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Main Title The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist /
Author Van Heerden, Ivor Ll.
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Bryan, Mike.
Publisher Viking,
Year Published 2006
OCLC Number 65302481
ISBN 0670037818; 9780670037810
Subjects Hurricane Katrina, 2005 ; Emergency management--Gulf States ; Disaster relief--Gulf States ; Katrina (Hurrikan) ; Katastrophenmanagement
Internet Access
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Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2006044727-b.html
Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0719/2006044727-d.html
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ELBM  HV635.5.V36 2006 AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 05/14/2012
Collation 308 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction: Disaster, tragedy, failure, and hope -- Storm clouds -- Leave, please! -- Laughed out of the room - Levees lite -- The second-worst-case scenario -- Into the breach -- Is anyone in charge here? -- Wetlands forever -- The score on the Corps -- The investigation -- Now or never. A disaster specialist explains why he had been predicting a tragedy similar to Hurricane Katrina's destruction for a decade, and outlines his plans for preventing a similar catastrophe from occurring in the future.