Corps admits huge error after they’re caught
It seems the IPET made a huge error in their predictions of flooding in New Orleans’ Lakeview and Old Metairie neighborhoods. On June 20, 2007, the IPET team released flood maps saying the flooding in those areas was – due to the new floodgates and pumps – reduced by 5 feet. It turns out that […]
Why Levees.Org removed its PSA from YouTube
Levees.Org was served an order to Cease and Desist from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on November 10, 2007. We were ordered to remove our funny student-made Public Service Announcement (PSA) from YouTube. If we refused, the ASCE promised “appropriate legal action.” We stand behind every word of our PSA. But had we […]
ASCE meets YouTube
Early this past week, an in-house attorney for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) served Levees.Org with a Cease and Desist letter, ordering us to remove our latest Public Service Announcement from YouTube. On Tuesday night, the webmaster, my 17 year old son removed the video from view, after returning from his out-of-state track […]
