Founder Rosenthal invited to comment on Audubon Institute’s deal with Tulane U over public space
UPDATED: One week after this post, Audubon Nature Institutes (ANI) announced there would be no deal with Tulane University over the use of public space at ANI’s tennis courts. —– On Memorial Day Weekend two years ago, founder Sandy Rosenthal dusted off her community rallying skills to pursue an issue of public space. Rosenthal created […]
Founder Rosenthal featured on the Nan McKay show
Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on Nan McKay’s new podcast called Trailblazers Impact. Rosenthal discusses how she and her group Levees.org took on the organization responsible for the engineering design flaws in New Orleans’ levees –– the US Army Corps of Engineers. In addition she provided these takeaways: How to take it upon […]
“Katrina” Remains the Terrible Apex
This month, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) adjusted Hurricane Katrina’s official cost of damage to $186.3 billion making it the costliest hurricane on record. Also, the death count for the 2005 storm was adjusted from just over 1800 to just under 1400. Despite the downward adjustment, Hurricane Katrina remains the deadliest storm in the past […]