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Can Science Outwit Storms Like Katrina?

MAY 29, 2007

DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.021153

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The New York Times : Stand atop any levee in the New Orleans area, and one question will offer itself, unbidden, to the mind: Is this pile of dirt tall enough to stand up to the next storm?
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