02967nam 2200685 a 450 991045521130332120200520144314.01-282-48566-097866124856641-60473-345-4(CKB)1000000000816894(EBL)515578(SSID)ssj0000341364(PQKBManifestationID)11284319(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000341364(PQKBWorkID)10390651(PQKB)10220637(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203702(MiAaPQ)EBC515578(MdBmJHUP)muse13691(OCoLC)630514112(Au-PeEL)EBL515578(CaPaEBR)ebr10340770(CaONFJC)MIL248592(OCoLC)472611219(EXLCZ)99100000000081689420081030d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerilous place, powerful storms[electronic resource] hurricane protection in coastal Louisiana /Craig E. ColtenJackson University Press of Mississippic20091 online resource (206 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-60473-238-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-186) and index.Introduction -- City at risk -- Season of the storms -- Lake Pontchartrain and vicinity hurricane protection, 1970-1990 -- Protecting the Delta, the West Bank, and the coast -- Developments to the eve of Katrina, 1990-2005 -- Conclusions.The hurricane protection systems that failed New Orleans when Katrina roared on shore in 2005 were the product of four decades of engineering hubris, excruciating delays, and social conflict. In Perilous Place, Powerful Storms , Craig E. Colten traces the protracted process of erecting massive structures designed to fend off tropical storms and examines how human actions and inactions left the system incomplete on the eve of its greatest challenge. Hurricane Betsy in 1965 provided the impetus for Congress to approve unprecedented hurricane protection for the New Orleans area. Army Engineers swHurricane protectionLouisianaEvaluationFlood controlLouisianaNew OrleansEvaluationLeveesLouisianaNew OrleansHistoryLeveesMississippi RiverHurricane Katrina, 2005Electronic books.Hurricane protectionEvaluation.Flood controlEvaluation.LeveesHistory.LeveesHurricane Katrina, 2005.363.34/9220976335Colten Craig E505043MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455211303321Perilous place, powerful storms2219626UNINA