Flood and Sacrifice-How an Old Covent Could Help Save New Orleans: NY Times August 28, 2020 "A group of nuns in New Orleans is offering up its flooded former convent site to help protect the city during future such disasters. The site, which will become the Mirabeau Water Garden, will collect 10 million gallons of storm water into a slow-draining lake, in the Dutch style, rather than shunting it immediately into the gulf. It will slow the city’s sinking, Mr. Waggonner said, by recharging the groundwater underfoot. Water-friendly trees and grasses, over time, will grow once again." - New York Times Share: LinkedIn Older Post U.S. Flood Strategy Shifts to ‘Unavoidable’ Relocation of Entire Neighborhoods: NY Times Newer Post Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System: Commodity Futures Trading Commission
