By Bill Capo – Eyewitness News – June 1, 2011

From a helicopter flying over the eastern edge of New Orleans, the director of the Governor's Office of Coastal Activities pointed out improvements to the area's hurricane protection system since Hurricane Katrina. "What we're flying over right now, this is the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet," said Garret Graves. "You can see the levee, all the work underway right there. " But what concerns Graves is that Katrina did so much damage to the coast, making New Orleans more vulnerable to future hurricane storm surges. "Hurricane Katrina caused the loss of about 217 square miles of wetlands. It surely brought the Gulf of Mexico closer. That being said there is extraordinary investment in work underway right now." For full story, click here.