Environment
To Survive Future Storms, New Orleans Should Look to its Past
The disruption caused by Hurricane Ida has forced many residents to abandon the city for more than a week. A network of local storm shelters could be a safer alternative.
Cities in hurricane zones face vexing questions. How many strikes can they withstand and still rebound? Relatedly, how many evacuations can they endure and still remain viable?
I’ll leave that first question for others, but from my perch in sweaty post-Ida New Orleans, where much of the city remains in the dark more than a week after the storm (I managed to find electrical power at my Tulane School of Architecture office.), I suspect the answer to the second question is, only so many.