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Nature 437, 174-176 (8 September 2005) | doi:10.1038/437174a; Published online 7 September 2005
Special report After the flood
Tony Reichhardt, Erika Check & Emma Marris
Abstract
Academic experts say they were all too aware of the devastation that would claim New Orleans and its surroundings in the wake of a fierce hurricane. Could they have done any more to convince politicians of the need to protect the city?
Nothing about last week's hurricane and the subsequent flooding of New Orleans should have come as a surprise. Experts knew such a storm would come at some point.
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