Rising Tide....

For those interested in reading an informative and insightful analysis of the last time New Orleans and the Delta faced catastrophe, don't pass up John M. Barry's RISING TIDE: THE GREAT MISSISSIPPI FLOOD OF 1927 AND HOW IT CHANGED AMERICA (New York: Touchstone/Simon and Schuster, 1997). If history is an indication, the events of this week could prove to be transformative for US politics as well as the economy.... New Orleans