Where: Old Hammond Hwy Bridge over the 17th Street Canal Day: May 29, the nine month anniversary of Katrina Time: 9:45 am – the recorded moment the 17th Canal breached WHY: On Memorial Day, we pay homage to the men and women who gave their lives for our country. We encourage the citizens of New Orleans and [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2006
New Study faults Army Corps for New Orleans levee failures
Wednesday, May 24, 2006 – 2:00 am
Presented May 22, 2006 in New Orleans Funded by the National Science Foundation Highlights compiled by Levees.Org Levees and floodwalls are constructed to form rings that protect various areas of the Metropolitan New Orleans Area. The Berkeley/NSF report focuses upon three of these protected basins areas that were catastrophically flooded. St Bernard and the Lower [...]