New videos tell the tragedy of New Orleans
Updated June 29, 2014 I recently spent 3 hours in New Orleans lower ninth ward “lovebug swatting” while camera crews filmed Miss Juliette Allen for our Public Service Announcement (PSA) released today to an anticipating audience at a press conference. They were not disappointed by the 30-second video and also a second PSA featuring a […]
Corps defines New Orleans 100 year flood protection
Some experts recently clarified what it means for New Orleanians to be protected from a 100 year storm. At the annual Tulane Engineering Forum, Rick Anderson, chief actuary for California-based Risk Management Solutions, said 100-year storm protection does not translate into a “100-year guarantee.’’ He adds that 100-year protection means there is a 39.4 percent […]
See new video by Levees.Org!
In a recent press conference, Levees.Org unveiled records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showing how just weeks after levees failed in New Orleans, the people responsible for making the levees, the US Army Corps of Engineers, directed and later paid an engineering group to communicate lessons learned from Katrina. The American Society of […]
