“Wiring” the Hudson: is the water clean?

My friends at the Beacon Institute are using real-time data to find out just what, exactly, is going on in the Hudson River, and say this technology “could be transformational to the field of environmental science.” Here’s the Press Release: Launch of New Sensor Device on Hudson Set to “Wire” River for Cleaner Water Beacon…

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Big Easy: “Let There Be Floods”

New Orleans has a radical new plan for managing floods By John Upton Derek BridgesNew Orleans won’t let a little rain kill its buzz. The Big Easy has a multibillion-dollar new philosophy for dealing with flooding: Let it happen. (At least in some spots.) New Orleans is a low-lying city built on swampland, and its leaders are…

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Spreading the Ripples!

A big *thanks* to the Salisbury Forum, in CT, which hosted me and a screening of Last Call at the Oasis at the Millerton, NY, Moviehouse.  Somehow, Walter De Melle pulled in over 300 people on a gorgeous Sunday morning.  They were engaged and asked good questions.  Now that’s “spreading the ripples”!   https://salisburyforum.org/ https://www.themoviehouse.net/  

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Who to call to call when levees break or oil rigs explode? Check out my latest piece in Feb Mens Journal: THE MASTER OF DISASTER

THE MASTER OF DISASTER By Alex Prud’homme Men’s Journal, February 2013   Bob Bea, the nation’s foremost forensic engineer, is the guy to call when levees break or oil rigs explode — to sift through the wreckage, assign blame, and try to prevent the same mistakes again. (He’s still working on that part.)   Robert Bea’s large, beige, seemingly bland…

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