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Sunday, 2007-01-07

Drowning New Orleans

Filed under: Science — bblackmoor @ 22:41

A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city…

(from the October 2001 issue of Scientific American, Drowning New Orleans)