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Do We Need FEMA?

Wednesday, June 4th, 2025

As hurricane season 2025 begins. we can all agree that our plans for the months ahead are much different from 20 years ago.

Meanwhile, the current head of FEMA selected by the new administration recently joked that he didn’t know the United States had a hurricane season.

FEMA is the topic of discussion for our most recent episode of The Slingshot From Levees.org.

Twice a month, the show features an expert panel discussing all kinds of current events. The core panel includes me and Rudy Vorkapic, local celebrity, news reporter, editor, owner of the consulting business Levee Media. And Stuart Lob, mechanical engineer who has been an active participant with LeveesOrg since its founding.

Check out our latest show about FEMA and why the country needs it.

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There’s also a video format for those who prefer it.

In closing, we are repeating wise words from a wise colleague as we begin hurricane season 2025: “Be prepared to be your first responder.” ~Lt Gen Russel Honore (ret)

Levees.org’s leaders speak to WVUE-TV Fox8 at the start of hurricane season

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025

Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal and lead researcher H.J. Bosworth Jr talk to John Snell with WVUE-TV Fox8 news at the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches.

Founder Rosenthal speaks to Delegation Visitors from Europe

Friday, May 9th, 2025

Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal spoke with a delegation from Europe, as part of a project on “Transparency and Accountability in Government.”

At the Flooded House Museum, Rosenthal spoke with eight delegates from the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia.

Rosenthal spoke about the origins of Levees.Org, the reckoning that the investigations provided, and also hear about she continues to keep the “big guys” accountable through the Beat the Big Guys podcast. The meeting took place at the Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans.

The presentation was organized through the Global New Orleans which is a nonprofit organization that arranges professional appointments and cultural activities for over 500 international leaders sent to New Orleans annually by the U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program and other programs.

As one of approximately 90 councils nationwide, and the only council in Louisiana, Global New Orleans aims to promote cross-cultural relationships and mutual understanding.