When Angela Chalk first heard there were ways that ordinary people could offset flooding in New Orleans, she was skeptical. Her neighbors in the Seventh Ward knew all about heavy rains that brought knee-high floodwaters, spilling into porches and marooning cars and homes, and were frustrated that it was something they felt powerless to stop......

Healthy Community Services’ Angela Chalk is a Spring 2021 Community Science Fellow with the American Geophysical Union’s Thriving Earth...