Army Corps Head needs levee lessons
It was bad enough when Rep Louie Gohmert R-TX, a bona fide member of Congress recently revealed in a House Committee meeting (through his surprised questions and behavior) that he didn’t know the failed levees in New Orleans were Army Corps levees. Yes, they’re federal levees not Louisiana levees. But I got serious chills when [...]
Corps of Engineers in New Orleans investigated itself
Things are heating up with Levees.Org’s push for an 8/29 Commission to investigate the failure of the federally built levees in metropolitan New Orleans. We need this Commission because the only congressionally ordered study is the IPET Report – sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Since the Army Corps had sole responsibility for [...]
New Orleans levee board was impotent
A New York Times article by John Schwartz implies (falsely) that the New Orleans levee boards were somehow, some way to blame for the flooding and devastation of New Orleans. 1. Schwartz begins by saying “the New Orleans board was criticized by local residents as corrupt, ineffective, and overly focused on a ….fountain and a [...]
