The storm
Subtitle: what went wrong and why during hurricane Katrina : the inside story from one Louisiana scientist
By: Ivor van Heerden and Mike Bryan.
Contributors: Bryan, Mike.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 308
Subjects: Hurricane Katrina, 2005; Emergency management -- Gulf States; Disaster relief -- Gulf States
Description: "The Storm is the ultimate inside story of the Katrina tragedy. Van Heerden knows why the levees failed to protect New Orleans. He knows why the abused wetlands surrounding the city could not protect the levees. He knew how many people would be unwilling&mdash;or unable&mdash;to evacuate and how many homes were likely to be destroyed. And he has seen politics trump science as officials at virtually all levels failed to plan for this completely predictable situation. He now unites this understanding with his firsthand, behind-the-scenes reporting, including the state's official investigation into the levee failures, which he led." - jacket
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Disaster, tragedy, failure, and hope; title: Storm clouds; title: Leave, please!; title: Laughed out of the room; title: Levees lite; title: The second-worst-case scenario; title: Into the breach; title: Is anyone in charge here?; title: Wetlands forever; title: The score on the Corps; title: The investigation; title: Now or never.