The Storm
What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Loui siana Scientist
$52.84
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2007
Summary
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, onc…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143112136 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0143112139 |
| Author: | Mike Bryan, Ivor van Heerden |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2007 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 212mm x 140mm x 19mm |
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Persuasive ( Chicago Tribune )
[An] important book… . [Van Heerden is] a man with a story to get out who is gradually finding a way to do it… . And he does it simply, commonsensically, with illustrations to clarify his points. (New Orleans Times-Picayune)
About The Author
Mike Bryan
Ivor van Heerden was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is cofounder and deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center and director of the Center for the Study of Public Health Impacts of Hurricanes. He is also associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at LSU. He holds a Ph.D. in marine sciences from LSU, where his research focused on the Atchafalaya River Delta; his ongoing research areas include disaster preparation and response, coastal geomorphology, environmental management, and habitat restoration.
Mike Bryan has written or collaborated on many books, including Cal Ripken’s bestselling autobiography The Only Way I Know, Uneasy Rider, and The Afterword, a novel.
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