho ukomelela kuthetha ukuvumela inkxaso-mali ukuba ihambe ngokukhululekileyo kwaye ibe bhetyebhetye ngeendlela ezinokuthi zisetyenziswe ukuze kubonwe isixeko esitsha, endaweni yokutshintsha nje into ebikhona ngaphambili. Ngamanye amaxesha ukomelela kuthetha ukwenza izinto ziqine-njengoku evacuteer.org , apho simisele inkqubo yokunceda abo bafuna ukukhutshwa, kodwa abangenazo ezothutho ngaphandle kwesixeko. Ukumisela iinkqubo kunye neenkqubo kubalulekile, ukuze kubekho ulwakhiwo endaweni. Ukutshona kwelanga kwiLake Pontchartrain. UCedric Angeles

Kufuneka sisebenzise igama ukomelela ekuthetheni kungekuphela nje ukuba sisula izinto ezimbi ezenzekileyo-ngekhe utshayele phantsi kombhoxo yonke into eyenzekileyo, nokuba kukuphulukana nelungu losapho, ukuphulukana nomsebenzi, okanye ukungabinakho ukubuya ukuya eNew Orleans. Xa sithetha malunga nokomelela, kufanele ukuba kube sisimemo kuye wonke umntu ukuba abambe ubuthathaka kunye namandla abo njengabantu, amaziko, okanye ii-ofisi zikarhulumente, kwaye aqwalasele ngokwenyani okwenzekileyo kunye nokuba kungenziwa ntoni ukuqinisekisa ukuba ayiphindi yenzeke-ukuze asisayi kuphinda singene kuloo ndawo imnyama apho sisoyika ukuba siza kuphulukana nezinto esizithanda kakhulu.

UDavid Gooch, umphathi weGalatoire & apos; s, nomthengi ngaphandle kwendawo yokutyela. Ekunene: I-Steamboat Natchez, isiya kuhambo olwandle nge-MIssissippi. UCedric Angeles

UMichael Hecht, uMongameli kunye ne-CEO, Ungathenga okanye uthengise izabelo Greater New Orleans, Inc. :

Imvelaphi yosapho lwam eLouisiana ibuyela kwiminyaka yoo-1800, kodwa umama watshata neYankee, ke ndakhulela kwisiXeko saseNew York. Ndilungise le adventure kumthi wosapho ngokucebisa ngomfazi wam. Kwiminyaka elishumi elinesihlanu eyadlulayo, saqala uhambo lweeveki ezili-10, uhambo lweekhilomitha ezili-15,000 olunqumla kwilizwe laseVW. Ukufika kwethu kwi-Big Easy, uMarlene wajika wajonga kum wathi, Simele sifudukele eNew Orleans —kukuphela kwendawo eMelika apho wazi khona ukuba uphi. Wayenenqaku.

Kwiminyaka esithoba eyadlulayo, emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina, safuduka. Isisigqibo esigqwesileyo ebomini bethu. ENew Orleans sifumene indawo etyebileyo neyamkelekileyo, apho esona sono sibonakalayo siyadika. Ngobungcali, sifumene indawo apho sinokufikelela khona, ifuthe, kunye noxabiso-kwaye sayilungiselela kwilizwe lonke.

Kukho isizathu sokuba sibone abahlobo bethu baseNew York ngakumbi ngoku kunakuqala xa sasihlala eBrooklyn. INew Orleans sesinye sezixeko zabantu ehlabathini. Njengabanye abantu, kwathatha amava okusondela ekufeni-uKatrina-ukusifundisa indlela yokuphila kwakhona. Kodwa sibuyile: sisengafezekanga, kodwa singcono kunangaphambili. Emva kweminyaka elishumi yokuzinikela kuluntu, iNew Orleans ikulungele ukwamkela umhlaba.

URalph Brennan , Indawo yokutyela emva kweBrennan's, iNapoleon House, iRed Fish Grill, iRalph's ePaki, kunye nokunye:

Isiphumo sikaKatrina yayili-surreal, ixesha elingenakucingwa, nokuba ujonge njani. Kwisixeko esifana neNew Orleans — esona sigqityiweyo kwinkcubeko etyebileyo yokutya kwayo — ukuba sivalile iivenkile zaso zokutyela inyanga enye siziva ngathi asinakuphela.

Ekugqibeleni, ngomhla wama-31, saqhubeka ngenkuthalo nokuphuculwa kwesisombululo samanzi acocekileyo, esasivumela ukuba sifumane iphepha-mvume lokuqala le-FDA lokuvula kwakhona indawo yethu yokutyela yekota yaseFrance iRed Fish Grill, eyanceda abanye ukuba bavule emva koko. Iintsapho zazime ngaphandle komnyango, zilangazelela ukufumana nantoni na esiyikhonzayo, kwanokuba yayihanjiswa kumacwecwe amaphepha. Babezizidingo ezisisiseko esasizifeza: ukondla abantu, ukuqesha abantu, kunye nokubonelela ngeendawo zokuhlanganisana kwabo babesadidizela, behexa ngokwenene, kukothuka kwabo bonke. Olu luvo loluntu lwalusakha kwakhona ukusuka kwiminyango yethu ukuya kwizitrato zekota.

Kuthathe malunga nonyaka ngaphambi kokuba iivenkile ezinkulu zakudala zaseNew Orleans zivuleke kwakhona-i-Commander's Palace, eBrennan's - kodwa zakuba zenzile, ishishini lavuselelwa, ngesitayile esitsha seendawo zokutyela zivulwa ngesantya esikhawulezayo. Akukho mntu wayenokubona kwangaphambili ukuba izinto ziya kuzimela, amaziko aqhutywa ngumpheki ajolise ngqo kwizithako zasekhaya, italente yendawo kunye nelifa lendawo. Baye basibonisa, kwakhona, ukuba kufuneka sizingce kangakanani apha, kwaye yeyiphi indawo ekhethekileyo iNew Orleans eye yaba yiyo elizweni, ukuba ayililo ihlabathi.

UAshley Longshore Umzobi, umnini wegalari, kunye nosomashishini:

Ebomini, amaxesha anzima okanye imiceli mngeni inokukhuthaza ubugcisa. Ekugqibeleni uKatrina wakhonza njengomphefumlelweyo-waphefumlela abantu ukuba bancedane kwaye badibane, kwaye yaphefumlela amagcisa ukuba abe nobuchule ngakumbi. Kubangele iintlungu kunye noxinzelelo olukhulu, kodwa indlela elungileyo yokuphelisa iintlungu kukwenza ubugcisa. INew Orleans sisixeko esikhulu eso kuba sisekwe kwaye singqongwe bubugcisa- nokuba bubonwayo, umculo okanye ukupheka. Iluhlaza kwaye inomdla, kwaye iyakhuthaza. Kukho into ephantsi apha yokukhula okumangalisayo okwenzekayo ngoku. Esi sisixeko esibhiyozela ubugcisa. Ngokwenene samkela ubuqili kwaye ndicinga ukuba yiyo loo nto amagcisa azo zonke iintlobo esi sixeko sikhulu ukuba sikhule. Isixeko sindivumela ukuba ndibengumntu wam wokugqibela, kwaye ndikhule kwaye ndikhule njengegcisa. Umhlali omncinci kwiWadi yesixhenxe. Ngasekunene: Umzobo osemva kweCafé Du Monde, kwikota yesiFrentshi. UCedric Angeles

Esi sixeko sinjengomntu omnye othandana nothando olukhulu-uza apha kwaye uthandana naso, kufana nomtshato. INkanyamba uKatrina yeza kwaye yayimbi, kodwa yayiyinto nje ethandanayo kolu thando lobomi endinabo neNew Orleans. Andiyi ndawo .

UCharlie Gabriel, iMvumi, IHolo lokuGcina Iqela leJazz:

Ndiyakholelwa ukuba umculo yeyona nto iphilisayo sinayo. Yonke into esiyivayo iphuma emculweni — ngesingqi nangengoma. Iyabonga umntu ngamnye kuthi. IJazz ikumbindi weNew Orleans. Bubuncwane besizwe-ekuphela kohlobo lobugcisa esilwenzileyo ngokwenyani. Siwukhathalele lo moya womculo apha eNew Orleans, kwaye sawugcina uphila.

Kwakukho ixabiso elikhulu lokuhlawula uKatrina. INew Orleans ayisoze iphinde ifane nayo. Esi sisixeko esomeleleyo kakhulu, sinothando oluninzi kunye nomoya-kodwa kukho into elahlekileyo kwenye indawo apha endleleni, andazi ngenene ukuba ndingathini. I-Preservation Hall Jazz Band, ekhokelwa ngu-Ben Jaffe, kwigadi yangasemva ye-Preservation Hall ngaphambi komdlalo. UCedric Angeles

Kuhle kodwa, kuba abantu abaninzi basaza eNew Orleans kwaye ndonwabile kakhulu ngoku kubekho amanyathelo amnandi okwakha kwakhona isixeko. INew Orleans izakuba ntle, nokuba ingcono kunangaphambili. Kodwa ibisoloko intle kum. Ukuba uyawavala amehlo akho, iNew Orleans sesona sixeko sihle kwindalo iphela.

