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Katrina Was Predicted: Revisiting Warning Signs 20 Years Later

Katrina Was Predicted: Revisiting Warning Signs 20 Years Later

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Two decades after Katrina, we revisit the storm and discuss the evolution of hurricane preparedness since then.

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Twenty years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans,
Scientific American revisits the storm’s tragic legacy and the
scientific warnings that went unheeded. Senior editor Mark
Fischetti shares his experience reporting on the city’s
vulnerability years before the levees broke, and our senior Earth
and environment editor Andrea Thompson reflects on how hurricane
preparedness has changed since. Recommended Reading See the Restore
the Mississippi River Delta website Drowning New Orleans Protecting
New Orleans “They Saw It Coming,” by Mark Fischetti, in the New
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Rachel Feltman, Fonda Mwangi, Kelso Harper and Jeff DelViscio. This
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