New Hurricane Katrina study set for Mississippi, Alabama

  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) - Professors from the University of
Southern Mississippi will lead a new post-Hurricane Katrina study
to look at the resilience of coastal communities in Mississippi and
Alabama. The two-year study received $800,000 in federal funding
through the Department of Homeland Security. It will cover the
period of January 2001 to Aug. 30, 2005 and Aug. 31, 2005 to Dec.
31, 2008.