Dr. Joyce Levine will serve as the director for the chapter in Florida which will be headquartered Fort Lauderdale. “My initial contact with Levees.Org involved Louisiana’s urgent needs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Levine, who teaches urban and regional planning at Florida Atlantic University. “However, my research focuses on disaster management and hazard [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2006
Be it the Corps or Congress; they were federal levees
Wednesday, September 6, 2006 – 2:00 am
To deflect criticism of the Corps of Engineers’ pre-Katrina workmanship, Lt Gen Carl Strock issued a news release the Thursday before Labor Day weekend with statements that either hide behind terminology or deflect blame. Earthen levees. Strock claimed that “Earthen levees are designed to withstand still water against their face or water flowing past, but [...]