. DISASTERS: HURRICANES : UNITED STATES: STATES: LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA: Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Katrina Resources Morris Library at Southern Illinois University Carbondale: Katrina Resources <http://libguides.lib.siu.edu/katrina>"This site is intended to assist students and faculty who are participating in the 2010-2011 First Year Experience program. The theme of this year's program is The Storm Remembered: Tragedies and Triumphs of Katrina."
Tabbed Topic Areas Covered in this Guide Agriculture Biography and Personal Accounts Emergency Preparedness Engineering Issues Environmental Impact Government Reports and Resources Health Aspects Literature, Music, and Art Media / News Reports Photographs Social Issues Statistics Content Sample From: Engineering Issues <http://libguides.lib.siu.edu/content.php?pid=127709&sid=1116717>American Society of Civil Engineers:The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why. The ASCE was asked by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to review data regarding levee failures during Katrina. This 2007 report by the Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel is the result. The authors state that it is written both for engineers and lay people. Army Corp of Engineers-Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project
This September 29, 2005 Government Accountability Office report is also titled "Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives." Independent Levee Investigation Team: Investigation of the Performance of the New Orleans Flood Protection Systems in Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005
This July 31, 2006 final report contains the conclusions of a team of professional engineers and researchers affiliated with the University of California-Berkeley. It includes technical studies and several appendixes. The page contains links to the preliminary report based on investigations by UC-Berkeley and ASCE engineers. The site is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.
<snip> Content Sample: From: Statistical Resources for Hurricane Katrina <http://libguides.lib.siu.edu/content.php?pid=127709&sid=1117368>New Orleans Index (Brookings Institution and the Community Data Center of New Orleans) Includes 56 data tables with statistics about employment, housing stock (building permits, new residential housing units, etc.), housing market (sales, rents, etc.), school enrollment figures, business climate (sales tax collections), public schools, transportation, infrastructure, etc. Historical data is also available.
The Effect of Hurricane Katrina: Births in the U.S. Gulf Coast Region, Before and After the Storm
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