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 [...]
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Corps of Engineers in New Orleans investigated itself
Thursday, April 19, 2007 – 8:58 pm
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
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 – 11:30 am
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 [...]
Corps denies role in levee failures
Sunday, April 15, 2007 – 10:34 am
In a recent USA Today article, the Army Corps of Engineers is “crawfishing.” That’s what a Louisiana crawfish does when it meets a foe – raises its little claws in defiance and walks backwards. In this article, the Corps is repeating their mantra that “they’re not responsible for the levees” in New Orleans that crumbled [...]
PoP: Discover the Delta
Tuesday, April 3, 2007 – 2:00 am
Sacramento CVB: The California Delta is an intriguing labyrinth of waterways formed by the confluence of the Sacramento, Mokelumne and San Joaquin rivers as they flow into the WSan Francisco Bay. With 1,000 miles of meandering channels, rivers, sloughs and cuts, this fresh-water system offers an abundance of water activities in this decidedly laid-back community. [...]