This page highlights media coverage of LSU hurricane and hazards research.

(Please Note: While the Hurricane Center makes every effort to archive these links, sometimes it is not possible. Therefore, some of links may be out of date. If there is a broken link, please report it to hcweb@hurricane.lsu.edu.)

Louisiana professor proposes idea for making houses floodproof

The Seattle Times

April 28, 2007

Plan would make homes in New Orleans floatable

Dallas Morning News

April 11, 2007

Rising to the Occasion

The Times Picayune

April 7, 2007

Protecting New Orleans

Scientific American

February, 2005

Satellite picture offers good news for Fla., not La.

The Advocate

July 15, 2005

New Orleans' Growing Danger

Philadelphia Inquirer

October 8, 2004

Direct Hit by Ivan Could Sink New Orleans

AP Wire

September 14, 2004

Big Easy braces for the big one

Dallas Morning News

September 14, 2004

Surviving Disaster: New center to study hurricane impact on public health

LSU Research

Winter, 2004

A Grand Tale: LSU scientists work to save the 300-year-old community of Grand Bayou from a natural disaster

LSU Highlights

Summer, 2004

A Way Out

Transportation Management + Engineering

April, 2004

Home Is Where the Flood Is: 1 in 3 stay put in big hurricane

New Orleans Times-Picayune

November 22, 2003

Technology maps hurricane's effects

The Advocate

September 23, 2003

LA Monitoring Isabel For East Coast

WAFB September 18, 2003

LSU Professor looks for link between hurricanes and coastal fires

LSU Today

July 22, 2003

LSU taps supercomputer in hurricane study

The Advocate

January 23, 2003

LSU researchers investigate sudden weakening of Hurricane Lili

LSU Highlights

January, 2003

Little changes planned in rebuilding Northwest High

St. Landry Daily World

November 18, 2002

LSU Prepares as Lili Nears Coastline

New York Times

October 2, 2002

History’s Storms Could Help Predict Those of the Future

LSU Highlights

September, 2002
Nature's Revenge: Louisiana's Vanishing Wetlands

American RadioWorks

September 2002
Hurricane 2002: New state building code lacking, experts say

Naples Daily News

June 2002
Calculating the Weather

The Advocate

6/9/02
Washing Away - A Special Report from the Times-Picayune

New Orleans Times-Picayune

6/23/02
Nothing's Easy for New Orleans Flood Control

New York Times

4/30/02
Where Land Subsides Into Water

The Chronicle

4/26/02
Living With the Threat of Disaster

The Advocate

4/21/02

Eyeing the Storm; NEW! Minor offered in Disaster Science and Management

LSU Highlights

January, 2002
LSU Spot Highlighting Hurricane Center Research

ESPN, ABC, CBS

12/1/01
Danger! Hurricane Coming
Planning December 2001
Keeping its head above water-New Orleans faces doomsday scenario
Houston Chronicle 12/1/01
Coral-killing cyclones
Science Now 10/3/01
"Drowning New Orleans"
Scientific American October 2001
Students to learn how to roll with hurricane's punch
N.O. City Business 9/17/01
Hurricane-smart building tips
The Advocate 9/2/01
Hurricane exercise tests state's readiness
The Advocate 7/14/01
LSU Wins Grant to Develop First 'Hurricane Engineering' Program
Disaster Relief 8/9/00
Hunting prehistoric hurricanes
Science News 5/20/00