UJohn Besh Umpheki kunye nomcebisi:

Iminyaka eli-10 inde ngokungaqhelekanga, kwaye mhlawumbi lelona xesha lifutshane ndilaziyo, ukusukela oko kwatshatyalaliswa iNkanyamba uKatrina. Iminyaka elishumi ukusukela oko izakhiwo zitshayo, inkunkuma evuthuzwa ngumoya ezitalatweni, indawo ezixineneyo, kunye nesiphithiphithi sabantu abakhangela, behlangula, bethandaza, bezama ngamandla ukuphepha ingqumbo yesaqhwithi.

Andisoze ndiyilibale ingqumbo endandinayo xa ndandibukele iindaba okokuqala kwinyanga emva kokuba isixeko sethu esihle sitshatyalalisiwe. Ndeva ukuba bafuna ukukhangela: Yimpazamo kaBush! Yimpazamo yeedemokhrasi! Yimpazamo kaSodolophu! okanye yiRhuluneli! Ndeva iingcali zopolitiko zibuza ubunyani bokwakha ngokutsha i-New Orleans, kwaye ndeva izinto ezinje, Yintoni ekhethekileyo ngesiXeko saseCrescent? Umphefumlo wam wakhala, YEKA! Siza kwakha kwakhona, akunandaba nokuba loluphi uhlanga, iqela lezopolitiko, okanye inkolo oyiyo-siseNew Orleans!

‘INew Orleans iyonwabile kuyilo; yeyona ndawo ibalaseleyo yesixeko. Sibeka abantu bethu abangaqhelekanga ngaphandle evarandeni kwaye sinike 'i-cocktail.'

Kwaye senza njalo, isitya ngesitya, isitya ngeplate. Satyisa saphinda sakha isixeko esikhulu. Umnqweno oshukumise kuthi sonke wadelela bobabini uMama weNdalo kunye nokungaphumeleli komdibaniso womdibaniso ngokwenza isixeko esingcono esinamathuba amaninzi okuba nenxaxheba kwinkcubeko yakhe nalapho isidima somntu wonke sasiphambili. Ndabona abapheki bevela kwiindawo zonke bezokwakha ngokutsha iivenkile kwaye ndazibona ezo ndawo zokutyela ziqesha kwaye zinika ithemba kwabanye. Kungekudala saba nezindlu, izikolo, iinqwelo-mafutha, izibhedlele neecawa. Ndabona isixeko sakhiwa ngokutya kunye nokwamkela iindwendwe, ithemba nothando. Ndibonile ukuhleka, iinyembezi, ukudanisa, kunye nokudana kwaye bendisoyika ukomelela kwenkcubeko yethu.

Isixeko asiyongqokelela nje yezakhiwo. Yimiphefumlo ehlangeneyo yabo bahlala apho. Nantsi idolophu yethu, iNew Orleans. Ubumnandi obuhle, obunzima, nobumnandi. Ngamana singangaze siphinde sigqithe kule nto kwaye singasoloko sinombulelo kwabo basincedileyo sakha indawo engcono kunangaphambili… Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo, usemninzi umsebenzi ekufuneka wenziwe, kodwa noko siyazi ukuba ngomso kuzobangcono kwaye iimbotyi ezibomvu baya kungcamla ngokufanayo.

Amangcwaba eSt. Louis Inani lokuqala, isixeko kunye namangcwaba amadala, eTreme. UCedric Angeles

UScott Bakula, uMvelisi weSigqeba soLawulo, ENew Orleans, Nantsi ngoku , kunye nomdlali weqonga, I-NCIS: ENew Orleans :

Ndiqinisekile ukuba kukho amawaka, ukuba azikho izigidi zamabali kaKatrina. Wonke umntu endigila kuye ebelapha ngela xesha unebali. Ndiva abantu beseti bethi, ndiza kulunga kwakamsinya nje ukuba sidlule nge-29 ka-Agasti. Lo mhla unje nge-9/11 apha ngezantsi. Uninzi lwethu belubukele lusuka kude… Bekunomdla kakhulu ukuba lapha kwaye nokwazi abantu kunye nejografi yesixeko, ebaluleke kakhulu ekuqondeni okwenzekileyo. Ukufika kwam eNew Orleans, babelungiselela ukubamba iSuper Bowl, kwaye isixeko besisoloko sinyuka ukusukela ngoko. Ndicinga ukuba imboni yefilimu ibiyinxalenye enkulu yalonto. Esi sixeko sinomtsalane wendalo, kodwa kufuneka silandelele-kufuneka sicoceke kwaye sikhuseleke. Kwaye ngethemba ngako konke oko kuza nokungena kwemali engaphezulu. Nokuba kwenzeka ntoni ngomboniso wethu, ndiya kuhlala ndinobuhlobo nesi sixeko; izakundigcina ndibuya ubomi bam bonke. INew Orleans yindawo eyodwa — ethi ibe likhaya kude nabantu abaninzi. Apha, uhlala uziva wamkelekile.

Ukubukela INew Orleans Nantsi ngoku , Icandelo lama-docuseries aneenxalenye ezintandathu ezibandakanya uKatrina New Orleans, ndwendwela Ixesha.com .

U-Archie Manning, kwikota yangaphambili ye-NFL yeeNgcwele zaseNew Orleans:

Xa bevula kwakhona iSuperdome kwaye abaNgcwele baqala ukudlala kwakhona, yaphakamisa isixeko siphela. Babeneqela elilungileyo, elenza laya kwiNtshatsheli yoMdlalo, kwaye loo nto yabenza bhetele nangakumbi. Ngelo xesha lomdlalo kwabakho ukukhuseleka okukhulu, kwaye kwavakala ngathi ikamva. Xa iSuper Bowl yenzeka eNew Orleans, yayiyinto entle kakhulu kusapho lwethu kuba uPeyton wayedlalela iiColts. Kodwa ukujonga umfanekiso omkhulu, yenzela abantu baseNew Orleans lukhulu-yayiluphakamiso lomntu wonke. Yayiyindlela yokulibala ezinye zeengxaki zakho. IMercedes-Benz Superdome, kwisiThili soShishino esiPhakathi eNew Orleans. UCedric Angeles

Zonke iinxalenye zolo loyiso zibonakala zihambelana neNkanyamba uKatrina. Kubekho amabali kwezinye iidolophu, kodwa andazi ukuba ikhe yakha yakho enje — apho isixeko sidlule kweyona ntlekele yendalo imbi kwimbali yethu, kwaye iqela lalo lajika laphumelela iSuper Bowl .

Amaphephandaba namhlanje agcwele amabali avela kuKatrina; Ndizifumana ndizifunda, kodwa phantse andifuni. Sikhe sayigqiba kwakanye, kwaye kuninzi ongafuniyo ukukuhlaziya. Kodwa ikwalixesha lokuba ucinge kwaye ubale iintsikelelo zakho. Andibizi eli lixesha lokubhiyozela nangayiphi na indlela. Ngoku lixesha lokuba sicingisise.

USusan Spicer, umpheki ophumelele amabhaso kunye nomnini IBayonne kwaye Kwihlabathi :

Mna nomyeni wam sihlala sihlala kwizitepsi ezingasemva ekuseni kunye nekofu yethu kwaye sizame ukuza noluhlu olufutshane lweendawo esiza kuhamba kuzo ukuba inkulu yenzekile kwakhona. Ndingumntu othembekileyo okholelwa ukuba ayisoze yenzeke kwaye ulilizwi lentshabalalo. Besinayo le ngxoxo inye kule minyaka ili-10 idlulileyo kwaye asikafumani nayiphi na indawo esingathanda ukuba yiyo. Ngoba? Kungenxa yokuba ngaphandle kogonyamelo, oluye lwaphela okwexeshana kwaye ngoku lubuyile lusebenza ngokupheleleyo, i-gentrification, kunye nobunyani, inyani enamazinyo abamelwane ekusafuneka iphinde yakhiwe-esi sisixeko esikhethekileyo sabantu abanobuhlobo nabanomdla, inkcubeko ehlekisayo , kunye nokutya okumnandi okubonakala ngathi kukuphakama. Ithumba le-crawfish elingasemva. UCedric Angeles

Kodwa olu luluhlu olulula. Siqhuba njani ngokwenene siluluntu? Sineetoni zeendawo zokutyela nemivalo entsha, kodwa ngaba siyazinyamekela izinto nabantu abafuna ukukhathalelwa? Kwanangaphambi kukaKatrina, besikhe sanengxaki enjalo kwimfundo yoluntu kwaye ngoku imfundo yinxalenye enkulu apho kufuneka sigxile khona ngoku. Kungenxa yoko le nto ndizama ukusebenzisana namaqela afana neLiberty's Kitchen, engomnye wemibutho emininzi esemgangathweni esenza umsebenzi olungileyo.

Ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile kuzo zonke ezi ndawo zokutyela zincinci, ezinabapheki ukuba nazo ziqale ukubuyisa. Nantoni na onokuyenza! Ndiyazi ukuba kunzima kwiivenkile zokutyela ezincinci ukunika, kodwa kuya kufuneka ufumane indlela, nokuba kukunika nje ixesha lakho. Uninzi lwabantu luxhomekeke kuthi ukuba siphakamise kwaye sincede.

UCedric Angeles , Umfoti:

Ukudibana kwam okokuqala neNkanyamba uKatrina kwakukude neNew Orleans. Ndandidubula eMiami xa uKatrina wenza umhlaba. Umbane ucime eMiami, kwaye, ndingafuni kujongana nesiphithiphithi kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya, mna nomncedisi wam saqhuba imoto yethu yokuqeshisa saya eNew York.

Kwiintsuku kamva, kwigumbi endandihlala kulo eBrooklyn, ndandiza kubukela, kunye nehlabathi liphela, ukutshatyalaliswa kweNew Orleans.

Ndabuyela ngo-2006, kwisabelo se- Ukuhamba + Ukuzonwabisa ukudubula umfanekiso womhlali weWadi yesiThoba esezantsi, apho kwenzeka khona izikhukula ezimbi kakhulu. Ndihamba kuyo, ndikhumbula ndibona iziza ezingenanto, iimoto phezu kwezindlu, intsalela nje epheleleyo.

Umxholo wemifanekiso yam yayihlala kwinqwelwana ye-FEMA ngelixa ikhaya lakhe lalisakhiwa. Wandibonisa ikhaya lakhe, elingenanto. Ukuhamba kwethu kwigumbi lokuhlala, wandixelela ukuba wakhwela njani kwigumbi eliphezulu xa amanzi ayenyuka ngokukhawuleza. Undixelele indlela abambelele ngayo kuphahla lwendlu ukuze abonwe kwaye ahlangulwe. Xa ndimbuza ukuba kutheni esafuna ukuhlala apho, xa uninzi lwezindlu ezimngqongileyo zichithakele okanye zingasekho, wathi eli likhaya, akukho nto inokususa oko. Konke awayenokukwenza yayikukuphinda akhe.

Umntu kufuneka aqonde imbali yesixeko ukuze azi ukuba uninzi lweentsapho bezikho kwizizukulwana ngezizukulwana. Unokuziva unembali apha kuyo yonke into. Kwaye uKatrina uye waba yinxalenye yembali yaseNew Orleans.

Ndiyathanda ukucinga ukuba iNkanyamba yayinesandla ebalini lam — ndadibana nenkosikazi yam, uMia Kaplan, kwigalari awayebaleka kuyo kwisitalato iJulia ngo-2008, xa ndabuyela eNew Orleans ndisiya kufota ibali lokuhamba esixekweni. Kwafuneka ndithathe umfanekiso wakhe. Uchithe ixesha kunye nam ngexesha lokudubula. Undibonise isixeko. Wandihamba ngeMarigny, saya kwikota yesiFrentshi, saya kwi-CBD ebusuku kakhulu, sichaza izinto azithandayo malunga nesixeko.

Ndamthanda. Ndawuthanda lomzi.

Ngokukhawuleza ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, sihlala eLacombe, idolophu encinci ekumantla eNew Orleans, kwiLake Pontchartrain. INew Orleans yayiyinxalenye nje enye yeso sixeko sasikhukula ngexesha leKatrina. Iiparishi ezingaphandle nazo zikhukula. Ikhaya lomfazi wam lobuntwana lalineenyawo ezintlanu zamanzi kuwo. Umama wakhe kwafuneka akhe kwakhona. Abazange bahambe.

Esi sixeko sabuya ngenxa yabantu. Kukho imvakalelo yokwamkelwa apha; Ukwahluka yibheji yembeko. Le ndawo ingumazibuthe kwabo batofotofo kulusu lwabo. Yile nto iNew Orleans yona kum-uphawu lwethemba, lothando lobomi. Vumela amaxesha amnandi aqengqeleke Yintetho yeCajun, ethetha, Vumela amaxesha amnandi aqengqwe ngesiFrentshi. Ukufaneleka ngokugqibeleleyo kwesi sixeko.

Ndiqhube ngeenxa zonke kwiWadi yesithoba yeLower izolo, kwaye uninzi lwezindlu lushiyekile kwaye amaqashiso awanalutho kwaye azele lukhula. Kodwa emva koko, uqhuba ujikeleze i-Bywater, i-Irish Channel, iMid-City, nokuba yinxalenye yeWadi yeThoba, kwaye izindlu zithengisa ngesiqingatha sesigidi seedola. Uva igama elithi gentrification lisetyenziswa kakhulu. Andiqondi ukuba nabani na ngokwenene unayo impendulo; wonke umntu uzama nje ukwakha okusemandleni abo. Abantu bathetha ngomphefumlo wesixeko. Ndingatsho ukuba iNew Orleans inomphefumlo ohle kwaye onzulu nasiphi na isixeko saseMelika.

UTim Williamson , Cofounder kunye ne-CEO, ilali ye-Idea:

Ndinebhongo ngenkqubela phambili eyenziwa yiNew Orleans kwiminyaka eli-10 emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina. Umsebenzi woosomashishini esixekweni okwangoku ngama-64 eepesenti ngaphezulu komndilili wesizwe, njengoko kuchaziwe liZiko leDatha. Ndingathi iNew Orleans isendleleni eya ekubeni yeyona ndawo inamandla kwezorhwebo eMzantsi. Ngokuqinisekileyo uneSilicon Valley kuNxweme oluseNtshona, naseNew York kunye neBoston kwi-East Coast, kodwa iNew Orleans ivuthiwe ukuba ibe lunxweme lwesithathu kwezorhwebo. Njani? Khawufane ucinge iMardi Gras yezimvo ... Ukuwela ibhulorho kwiN.Claiborne Avenue, ukusuka eSt.Claude ukuya kwiWadi yeThoba engezantsi. UCedric Angeles

INew Orleans sele ingoyena ubalaseleyo emhlabeni ngokudibanisa abantu. Sisisixeko somculo kunye namasiko onke ahlelwe ngokujikeleza ikhalenda yenkcubeko eyahlukileyo, kwaye unyaka nonyaka isixeko sikwinqanaba lehlabathi lezinto ezintsha kunye nokucinga okutsha, njengoko IVeki yoSomashishini yaseNew Orleans (NOEW) uye wangumcimbi ongaphoswa ngo-Matshi. AKUKHO NTSHA ifaka imodeli yeMardi Gras yokumisela umhla, ukudala iqonga, nokumema wonke umntu ukuba aye ethekweni-kusetyenziswa ishishini njengeendlela zokubiza. Umsitho wonyaka ophelileyo ubandakanye abantu abayi-10,585. Ukwakha ngalo mzuzu, inkomfa yetekhnoloji yehlabathi ityikitye ukubuyela kwenye eNew Orleans, ewela ngobuchule kwizithende ze-NOEW, ngo-Epreli.

Ndikhuthaza wonke umntu ukuba eze eNew Orleans kule ntwasahlobo, apho usaya kufumana ukutya kwethu okumnandi, inkcubeko eyahlukileyo, kunye nomoya omangalisayo.

UBryan Batt, ugqirha, umbhali, kunye umyili wezangaphakathi :

Into abantu abangayaziyo kukuba baninzi kakhulu amaqhawe angacacanga enza izinto ezinkulu ngexesha likaKatrina. Amapolisa kunye nabacimi-mlilo kunye noNogada woNxweme-bonke abo basalayo ngasemva. Abemi bemihla ngemihla abenza konke abanako. Ndiyakhumbula ukuhlanganiswa kwesixeko; kwakukho le ntembeko. Awunakho ukumisa umphefumlo nomoya kunye nentliziyo yesi sixeko. Xa into inyulu kwaye inyanisekile kwaye iyintsusa, ayinakunqandwa.

Kukho amabali ayoyikisayo, ewe, kodwa abantu abasindileyo balapha ukuze babalise ibali kwaye baqiniseke ukuba oku akunakuphinda kwenzeke. Sisoloko sibona amandla wentiyo yoluntu kunye nezifo zabantu, kodwa ububele bobuntu kunye nesisa somelele, kwaye yeyona nto yanceda esi sixeko sabuya. I-Mardi Gras Indian. UCedric Angeles

Ndicinga ukuba iNew Orleans ibhetele ngoku kunangaphambili. Zininzi izinto ezintle, zembali apha, kodwa ndicinga ukuba singakha phezu kwayo. Ndiyakuthanda ukungena kwabantu abatsha abazama ukwenza into apha. Bendiqhele ukuya L.A. naseNew York ndiyosebenza, kwaye ngoku ndiyafota apha. Kuyamangalisa ukuba ndinokuhlala kwidolophu yasekhaya kwaye ndibe yinxalenye yokuzalwa ngokutsha kunye nokuvuselelwa kweNew Orleans kwaye ndenze into endiyithandayo. Bekuhlala kukho ukubetha okufanayo nokubaleka ngeNew Orleans, ngoku kujazz kuphela ngaphezulu.

