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Brad Henry Minnesota 2050 is an initiative to create awareness in private citizens, in politicians, and in public agencies about the vast infrastructure network that supports the health, safety and economic well-being of every Minnesotan. The initiative includes the importance of not only building infrastructure but of sufficiently maintaining it so that it will continue [...] The Gulf and, more importantly, the city of New Orleans is sinking. As time goes by, the city gets lower and its vulnerability to severe weather events increases. One proposed innovative solution requires a reversal in the thinking of the engineering control of river systems. Over many years the standard approach for flood control and protection on the Mississippi has been to build levees that confine the main channel. As seen in Hurricane Katrina, this approach is not always effective. [...] Editor’s Note: This post is Part 2 of a two-part transcript from an Access Minnesota interview with Dr. Massoud Amin. Access Minnesota is a weekly public affairs radio and television show featuring noted academics, authors, politicians and business leaders engaging in common sense conversations about compelling and relevant issues in the state of Minnesota, across the nation, and around the globe. [...] Editor’s Note: This post is Part 1 of a two-part transcript from an Access Minnesota interview with Dr. Massoud Amin. Access Minnesota is a weekly public affairs radio and television show featuring noted academics, authors, politicians and business leaders engaging in common sense conversations about compelling and relevant issues in the state of Minnesota, across the nation, and around the globe. [...] How secure is our electric grid and what can we do to protect it in a post 9/11 world? In the aftermath of the tragic events of 9/11, I became responsible for research and development (R&D) on infrastructure security at the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Faced with many reports and files claiming either that “we were bullet proof” or that “the sky was falling”…it turned out that neither extreme was true of the entire electric-power sector. No doubt, however, the existing power-delivery system is vulnerable to natural disasters and to intentional attacks. A successful terrorist attempt to disrupt the power-delivery system could seriously impact national security, the economy, and the life of every American. [...] |
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