Four days after a federal judge in New Orleans determined our Army Corps of Engineers’ actions “resulted in a catastrophic loss of human life and property in unprecedented proportions,” a New York Times article continues to use harmful Katrina shorthand.
That is, a reporter for the newspaper with the third highest circulation in the country said [...]
Monthly Archives: November 2009
TIME magazine’s Michael Grunwald on Judge Duval’s ruling in New Orleans
Sunday, November 22, 2009 – 11:36 am
MSNBC’s Rachel Maddox did her homework and invited Mike Grunwald of TIME magazine to discuss federal Judge Stanwood Duval’s landmark decision holding your Army Corps of Engineers both responsible AND liable for the flooding caused when its levees broke in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish.
Mike Grunwald, who once grumbled to me over [...]
How the judgement against the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans affects you
Friday, November 20, 2009 – 3:41 pm
Though some news sources are focusing on the financial burden of federal Judge Stanwood Duval’s recent judgement in New Orleans, most articles are about the nationwide ramifications.
For example, the Chicago Tribune story begins with this:
“The harshly worded legal ruling this week that held the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for much of the flooding during [...]
Levees.org: On Judge Stanwood Duval’s ruling
Thursday, November 19, 2009 – 8:48 am
A friend just congratulated me for being part of the reason the federal government must be held responsible for (some) of the flooding on August 29, 2005 in metro New Orleans. “That must be a huge reward for you!” she wrote.
To me, the reward is helping the American people understand that the 2005 levee [...]
BREAKING: Federal judge rules Corps of Engineers liable for flood damage
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 – 11:12 pm
In a groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was directly responsible for flood damage of homes in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
Plaintiff attorneys Joe Bruno and Pierce O’Donnell said they expect to [...]
Boston Globe reporter gets Levees.org “seal of approval”
Thursday, November 12, 2009 – 4:56 pm
Reporter Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe gets the Levees.org “seal of approval” for resisting harmful Katrina shorthand, for not saying inaccurately that Katrina flooded New Orleans.
“…The storm hit Monday, the levees broke Tuesday….”
Indeed, saying Katrina flooded New Orleans would be like saying traffic broke the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis. Both Katrina and the [...]
Levees.org launches book review series starting with Catastrophe in the Making
Thursday, November 12, 2009 – 3:15 pm
Levees.org today released its first in a series of book reviews on books that address the metro New Orleans flooding.
The series debuts with “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow” (Island Press, 2009). The opinions expressed below are those of Sandy Rosenthal on behalf of Levees.org.
Authors William [...]
Times Picayune food editor gets Levees.org seal of approval
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 – 3:36 pm
Judy Walker, food editor for the New Orleans Times Picayune gets the Levees.org “seal of approval” for her characterization of the metro New Orleans flooding on August 29, 2005.
In describing how a house behind hers flooded, Ms. Walker wrote, “…after the levees failed and four feet of water washed in and out of [...]
Councilman Fielkow to Blakely: despite worst man-made disaster in country, New Orleans has bright future
Tuesday, November 3, 2009 – 1:34 pm
New Orleans, LA – Below is a statement from New Orleans City Council President Arnie Fielkow issued on Nov. 3 regarding the comments by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely to a West Coast online television station.
“I find the recent public comments made by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely (to [...]