UWayne Curtis, umbhali oZimeleyo kunye nombhali weLog Last Walk:

Sukuba nexhala ngathi eNew Orleans. Siya kulunga kuba siyawucaphukela umculo wakho kwaye asinakumelana nokutya kwakho.

Yile nto ixilongo lomculo wejazz kunye nomqambi uTerrence Blanchard uxelele abaphulaphuli xa bekhenketha emva kweNkanyamba uKatrina. Ihlala ihleka. Kodwa ikwahamba indlela ende ekuchazeni ukuba kutheni isixeko siphinde sahluma kunye nakwiminyaka eli-10 okoko ukusilela kwezandyondyo.

‘Isixeko singaphezulu nje kwengqokelela yezakhiwo, yimiphefumlo ehlangeneyo yabo bahlala apho. Nantsi idolophu yethu, iNew Orleans. Isiphithiphithi esihle, esintsonkothileyo nesimnandi.

Nawuphi na undwendwe esixekweni ufunda ngokukhawuleza ukuba inkcubeko yaseNew Orleans ayifani nakwezinye iindawo. Awuyi kuyifumana kwizakhiwo ezinkulu zemarble, okanye kwiiokhestra okanye kwiopera. Endaweni yoko, ifumaneka kwiimvumi ezitalatweni, kwiiklabhu ezincinci kakhulu kufuneka udada ukunqanda isilayidi setrombone, kwiikhitshi ezingenakubalwa apho abapheki basekhaya bakhupha iiresiphi ezidlakadlaka ezizuzwe njengelifa koomakhulu babo.

Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke loo nto, inkcubeko yayo ayimanga, into ekuthethwa ngayo ngama-docents xa isikhanyisela ngendlela eyayiqhele ukuba yiyo. Ubomi benkcubeko besixeko buhlala buphila kwaye bubalulekile kwaye buyaguquka. INew Orleans yinto ephilayo, ekhulayo, hayi ilitye lesikhumbuzo elingaphiliyo elisebenza njengesiqalo seselfie.

Phakathi kwezifundo eziphambili ezivela kuKatrina: Akonelanga nje ukulungiselela isicwangciso sokufuduka, okanye uqiniseke ukuba iipremiyamu zakho zeinshurensi zihlaziyiwe. Ufuna oku ukuze uphile: inkcubeko oyithandayo ngokwaneleyo ukuba iphinde yakhiwe.

UTerence Blanchard , Ixilongo eliphumelele amabhaso eGrammy kunye nomqambi:

Xa ndicinga ngoKatrina ngoku, iminyaka eli-10 emva kwenyani, ndiyamangaliswa kukunyamezela kwabemi baseNew Orleans. Emva kwangoko, bekukho ingxoxo eninzi malunga nokuba ingaba isixeko kufuneka sakhiwe kwakhona na. Amanqanaba ngokwawo awazange agcinwe ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye amajelo eendaba ayephatha abantu baseNew Orleans njengababaleki. Xa ubeka zonke ezo zinto, kuyamangalisa ukuqonda ukuba abantu basenalo unxibelelwano olomeleleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba bangafuna ukubuyela ekhaya. Akukho nanye kwezi zinto emisele indlela esivakalelwa ngayo ngesixeko sethu-inkcubeko, ukutya, umculo, ubugcisa kunye nemibhiyozo. Ezi zizinto ezenza ukuba nyani esi sixeko sibe yintoni.

Sifunde lukhulu, kuba amanzi awakhethi. Ukuba ubusendleleni, ikukhuphe. Abantu abaninzi baqonda, ngelo xesha okanye emva kwenyani, ukuba sonke sikule nto sikunye-sonke sikwisikhephe esinye. Umdlali oselula wexilongo, esitratweni kwikota yesiFrentshi. Ngasekunene: Isihlwele sasemini kwigalatoire & apos; Indawo yokutyela, kwisitrato iBourbon kwikota yesiFrentshi. UCedric Angeles

Iyandimangalisa indlela esihambe ngayo, singatsho ukuba siphilile ngokupheleleyo, kuba sinomsebenzi ekufuneka siwenzile. Kodwa ukuba abantu bangene kwaye bejonge phambili phambili ngumdlalo ngokwawo. Asijongi emva. Awuva bantu eNew Orleans besola iimeko zabo kuKatrina. Abantu bacinga ngendlela yokuqhubela phambili kunye nokuba sisixeko esiqhubela phambili ngakumbi. Kwaye ndiyazingca ngokugqithiseleyo ngaloo nto.

UJohn Barry, Umbhali we Ukunyuka kwamaza :

Ngenxa kaKatrina siyazi ukuba yintoni ekufuneka yenziwe ukukhusela isixeko sethu, kwaye sinezicwangciso zokwenza oko. Ukuphumeza isicwangciso ngumceli mngeni, kunye nokufumana imali yokuyihlawula, kunye nokuchasa nayiphi na inkcaso. Ekuphela kwento esinokuthetha ngayo ngoku kukunciphisa umngcipheko. Umngcipheko usekhona; kukho umngcipheko omninzi. Ingcamango yeminyaka eyi-100 yokukhuselwa kwezikhukula yi-Orwellian-izandi ezikhuselekileyo kwiingcamango, kodwa ngokwenene ngumgangatho ophantsi wokukhusela. Yayingumgangatho nje we-inshurensi yezikhukula.

Kodwa kuya kufuneka ubeke lo mbandela kwimeko. Akunjalo nje ngeNew Orleans. INew Orleans isematheni ngenxa yokutshatyalaliswa kukaKatrina, kodwa loo nto ayithethi ukuba olu hlobo lwentlekele alunakwenzeka eHouston okanye eMiami okanye eBoston. Kuxhomekeka ekuphakameni kwenqanaba lolwandle, akukho sixeko sonxweme sikhuseleke ngokwenene. Isimanga kukuba iNew Orleans inefoto engcono kwezokhuseleko kunezona zixeko zininzi, kodwa umbuzo ngowokuba ngaba uya kukhuselwa kusini na kukuphunyezwa kwesicwangciso esinjalo. Lowo ngumbuzo wezopolitiko.

UJohn Barry ukwangu- Owayesakuba lilungu le-Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority kunye ne-Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, eyasekwa ngo-2006 ukongamela ukukhuselwa kwemimandla kwindawo yase-Greater New Orleans, kunye nomfaki-mthetho ngo-2013 ngokuchasene neenkampani ezininzi zeoyile negesi. Ukhukuliseko lomhlaba wonxweme .

Ngaphakathi kwiHolo yoLondolozo lwembonakalo, kwiSitalato iSt. Peter kwiKota yesiFrentshi. UCedric Angeles

UGrover Mouton, uMlawuli weZiko loYilo lweeDolophu zaseTulane kunye noNjingalwazi oDibeneyo woYilo:

Xa kwafika isaqhwithi ndandiseCalifornia, kodwa umfazi wam wayedolophini, kwaye waye wasiwa ehotele ngumhlobo wakhe. Wayesegumbini xa zonke iifestile zaziphuma. Ngosuku olulandelayo, waqhutywa waya eBaton Rouge, njengoko amanzi esihla kwisitalato iCanal, ezalisa isixeko.

Kwiintsuku ezininzi emva koqhwithela, umnxeba wakhala-yayinguJaji Gorbdy, uSihlalo weKomiti yokuPhucula abahlali eSt. Bernard, ebuza ukuba ndingakwazi na ukwakha icebo lokubuyisela iParishi. Xa ndibuya emva kwenyanga, amanzi ehle ngokwaneleyo ukuba ndinokungena eParishi, apho kwakungekho mntu uvumelekileyo ngaphandle kwemvume. Ummandla wawuzele ngamanzi ngokupheleleyo kwaye wawonakele — izitalato zonke zazingasekho, izakhiwo zitshatyalalisiwe, imixholo yamakhaya abantu ichithekile ngaphandle kwiiyadi zabo zangaphambili. Saxelelwa ukuba uninzi lwabantu ababehlala apho yayingabahlali bangaphambili beWadi yeThoba esezantsi ababefudukele ezantsi eSt. Bernard.

