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Seven months ago, we contacted Cain Burdeau at the AP, and offered evidence that the Army Corps of Engineers had identified over 50 locations nationwide where I-walls needed repair, but the Corps had not revealed where they are.
That was May 31, the eve of Hurricane Season 2011. Since then, Burdeau filed a request for the 50+ locations under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), but was denied the information on the grounds that its revelation “could heighten risks of terrorism and sabotage.”
The citizens of the United States have a right to know if levees protecting them are deficient. Nothing makes that more obvious than the events that transpired in August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina exposed shoddy levee engineering.
After the Corps denied Burdeau’s FOIA, he dug up specifics about levee conditions by interviewing more than a dozen officials in as many states.
Meanwhile, Levees.org continues to draw attention to the Army Corps’ reluctance to reveal the whereabouts of deficient levees.
We are circulating a national petition. And Neighborland has joined us.
Neighborland – devoted to empowering residents to improve their neighborhoods – has partnered with Levees.org to help spread the word and demand better accountability from the Corps
If you haven’t yet, please sign our petition demanding that the Corps reveal the locations of 50 plus (and possibly 80 or more ) defective floodwalls nationwide.
You can sign anonymously if you wish.
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