Can Levee Board Members Force the Corps’ Hand?
Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry wants to appoint the board members who serve on the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, rather than let a blue-ribbon committee do it. What does this mean for the people of south Louisiana? Prior to Hurricane Katrina––and now––the US Army Corps of Engineers is 100% in charge of design, construction and […]
Founder Rosenthal meets with delegation from Brazil
This week, founder Sandy Rosenthal met with a delegation from the State of Rio Grande do Sul which had suffered catastrophic flooding last year on a scale similar to New Orleans in 2005. The visit, organized through U.S. Department of State, included some notable participants: Rodrigo Huguenin, Director of the Department of Energy at the […]
LeveesOrg Founder & Friends on Gov Jeff Landry’s Plan to Topple Levee Board Reform
Local celebrity Rudy Vorkapic (creator of The Levee), Stuart Lob (local engineer) and founder Sandy Rosenthal discuss the resignation of four East Levee Authority members upon the governor’s selection of its president and what this could mean for New Orleans’ levees and the people who live behind them. The podcast can be found here. The […]
