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The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast (Paperback). Douglas Brinkley. 2007. Paperback $12.21 or used from $10.00
The Storm: What Went Wrong and Why During Hurricane Katrina--the Inside Story from One Louisiana Scientist (paperback). Ivor van Heerden (Author), Mike Bryan (Author). Penguin (Non-Classics); Reprint edition (July 31, 2007). New $10.20 and used from $8.12
Breach of Faith: Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City (Hardcover). Jed Horne (Author). Random House (July 11, 2006). New $17.13 and used from $15.47.
Bayou Farewell: The Rich Life and Tragic Death of Louisiana's Cajun Coast. Mike Tidwell. (Vintage Paperback - Mar 9, 2004). New: $14.95 and used from $8.41.
An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature (Paperback). Craig E. Colten (Author). Louisiana State University Press (September 2006). New $12.89 and used from $12.10.
After the Storm: Black Intellectuals Explore the Meaning of Hurricane Katrina. David Dante Troutt (Editor), Charles Ogletree (Introduction), Derrick Bell (Preface) (Paperback New Press September 1,2007) New $10.17 and used from $8.10.
Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of I 927 and How It Changed America. John M. Barry (Author) Peter Smith Pub Inc (June 30, 2006) (Hardcover) New $31.25 and used from $31.25.
Time and Place in New Orleans: Past Geographies in the Present Day. Richard Campanella. Pelican Publishing Company (2002) Gretna, LA.
Geographies of New Orleans: Urban Fabrics Before the Storm. Richard Campanella. Center for Louisiana Studies (2006), Lafayette, LA.
A Wetland Biography: Seasons on Chenier Plain. Gay M. Gomez. University of Texas Press (1998), Austin, TX.
New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City. Andrei Codrescu. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill (2006), Chapel Hill, NC.
Letters from New Orleans. Rob Walker. Garrett County Press (2005), New Orleans.
Day the Levees Broke: Requiem in 4 Parts. Spike Lee
The Tin Roof Blowdown (A Dave Robicheaux Novel). James Lee Burke. Simon and Schuster (2007), New York.
Voices from the Storm: The People of New Orleans on Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath. Lola Vollen and Chris Ying (Editors). Voice of Witness/McSweeney's Books (2006), San Francisco, CA.
What Lies Beneath: Katrina, Race, and the State of the Nation. South End Press Collective (Editors), South End Press (2007), Cambridge MA.
Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans? Chin Music Press (2006), Seattle, WA
1 Dead in Attic. Chris Rose. Chris Rose Books (2005), New Orleans, LA.
Katrina: A Journey of Hope. Anthony Veltri. (November 2005).
Katrina: The Response. NOW, hosted by David Brancaccio. PBS Home Video, September 16,2005.
Inside Hurricane Katrina: A comprehensive analysis of the devastation caused by nature's fury. National Geographic Channel, 2005.
Surviving Katrina. Discovery Channel, 2007.
Katrina Diary. J. Justin Pearce, Redwire Films, 2006.
Where Things Stand: Katrina. 20/20, ABC News. 2007.
Hurricane on the Bayou. Greg MacGillivray, Image Entertainment/The Weather Channel, 2007.
The Hurricane of '38. American Experience, WGBH Educational Foundation, 2007.
Hurricane Katrina: The Storm That Drowned a City. NOVA, WGBH Educational Foundation, 2005.
The Storm. FRONTLINE, PBS Home Video, 2005.
Kamp Katrina. Ashley Sabin and David Redmon, Carnivalesque Films, 2007.
Engineering Policy: The US Army Corps of Engineers and the Historical Foundation of Power. Todd Shallat. The Public Historian v. 11 no. 3.
The Myth of Environmental Management. Bert Schneiders. Agricultural History v. 70 no.2
The Political Economy of Pork: Project Selection at the US Army Corps of Engineers. John A. Hird. American Political Science Review v. 85.
http://corpsreform.org/sitepages/ToolsAndResources.html and http://www.americanrivers.org/site/PageServer?pagename=AMR_CitizensGuide (Useful information on the need for reform within the USACE)
http://www.deq.state.la.us/portal/portals/0/news/pdf/HazardousWasteCumula1.pdf
and
http://www.deq.state.la.us/portal/portals/0/news/pdf/DebrisSummary05-21-07.pdf (Charts released by the Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality)
http://www.nrdc.org/onearth/06spr/katrina.asp (Article detailing the types of waste released by Katrina and how they were disposed)
Katrina's Impact on the Oil Industry
http://www.enrg.lsu.edu/presentations/katrinarita.html (Analyses of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita by LSU Center for Energy Studies)
http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/special/eia1_katrina.html (EIA report on hurricane impacts on U.S. energy)
http://www.mms.gov/ooc/press/2006/press0501.htm#Table%25201 (U.S. Minerals Management Service assessment of Katrina and Rita damage)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec05/oil_8-31.html (PBS special on Katrina's effect on the oil industry)
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/01/business/01oil.html?_r=1&oref=slogin (NY Times article on Katrina's impact on gasoline prices)
http://neworleans-hurricanekatrina.com/Katrina-Economics-02.shtml (Another analysis of Katrina's impact on the oil and natural gas industries)
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/05/katrinagasprices.shtm (Federal Trade Commission's investigation of gas price gouging after Katrina)
Treatment of Displaced Residents
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=14049381
and
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4831390 (Information
on Houston's role in relief efforts)
http://www.ehvlp.org/volunteers/Katrina.aspx (An organization of lawyers volunteering their services to displaced residents)
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/05/katrina/3523458.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/economy/jan-june06/houston_2-17.html
and
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/27/us/27vouchers.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1 (Articles concerning housing for displaced residents in Houston)
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1417780,00.html (Article concerning psychological toll on victims of Katrina)
http://lcmedia.typepad.com/katrina/2006/02/postkatrina_str.html (Information on PTSD among hurricane victims)
Rhode Island Hurricane Evaluation Risk Index. A. O. Campbell. Rhode Island: University of Rhode Island, 2006.
Coastal Hazard Mitigation: An Overview of the Policies, Programs and Activities in the Northeast United States. Pamela Pogue. Narragansett, R.I. : Coastal Resources Center, University of Rhode Island, 1999
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/compinsp/pdf/damrpt99.pdf (DEM report on the state of dams in RI)