Indawo ekhoyo sele itshintshiwe ngokupheleleyo, ke isicwangciso ibikukuqhekeza nje iindawo zibe zizithili ezilawulwayo kwaye kubhalwe izikhokelo kwisithili ngasinye. Yayingamava achukumisayo ukuziva ngathi kukho into eyenziwayo, kodwa kube ngumceli mngeni ukubona izakhiwo zitshatyalaliswa. Ndicele abafundi bam ukuba baphuhlise izindululo zeParish kwaye ndibonakalise njengomsebenzi weklasi kwikomiti, ebilungile kubo nakubemi ngokubanzi. Iindonga zeLevee kwiWadi yesiThoba esezantsi eyawa ngexesha leNkanyamba uKatrina. UCedric Angeles

Uqhwithela lwahlutha isigqubuthelo kwaye lwatyhila izibilini zesixeko-inkohlakalo yobomi kubantu abahluphekayo ezidolophini. Inike isixeko ithuba lokubona inyani, izinto uninzi lwabantu olungazihoyiyo. Uqhwithela lunike isixeko ithuba lokuba yindawo entsha, egcwele abantu abatsha, ulwakhiwo olutsha lwenkcubeko nezoqoqosho, luzama ukuzinzisa kwakhona.

UHarry Shearer Ugqirha, umphathi werediyo, kunye nombhali:

Ndamkele iNew Orleans kwaye nayo yandamkela. Ndize apha ndayithanda.

Kube yimpumelelo engalindelwanga yokufumana amandla enganikwanga naziphi na izicwangciso ezinkulu-enyanisweni, zizicwangciso ezibini kuphela ezinkulu ezenziweyo apha, ukuvalwa kweeprojekthi zezindlu kunye nokuvalwa kwezibhedlele zesisa, khange kube negalelo ekuvuseleleni. Imfihlo yokuchacha kukuba yayisenziwa ngumntu omnye, usapho olunye ngaxesha nye lwalusakha indlu yabo okanye ishishini labo, bencediswa ngabamelwane babo nangoncedo lwamavolontiya. Ngenxa yabo bonke ubuxoki obabuthethwe malunga nendlela abantu baseNew Orleani abasebenza ngayo ngexesha lomkhukula, ndicinga ukuba kubalulekile ukuba abantu kwilizwe liphela bazi ukuba esi sixeko siye sabuya sabuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo. Iqela lasekhitshini laseLe Petite Grocery, kwisitalato iMagazini. Ngasekunene: Umncedisi weCafé Du Monde uthatha ikhefu lecuba eJackson Square. UCedric Angeles

INew Orleans ayinakufumana into embi emva koKatrina. Thelekisa indlela iNew Orleans eyaphathwa ngayo emva kuka-2005 kwisivumelwano seNew York emva komhla we-9/11. Imvakalelo yayikukuba esi sixeko sasenziwe iinkedama lilizwe elalicinga ukuba lelalo.

Namhlanje, iNew Orleans ijongene neengxaki zempumelelo endaweni yeengxaki zokungaphumeleli. Asijongani neendawo ezingenanto okanye iziseko zophuculo ngendlela ethi, iDetroit, okanye indlela ebesisoyika ukuba siza kuba yiyo. Sichitha ixesha elininzi sithetha nge-gentrification, eyingxaki yesixeko esiphumeleleyo.

Iinkulungwane zeminyaka ubudala emzantsi live imithi oki e New Orleans & apos; Iipaki zeSixeko ezili-1,300. UCedric Angeles

UAmanda deLeon , Umenzi feshini:

Ndiyinzalelwane yaseLouisiana. Ndihlala ndisazi, okanye ubuncinci ndiphupha ukuba, ndiza kuphelela eNew Orleans. Kodwa xa uKatrina wabetha ndoyika ukuba ngekhe kwenzeke. Ngelo xesha bendihlala eNorth Carolina kwaye ndiqala nje ngeshishini lam lefashoni, ndingazi ukuba ndenzeni ngayo okwangoku. Ekugqibeleni, sagqiba kwelokuba lixesha lokuba sibuyele ekhaya, kwaye siyaphi enye indawo ngaphandle kweNew Orleans. Umsitho wokuphehlelelwa kweVeki yeFashoni yaseNew Orleans wawusandula ukwaziswa xa safika. Ukusukela ngoko, ndizibonile zombini iifashoni zalapha ekhaya kunye nemiboniso yokuvelisa ingaphezulu kokuhamba nje. La mashishini aba yinxalenye ebonakalayo yokwakha kwakhona oko kulahlekileyo kwesiqhwithi, nangaphezulu. Abaqulunqi kunye nabavelisi kule ndawo badala imisebenzi ebantwini, kwaye bakhuthaza isizukulwana esitsha soosomashishini kunye neengcibi. Iqale nge, Oku kuyathandeka, kwaye kuye kwangeniswa eyona nto iyiyo. Kuyimfazwe enyukayo ukufumana amehlo abukhali kumzi mveliso wefashoni eMzantsi, kodwa ndiziva ngathi senza intshukumo kwicala elilungileyo.

UBill Fagaly, uMgcini, Imyuziyam yaseNew Orleans yoBugcisa kunye nelungu leBhodi yokuSungula, Ithemba leNew Orleans :

Ubugcisa behlabathi baphendule kuthi ngokukhululekileyo emva kukaKatrina. Kwakukho izibonelelo zeMyuziyam yoBugcisa yaseNew Orleans eNew York ezonyusa imali eninzi. Yayingamava amnandi kakhulu kubo ukuba bafikelele kwaye basincede ngelixa lethu lokudinga.

Enye into eyaphuma ngeloxesha yayililindelo. UArthur Rodgers wabamba ipaneli kwigalari yakhe ngo-2006, apho wadibanisa amalungu obugcisa behlabathi ukuba abuze ukuba sisuka phi na apha. Umgcini wekhomishini uDan Cameron ucebise ukuba kugqitywe ubugcisa beminyaka emibini eNew Orleans obuya kubuyisa abaqokeleli abanemifanekiso kwihlabathi liphela. Yayiyinto enomdla ukuphakamisa esi sixeko saphukileyo. Ifaçade kaErnie K-Doe kunye neApos; Umama-in-Law Lounge, kwiN.I-Claiborne Avenue, eTreme. UCedric Angeles

Kodwa uProspect.1 wayeyimpumelelo emangalisayo, kwaye wenza kanye oko uDan acebise ukuba kuyakwenza. Ngoku silungiselela iProspect.4 ngo-2017, ezakuba sesinye seziganeko zokuqala zokubhiyozela ikhulu leminyaka lesi sixeko.

Uloyiko olukhulu lwedolophu emva koKatrina yayikukuba siza kuphulukana nobuntu bethu obukhethekileyo ngenxa yabo bonke abantu abashiyayo-iimvumi kunye nabazobi. Kodwa ndiyavuya ukunika ingxelo, besingalunganga. Sabuya. Uqhwithela kunye nezikhukula azinakho ukutshabalalisa inkcubeko yaseNew Orleans.

UAnn Koerner, uMseki, UAnn Koerner Antiques :

Sasihlala kwindlu endala elunxwemeni ePass Christian, eMississippi, xa uKatrina wabetha. Into eyenzileyo endlwini yethu ibingentle. Yayikhangeleka ngathi yinyembezi, kodwa sanyamezela kwaye sabuyisela, sigcina uninzi lwefanitshala eyaphukileyo kunye nezinto iminyaka eliqela ngelixa umsebenzi uqhubeka, emva koko sizikhupha kwindawo yokugcina izinto, sibona ukuba azinakulungiswa kwaye sizilahle kude. UKatrina wayenendlela yokwazisa ngokubalulekileyo. Izinto? Hayi Abantu? Ewe.

Abantu baseNew Orleans bahlupheke ngokuqatha, kwisaqhwithi uqobo kodwa nakwizizathu ezibangelwa ngabantu. Amanye amabali ayesoyikisa kwaye amanye echukumisa kubuntu babo. Abanye babehlekisa-iNew Orleania zomelele ngolo hlobo. Abantu abaninzi bashiye amakhaya abo kwaye kwafuneka bemke. Abanye babuya kuba bekwazi kwaye eli likhaya. Udonga lweesiraphu ezinencasa kwiPlum Street Snowball, eUptown. UCedric Angeles

U-Katrina ukhanyise okuhle nokubi-izipho zenkcubeko i-New Orleans inika ilizwe elixakekileyo endaweni yalo nabantu abahlala apha, kunye nemiba enxulumene neziseko zethu ezifuna ukulungiswa.

Kukho uluvo oluthile lokungenakwenzeka kokuhlala eNew Orleans ekubonakala ngathi kububudenge kunye nocwangco lwezinto. Andizange ndifunde nantoni na eyaneleyo ukuba kutheni le nto kunjalo, nangona uninzi luzama. Emva kukaKatrina, naphi na apho ndiya khona, bendihlala ndilinganisela ezinye iindawo ngokuchasene neNew Orleans, kodwa iNew Orleans ibisoloko iphumelela. Xa ndingekho, ndiyiphose — ndiyazi ukuba kuthetha ukuthini ukuphoswa yiNew Orleans.

