February 9, 2009 - Earth

sagar: Author=’Lindsay Patterson’ program=” video=’8′This was one of the few houses still standing on the Bolivar Peninsula in Gilchrist, TX after Hurricane Ike. Image Credit: b.rush “We tend to have a short memory about natural disasters. We tend to have a natural disaster and suffer a lot of damage and a lot of life, but we tend to forget the lessons after about 10 or 20 years. We need to educate the younger people that these disasters do occur, and there are ways to plan for them.” – Robert Dalrymple

Coastal engineer Robert Dalrymple was included on Wired Magazine’s “Smart List” in 2008. He spoke to EarthSky’s Lindsay Patterson about smarter ways to build for more extreme and frequent storms.

Robert Dalrymple is professor of civil engineering at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.

Our thanks to:
Robert Dalrymple
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland

Written by Lindsay Patterson