Army Corps: Isaac to blame for flooding outside post-K levee improvements
On Friday at Headquarters, the Army Corps revealed the impact of New Orleans’ post-Katrina flood protection on neighboring communities. The Corps’ report says the $10 billion improvements may have been responsible for adding an average of 1 inch in surge heights during Isaac. It said LaPlace saw a slightly lower surge due to the betterments. […]
Should the Flood Survivors of Sandy Relocate?
Before Hurricane Sandy struck the northeast, the prevailing attitude in Washington, D.C. and much of America toward Katrina survivors was that hurricanes and flooding were New Orleans’ problem. Myself, a resident of that cultural gem, I was considered partly responsible for my losses when the government-built levees broke and flooded 80 percent of New Orleans. […]
Sandy Speaks on Hurricane Sandy
When the Governor of Massachusetts recommended that all college classes be cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy, he also canceled my presentation at my alma mater. I had been invited to Mount Holyoke College to tell the student body about my leadership of Levees.org which I founded in New Orleans after Katrina. Spoiler alert, the hurricane’s […]
