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Watch This Gorgeous And Terrifying Simulation Of Hurricane Katrina As It Gathers Strength

11:45AM January 5, 2012 | Kristen Philipkoski

This dramatic visualisation of hurricane Katrina masterfully captures the monster storm for a period of 1.5 days as it gathers strength over warm ocean waters. More »


Science

World’s Biggest Water Pump Under Construction In New Orleans

8:20AM August 19, 2009 | John Herrman

The Army Corps of Engineers has broken ground on a serious construction project: a 570,000-litre-per-second, $US500 million pumping station charged with keeping the city of New Orleans a little, uh, dryer than it has been in the last few years. More »


Gargantuan NOAH ‘Arc’ Proposed To New Orleans With Straight Face

12:33AM August 19, 2009 | Mark Wilson

How do you know when your building plan has gotten unnecessarily crazy and pretentious? When it’s named after a Biblical figure who was fabled to save life as we know it…that might be a clue. More »