| The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Loui siana Scientist Contributor(s): Van Heerden, Ivor (Author), Bryan, Mike (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143112139 ISBN-13: 9780143112136 Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: An epic of cutting-edge science and systemic bureaucratic failure, this book from an outspoken scientist and major figure in the Katrina disaster is a riveting narrative that brings expertise, passion, and a human viewpoint to Americas greatest natural disaster. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - History | United States - 21st Century - Social Science | Disasters & Disaster Relief |
| Dewey: 976.044 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.70 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - New Orleans, Louisiana - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Cultural Region - Deep South - Geographic Orientation - Louisiana - Cultural Region - Gulf Coast - Cultural Region - Mid-South - Cultural Region - Southeast U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy--from the cofounder of the LSU Hurricane Center After warning for years about the looming threat of catastrophic flooding in New Orleans, Ivor van Heerden was one of the highest-profile media experts during the Katrina disaster. Over the following eighteen months, he was even more prominent as he challenged the official version of those events and campaigned for an engineering plan that would protect all of southeastern Louisiana, once and for all. In The Storm, van Heerden lays out in full detail the stunning incompetence among the bureaucrats, the politicians, and the Army Corps of Engineers that culminated in the catastrophe that crippled, perhaps forever, a great American city. |