Chertoff defends Corps of Engineers in New Orleans flooding
The Homeland Security Secretary told a group of reporters last Wednesday that others besides the Army Corps of Engineers should take responsibility for the flooding of New Orleans. Michael Chertoff said more money should have been spent on maintenance rather than “earmarks and other things” over the years. (Chertoff is referring to allocations by Congress.) […]
NYTimes: New Orleans-like flood can happen to you
Updated June 28, 2014 In three pristine paragraphs, a oped contributor to the New York Times describes why the levee failures in New Orleans are a national problem, not a local one. The piece explains, as actor Harry Shearer said in a video Levees.Org created in April 2006, that over 120 levees nationwide are danger […]
Jefferson Parish joins call for new investigation of levees
The Jefferson Parish Council recently unanimously passed Resolution No. 109488 supporting the 8/29 Investigation Act. By doing so, Jefferson Parish joins St. Tammany, St. Bernard and New Orleans City Council in a show of unity that will be enormously significant when Congress decides if this legislation is worthy of passage. Here’s an excerpt from Councilwoman […]
