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The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist

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The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist
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The ultimate inside story: how bureaucracy, politics, and a disregard of science combined to crippleâ€”perhaps foreverâ€”a great American city

As deputy director of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, Ivor van Heerden had for years been warning state and local officials about New Orleansâ€™s vulnerability to flooding. But like Cassandraâ€™s, his predictions were ignoredâ€”until Hurricane Katrina hit on August 29, 2005. Suddenly, van Heerden found himself at the center of a media maelstrom. Stepping forward to challenge the official version of events, he revealed the truth about the cityâ€™s shoddy levee construction.
Now, in The Storm, van Heerden shares up-to-the-minute reporting from his investigations and connects the dots among the Army Corps of Engineers, the bureaucrats, the politicians, and the chain of eventsâ€”both natural and humanâ€”that culminated in catastrophe. An epic of cutting- edge science and systemic bureaucratic failure, The Storm is the first book from a major player in the Katrina disaster and a riveting narrative that brings expertise, passion, and a human viewpoint to Americaâ€™s greatest natural disaster.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Viking Adult
Manufacturer Viking Adult
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2006-05-18
EANs 9780670037810

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