Ivor van Heerden has been warning for years that a hurricane strike near New Orleans would be disastrous. On 31 August, he spoke to Nature about helping to mop up the mess left by Katrina.
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Check, E. The man who saw it coming. Nature (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/news050905-16
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