Early this morning, eight years ago…
Updated Aug 30, 1:47 p.m. Early this morning, eight years ago, levees and canal walls in and around the City of New Orleans failed far below their design capacity. Neighborhoods throughout the city region – from St. Bernard Parish to the Lower Ninth Ward to Gentilly to Lakeview – were catastrophically flooded. Over eighteen hundred […]
Levees.org Responds to Omissions in George W. Bush Museum
Updated, Aug 26, 7:00 p.m. Today, Levees.org kicked off a campaign to draw attention to the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and Library. The facility – which operates on $6 million of taxpayer support every year – barely mentions any federal failures relating to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The exhibits don’t mention the failed […]
Levees.org Joins Diverse Array of Support for Coastal Erosion Lawsuit
Levees.org has joined a diverse array of Louisiana organizations and citizens calling on the Louisiana House and Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee to support the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority’s lawsuit filed against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for their destruction of the Louisiana coast. According to the agenda, the Wednesday, August […]
