katrina

Brad Pitt's Foundation Unveils Floating Home That Rises Up (and Away) in Floods

Ariel Schwartz — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:01:56 -0400

It's inevitable that a Katrina-style hurricane will strike again. But maybe this time we should be prepared to go with the flow--literally. Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation unveiled today the Float House, a home that can break away from its moorings in the event of a flood and rise up to 12 feet on guideposts.

Tracking 10 Hurricane Stories Across the Web

Chris Dannen — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 18:32:59 -0400

It's hurricane season, and that means freakish weather even thousands of miles from the eye of a storm. Trace back the ripple effects of hurricanes, and you'll find a lot more than just rainy days. Just a few degrees away from Katrina and Jimena are stories about humanity: displacement, re-invention, evolution, art, and even bureaucracy. Here is one trail of Web breadcrumbs that has billowed in with the storms.

Rebuilding New Orleans: Ten Coolest Innovators

Saabira Chaudhuri — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:30:06 -0400

Three years after Katrina, the nation's most expensive hurricane, which cost insurers an estimated $44 billion, came Gustav. As if New Orleans needed its rebuilding project to get any harder. And yet, there’s hope.

Katrina, the Media, and Corporate Social Responsibility

Alice Korngold — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:20:32 -0400

On this third anniversary of Katrina, and in Gustav’s wake, we see the power of the media to engage us in bearing witness. Reporters bring the stories into our homes. Anderson Cooper stirred our minds and hearts with his candor and humanity in reporting on Katrina. As a result, people and companies came from far and wide to volunteer and contribute goods, services, and funds to help the victims.