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Like Katrina before it, Hurricane Laura has exposed disturbing inequalities—and the rest of the nation’s fundamental indifference. 
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Floodwater was everywhere — muddy-brown and streaked in pockets by an oily film.
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Mother Nature took the rap for destroying New Orleans when the real culprit was the surge up MR-GO and the missing marshes.
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers soon will hand over permanent pumping stations at the mouths of New Orleans' three primary drainage canals. The temporary pumps, which were beset with corrosion for years, will go offline.
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Discover one-of-a-kind collections across the Crescent City
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Some great places to see on your next visit to New Orleans. I would also add in here the Insectarium and (my favorite) the Pharmacy Museum. Of course the Historic New Orleans Collection is a must.
I would also add in the Cabildo on Jackson Square. And while it is not much of a museum per se, I would also encourage folks to go check outage Levee outdoor "Museum" which is more of an open air exhibit explaining how the Levees along London Avenue Canal breached during Hurricane Katrina (it is free and open 24 hours). Avoid most of the other bigger, promoted spaces (like the Aquarium of the Americas, WWII Museum, etc.). They are fine, but won't give you as good a picture of the diverse goings on in this neck of the woods as these listed spots. We just hit the Whitney for the first time last month. It was awesome! The big glaring absence here is a formal interpretation/museum of the Levee Failures that flooded the City of New Orleans in 2005. Where are you National Park Service?!? This is part of our national story too, you know.
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PIRatE Lab's insight:
This failed flood protection element is a key stop on our annual class trips to New Orleans and is one of a handful of what I would now call "classic" illustrations of failed flood protection systems/criminal negligence of our governing/responsible agencies.
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The producers of "American Crime Story" recently
PIRatE Lab's insight:
How strange it is that some folks CANNOT think of a crime in association with Hurricane Katrina. They weren't paying attention.
I'm not a big fan of the crime story/tragedy-as-fodder for TV plot lines. But if you have to do a crime story, I'm all for treating the Army Corps of Engineers' absolute negligence and immoral approach to engineering as a "crime story."
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The KATRINA@10 Conference will provide an overview of the impacts and consequences of Hurricane Katrina on the affected area and populations. It will be held on Thursday Aug 27, 2015, from 8:30 am until 6:30 PM at the Diboll Auditorium and Gallery, located on the ground floor of Tulane University's School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, 1440 Canal Street, New Orleans. The conference capitalizes on two sets of research projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH-funded team lead the "Health and Demographic Disparities in Recovery from Hurricane Katrina" Program. This team will present in the morning session an overview of key results from an integrated set of studies that include three Katrina cohorts and two analyses of data that are representative of the affected area at the time Katrina occurred. Plans for future work will also be presented. The NSF-funded team lead the "Diversity and Disease in a Post-Trauma Urban Landscape" Study. This team will present in the afternoon session an overview of key results from an integrated set of studies examining trade-offs between ecological and socioeconomic recovery, with the intent to improve understanding of how disease risk reflects ecological changes brought on by response efforts and reconstruction following catastrophic events. Both the morning and afternoon sessions will feature a Reaction Panel of nationally-acclaimed disaster experts who will lead a discussion of the policy implications of the findings. There will be about 100 seats open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Drag your cursor (on a computer) or swipe your finger (on a phone or tablet) across each photo below. The 2005 Hurricane Katrina photo will dissolve into a picture from the identical vantage point nine years later. CANAL STREET...
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Start with this great photo just post storm vs. 9 years post storm from the Times-Picayune
Also check out maps of the event/impacts:
http://www.wunderground.com/education/Katrinas_surge_contents.asp
and why we are losing our Mississippi Delta
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A forest of 78,000 turbines would have drastically reduced the winds and storm surges from hurricanes Katrina and Sandy
PIRatE Lab's insight:
More geoengineering.
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The legal community remains skeptical that the federal agency's immunity can be punctured.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
History is not on the side of those trying to make the Corps accountable.
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Burnell Cotlon, on his beloved community and why he’s keeping a secret list.
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Government exercises, including one last year, made clear that the U.S. was not ready for a pandemic like the coronavirus. But little was done.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This sounds eerily similar to the story of Hurricane Katrina.
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Gov. Ron Desantis's office accepted Michael Ertel’s resignation shortly after it saw the photos, the Tallahassee Democrat news outlet reported.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This is simply disgusting.
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A news anchor’s use of the word “looting” on Twitter to describe a scene in Houston’s floodwaters reminded many of a debate that raged during Hurricane Katrina.
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The physics of the perfect storm… Win a t-shirt by answering our challenge question! Put “#hurricanechallenge” to the subject line! ↓ More info and source
PIRatE Lab's insight:
Cool new vid on the physics of Hurricanes!
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From
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The director of Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency called the Red Cross’ disaster response “marginal at best.”
PIRatE Lab's insight:
More subpar disaster response.
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10 years later, the progress is palpable. But New Orleanians should settle for nothing less than complete recovery and fulfillment of our city's immense potential.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
An excellent, brief summary of where we are 10 years post Katrina.
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An article by experts involved in some previous examinations of the catastrophe contends that fault should fall squarely on the Army Corps of Engineers.
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He becomes the first mayor of New Orleans to be sent to federal prison.
PIRatE Lab's insight:
This mayor, who sought personal profit and position even in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is finally sentenced. This sorry political leader would use any tools at his disposal (divisive rhetoric, payola, etc.) to improve he and his children's position, the city and the public be damned.
and:
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Scientists said as wealth and property values increase, recovering from hurricanes could become more expensive in the future.
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