New Orleans and Hurricanes: Past, Present, and Future
TIDE-122
Tulane University
Fall Semester 2009
Prof. Stephen A. Nelson
Office - 208 Blessey Hall
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New Orleans and Hurricanes: Past, Present, and FutureTIDE-122 Tulane University Fall Semester 2009 |
Prof. Stephen A. Nelson Office - 208 Blessey Hall |
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AnnouncementsOctober 7 , 2009 I have decied to change things a bit and instead of discussing New Orleans' risk form present and future hurricanes today, we will discuss the lessons learned from the Hurricane Katrina Disaster and the steps that have been taken to reduce vulnerability. Lecture notes in both html and PDF formats for this discussion are linked in the Lecture Notes section below. Sorry for the late posting. September 17 , 2009 Today's Times-Picayune newspaper has a couple of articles of interest. One is on the closing of the temporary gates on the London Avenue Canal - click HERE . The other ariticle is about the disagreement between State and Local officials and Corps of Engineers concerning the permenant fix for the gates/pumps at the end of the drainage canals - click HERE.
September 14 , 2009 The lecture notes for Wednesday's (Sept. 16th) classa are now available in the Lecture Notes Section Below. In the Useful Links section, below, I have added a link to the interactive graphic - Last Chance. August 27, 2009 I've added a list of books about the Katrina disaster in the Links section below. August 28, 2009 A article appeared today in the New Orleans Times Picayune newspaper concerning deaths that occurred during Huricane Katrina. You canget the article by clicking HERE. You might want to print it out, along with map. We won't discuss it at our next class meeting, but will discuss it a later meeting. |
Lecture NotesThese will become clickable links when they bcome available The Science of Hurricanes PDF Version Why New Orleans is Vulnerable to Hurricanes - Geologic and Historical Factors PDF Version Lessons and Learned and Reducing Vulnerability PDF Version The Risk to New Orleans from Hurricanes, Present and Future PDF Version |
AssignmentsThese will become clickable links when they are assigned. Exercise 1 - Hurricane Exercises PDF Version Due Sept. 16 Exercise 2 - New Orleans Map PDF Version Due Oct. 3 Exercise 3- Hurricane Katrina Time Line PDF Version Due Oct. 28 Exercise 4 - Protection of New Orleans from Future Hurricanes Due Nov. 11 |
Useful LinksFlash Flood - Times Picayune interactive graphic on the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Hurricane Katrina - What Happened?
Field TripGuide Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - (IPET) A difficult to navigate web site with important pre- and post - Katrina documents concerning Hurricane Katrina in the New Orleans area, including IPET Interim Report 2 and Draft Final Report. Last Chance - Times Picayune interactive graphic on coastal land loss in Louisiana, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Risk and Reliability Report
Weather Underground - Tropical Weather
Books about the Katrina DisasterBrinkley, David, The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast . Harper Perennial (July 31, 2007), 768 pp. Horne, Jed, Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City. Random House Trade Paperbacks; Reprint edition (July 15, 2008), 464 pp.* McQuaid, John and Mark Schleifstein, Path of Destruction: The Devastation of New Orleans and the Coming Age of Superstorms, Little, Brown and Company; 1 edition (August 16, 2006). 384 pp.* Van Heerden, Ivor and Bryan, Mike, The Storm - What went wrong and why during Hurricane Katrina - The inside story form on Louisiana scientist. Viking Press, 2006, 308 pp.* *highly recommended |