Drilling for truth in New Orleans: a geologist's story

摘要

Since Hurricane Katrina hit, David Rogers has travelled to New Orleans 11 times. A geologist from the University of Missouri, Rolla, Rogers has been investigating the failure of the levee system — this collapsed in several places during the storm, flooding the city. On 22 May, Rogers and others in a team funded by the National Science Foundation released a final draft report on the disaster. The report goes beyond explaining the geology and blames penny-pinching for much of the chaos.