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The Crescent City's deadliest storms, compiled in one volume. From its founding, Louisiana and New Orleans have stood against the onslaught of nature's savagery. The authors accessed diaries, letters, and official records to outline the devastation that hurricanes have wrought on the beloved Big Easy. The documents initiate discussion about the efforts to prevent flooding and provide a foundation for the authors' predictions about future hurricanes. In particular, their comments on what went wrong during Katrina are poignant and bold.

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David F. Bastian is a former US Department of State appointee and a retiree from the US Army Corps of Engineers. Following Hurricane Katrina, Bastian served as a consultant to the New Orleans rebuilding effort. In addition to having published more than fifty articles and technical papers involving engineering, he is also an author of texts about the Civil War. Bastian lives in Annapolis, Maryland. Nicholas J. Meis is a technical writer for the US Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans. He is part of the Periodic Inspection Program that monitors the condition of levees and other structures protecting Louisiana's gulf coast. Meis joined the Corps just a few months after Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans, and he witnessed the historic reconstruction firsthand. He lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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