Dr. Ray Seed, a respected well-known engineer has submitted a 42-page letter detailing how the US Army Corps of Engineers controlled the official levee investigation in New Orleans and the external peer review, too. Dr. Seed wished to follow proper channels and so brought his complaint to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2007
Levees.Org responds to news of ASCE ethics probe
Tuesday, November 20, 2007 – 12:06 pm
Last week, while the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was threatening us with legal action for our cute video spoof portraying the ASCE’s questionable behavior, it turns out ASCE had in their back pocket the very same complaint from one of their own!
The ASCE (a giant) served Levees.Org (a fledgling non-profit) a Cease and [...]
Corps admits huge error after they’re caught
Friday, November 16, 2007 – 6:07 pm
It seems the IPET made a huge error in their predictions of flooding in New Orleans’ Lakeview and Old Metairie neighborhoods. On June 20, 2007, the IPET team released flood maps saying the flooding in those areas was – due to the new floodgates and pumps – reduced by 5 feet. It turns [...]
Why Levees.Org removed its PSA from YouTube
Friday, November 16, 2007 – 7:10 am
Levees.Org was served an order to Cease and Desist from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on November 10, 2007. We were ordered to remove our funny student-made Public Service Announcement (PSA) from YouTube. If we refused, the ASCE promised “appropriate legal action.”
We stand behind every word of our PSA. But [...]
ASCE meets YouTube
Thursday, November 15, 2007 – 3:06 pm
Early this past week, an in-house attorney for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) served Levees.Org with a Cease and Desist letter, ordering us to remove our latest Public Service Announcement from YouTube. On Tuesday night, the webmaster, my 17 year old son removed the video from view, after returning from his out-of-state [...]
Corps denies blame in New Orleans levee failures
Saturday, November 10, 2007 – 8:04 am
Our new PSA video is a HIT, garnering over 27,000 views in 4 days and bringing lots of focus to the 8/29 Investigation, a whole new analysis of the flood protection failures in metro New Orleans.
Due to the hoopla, you may be hearing this objection:
“The Corps has already admitted they’re at fault. [...]
Student-made PSA rockets to Top of the Charts
Wednesday, November 7, 2007 – 11:50 am
Thanks to a finely tuned campaign, our newest Public Service Announcement, a student-made video, has earned 14 honors in 24 hours and earned a spot on the home page of YouTube in all categories.
This PSA, a spoof, illustrates how the US Army Corps of Engineers had too much influence and control over the official levee [...]
Watch our new Public Service Announcement!
Monday, November 5, 2007 – 10:24 pm
Click here to view our third in a series of Public Service Announcements!
This PSA, a spoof, illustrates how the US Army Corps of Engineers had too much control over the official levee investigation and also over the expert review panel.
Click here to see the one-minute video!
Our newest Public Service Announcement coming soon!
Sunday, November 4, 2007 – 8:20 am
In our latest Public Service Announcement video, we’re questioning the integrity and impartiality of the US Army Corps of Engineers’ levee investigation (IPET).
Levees.Org believes the Corps had way too much influence over the official levee investigation and also in the external peer review panel.
Saturday morning, November 3, 2007 we gave the press a sneak preview [...]