Richard Campanella Tells Us About The Great Storm Of 1915

WWNO - New Orleans Public Radio | By Jesse Hardman

Published September 25, 2015 at 11:29 AM EDT

Each month we talk with Richard Campanella about his Cityscapes column for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune. This month the Professor of Geography at the Tulane School of Architecture talks about a very special anniversary: the story of the great storm of 1915, which hit 100 years ago.

WWNOs JesseHardmansat down withCampanellato talk about the centennial of the storm that hit just as New Orleans was coming into its own as a city.

Tulane Geographer Rich Campanella talks about the Great Storm of 1915

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As the new Coastal Reporter, Jesse Hardman will draw on 15 years of worldwide experience in radio, video and print journalism. As a radio reporter he has reported for NPR, BBC, and CBC, and for such familiar programs as Marketplace, This American Life, Latino USA, and Living on Earth. He served as a daily news reporter and news magazine producer for WBEZ in Chicago.

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