Kit Wohl, Umculi kunye nombhali , uxelelwe uLaura Itzkowitz:

INew Orleans ikhe yanesabelo sayo esifanelekileyo seentlekele kunye nemililo kunye nenkanyamba ngamanye amaxesha. Ndingathi le yeyona nto imbi kakhulu. Ukubona isixa somsebenzi esenzeke kwiminyaka elishumi siyamangalisa. Sinomoya omtsha wokurhweba. Kukho ukuthontelana okumangalisayo kwabantu abancinci, aboyilayo. Ndinabahlobo abavula iigalari zasekhohlo nasekunene. Iindawo zokuhlala ezindala zijamelene nophuhliso olutsha. Iinkampani ezintsha ziyavela. Abantwana bethu babedla ngokuya ekholejini bashiye iAtlanta okanye iNew York. Ngoku bavela eAtlanta naseNew York kwaye baseta iinkampani apha. Yindawo ebalulekileyo yokuyila. Ibihleli iyindawo entle yoyilo-jonga kuTennessee Williams nase Faulkner. INew Orleans iyonwabile kuyilo; yeyona ndawo ibalaseleyo yesixeko. Sibeka abantu bethu abangaqhelekanga ngaphandle evarandeni kwaye sibanike i-cocktail.

I-Dee-1 , Umculi weHip-hop kunye notitshala wesikolo samabanga aphakathi eNew Orleans:

Isaci sam sithi: Yinyani, Yibani Ngamalungisa, Yibani Nifanele. Kwam, iNkanyamba uKatrina yandinyanzela kunye nabanye eNew Orleans ukuba sizenze ngokwethu ngezinto ezibaluleke kakhulu ebomini. Ngaba siphulukene nezindlu zethu kunye nezinto esinazo? Ewe. Ngaba isixeko sethu siyakuze sifane? Hayi. Kodwa ngaba sisakwazi ukwenza okungcono kuyo yonke imihla esinayo apha emhlabeni, kwaye ngaba yeyona nto ibaluleke kakhulu? Ewe.

INkanyamba uKatrina iye yandikhumbuza ukuba ndibe lilungisa ngexesha lenkqubo yokuchacha iminyaka eli-10. Khange ndiqale ukudlwengula de emva kokuba uKatrina ehlasele isixeko sethu, ukusukela kusuku lokuqala, ndingene kumzi mveliso womculo ndinengqondo yokuba ngummeli wotshintsho, umthombo wethemba, kunye nenkuthazo kwabanye abajamelana noxinzelelo olufanayo Bendi.

Ndonwabile ngekamva leNew Orleans kuba sinomnqweno onamandla wokuba kufanelekile njengoko ilizwe lethu likhula kule nkulungwane izayo. Abantu kwihlabathi liphela bayayithanda inkcubeko yaseNew Orleans, kwaye sifuna ukuqhubeka nokubabonisa ukuba kutheni kungekho ndawo injengeBig Easy!

ULizzy Okpo, uMsunguli weeNkcukacha, Iimpahla zeEksodus noWilliam Okpo:

INew Orleans yamkela wonke umntu kwisixeko sayo esihle. Phantse kwangoko, njengomhla omangalisayo, ukukunika izinto ezininzi ngomzuzu: qala ngeebhendi ezithile, emva koko uhambe, emva koko ulungiselele isonka semini sasemini, emva koko uhambahamba, ujonge kumakhaya anombala omangalisayo. Izitrato zixinene kangangokuba uziva ngathi wangana kakhulu. Uyaqhubeka nokuhambahamba. Emva kwe-daiquiri okanye ezimbini, ukutya okuphekwe ekhaya, kunye nejazz kwiholo yoGcino, waqala ukuziva ngathi ulifumene ikhaya lakho elitsha, ke uhlala. I-St. Patrick & apos; s Day parade kwiIrish Channel yabamelwane, kwisitalato iMagazini kunye neJackson Avenue. UCedric Angeles

Ndivile kubantu abaninzi ukuba utyelelo lwabo eNew Orleans lwajika lwaba yindawo yokuhlala ixesha elide. Kwenzeka ngephanyazo; Sonke sithandane kakhulu nesi sixeko. Imbali yayo etyebileyo, iziseko zophuhliso kunye noluntu oluthembekileyo-iNew Orleans ayifani nenye indawo. Ume yedwa kwaye unebhongo. Andikwazi ukuthetha noKatrina njengoko bendingekho, kodwa ndiyavuya ukwaba ukuba samkelwe ngezandla ezishushu. Ndiyakholelwa kwisisa, ubabalo, nothando abantu baseNew Orleans abalunikayo. Isixeko sihlale sinje ngonaphakade kwaye siyakuhlala siyiyo.

Umfundisi Tom Watson, uMfundisi oMkhulu weWatson Memorial Teaching Ministries:

Mna, njengabanye abantu bomthonyama, ndiyaqhubeka nokubhekisa kwiNew Orleans yethu ethandekayo njengeNqaku leZimbini, okanye mhlawumbi eziNtathu, iZixeko. Amanqaku eendaba akutshanje achaze ukwanda kwezoqoqosho eNew Orleans kunye nokukhula kwemisebenzi njengamandla kodwa umvuzo kunye nenkxaso yemfundo njengokusasazeka. INew Orleans yindawo eyahluke kakhulu kwiminyaka elishumi emva kwesiphango. Kuba ndizelwe, ndakhulela, ndafunda apha, ndiyawubona ngokwenene kwaye ndiwuva umahluko. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba njengoluntu sikwahlulwe ngakumbi kunangaphambili, ngaphandle kwayo yonke imizamo emikhulu yokuzisa ilizwi ekuthiwa lilizwi elinye. Ngokoluvo lwam lokuthobeka, ndiyakholelwa ukuba eyona ngxaki inkulu kuluntu olumnyama (kwaye mhlawumbi nomlungu) yenye yobunkokheli obusebenzayo, obunokuthenjwa kumacandelo ahlukeneyo, nokuba zezenkolo, ezopolitiko, ezentlalo, okanye ezentlalo. Eyesixhenxe inkokheli yoluntu kwiWadi u-Edward Buckner nolutsha lwasekuhlaleni. UCedric Angeles

Ndiyathemba kwaye ndithandazela ukuba isixeko sethu siqhubele phambili kule minyaka ili-10 izayo sinemvo yokulingana ukuze singashiyi abanye abaninzi ngasemva. Injongo yethu kule minyaka ilishumi izayo kukubamba izandla namaqabane kuwo wonke lo mmandla nangaphaya njengoko silungiselela isizukulwana esilandelayo. Kungenxa yokuba sifuna ukuqinisekisa ngokusemandleni ethu ukuba isizukulwana esilandelayo singcono kakhulu kunale.

IKermit Ruffins , Ixilongo, imvumi kunye nomqambi:

Kazi libaleka njani ixesha ngokukhawuleza kangaka. Kuvakala nje izolo ukuba besikhupha. Kumnandi, kuba ngelixa isixeko sihlangana, baninzi abantu abangazange babuyele apha.

Ndihlala ndisithi ukuba oku kwenzekile kubo nabaphi na abanye abantu, ngekhe ithathe irhafu enkulu kakhulu kunaseNew Orleans. Singabantu abomeleleyo — sendele nzulu kusapho lwethu nakwinkcubeko yethu. Emuva ngemini wonke umntu wayeqhele ukuncedana kakhulu. Kwaye uKatrina uhlobo lokubuyisa oko, ngokufutshane, njengoko abantu bezamile ngokwenene ukunceda. Imvumi kunye nemvumi uPaul Sanchez, kunye nekatala yakhe. Ngasekunene: Abadanisi abancinci malunga nokuya eqongeni kwiCawa yaseGenesis Baptist, kwiWadi yesixhenxe. UCedric Angeles

Kodwa umculo yinto engasoze ife eNew Orleans, nokuba ujongene nentlekele efana noKatrina. Namhlanje, baninzi abantwana abafunda kwaye abadlala ijezi kwizikolo eziphakamileyo kunanini na ngaphambili. Kukho abantwana — abadlali bexilongo — abandihlazayo! Bendingayazi loo nto kwibanga lesihlanu-yinto engakholelekiyo.

Akukho nto sinokuyenza ngaphandle kokulunga kwangoku. Inkcubeko, ukutya, ukuthanda, kunye nokuthanda omnye nomnye nabantu bethu, kusekho. Kuya kufuneka uyidlulisele ebantwaneni.

Lazer eyomileyo:

Ukufika kwam ekhaya inyanga emva kukaKatrina kwacaca ukuba izinto azisoze zifane. Ngobusuku nje obunye, ubumelwane bam kunye neendawo ezingqongileyo ezazindingqongile zazitshintshile zangamalungelo abantu ababenendlela yokufumana kwakhona ipropathi kunye nokuziphilisa, okanye baba ziidolophu eziziziporho zokoqobo — bengenamandla, abantu, kwaye beyinto entle ngaphandle kwezinto zokugada.

