Matt Faust’s award-winning short film ‘home’ can now be viewed on TV or purchased so you can enjoy anytime! ‘Home‘, a magical 6-minute movie, artfully captures the spirit of families’ personal loss when the levees failed in August 2005. Using before and after photographs, Faust, originally from St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana, assembled a [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2010
James Carville: Judgements validate that New Orleans flooding was more engineering failure than natural disaster
Monday, February 15, 2010 – 5:01 pm
CNN political contributor James Carville wrote about New Orleans today and the outlook for the metropolitan region in 2010. We think his piece was excellent. Among many things, James Carville remarked about the flooding five years ago. And in late 2009, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ mismanagement at the [...]
Katrina Myth passes 100,000 milestone
Saturday, February 13, 2010 – 7:17 pm
Thanks to you, our supporters and friends, our documentary, The Katrina Myth, that explains the truth about the New Orleans flooding has passed a milestone – 100,000 views! If you haven’t yet, click here to watch this short important video that exposes the key myths and misunderstandings about the August 2005 flood. Share it with [...]
Study says displaced New Orleans flood victims did NOT cause crime spike
Friday, February 12, 2010 – 11:02 pm
As reported in USA Today, Hurricane Katrina did not lead to a massive crime wave in evacuee cities despite news reports and police warnings at the time. A new study reported in the current Journal of Criminal Justice study led by sociologist Sean Varano of Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I looked at statistics for [...]
Levees.org’s new map and data published by InfrastructureUSA
Thursday, February 11, 2010 – 5:34 pm
InfrastructureUSA.org, an online community focused on generating a dynamic national conversation about America’s deteriorating civil infrastructure has published Levees.org’s new data and research on the benefits of levees. Levees.org recently obtained new data from FEMA confirming that more than half the American population lives in counties protected by levees. Levees.org commissioned a researcher (Ezra Boyd) [...]
Ivor van Heerden files suit against LSU for wrongful termination
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 – 9:35 pm
A lawsuit against Louisiana State University alleging harassment and the wrongful termination of a well-known professor and hurricane expert for his outspoken criticisms of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for levee failures after Hurricane Katrina will be filed on Wednesday, February 10 in Louisiana state court. Dr. Ivor van Heerden, his attorneys and several [...]
Army Corps denying information under FOIA unless Levees.org pays
Friday, February 5, 2010 – 12:21 pm
The Army Corps of Engineers has denied our waiver and is making us pay for information we are entitled to see under federal law. Thanks to you and your speedy ourpouring of funds, we can quickly request our information and not give the Corps another reason to delay giving us the data we seek. Thank [...]
Insurance Journal Magazine publishes Levees.org’s research
Thursday, February 4, 2010 – 4:31 pm
Today Insurance Journal magazine published Levees.org’s levee statistics and new data in its periodical. Insurance Journal and its web site, products of Wells Publishing, is a trade news organization covering the property/casualty insurance industry. Its magazines are published on a national/regional basis 24 times a year. There are five regional editions, and around 43,000 subscribers. [...]
Double kudos to reporter John Pope
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 – 1:55 pm
John Pope, reporter for the Times Picayune wrote a really great story about the power of the New Orleans spirit as well as the magic of the Saints success and how it has energized the New Orleans region. Reporter Pope also accurately portrayed the flooding of August 2005 as due to the “federal levee failures.” [...]