Hurricane Gustav has not been a significant challenge for New Orleans and its citizens, including Venkat-Ramani. A geophysicist involved in the search for oil and gas reservoirs beneath the seafloor in the Gulf, she is an alumnus of the University of Wisconsin- Madison, the president of the New Orleans chapter of the Wisconsin Alumni Association and member of the alumni board for the universityâ??s geology department. She is also an avid and well-read New Orleans blogger, having covered the impact and implications of Katrina and subsequent storms since first having to evacuate over 1100 days ago.
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