BATON ROUGE – The National Geographic Channel this weekend unveiled the start of a five-part series that takes a long look at predictions made by an LSU engineering professor before Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans.
Next month marks 20 years since the storm hit. A year before the storm, professor Ivor van Heerden had told PBS’ “Nova” television program that a terrible storm could soon strike the region. The new television series, which is also streaming on Hulu and Disney+, covers what came of van Heerden’s predictions.
“As Hurricane Katrina was approaching, we knew this was going to be a catastrophe,” he says in the show “Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time.”…