So we know that the New Orleans levee-risk study was faulted – we know that engineers have criticized holes in the analysis that was conducted, and that the Army Corps of Engineers admitted in June 2006 that design flaws in the New Orleans levee system had caused most of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Did [...]
Daily Archives: Wednesday, January 24, 2007
NEWS: Prof. Ray Seed – Saving CA’s Delta?
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: Can we save California’s Delta? Raymond B. Seed, Professor of GeoEngineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA, Past Presentation 2006 The catastrophic flooding of New Orleans during hurricane Katrina was the single most costly failure of an engineered system in history. It was also a social and cultural [...]
NEWS: Bea raised concerns about levee stability
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-18/116374673823330.xml&coll=1 Landfill standards strengthened Bea raised concerns about levee stability Friday, November 17, 2006 By Mark Schleifstein The stacking of millions of pounds of debris from Hurricane Katrina in the city-owned Old Gentilly Landfill in eastern New Orleans will have to meet more stringent safety requirements to protect a neighboring hurricane levee, officials with the [...]
NEWS: Interview with UC Berkeley’s Dr. Robert Bea
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
Interview with Robert Bea online UC Berkeley professor Robert Bea discusses the progress of levee rebuilding in New Orleans in an online interview with the Earth & Sky radio series. http://www.earthsky.org/shows/observingearth_interviews.php?id=49361 Cut and paste the hyperlink into your browser to view/hear this interesting interview. Dr. Bea is a Professor at Department of Civil and [...]
NEWS: FEMA reassesses Sacto levees
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/92549.html FEMA reassesses some Sacramento levees, requiring flood insurance By SAMANTHA YOUNG, | Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM The federal government on Wednesday announced it is reversing an earlier decision and redrawing flood maps for a fast-growing region near the state capital, acknowledging the risk [...]
NEWS: Natomas and Area Levees
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=23022 Virtually all Natomas homeowners will be required to purchase flood insurance beginning this November after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the 50,000-acre area will soon be labeled as a special flood risk zone, FEMA officials announced Wednesday. Under a remapping of flood hazards currently underway in the Natomas area, FEMA officials are [...]
NEWS: 2007 Wish List for N.O. and Bay Area
Wednesday, January 24, 2007 – 1:00 am
New Orleans 2007 Wish List Sunday, December 31, 2006 On this last day of 2006, I’ve got a wish list for the coming year. If New Orleans could achieve these 10 things in the next 12 months….well, a guy can dream, right? 1. $1 billion in Road Home funds distributed to Louisiana citizens [...]