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Streetwise: Learning to cope with flooding—always—in New Orleans

Matt Stroud | Mon, Oct 29th, 2007 | Category: Report | Tags: new orleans, hurricane katrina, flooding, carey clouse, lake ponchartrain | 0

Flooding in New Orleans is a Sensitive Issue
By Carey Clouse

Flooding in New Orleans is a sensitive issue. For it was the water—not the wind—that devastated this city in 2005. And even two years after the storm, residents remain painfully aware of the lasting destruction that Hurricane Katrina inflicted.

Violent waters toppled houses and rearranged cars, rocked signage and shattered windows. In the weeks after the storm, floodwaters (PDF) stagnated in houses, rotting out wood and…
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