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Wetland sedimentation from hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

More than 131 x 10(6) metric tons (MT) of inorganic sediments accumulated in coastal wetlands when Hurricanes Katrina and Rita crossed the Louisiana coast in 2005, plus another 281 x 10(6) MT when accumulation was prorated for open water area. The annualized combined amount of inorganic sediments per hurricane equals (i) 12% of the Mississippi River's suspended load, (ii) 5.5 times the inorgani...

Landscape-Scale Analysis of Wetland Sediment Deposition from Four Tropical Cyclone Events

Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and Ike deposited large quantities of sediment on coastal wetlands after making landfall in the northern Gulf of Mexico. We sampled sediments deposited on the wetland surface throughout the entire Louisiana and Texas depositional surfaces of Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, Gustav, and the Louisiana portion of Hurricane Ike. We used spatial interpolation to model the ...

PUBLIC SERVICE PERSPECTIVES A Louisiana Psychologist’s Experience With Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

This article was originally written shortly after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita hit the Gulf Coast of the United States. It describes the process through which one local psychologist progressed during the evacuation and immediate aftermath. The final part of the article was written two years later and includes reflections on the recovery process as well as changes in the practice of the psycholog...

Two cases of toxigenic Vibrio cholerae O1 infection after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita--Louisiana, October 2005.

Louisiana was struck by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, and by Hurricane Rita on September 24, 2005. The two hurricanes caused unprecedented damage from wind and storm surge to the Louisiana Gulf Coast region, and levee breaks resulted in flooding of large residential areas in and around New Orleans. With the flooding, an immediate public health concern was the potential for outbreaks of ...

Re: To evacuate or not to evacuate: lessons learned from Louisiana nursing home administrators following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.