Kancinci, abantu babuya. Utshintsho oluqinisekileyo lwabonakala lunokwenzeka. Izinto ezintle zenzekile. Oku kwakuthuthuzela, de kwaqala ukubonakala ngathi sisixeko esidala esingasebenzi kakuhle sonke esikukhumbulayo, ngoku sithwele ubunzima bokukhula kakuhle kwezithende, ecaleni kokuqhekeka, ukutyumza indlala kunye neengxaki ezingasonjululwanga.

Kuphantse kakhulu ukuzama ukuthetha ukuba uziva njani. Ngaba uyafuna ngenene ukwazi, kwihlabathi liphela? Abadlali abancinci bemidlalo yeqonga kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya sase Canal Street. UCedric Angeles

Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba xa ndihleli nabantu abadala abantsundu abantsundu eNew Orleans bandixelela ngokuphulukana nomhlobo ngeveki ngemipu? Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba umculo kubumelwane ujikelezela ekubeni yinto edlulileyo ngenxa yotshintsho olukhokelwa ngumgangatho wabameli bobomi abangahloniphiyo inkcubeko ngaphandle kokuba banokubeka isixa sedola kuyo? Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba inkqubo yesikolo inyuse ubume bosapho besixeko? Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba i-PTSD enganyangekiyo iyabenzakalisa bonke abantu (ngokuthe ngqo okanye ngokungathanga ngqo) apha nakunxweme lweGulf? Ngaba uyafuna ukwazi ukuba amaxabiso okutya akakabikho ngqiqweni (apho kukho iivenkile zokutya konke konke) kwaye siphantse salikhokela ilizwe phantse kuzo zonke izikhombisi ezilahlekisayo zentlalo, yomzimba kunye nezesondo? Ngaba uyafuna ukucinga ukuba ziiMardi Gras zemihla ngemihla, kuyo yonke indawo, ngalo lonke ixesha?

Andikholelwa ukuba ixesha lihambile kwaphela, kodwa ndiyakhathazwa yinto yokuba iziganeko ezixhwalekisayo kwimbali yethu yakutshanje azikenzi i-catharsis enokubangela uvelwano novelwano olufunekayo ukuzinzisa ikhaya lethu nokwakha ikamva labo bonke wethu.

UDonald Link, Umpheki kunye ne-CEO, Qhagamshela iQela lokutyela :

Kubonakala ngathi iminyaka yokugqibela ye-10 ibingumbala. Kuninzi okwenzekileyo; ihambe ngokukhawuleza okukhulu. I-odolo yam yokuqala yeshishini emva kwesiphango yayikukuvula i-Herbsaint ngokukhawuleza, nto leyo esiyenze kwiiveki ezintlanu kamva. Abantu abaninzi batyibilika ngaphakathi kwaye kwakunzima, kodwa kwangaxeshanye yayizalisekisa kwaye inika umdla.

Ndibe nethamsanqa lokuba yinxalenye yeshishini elihlaziye kwaye lagqwesa emva koKatrina. Kukho iindawo ezisasokolayo, kwaye inkanyamba yazisa eminye imiba — enje ngolwaphulo-mthetho, ubuhlwempu, urhwaphilizo, kunye neenkqubo zemfundo ezingekho mgangathweni — esiqhubeka ukujongana nazo mihla le. Inkqubela phambili sele yenziwe, kodwa eyona nto intle ngakumbi kukuqonda okufumeneyo kwenjongo eyayingabikho ngaphambili. Imarike yaseSt. Roch, esanda kuvulwa ngokutsha, kwiSt. Claude Avenue. UCedric Angeles

Ngokuphathelele kwiindawo zokutyela, sinethamsanqa. Kubekho umdla ohlaziyiweyo kukutya, umculo, kunye nenkcubeko yaseNew Orleans. Ndicinga ukuba intetho yakudala, awusoze uyixabise ngokwenyani into onayo de ihambe, ilunge kakhulu apha. Ngoku, kunanini na ngaphambili, kukho iindidi ezininzi zokutya njengoko ukungena kwegazi elitsha, kudityaniswe nokubuyiswa kwakhona kwendawo, kuphakamise amandla kwesi sixeko ngokuzingca okuhlaziyiweyo kunye nokuzingca okwamkelweyo. INew Orleans ibisoloko iyindawo etsala iintlobo zokuyila, kwaye yile yamandla ahlaziyiweyo ezinto ezisencinci zokuyila eziqhubeka nokwenza iNew Orleans inike umdla-hayi ekutyeni kuphela, kodwa nakwitekhnoloji, ifilimu, ubugcisa, umculo kunye nokunye.

Ndiva ngathi iNew Orleans inovuselelo. Kukho i-vibe iyonke enokubakho kwinto esinokuba yiyo, kunye nokwamkelwa ngokubanzi kwimbali yethu. Indawo yokutyela ngumzekelo omhle. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba sonke sipheke ukutya okufanayo ukuze sibe yiNew Orleans. I-Creole ibisoloko ingumxube weenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo kunye nemibono, kwaye ikwinyani yokwenyani yeCreole ukuba iNew Orleans iyaqhubeka nokuvela.

UChristopher Alfieri, Iqabane, uChristovich kunye noKearney, iLLP kunye neLungu leBhodi eLawulayo, Ithemba leNew Orleans :

Ndisebenza kwindawo yomthetho wobugcisa kwaye ndiqokelela nomsebenzi wamagcisa asakhasayo avela eMzantsi, ngakumbi eLouisiana. Into endonwabe ngayo yiSt. Claude Arts District. Ndicinga ukuba kukhuselekile ukutsho ukuba iimayile ezimbalwa phakathi kweElysian Fields kunye nePoland Avenue eSt.Claude zisekhaya kubaninzi bezinto zokudibanisa, izithuba ze-DIY, iigalari kunye nezinto ezingenzi nzuzo kunaphantse kuyo nayiphi na indawo eUnited States ngoku.

Uninzi lwabaqokeleli bezobugcisa babekho ukususela ngaphambi kwesiqhwithi, kodwa kwakunguKatrina ngokwenene owabakhuthaza. Ewe la magcisa ayesenza umsebenzi phambi kokuba uKatrina-iNew Orleans ihlale iyindawo yamagcisa aselula-kodwa uProspect wangena wabuza, singasikhupha njani isixeko kubuhlwempu boqoqosho sisebenzisa ubugcisa? Kwakungathi sisityhilelo, kwaye ngequbuliso kwabakho oku kufakelwa kobugcisa kungummangaliso kuyo yonke idolophu. ICreole Hunters Gang, ekwabizwa ngokuba ngamaNdiya aseMardi Gras, kwisitalato kwiWadi yeSixhenxe. UCedric Angeles

INew Orleans ngokwesiko ibiyindawo yobugcisa bokuhombisa kunye neeantiki. Ukufumana abaqokeleli beengingqi kunye nabaxhasi bezobugcisa ukuba babuxabise ubugcisa beli xesha kuthathe ixesha, kodwa kuyabamba ngokwenene, njengoko abantu ngoku besazi ukuba kukho indawo esixekweni abanokuza kubugcisa banamhlanje.

Ukudibanisa uBarrett , UMsunguli kunye noMlawuli woBuchule, uKrewe du Optic:

INew Orleans ibisoloko inomboniso wobugcisa, kodwa ke amagcisa nawo ngoosomashishini. Ke ndicinga ukuba iNew Orleans inembali yokwenyani kwaye ikhetha into ofuna ukuyenza. Kuninzi kakhulu malunga neNew Orleans kukukwazi ukuba ungubani. I-Krewe yasekwa njenge-brand esekwe eNew Orleans, ngeenjongo zokubonisa isixeko kunye nenkcubeko yaso kwihlabathi, into esizama ukuyenza yonke imihla. Amakhaya akwiWadi yesiThoba esezantsi, eyakhiwe sisiseko seYenze ilunge. UCedric Angeles

Ioyile, ukubhankisha kunye nomthetho bezisoloko zingamashishini aphambili eNew Orleans, kwaye sonwabile ngokwenene ukuba yinxalenye yencoko yesizwe yeenkampani eziqhutywa zoyilo ezinefuthe, ekugqibeleni, indlela abantu abacinga ngayo ngeNew Orleans.

Incoko yenkcubeko eyenzeka kwesi sixeko ibaluleke kakhulu. Sifuna ukusasaza oko kwihlabathi.

UJT Nesbitt, uMyili wezithuthuthu kunye nomhlali waseSt. Claude Ubumelwane:

Nge-29 ka-Agasti ka-2005: Isibonda samaxesha apho ubomi bam baba yincwadi yezahluko ezibini. Ngaphambi, nasemva.

