This Health Campaign Could Create Some Deafening Silence for New Orleans
In the words of an old philosopher, it's the "night the music died." Maybe.
Ever been to New Orleans? Hanging with the midnight souls in the French Quarter? Many of us have. Now imagine strolling down Bourbon and Toulouse and… it’s quiet. That could give you chills just thinking about it.
Well, in what has to be a colossally bad PR move, that could happen just a skosh.
In late September, the City of New Orleans launched a public health campaign aimed at turning down the volume across the city. The campaign dubbed “Sound Check” is trying to reduce the level of harmful sounds that can adversely affect public health, according to a NOLA Health Department press release.
Evidently, the city health inspectors will monitor decibel levels in the French Quarter and trendy Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, where 60-year-old sound standards have been an issue of contention between residents and music venues that operate close to homes.
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