Monthly Archives: September 2012

The view from two weeks in

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

Over the summer, people asked me whether I was taking the summer off, and I had to explain to them that it wasn’t so much that I had a new job, as that I was simply moving my old job … Continue reading →

Categories: academic life, by Anne, Uncategorized

In slow-moving hurricanes, the danger comes from all the water

Posted on September 1, 2012 by Anne Jefferson

When Hurricane Isaac passed over New Orleans as a Category 1 storm on the seventh anniversary of the disastrous Hurricane Katrina, everyone in the US let out a big sigh of relief. A category 1 storm, the lowest level of … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology