1 An Eye on Katrina: Geoscience Perspectives on a Catastrophic Hurricane

Tuesday, 18 October 2005
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Presentations

• 3:30 PM
  HURRICANE KATRINA IMPACTS AND USGS RESPONSE IN MISSISSIPPI
  Michael L. Plunkett, Mississippi Water Science Center, Jackson, MS
  98434 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 3:45 PM
  U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY LOUISIANA WATER SCIENCE CENTER ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA IN LOUISIANA
  Charles R. Demas, U.S.Geological Survey Louisiana Water Science Center, Baton Rouge, LA
  98479 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 4:00 PM
  IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON GULF COAST BARRIER ISLANDS
  Asbury H. Sallenger, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL and Hilary F. Stockdon, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL and Peter A. Howd, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies, St. Petersburg, FL and C. Wayne Wright, Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA
  98425 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 4:15 PM
  BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF HURRICANE KATRINA ON THE GULF COAST
  Gregory J. Smith, USGS National Wetlands Research Center, Lafayette, LA
  98476 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 4:30 PM
  INTERPRETING THE INFLUENCE OF CONTAMINANTS IN FLOOD WATERS FROM NEW ORLEANS ON LAKE PONTCHARTRAIN
  Frank T. Manheim, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  98411 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 4:45 PM
  PUNCTUATED COASTAL REORGANIZATION: A LESSON LEARNED FROM HURRICANE KATRINA?
  Mark A. Kulp, Univ of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  98435 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 5:00 PM
  CITIES AND NATURAL DISASTERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
  Grant Heiken, Freeland, WA and Greg Valentine, Los Alamos, NM
  98430 (LATE BREAKERS)
• 5:15 PM
  GEOSCIENCE IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANKIND THROUGH GISCORPS: A VOLUNTEER'S ACCOUNT OF THE GIS RESPONSE TO HURRICANE KATRINA
  Margaret E. (Beth) McMillan, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR
  98433 (LATE BREAKERS)