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This report focuses on the direct physical causes and contributing factors to the failures of the hurricane protection system during and after Hurricane Katrina.<\/p>\n

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1<\/td>\nCover <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4<\/td>\nTable of Contents <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
6<\/td>\nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10<\/td>\nCHAPTER 1: Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11<\/td>\nInteragency Performance Evaluation Taskforce
ASCE\u2019s Hurricane Katrina External Review Panel <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
12<\/td>\nOther Teams of Investigators
This Report <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
14<\/td>\nCHAPTER 2: New Orleans <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15<\/td>\nA City on the River <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
16<\/td>\nDevelopment on the Marshes <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
17<\/td>\nNew Orleans is Sinking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18<\/td>\nThe People of New Orleans <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
19<\/td>\nA Cultural Treasure <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20<\/td>\nCHAPTER 3: Hurricane Katrina
The Storm <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22<\/td>\nWind, Water, and Waves <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26<\/td>\nCHAPTER 4: Hurricane Protection System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29<\/td>\nStandard Project Hurricane
Levees and Floodwalls <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31<\/td>\nDatums and Elevations
Interior Drainage and Pump Stations <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
34<\/td>\nCHAPTER 5: The Levees Fail
Storm Surge Damage <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
36<\/td>\nCracks in the System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
37<\/td>\nFlooding Ensues <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
40<\/td>\nA City Under Water <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
41<\/td>\nPump Stations Shut Down <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
42<\/td>\nCHAPTER 6: Consequences
Tragic Deaths <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
44<\/td>\nExposure, Injury, and Disease <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
46<\/td>\nCatastrophic Financial Losses <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
48<\/td>\nHad the Hurricane Protection System Not Failed
Cascading Financial Impacts <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50<\/td>\nProspects for Economic Growth
Long Term Health and Safety <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52<\/td>\nEvacuees and Their Receiving Communities <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54<\/td>\nImpacts to New Orleans\u2019s Culture <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
55<\/td>\nThe Natural Environment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56<\/td>\nCHAPTER 7: Direct Causes of the Catastrophe
17th Street Canal Breach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57<\/td>\nSoil Strength Over-estimated <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
58<\/td>\nFactor of Safety <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
59<\/td>\nThe Water-Filled Gap <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
61<\/td>\nLondon Avenue Canal South Breach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62<\/td>\nOversimplified Assumptions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
63<\/td>\nThe Water-Filled Gap \u2013 Again <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64<\/td>\nLondon Avenue Canal North Breach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65<\/td>\nIndustrial Canal East Bank North Breach
Industrial Canal East Bank South Breach and Industrial Canal West Bank Breach <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66<\/td>\nIndustrial Canal West Bank South and All Other Levee Breaches <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
68<\/td>\nPumping System: Useless During Hurricane Katrina <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70<\/td>\nCHAPTER 8: Contributing Factors
Risk to New Orleans Not Fully Appreciated <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
72<\/td>\nHurricane Protection System Constructed Piecemeal <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
74<\/td>\nHurricane Protection System Under-designed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
75<\/td>\nMany Levees Not High Enough <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
77<\/td>\nNo One Entity Is In Charge of Hurricane Protection <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
80<\/td>\nExternal Peer Review Lacking <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
81<\/td>\nFunding Process Flawed <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
82<\/td>\nCHAPTER 9: What Must We Do Next?
Understand Risk and Embrace Safety <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
85<\/td>\nRe-evaluate and Fix the Hurricane Protection System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
88<\/td>\nRevamp the Management of the Hurricane Protection System <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
89<\/td>\nDemand Engineering Quality <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
92<\/td>\nAcknowledgements <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
93<\/td>\nCredits <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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