新奧爾良終於有了颶風防護計劃

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2005年,卡特里娜颶風襲擊了新奧爾良,此後在改善該市及周邊三角洲地區的長期風暴防護方面幾乎沒有作為。等待可能終於結束了。在美國陸軍工程兵團、各城市和行政區(縣)就相互競爭的計劃爭論多年之後,一項宏偉計劃已經出爐,該計劃由一個州機構倡導,早在卡特里娜颶風襲擊之前,該機構的領導人就一直在向充耳不聞的耳朵呼籲需要更好的安全保障。

海岸保護和恢復管理局昨天公佈了總體規劃。該計劃將需要在50年內投入500億美元,用於重建整個三角洲海岸的大片沼澤和屏障島嶼,從而形成抵禦風暴潮和海浪的天然屏障。還將建造更多的堤壩、防洪牆和閘門,以保護新奧爾良和其他城鎮。該計劃的幾個主要部分呼應了專家在2006年《大眾科學》文章中提出的建議,該文章權衡了潛在的選擇。


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新奧爾良當地的主要新聞機構《泰晤士報-皮卡尤恩報》釋出了一篇清晰有趣的報道,解釋了該計劃的步驟,並考慮了它們獲得必要的公眾和政治支援的可能性。該網站包含一張地圖,顯示了主要專案將發生的地點,以及一張概述如果不實施該計劃將損失給海洋的1756平方英里溼地的地圖。

恢復管理局將在2月25日之前就該計劃徵求公眾意見,並將於1月23日至25日在新奧爾良及其周邊地區舉行三次公開會議。

圖片來源:海岸保護和恢復管理局

Mark Fischetti has been a senior editor at 大眾科學 for 17 years and has covered sustainability issues, including climate, weather, environment, energy, food, water, biodiversity, population, and more. He assigns and edits feature articles, commentaries and news by journalists and scientists and also writes in those formats. He edits History, the magazine's department looking at science advances throughout time. He was founding managing editor of two spinoff magazines: 大眾科學 Mind and 大眾科學 Earth 3.0. His 2001 freelance article for the magazine, "Drowning New Orleans," predicted the widespread disaster that a storm like Hurricane Katrina would impose on the city. His video What Happens to Your Body after You Die?, has more than 12 million views on YouTube. Fischetti has written freelance articles for the New York Times, Sports Illustrated, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Fast Company, and many others. He co-authored the book Weaving the Web with Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, which tells the real story of how the Web was created. He also co-authored The New Killer Diseases with microbiologist Elinor Levy. Fischetti is a former managing editor of IEEE Spectrum Magazine and of Family Business Magazine. He has a physics degree and has twice served as the Attaway Fellow in Civic Culture at Centenary College of Louisiana, which awarded him an honorary doctorate. In 2021 he received the American Geophysical Union's Robert C. Cowen Award for Sustained Achievement in Science Journalism, which celebrates a career of outstanding reporting on the Earth and space sciences. He has appeared on NBC's Meet the Press, CNN, the History Channel, NPR News and many news radio stations. Follow Fischetti on X (formerly Twitter) @markfischetti

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