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"Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow"

By Fred Kasten

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-880960.mp3

New Orleans – Conversation with writer and University of Louisiana Lafayette Sociology Professor Robert Gramling - one of four authors of the acclaimed new book "Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow" - which documents the machinations that led to the creation of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) - and the economic disappointment, environmental crisis, and catastrophic flooding that followed.

For more information on "Catastrophe in the Making" - please click here.

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