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...Barker Center should be up and running smoothly by the time classes resume on Monday, despite the major flood that soaked through one wing of the building this summer...
...controversy, politics and bureaucracy, the only government endeavor that appears to be pursuing its mission efficiently is the U.S. military relief effort led by Honoré. Since he arrived in the region on Aug. 31, he has been packing two days into one, shuttling by helicopter along the storm- and flood-ravaged coast. When he sees a problem, he tackles it. He immediately pressured the Federal Government to move gasoline into damaged areas, for example, arguing that if people have gas, they can drive to designated pickup points for food and water so that airlifts can then be focused on those...
...Calcutta, India, who came to the U.S. 25 years ago. After earning a master's degree in urban planning, she gained a reputation in Louisiana as an expert in disaster preparation. Like many others in similar roles, Beriwal feels a measure of guilt when watching the images of flood victims. She?s also aware that some of the tragedy was because of the "disaster sub-culture" of any population-which is a certain level of resistance to pre-storm evacuation. Some people simply won?t evacuate...
...water slowly recedes At the height of the flood, about 80% of New Orleans was under water. By Sept. 10 it was about 60% under water. More than 30 of the city's 148 pumps were running at reduced capacity, pushing 90,000 gal. per sec. out of the city...
Should the destroyed areas of New Orleans be rebuilt, even though they could flood again...