Dimensions of disaster predicted.

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The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder commissioned a series of six articles in 2004 titled "Disasters Waiting to Happen," one of which focused on a major hurricane striking New Orleans. Authored by Shirley Laska of the University of New Orleans' Center for Hazards Assessment, Response and Technology, the article predicted that if Hurricane Ivan, a category 4 or 5 storm, had directly struck the city it would fill the city "bowl" with water up to 20...