Applications of Communication Infrastructure Theory. The Metamorphosis Project has a history of conducting applied and engaged scholarship. Notably, several past and present team members have utilized CIT to advance community health promotion (Wilkin, 2013; Wilkin, Moran, Ball-Rokeach, Gonzalez, & Kim, 2010).
NEW ORLEANS â Hurricane Isaac crashed ashore in southeast Louisiana on Tuesday, bringing high winds and soaking rains that pose the first test for multibillion-dollar flood defenses put in place in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast seven years ago.
20 Years After Hurricane Andrew, Storm Costs and Ideology Loom Over Florida. Rows of damaged houses between Homestead and Florida City, Fla. sit in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew, Aug. 25, 1992. Hurricane Andrew, which slammed into South Florida on Aug. 24, 1992, was the second costliest storm in modern U.S. history. Here in Miami-Dade County, which took the monstrous brunt of Andrewâs Category 5 winds, weâre observing the 20 th anniversary by battening down the hatches for a new cyclone, Tropical Storm Isaac â which could be a hurricane when it passes near Tampa and the Republican National Convention.