Title: The storm : what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist /
Authors: Van Heerden, Ivor Ll.; Bryan, Mike.
Publisher: Viking,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005.; Emergency management Gulf States.; Disaster relief Gulf States.
Abstract: 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.
Contents: 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.