Slidell gets WorldWinds computer complex

SLIDELL, La. - WorldWinds Inc. has installed one of the most powerful computer clusters in the New Orleans area at Slidell's Gause Boulevard Complex. WorldWinds purchased the system to run storm surge simulations for historical and hypothetical hurricanes, which will be used by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to develop new flood zone maps. The complex, which once was home to a NASA computer complex, also houses Textron Marine and Land Systems. WorldWinds is headquartered at Stennis Space Center, Miss. (Source: WorldWinds, 11/11/10)