The idea of fractured space is also taken up by Gesine Weinmiller, whose proposed memorial has 18 blocks which appear as a fragmented Star of David when viewed from a certainangle.
We published a major multiday series several years ago called Washing Away in which we laid out in very stark and clear and understandable terms what would happen if a hurricane of this magnitude approached New Orleans from a certainangle, as this one did, and pushed the waters of Lake Pontchartrain against the levees.
Beware of buying golf clubs for your giftee, unless you have very specific marching orders, such as a particular new driver model with a certain shaft, loft, lie angle and grip size.