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100 1 $aVan Heerden, Ivor Ll.
245 14 $aThe storm :$bwhat went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist /$cIvor van Heerden and Mike Bryan ; with field sketches by the author.
260 $aNew York, N.Y. :$bPenguin Books,$c2007.
300 $a326 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c22 cm
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337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
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500 $a"Edition with a new afterword"--Title page verso.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-314) and index.
505 0 $aStorm 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.
520 $aAs a leading expert in disaster preparation and cofounder of the Louisiana State University Hurricane Center, Ivor van Heerden had, for years, been warning of the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans. In the aftermath of the tragedy, his was the most prominent voice challenging the official version of events, and as head of the official Louisiana state investigation into the levee failures, he helped break the news about their shoddy construction. Now in the ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy, van Heerden lays out in full detail the stunning incompetence among the bureaucrats, the politicians, and the Corps of Engineers that culminated in the catastrophe that crippled, perhaps forever, a great American city. He also lays out in full detail the plan that could prevent any recurrence of that tragedy, if only the political leadership and will can be found.
650 0 $aHurricane Katrina, 2005.
650 0 $aEmergency management$zGulf States.
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700 1 $aBryan, Mike.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aVan Heerden, Ivor Ll.$tStorm.$dNew York, N.Y. : Penguin Books, 2007$w(OCoLC)608480689
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