Forum: Coming home, Stronger than before

Coming home, stronger than beforea forum defining a coast TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2006 7PM – 9PMLOCATION ST. DOMINIC GYM; 6326 MEMPHIS ST. LAKEVIEWReception (6PM – 7PM) Each speaker will present their topic followed by an inter panel discussion, and final Q&A by the audience. Moderated by Garland Robinette. GUEST SPEAKERS: Eugene Schreiber of the World […]

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Expert Panel chides Army Corps’ levee system

On the 15 month anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history, the American Society of Civil Engineers released their final report reviewing the work by the US Army Corps of Engineers’ Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET). The following paragraph comes from Chapter 9 on “Re-evaluating and Fixing the Hurricane Protection System” (highlighting is […]

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Corps to host Open House on MRGO

“The hurricane storm surge and salt water intrusion caused by MRGO must be stopped. If you want to know more about this issue, come to an informational meeting and open house hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers on October 28, 2006 to solicit community input on plans to deauthorize deep draft navigation on […]

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