1. A Specific Case Scenario Katrina Makes Landfall on Louisiana Coast and Hits the Tulane University Campus A Librarian’s Nightmare Jud Copeland, Library Director LSU@Eunice LALINC Secretary

2. Monday, August 29, 2005 At 6:10 AM CDT, Hurricane Katrina made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on the Louisiana coast with sustained winds of more than 125 mph (201 km/h).CDTCategory 3 At approximately 8:14 AM CDT, the New Orleans office of the National Weather Service issues a Flash Flood Warning for Orleans Parish and St Bernard Parish.CDT National Weather ServiceFlash Flood Warning The National Weather Service predicted three to eight feet of water and advised people in the warning area to "move to higher ground immediately."National Weather Service By 9:00 AM CDT, there was 6-8 feet of water in the Lower Ninth Ward.CDTLower Ninth Ward At 2:00 PM CDT, New Orleans officials confirmed a breach of the 17th Street Canal levee. There was also confirmation of breaches at two other canals.CDT 17th Street Canallevee

3. Jud, in response to your inquiry re: Katrina damage, we are still in the rough estimate stages, but it looks like over $16m in collections and another $6m in structural damage, for a total in excess of $22m. Best of luck in this effort. Lance Query, Dean of Libraries and Academic Information Resources Tulane University Responses as of February 24, 2006

4. Tulane has 9 libraries, containing 2.2 million volumes, 14,000 periodicals and 1.6 million government documents

37. Tulane Library After Katrina…