Hazardous geographic environments

Scope and Contents The Julie Schwam-Harris Environmental Research Collection consists of materials pertaining to environmental issues in Louisiana ranging from 1980-2008. The collection includes newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets/flyers, correspondence, written notes, reports, publications, books, and ephemera. It is largely made up of publications that Schwam-Harris collected from grassroots organizations that she was involved with, as well as correspondence, and newspaper clippings on environmental...

Abstract Mention Nash Roberts, and generations of New Orleanians, who have never met him in person, will remember a treasured friend. For more than 40 years, anxious residents of the "city in a bowl" listened and watched attentively as this meteorologist-turned-reluctant TV celebrity calmly and thoughtfully explained and predicted the paths of hurricanes. He gathered all the technical information available and distilled it for presentation to the TV audience with the simplest of tools - a magic...