Perilous Place, Powerful Storms: Hurricane Protection in Coastal Louisiana

by Craig E. Colten

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628461675
• ISBN13: 9781628461671
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"