Clearly Judge Stanwood Duval is frustrated in his January 30, 2008 decision regarding the plight of the victims of the federal levee breaks in metro New Orleans. This excerpt comes from his statement from the Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation. “…While the United States government is immune for legal liability for the defalcations alleged herein, [...]
Monthly Archives: January 2008
PersOp: Jan ’08 New Orleans visit updates
Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 11:28 pm
Some of you know that I was born and raised in New Orleans. I’ve lived in Northern CA since 1986, however my birth family and family history is in New Orleans. I visited for a couple of days, flying out of Oakland on New Years’ Day. The weather in N.O. was absolutely beautiful: sunny, yet [...]
NEWS: Delta collapse would cost billions
Sunday, January 27, 2008 – 11:15 pm
According to Valley Water News, annual issue 2007, for the Santa Clara Valley Water District: A network of aging and eroding levees, subsiding islands, climagte change, wastewater discharge, toxics, mounting regulatory uncertainties, and a struggling ecosystem plague the Delta. Studies predict a 60 percent chance that an earthquake in the Delta region over the next [...]
PersOp: IMAX Hurricane on the Bayou
Thursday, January 10, 2008 – 11:32 pm
“Shot before and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina and featuring state of the art CGI special effects depicting the height of the storm’s fury, HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU brings into focus the startling loss of Louisiana’s rapidly disappearing coastal wetlands that are New Orleans’ first line of defense against storms.” In December, I [...]