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Comment on Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal by Nell Rattler

Nell Rattler — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 05:45:44 +0000

Sandy, Thanks for all your hard work & dedication through levees.org.
Just wondering if it’s too late to be apart of the mrgo lawsuit/settlement. My family was affected & we are residents/homeowners of the lower 9th ward…

Comment on Levees.org’s Oregon Chapter Director studied historic New Orleans neighborhood revival in dissertation by David Orr

David Orr — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 19:05:31 +0000

Congratulations, Leslie! You are doing great work!

Comment on Levees.org Unveils Second Historic Plaque at London Avenue Canal Breach Site by S. Rosenthal

S. Rosenthal — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:20:54 +0000

Thank you for the kind words! I like this phrasing: the engineering failure that killed, broke the hearts of and financially devastated so many.

Comment on Levees.org Unveils Second Historic Plaque at London Avenue Canal Breach Site by Ken McCarthy

Ken McCarthy — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 15:56:41 +0000

Justice begins with the truth and levees.org has been the ultimate truth teller about the engineering failure that killed, broke the hearts of and financially devestated so many. Keep up the good work!

Comment on Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal by S. Rosenthal

S. Rosenthal — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:44:10 +0000

Laurie, no amount of money will make your family whole. But if this lawsuit goes all the way to the Supreme Court, you can at least be made partially whole. –Sandy

Comment on Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal by Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:03:45 +0000

My family is still till this day living the aftermath of Katrina. My husband and I and our youngest son have been living apart since the storm.
Life as we know it does not exist. St. Bernard parish almost 7 years later. You can’t get 7 years back!

Comment on Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal by S. Rosenthal

S. Rosenthal — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:53:00 +0000

Mr. Walker, the Army Corps of Engineers will appeal the ruling. There is nothing the citizens can do but wait while the appeal goes all the way to the Supreme Court. We can expect to know the outcome in late 2013. Dr. Ivor van Heerden expects the ruling to be upheld and for the plaintiffs to be victorious. However, Dr. van Heerden also notes that the ruling would be unfair because everyone in regional New Orleans was affected by the levee failures, not just those in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower Ninth Ward. Dr. van Heerden predicts a “Katrina Bill” which would compensate everyone even those denied relief because the Corps was protected by sovereign immunity in the Flood Control Act of 1928.

Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org

Comment on Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal by Kenny walker

Kenny walker — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 13:23:36 +0000

I lived in St Bernard Parish during Katrina What is the next step. Like thousands of others I lost everything that day. What most people don’t get we lost our community and way of life.

Comment on The Urban Legends of Katrina by S. Rosenthal

S. Rosenthal — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:48:10 +0000

Dear Richard,

There were over 50 breaches of the hurricane protection levees in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish on August 29, 2005. Levees breached and failed for a variety of different reasons. When Levees.org began the nomination process by selecting the 17th Street Canal and the east side north breach of the Industrial Canal, it was always intended that these be first two, not the last two. The nomination process is complex and the amount of work is both extensive and expensive. Faced with a deadline in July 2010, Levees.org was compelled, at least initially, to nominate two breach sites which, we felt if taken together might illustrate the broad scope of the disaster.

An additional four levee breach sections (that retain integrity) that occurred on August 29, 2005 may be nominated to the National Register at a later date following future research on those breach sites.

We also wish to bring to your attention that Levees.org did the work and absorbed the expense to install a Louisiana State Historic Plaque at the east side London Avenue Canal breach site. The plaque is located at the intersection of Warrington and Mirabeau and was installed on May 20, 2011 with Irvin Mayfield Jr present who played on the Elysian Trumpet.

Comment on The Urban Legends of Katrina by Richard

Richard — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:35 +0000

Why not the London ave canal leeve?