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Hurricane Isaac Lays Bare the Painful Economics of Flood Protection

As thousands of southeastern Louisiana residents watched flood water from Hurricane Isaac invade their homes and make a soggy, expensive mess of their lives, the terms "benefit-cost analysis" and "relative sea level rise" probably didn't enter their minds. But...

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Approach of Isaac Doesn't Worry the Corps of Engineers

Originally posted on August 27, 2012.  View the original post here.   Almost seven years ago to the day, a system of hurricane levees and floodwalls built by the Army Corps of Engineers infamously failed to protect New Orleans -- crumbling...

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