In three pristine paragraphs, a New York Times opinion piece describes why the levee failures in New Orleans are a national problem, not a local one. The piece explains, as actor Harry Shearer said in a video Levees.Org created in April 2006, that over 120 levees nationwide are danger of failure. Some of the locations [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2008
Jefferson Parish joins call for new investigation of levees
Friday, February 15, 2008 – 8:01 am
The Jefferson Parish Council recently unanimously passed Resolution No. 109488 supporting the 8/29 Investigation Act. By doing so, Jefferson Parish joins St. Tammany, St. Bernard and New Orleans City Council in a show of unity that will be enormously significant when Congress decides if this legislation is worthy of passage. Here’s an excerpt from Councilwoman [...]
Federal judge: Army Corps is responsible for flood damage
Thursday, February 7, 2008 – 6:33 pm
It’s there for all to see. A federal judge has ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers was negligent and derelict in their duty to provide flood protection for the citizens of New Orleans. This means – as Levees.Org has been chanting all along – that the primary responsibility for the disastrous flooding rests [...]