Times Picayune reporter to receive Levees.org Seal of Approval
Finding that it is easier to catch flies with honey, Levees.org routinely awards Seals of Approval to journalists and reporters who resist fast easy but wrong Katrina ‘shorthand’ and who accurately describe the flood catastrophe of August 2005. Today, Jaquetta White of the New Orleans Times Picayune will receive an SOA for her accurate depiction […]
The Myth of the Drive-by Levee Inspections
Three months after the the levees broke during Katrina, the New Orleans Times Picayune reported that annual levee inspections in Orleans Parish tended to be quick drive-by affairs ending with lunch for 40-60 people costing the state as much as $900. That event was actually a ceremony and intended as a social occasion for Army Corps […]
LeveesOrg Hosts Levee Disaster Bike Tour
On Sunday May 6, Levees.org will launch its first Levee Disaster Bike Tour. The 90-minute tour starts at the City Park Boat and Bike Rentals at Big Lake Trail. We leave at 9 a.m. and taking safe, marked biking routes, we will bike to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) and hear a […]
