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Geotimes
November 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Louisiana's Marshland Mess Even before the past season's devastating hurricanes, Louisiana's wetlands were in rough shape. More than a century of building dams, levees and canals to control the Mississippi River changed the wetlands, limiting sediment and leading to soil compaction from the loss of vegetation.   |
Geotimes
August 2006
Megan Sever |
When Levees Fail Many of the levees in the United States were built more than a century ago to protect farmland, and have been negligibly, if at all, maintained. For New Orleans, such a lesson came too late, but the city can still plan for the future. |
Geotimes
August 2007
Megan Sever |
Restoring the River Since Katrina struck, one thing has become clear, researchers say: Restoration of the natural system is of paramount importance to saving New Orleans in the long run, and the time to act is now. |
Scientific American
October 24, 2005
Mark Fischetti |
Flood Control Protecting against the Next Katrina: Wetlands mitigate flooding, but are they too damaged in the gulf? |
Geotimes
September 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Water Covers New Orleans As Hurricane Katrina dissipated on its way toward the northeastern United States on Tuesday, the threat only grew for this and other Gulf towns. Monday afternoon's seeming reprieve in New Orleans evaporated as two breached levees flooded the city. |
Geotimes
August 2005
Naomi Lubick |
Hurricane Katrina Hits Hard One of the largest hurricanes to make landfall in the U.S. Gulf Coast region since Hurricane Camille in 1969, Hurricane Katrina left a trail of devastation behind it as it touched down in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. |
BusinessWeek
June 9, 2011
Peter Heller |
The Mississippi River Flood and the Katrina Risk New Orleans and Baton Rouge are one breached levee away from Katrina-like devastation. Can the Army Corps of Engineers save them? |
Geotimes
November 2005
Megan Sever |
The Increasing Costs of U.S. Natural Disasters Population trends, mitigation efforts and federal disaster relief policies all contribute to encouraging high-risk land use and ultimately to making our society more vulnerable to the costs of natural disasters. |
IEEE Spectrum
January 2008
Wilson & Keliger |
Flood or Hurricane Protection?: The New Orleans Levee System and Hurricane Katrina Why was the New Orleans levee system so vulnerable to failure in Hurricane Katrina? |
IEEE Spectrum
March 2007
William Sweet |
Protecting The Big Easy From The Next Big One U.S. Army engineers face New Orleans's dilemma. |
Searcher
June 2006
Piper & Ramos |
A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina The Katrina disaster was exacerbated by poor communications. Some help was provided by the Internet, but it was also a breeding round for Katrina-related scams. |
Wired
December 22, 2008
David Wolman |
Before the Levees Break: A Plan to Save the Netherlands Global warming is a cause for serious concern in low-lying countries. The Dutch aren't waiting for a catastrophe; they're taking measures to solve the problem now. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Paula J. Kelly |
Meeting the Needs When two devastating hurricanes struck the Gulf Coast in less than a month, it was clear that the response from the philanthropic community would need to be as unprecedented as the disaster. |
Geotimes
January 2007 |
Geomedia IMAX film Hurricane on the Bayou storms into wetland issues... Book Review: Yokohama Burning: The Deadly 1923 Earthquake and Fire that Helped Forge the Path to World War II by Joshua Hammer... |
Popular Mechanics
March 6, 2006 |
Hurricane Katrina August 28, 2005 Video Conference The transcript here suggests that, contrary to popular perception, federal authorities were alert to the risks posed by Katrina and fully engaged in planning for the disaster. |
Outside
March 2007 |
Biking New Orleans, Louisiana Do not bike along the muddy Mississippi levee near New Orleans for clean air or beautiful vistas. Bike the 120 miles for the memories it invokes. |
Wired
September 22, 2008
Jeff Howe |
Get Ready for Extreme Weather Robert Dalrymple, a coastal engineer at Johns Hopkins University, warns that the nation is woefully unprepared for natural disaster. Here is his three-point plan to prepare for the coming era of mayhem. |
Popular Mechanics
December 2005
Benjamin Chertoff |
Katrina Images Pictures of New Orleans, southern Louisiana and the Mississippi Gulf Coast during an intensive examination of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2005
Margaret Leonard |
Rebuilding After Katrina Investors and operators of more than 10,000 businesses in New Orleans have lost uncounted millions. The same storm also brought opportunities worth billions in redevelopment and restoration of a city. |
Outside
December 2005
Ace Atkins |
Aftershock Documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the biggest natural disaster in American history. |
Fast Company
November 2013
Jeff Chu |
Against The Tide The Dutch have a growing army of engineers, designers, and scientists who work with water, as the Netherlands built itself into the world's premier laboratory for how to tame the rivers and the seas. Today, the country's ideas and expertise may be its most valuable export. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Allan R. Clyde |
A Conversation with Ben Johnson An interview with the Greater New Orleans Foundation President and CEO on the status of the foundation, race and class issues, and the opportunities facing philanthropy in the rebuilding of this community. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Jackie Larson |
After the Storm For beleaguered businesses left swamped by Hurricane Katrina, survival was a matter of fight or flight. These entrepreneurs demonstrate how some accepted the challenges and opportunities that came in with the floodwater. |
National Real Estate Investor
November 1, 2005
Jennifer Popovec |
When the Chips Are Down Many commercial real estate professionals are working to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Here are a few of their stories: Building and Owners Management Association (BOMA)... Jerry Wallace Interests... etc. |
Geotimes
December 2006 |
Top Natural Hazards News Stories of 2006 Looking Into Landslides... Getting Ready for the Rumble... Levee Concerns Abound... Spreading Wildfire... etc. |
IEEE Spectrum
February 2008
Foster, Hoe & Johnson |
