Forbes reports that FEMA’s outdated flood maps meant that many people in Hurricane Katrina’s path didn’t have flood insurance because, according to those maps, they weren’t in a flood plain and didn’t need it. More generally on inaccurate flood maps from this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article. Via All Points Blog and Cartography.

See previous entries: Hurricane Katrina: The Aftermath, Mississippi Channel; New Orleans Flood Map and More New Orleans Flood Maps.