Senator Landrieu proposes transforming Corps of Engineers
This morning I participated in Senator Mary Landrieu’s press conference on her CoDel to the Netherlands May 26-29 to which HJ Bosworth Jr and I were invited guests. The Senator restated her praise of how the Dutch people engineer for guaranteed security and she denounced the US Army Corps of Engineers unsustainable “patch and pray” […]
What I learned from the Dutch about flood protection
Shown here is one of many ways the Dutch make water a part of life. In this photo I took from a walkway bridge, you can see a “pleasure pier” built for citizens to enjoy the beautiful canals of Amsterdam. While touring the Netherlands with Senator Mary Landrieu on a congressional delegation visit, HJ Bosworth […]
Final day touring The Netherlands with CoDel
Shortly, I will begin my final day touring the Netherlands with Senator Mary Landrieu’s Congressional Delegation. For the past two days, HJ Bosworth Jr and I, along with two members of the Army Corps of Engineers and others, have departed promptly at 7am and returned after 10p. The days have been long, but jam packed […]
