Civil Engineering
Hurricane Katrina

1. Hurricane Katrina Special Coverage - collection of news and articles collected by iCivilEngineer
2. Association of State Floodplain Managers - Katrina Resource Page - news releases, local resources
3. Hurricane Events Analysis, Response and Mitigation - journal and magazine articles, proceedings, subjects include, evacuation and shelters, levees, models and simulation, storm gusts and more, by American Society of Civil Engineers
4. Drowning New Orleans - article published years ago predicted how a major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water and kill thousands, Mark Fischetti, Scientific American, October 2001
5. Building a Better Levee - earthen levee height can only be changed by piling on more dirt or sandbags but new levee designs being considered may improve on aging technology, John Gartner, Wired, September 6, 2005
6. With Nature's Help, a Solution to Flooding - the Dutch can offer lesson, William J. Broad, The New York Times (on International Herald Tribune site), September 7, 2005
7. NaturalHazards.org - floods, what they are, where do they come from, how to cope
8. Corps Hurricane Response - updates from US Army Corps of Engineers
9. Hurricane Katrina Base Map Index Page - click on rectangles to show aerial photos of affected areas
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