Greater New Orleans flood, one of top stories of decade, deserves accurate coverage
As 2009 drew to a close, many articles covered the most memorable events of the past decade. Naturally, they all included the metro New Orleans flood. But the former chief of Gannett’s Capitol Bureau speaking to the Alexandra Town Talk stands out and gets a “seal of approval” from Levees.org for accurately describing the August […]
Why was Levees.org founded in New Orleans after Katrina?
Updated June 30, 2014. Until the American people see that the flooding of metro New Orleans was a federal responsibility, they will never see rebuilding as a federal duty nor see they too could be in danger. And so Levees.org was founded, to help everyone everywhere understand why the New Orleans region was so vulnerable […]
Levees.org’s new levee stats getting national attention
Levees.org’s newly-released levee statistics and the positive correlation of levees to the U.S. economy is enjoying nationwide circulation. The story appeared today in Homeland Security’s Newswire Service. And yesterday, it was sent to the 150,000 members of the American Society of Civil Engineers. These are the people who need to understand that levees, and their […]
