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.
Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew was one of the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit the United States. It raged from August 16 to August 28 during the 1992 Atlantic hurricane season, impacting the northwestern Bahamas, southern Florida in the greater Miami area, and south-central Louisiana. Andrew caused $26 billion ($45 billion in 2005 US dollars) in damages and is the second most expensive hurricane in history (behind Katrina of the 2005 season). Note: The above text is excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hurricane Andrew, which has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License.