Corps denies role in levee failures
In a recent USA Today article, the Army Corps of Engineers is “crawfishing.” That’s what a Louisiana crawfish does when it meets a foe – raises its little claws in defiance and walks backwards. In this article, the Corps is repeating their mantra that “they’re not responsible for the levees” in New Orleans that crumbled […]
Gov watchdog looks at Corps Faulty Pumps
The Government Accountability Office has responded to pressure from Louisiana’s senior senator to review the US Army Corps of Engineers’ installation of $26 million worth of pumps installed last year in New Orleans even though senior officials knew they were defective. After the Corps of Engineers’ supposedly Cat 3-proof levees failed in a Cat 2 […]
NYTimes: Levees were supposed to protect
As we dig out from the wreckage of two tornadoes, and as we get back to the daily grind of rebuilding our lives in New Orleans courtesy of the collapse of the federal levees, it is always healthy and smart to rejoice in the positive. That little bit of positive came from the editorial board […]
