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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 904
EAN num: 9780143112136
ISBN number: 0143112139
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 336
Printing Date: July 31, 2007
Publishing house: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sale Popularity Level: 434898
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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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.
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Ivor Van Heerden has written a passionate plea to save New Orleans. His concise, detailed summation of what went wrong and why during and after Katrina takes no prisoners and leaves no doubts as the where he stands. The man is a scientist and in clear and sometimes overwhelming detail he explains how the failure of the levees and failure of political will caused the devastation in New Orleans. And it will happen again. Katrina was NOT the storm touted as the "big one" that New Orleans has always feared that's still coming. A direct hit with a Cat 3 or above will wipe New Orleans off the map. Katrina should be a big wake-up call and hopefully the political willpower will be there to make the proper and ready defenses. Ivor Van Heerden has written a passionate plea to save the Crescent City a city that he clearly loves. N'awlins is a unique gem of an American city as anyone who has been there will attest to. Mr Van Heerden's passion for his city and his work make this a remarkable look at the problems New Orleans faces and hopefully we listen.
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Dare i say that this book was healing? We used to live in Lakeview- our home was smashed due to the "catastrophic" levee failures. I love the way Dr Van Heerden takes the reader on his personal journey in dealing with this horrible time in our lives. His conclusions and restoration proposals sound so complete; by-and-large, a recipe for the saving of the Louisiana coast. I really want to hear the evidence trying to disprove this very knowledgeable and passionate scientist. If you were affected by "the storm," read this book and pass it on to others. If you are a politician, an employee of the C.O.E or an engineer working on saving Louisiana, swallow the bitterness and embrace his ideas. If nothing else, write him a note and let him know how and why you disagree.
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Katrina is two words, "Cry Wolf".... We were all weary from years of leaving our homes and that is the only reason we stayed. Katrina was just another Cry Wolf Scenario and too much bother to go through! For What? Nothing ever happens! We would not have stayed to die! Think about it!
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Good description of what happened during Katrina and the causes of it. However, it is a very first person narrative with a bit of self-congratulation embedded throughout (which is kind of annoying).
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I am a New Orleanian. I was there, I know the details, and I know this writer has a lot to teach about disasters and personal responsibility to the community. He's a good guy who a lot of politicians tried to gag.
The book does a lot of CYA- people who knew what they were doing during Katrina have taken a lot of bludgeoning from fools. Mostly fools in politics and the Corps of Engineers- who caused the whole damn New Orleans disaster through sheer idiocy.
Rad this book and weep, for us, for yourselves. Where ever you live, there's the same incompetance waiting to fail you.
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