New Orleans, the music city, and its miraculous recovery after the hurricane

(Baonghean) - 10 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans' economy has risen from the rubble and is witnessing a spectacular revival. Not only the economy, this place that has produced many famous musicians has also restored the music scene, which is considered the soul of this place.

It has been a decade since Hurricane Katrina swept through the United States, killing more than 1,800 people and causing an estimated $108 billion in property damage. The hardest hit area was New Orleans, Louisiana, where 80% of the city was flooded, causing $75 billion in damage.

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Ten years on, new, colorful homes are being built on the ruins of the old. New Orleans is changing every day. 40,000 new jobs have been created and the rate of business startups here is now 64% higher than the national average.

In New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina killed more than 700 people and left tens of thousands homeless and homeless. Most of the city’s musicians and residents had to leave because they had nowhere to live and the music that was the heart of the city had stopped beating.

Rising from the ruins, the “Close to the People” project was born by building houses for low-income families and a village dedicated to musicians and musicians. The musician and musician village was officially established in April 2006 with the participation of 40,000 volunteers and 72 houses were built. It is worth mentioning that the rental price for musicians and musicians is only half of the normal rental price here. This has truly created peace of mind for artists in composing and performing music in particular, reviving the lost soul of New Orleans in general.

Now, it can be said that the heart of the city has beaten again, with traditional melodies echoing throughout the city. Visitors can now enjoy the sound of drums, guitars and even jazz music throughout the streets of New Orleans. Sharing about this miraculous revival, Mr. Jim Pate, director of the "City for People" project said: "Losing the beauty of cultural heritage is also losing the heart of the city, and the city will be destroyed forever. That is why we re-implemented this project, to preserve the unique cultural features here".

The “dead city” of the past has now miraculously revived. However, perhaps the terrible disaster Katrina will never fade from the minds of the people of New Orleans as a warning about the terrifying power of nature. Not only New Orleans but many cities have also miraculously revived after natural disasters, the most recent being Fukushima city in Japan with the terrible earthquake and tsunami in 2011. Those natural disasters are like the difficult storms that come into our lives, maybe after that we are left with only ruins, but everything will only end if we have hope and try. Let's put our faith in a bright tomorrow, because it only comes to those who still hope and try.

NHAT MINH(According to NY TIMES)