Protecting New Orleans Against Future Hurricanes

The reconstruction of the levees will take decades and still may not protect the city against hurricanes stronger, or equal to, Katrina.

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October 2, 2005, 7:00 AM PDT

By Brenda Meyer

"The costly federal effort to rebuild New Orleans's flood defenses in time for next year's hurricane season will leave the city no less vulnerable to major storms than it was to Hurricane Katrina, engineers and other experts say...

And it will take years or decades, these experts say, to provide New Orleans and nearby communities with protection against hurricanes stronger than Hurricane Katrina, which was nowhere near the worst-case storm when it arrived."

FULL STORY: Levee Reconstruction Will Restore, but Not Improve, Defenses in New Orleans

Saturday, October 1, 2005 in The New York Times

Community / Economic Development Environment Louisiana

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