The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ivor Van Heerden, Mike BryanAudience:Young AdultPublish date:8/1/2007Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112136ISBN-10:143112139UPC:9780143112136Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:State & Local, 21st CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCP7RW15D9
The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--The Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist
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...
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin BooksISBN-13:9780143112136ISBN-10:143112139UPC:9780143112136Book Category:History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:United States, Disasters & Disaster ReliefBook Topic:State & Local, 21st CenturySize:8.40 x 5.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SCP7RW15D9
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...
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