Cartoonist: LSU and Ivor Van Heerden

Cartoonist Fred Mulhearn’s depiction of Louisiana State University is so funny even Ivor van Heerden cannot help but smile. Dr. Van Heerden just forwarded this to me. It first appeared in The Advocate, Sun Jan 3, 2010. Here it is for everyone to see.

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The New Orleans region and its levees is not alone

When Gerry Galloway revealed in a briefing to Congress last year that 43% of the American population lives in counties protected by levees, we wanted to know exactly where those counties were. So I called Galloway on his cell phone and asked him for it. Galloway told me he didn’t have it, that it was […]

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Levees.org featured on front page of Times Picayune

A story about important new data released by Levees.org is featured today on the front page of the New Orleans Times Picayune. “Levee statistics point up their importance to nation’s economy” is about the American people and their relationship with levees. It’s also over a year in the making.  It took 6 months alone just […]

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