Kumava anzima ukususwa kwento yonke. Ndandikwinqanaba eliphezulu lomsebenzi wam ngehlobo lase2005, ndithathwa ngabaninzi kolu shishino njengenkwenkwezi ekhulayo kunye nendlela entsha yoyilo lwesithuthuthu. Umboniso ongenasiphelo weentatheli, abavelisi, abahleli, bonke abafuna ibali lebhayisekile elisandula ukumiliselwa. Ndandithambisa, ndikholelwa kum, ndiziva ndikhululekile kwaye ndinekratshi. Kwaye ngephanyazo konke bekumkile, umzi-mveliso utshatyalalisiwe, iqela lasasazeka, ifowuni yam ayisakhali.

Yayingubani mna ukuba ndibanoxanduva lwelishwa lam? Ndingawubuza njani loo mbuzo? Ihlazo lokwazi ubucukubhede bam kunye ne-egomania yokuzimela phambi kwabo bajongene nosizi olubi, kunye nabo badadayo. Umntu angalibeka njani ityala? Iimpendulo ezingenanto kwimibuzo engenanto engakhokelela ndawo. Bendicoca izindlu zokuhlambela ndiphakela neziselo. Ndandineminyaka engama-33 ubudala, kwaye ndibuyele apho ndandineminyaka eyi-23.

‘Phakathi kwezifundo eziphambili ezivela kuKatrina: Akwanele ukulungiselela isicwangciso sokufuduka, okanye uqiniseke ukuba iipremiyamu zakho zeinshurensi zihlaziyiwe. Ufuna oku ukuze uphile: inkcubeko oyithandayo ngokwaneleyo ukuba iphinde yakhiwe. '

Kwakhona, ngeli xesha ndiqala nangaphantsi, bendiphulula iintonga ezimbini kunye ukwenza istudiyo esikwaziyo ukwenza uyilo lwezithuthuthu kunye nemveliso. I-Bienville Studios zavela kweso siphithiphithi sinenjongo efanayo yokwenza izithuthuthu eNew Orleans. Emva kwayo yonke iminyaka yokwenza into engenakwenzeka, ndisekhona, ndizimisele ngakumbi kunangaphambili. Yenziwe eNew Orleans inentsingiselo enzulu nehlala ihleli kum, eyona nto izalisayo kwaye ihlala ihleli.

Sisoloko isilingo sokuphumla singena ngaphakathi kwaye sihlale njenge-cataract, sisenza yonke into ngaphandle kokujolisa kwaye ikhululeke ngokufumana ulonwabo xa kungekho ntlungu, kwaye ndizama ngokungazenzisiyo ukuba ndingaphononongi iarc eyoyikisayo yobomi bam.

Ndifunde ntoni kwisaqhwithi? Isifundo sam yile-ndinamandla okudlula kwintlekele ngaphandle koloyiko, ukuba inkanuko kuphela kwento enexabiso, kwaye isenzo sendalo sidinga imantra: Namhlanje andizoyiki umsebenzi, namhlanje andizuku woyike umsebenzi.

URobbie Vitrano, usomashishini kunye nomsunguli we Idolophu yelali , Ixilongo, kunye nePizza ehamba ze:

Njengomntu ongakhulelanga phakathi kweedolophu ezikumantla eNew Orleans, ndiyasijonga isixeko sangaphambi kukaKatrina njengendawo elawulwa kakhulu liqela labantu elingaphakathi. Babengengabo abantu ababi, kodwa babedlala umdlalo okhubekisayo-ipayi yomzekeliso yayincipha, kwaye sonke isilayidi sasifuna ukukhuselwa. Ke, ngenxa yoko, nayiphi na imbono entsha yathathwa njengesoyikiso.

Esi simo sengqondo sokuqhekeka saphulwe ngokudityaniswa kwezinto: izimvo ezintsha zazizele ngamanzi esixekweni, kodwa zadlala neengelosi ezingcono zabo bantu babedlala ukuzikhusela ukuze babe nengqondo evulekileyo. Kwakukho indawo efanayo ngentsebenziswano, njengoko babebona ithuba lokusebenzisa izixhobo zabo ukuphucula. Ngaphezulu kwalonto, ubunokuthontelana kweembono ezintsha ezinomdla, italente, kunye nobugcisa, zidityaniswa nemfesane enkulu yesixeko. Abantu abatsha beza neembono ezintsha, ezazifana nokufumanisa okukhulu kwabahlali ngamehlo aba bafikayo. Yayiyinto leyo evula amehlo abantu kwimvakalelo yokuba kunokwenzeka. UCharles Farmer, imvumi kunye nombhali weengoma, e-Oak Street Café, apho wayehlala esenza khona yonke imihla. UCedric Angeles

Kunzima ukungamdwelisi uKatrina njengamava okusondela ekufeni. Izinto ezihamba ngengqondo yakho-ekufuneka uchithe ixesha elininzi kuzo-ziyacaca ngakumbi. U-Katrina waye lixesha lokukrala kunye nokucaca.

UThomas Beller, uNjingalwazi oDibeneyo kwiYunivesithi yaseTulane kunye nombhali:

Xa ndandisengumntwana okhula eManhattan ndaye ndanyanga imbonakalo yomhlaba endingqongileyo ngokungathi yayilihlathi, eyoyikisayo kodwa ekwanomdla kwaye ivuthiwe kuphononongo. Emva koko ndafika kunyaka wam wokugqibela kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ndaza ndaqonda ukuba umjikelezo wehlabathi lam — idolophu yaseManhattan, ubukhulu becala yayiyindawo ekruqulayo. Isenzo sasikwenye indawo, edolophini. Ndiqale ukuya kubomi bam basekuhlaleni. Ekugqibeleni ndaya kuhlala ezantsi. Xa ndixelela abantu ukuba ndisukile e-Upper West Side ndaya, ubukhulu becala, kwicala lasentshona, bajonge kum ngokungathi ndiyaphambana ukwenza umahluko, kodwa ngokwembono yam, ibiyinto enkulu.

Kwadlula ishumi leminyaka, emva koko, ndingalindelanga, ndafudukela eNew Orleans. Ndandingasengumntwana, kodwa ndandinabantwana bam. Ndihlala kwakhona eUptown.

Zininzi iindawo ezintle eUptown; kufutshane ne-Audubon Park, iYunivesithi yaseTulane, kunye nesitrato. Kodwa isenzo sikwenye indawo. Ngentsebenzo andithethi ngokubona izinto ezaziwayo zekota yesiFrentshi, iSithili seGadi, okanye iimbono zezitrato zezindlu zekhekhe lomtshato ezikwiSt. Charles Avenue Uptown. Ndiyathetha ukuba namandla kunye namandla avela kwindawo apho abantu benza izinto, kubandakanya negama labo, okanye ukuzama kwabo. Ngenxa yoku, kufuneka ndingene emotweni ndiye ezantsi eBywater naseMarigny, apho izinto zisenzeka khona kwaye apho ungaziva ukhululekile khona. Umbono wangokuhlwa kwisitrato iChartres, kwikona yeRhuluneli iNicholls Street, kwikota yesiFrentshi. UCedric Angeles

Kutshanje ndiye ndafumanisa iSt. Roch Market esandula ukuvuselelwa, kunye nokutya okuninzi kunye nokuhlala ngaphandle, kwiSt. Claude Avenue. Kumnandi ukubhadula ezitratweni zokutya ngaphakathi, ingxokolo yesiqhelo yasezidolophini eyongezwe ngumculo odlalayo ngobunye ubusuku, kwaye uhlale ngaphandle ngongcwalazi oluthambileyo kunye nabahlobo kunye nokutya, wonke umntu ethelekisa amanqaku ngento abanayo.

Kungekudala ndathatha uhambo emva kokutya kunye nomntwana wam oneminyaka emine ubudala. Sahamba ngaphaya kweefestile ezintsha zeNtengiso ezaziqhekeke ngabathile abachasene ne-gentrification, kodwa ngokuyinxenye, kuba yayiyiglasi engaxakekanga. Emva ngasemva kwemarike ndafumanisa i-boulevard entle ye-St Roch Avenue, kunye neyona ndawo intle, yomlinganiso weSt. Ii-bungalows ezincinci kunye nemithi yesundu zazolulela mgama. Ngamanye amaxesha iNew Orleans iziva inkulu kakhulu kumtsalane wayo, ubungqongqo, kunye namandla okuzalwa kwakhona. Indlu yitapeyisi engapheliyo yeemilo ezinomdla kunye nezitayile. Umoya uvulekile, uyakhuthaza, uyakhulula. Kodwa ndikrobe kule Shangri-la encinci yaseSt Roch ndacinga, ngasizathu sithile, akukho nto ihlala ngonaphakade. Le, nayo, yinto ephantsi ehlala ikhona eNew Orleans.

Umsebenzi kaThomas Beller & apos; JD Salinger: Igcisa lokubaleka , uphumelele ibhaso leNcwadi yesiXeko saseNew York ngebhayiloji kunye nememori kule Meyi iphelileyo .

Ingxelo eyongezelelweyo nguLauren Zanolli noLaura Itzkowitz.