Corps of Engineers is culprit not savior
In a recent article, Associated Press reporter Brian Schwaner discusses the lack of progress in New Orleans. But Schwaner, like too many others, does not mention that New Orleans is in this mess because the US Army Corps of Engineers bungled the levees. The caption below the photograph says “if the Army Corps of Engineers [...]
pOp: From the Bay to the Bayous
As I prepare to head back home to New Orleans for my 2nd August “Katrina Commemoration” trip, Hurricane Dean is heading toward the Gulf of Mexico. Am I a bit nervous about being in New Orleans next week? Sure am… somehow, for me, growing up in a City that’s below sea level, a Cat-4 or [...]
NEWS: Prof. Ray Seed Publishes Final Report on Failure of New Orleans Levee System
From a report/document published on 8/24/06, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, UC, Berkeley: In its final report published on July 31, 2006, the team (of 38 engineers and investigators led by Professor Raymond Seed) concluded that the several dozen levee failures in this catastrophic event occurred for a number of reasons, including the choice of [...]