Learning From Katrina: Pearlington, Miss., Struggles to Rebuild A small town on the Mississippi Gulf Coast must revamp its water system in the wake of Hurricane Katrina |
Geotimes
December 2006
Linda Rowan |
A Look Back at the 109th Congress: Like Oil and Water Congress had a year marked by short-term decision-making, in which large emergency spending maintained status quo when it came to natural hazards and energy legislation. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Emmett D. Carson |
Beyond Relief and Recovery Philanthropy's biggest challenge in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is to move past just doing the familiar. |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2006
Lorna Pappas |
Opportunity & Optimism After last years devastating hurricanes, the Gulf Coast rebuilds. With rebuilding comes tremendous investment opportunities for those with vision and patience, and the first to act may be getting the best deals. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2005
Mann & Hanson |
Prepare for Your Insurance to Triple Money is difficult to talk about in the wake of a disaster, but insurance companies aren't evil for not wanting to pay more than their fair share. Any attempt to make them pay for damages for which they're not contracted will have disastrous consequences. |
Popular Mechanics
September 2008
Erik Sofge |
Thinking Beyond Levees, Experts Turn to New Flood Software Three-dimensional maps incorporating up to date topographic and climate data can better predict regions prone to flooding. |
Fast Company
November 2005
Chuck Salter |
It's Never Been This Hard For a nimble diving company based in Louisiana, Hurricane Katrina posed enormous challenges -- and offered huge opportunity. |
Geotimes
February 2006
Robert S. Young |
The High Cost of Subsidized Coastal Development Coastal geologists, engineers and managers can objectively determine where the most vulnerable shorelines are. And in the interest of fairness, American taxpayers must insist that the communities that build there assume responsibility for themselves. |
Geotimes
June 2003 |
Geophenomena Evidence for Dust Bowl dust in Greenland... New sinking rates for Louisiana |
Information Today
September 6, 2005
Miguel Ramos |
Blogs and Information Community Respond to Hurricane Katrina Blogs help keep Katrina victims informed on the latest developments within their community and also provide the rest of the world with an in depth account of their experiences. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2006
Robert Aronen |
Ready for the Hurricanes? A look at what hurricane season means for investors in the oil patch. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Jody Curtis |
Trying to [Re]build a Better South Rebuilding after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is going to take a lot more than putting houses back up. Letting residents have a say in their own future, and supporting self-help efforts are top priorities, too. Grantmakers will have to get creative. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Argoff & Rousso |
Hardest Hit and Least Protected People with disabilities and older adults suffered the brunt of the Gulf and Atlantic Coast hurricanes. This is what grantmakers can do to help them. |
Geotimes
December 2005
Donald C. Swanson |
Don't Try to Fool Mother Nature Protecting and maintaining a city on a delta is confronting the dynamics of sediment and water responding to gravity, a basic force in the universe. Gravity-driven phenomena dominate the delta environment and are major guns in Mother Nature's arsenal. |
National Defense
November 2011
Stew Magnuson |
Who Is in Charge of What During Major Catastrophes Still Unanswered The answer is all of them and none of them, former Commandant of the Coast Guard retired Adm. Thad Allen suggested recently. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Megan Sever |
Katrina Strikes the Energy Sector In the nearly two weeks since Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, the nation's energy sector - and its citzens' emotions - have been on a roller coaster ride. |
Popular Mechanics
May 2008
Erik Sofge |
Rebuilding America Special Report: How to Fix U.S. Infrastructure American infrastructure is in trouble, from collapsed bridges to leaking dams. Here are some fresh ideas, smart engineering and new technology that can be used to fix it. |
Reason
December 2005
Matt Welch |
They Shoot Helicopters, Don't They? How journalists spread rumors during Katrina: Reporters failed to exercise enough skepticism in passing along secondhand testimony from victims (who often just parroted what they picked up from the rumor mill), and they were far too eager to broadcast as fact apocalyptic statements from government officials. |
Popular Mechanics
September 25, 2008
Erik Sofge |
Green Tech Plans Hide Obama-McCain Disparity on Infrastructure Infrastructure in the United States, from the bridges we commute across to the dams we've learned to ignore, is in a state of disrepair. |
Geotimes
September 2005
Kathryn Hansen |
Rita: Could Have Been Worse The Category-3 storm was not nearly as devastating as Hurricane Katrina, but damage from wind, fire and flooding still prevent some residents from returning to their homes and businesses. |
Geotimes
January 2006
Linda Rowan |
The Rise and Fall of FEMA With the threat of terrorism still high, more hurricanes expected in the near future, unpredictable earthquakes, and significant population growth in high-risk regions, federal disaster preparedness and response have never been more important. |
National Real Estate Investor
March 1, 2006
Sibley Fleming |
Rebuilding Czar Few developers have faced as daunting a task as planning the rebuilding of an entire city. Developer Joe Canizaro, however, has stepped up to the plate to yank New Orleans back from what might arguably be called the jaws of hell. |
Popular Mechanics
October 2006
Jim Gorman Diagrams |
Future Shocks Think mother nature has dealt us her worst? Think again. Here are five natural disasters poised to strike the United States, and why they will be like nothing we have ever seen... How to ride out an emergency... |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2006
Steve McLinden |
Space Crunch In a city facing one of the most profound real estate challenges in modern history, the opportunities and impasses seem to square off against one another in almost every neighborhood, and the New Orleans-area multifamily sector is no exception. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2006
Mac Greer |
Don't Forget Mississippi Gulfport, Miss., rises to the challenge of rebuilding after Hurricane Katrina. |
