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As Hurricane Irene Hits the East Coast, Let's Not Forget the Lessons of the Last Big Storm to Shake America

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. August 26, 2011.

Hurricane Katrina hit nearly 6 years ago. As the Northeast readies for a major storm, who's being left out of the disaster preparation?

Could Protecting Levees Be a Key in Halting Global Warming?

Joan Melcher, Miller-McCune.com. January 6, 2009.

Restoring freshwater wetlands not only may help save levees, protect farmland and save freshwater supplies but also address climate change.

Why Floods Are Getting Worse

Richard Mertens, Christian Science Monitor. June 25, 2008.

Climate change has recently cast a new and disturbing uncertainty over flood-management questions.

Army Corps of Engineers Tries to Censor Spoof of Their Levees Investigation [VIDEO]

Cliff Schecter, Brave New Films. November 20, 2007.

Watch the video (made by a 17-year-old!) and see what is obviously too dangerous for most of our minds to handle.

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