Head of Army Corps Responds to Levees.org’s Demand for Locations of Faulty Levees
Late last summer, civil engineer Matt McBride (Fix the Pumps) brought important information to our attention. The ever vigilant Mr. McBride had discovered that the Army Corps of Engineers had issued an Engineering Technical Letter (ETL 1110-2-575) stating that the Corps had identified over 50 levee projects nationwide with potential performance concerns. But the Corps […]
Clever Website Tells Story of New Orleans Flood of 2005
We think everyone should check out this handy-dandy website that gives an excellent ‘short take’ on New Orleans and the Great Flood of 2005. Professor Stephen Nelson, Assoc Professor in Earth & Env Sciences at Tulane University created the site for his students. Appropriately so, it starts out with a Myth Buster section and a […]
Lee Zurik on Levees.org’s Quest to Expose Online Attacks by Individuals in Position of Public Trust
Lee Zurik, investigative reporter for Fox 8 Live, recently did a story about Levees.org’s quest to roll back the curtains on the practice of vicious online commenting. But first a little background. In December 2008, using back end tools available to any amateur blogger, we discovered that employees with the Army Corps of Engineers were […]