http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/blog/536 en http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/river-rising-part-ii-may-2011 <p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/jacksonsquare_viz5_0.jpg" height="398" width="550"></p><p></p><p><!--break--></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="river may" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/river_may%202011%2003_viz2_0.JPG" height="412" width="550"></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="beautiful" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/beautiful00_viz4_0.JPG" height="314" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/domino00.JPG" alt="domino " height="345.1" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="domino 6" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/domino06_viz9.jpg" height="301" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="rivershot" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/rivershot00_viz1_0.JPG" height="292" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="domino 2" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/domino02_viz7.JPG" height="372" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/rivershot01_viz3_0.jpg" height="299" width="550"></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="norco" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/norco_02-1_viz17.JPG" height="406" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="cancer alley" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/canceralley02_viz18.JPG" height="337" width="551"></p><p><em>River Rising is a series of original photos by Dr. Doreen Piano of University of New Orleans.&nbsp; Dr. Piano works in Rhetoric and Composition, with ongoing work on a digital archive of writing and photography related to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.</em></p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/river-rising-part-ii-may-2011#comments Disaster flooding Mississippi River New Orleans Tue, 27 Sep 2011 20:26:19 +0000 Doreen Piano 780 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/river-rising-part-i <p></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="walter" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/walter_TP00%202509x1328_viz13.JPG" height="291" width="550"></p><p></p><p>In May 2011, &nbsp;the Mississippi River rose to unprecedented heights, threatening a worst-case scenario of massive flooding throughout metropolitan New Orleans and other outlying regions.Two spillways north of the city opened that month diverting waters into Lake Ponchartrain and the Atchafalaya Basin, but the river still ran high through June.<br><!--break--></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="bcspillway 03" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/bcspillway03_viz16.JPG" height="371" width="550"></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="detritus" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/River_detritus02_viz12.JPG" height="397" width="552"></p><p></p><p></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="detritus another" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/River_detritus00_viz11.JPG" height="344" width="551"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="bcspillway 01" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/bcspillway01_viz15.JPG" height="379" width="550"></p><p><img style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" alt="bc spillway 02" src="http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/files/bcspillway02_viz14.JPG" height="576" width="432"></p><p></p><p><em>River Rising is a series of original photos by Dr. Doreen Piano of University of New Orleans.&nbsp; Dr. Piano works in Rhetoric and Composition, with ongoing work on a digital archive of writing and photography related to Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans.</em></p> http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old/content/river-rising-part-i#comments Disaster flooding Mississippi River New Orleans Sat, 17 Sep 2011 23:15:40 +0000 Doreen Piano 771 at http://viz.dwrl.utexas.edu/old