Levees.org to Roll Out Virtual Mobile Tour

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

Aaron and Sandy listen to audio on the Levee Breach Tour, brought to everyone for free by NewOrleansHistorical.org. Photo/Hubie Vigreux

In collaboration with UNO, the Louisiana State Museum (LSM) and the New Orleans Public Library, Levees.org is proud to roll out a free mobile tour of the major levee breaches in New Orleans.

Starting in Jackson Square at the LSM’s exhibit Living with Hurricanes, Katrina and Beyond, the virtual tour features the catastrophic breaches of the Industrial Canal, London Avenue Canal and the 17th Street Canal floodwalls.

The tour is accessible on NewOrleansHistorical.org. For free!

The new platform for sharing stories is being developed collaboratively by UNO’s History Department and Tulane’s Communication Department.

To take a tour, one simply downloads the free app to an Apple or Android Smart phone. The tours can also be enjoyed on the web.

This new app is especially important for Levees.org since the Army Corps of Engineers is using its influence to delay the group’s application to list the breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places.

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John McQuaid carries Torch of Truth on the Great New Orleans Flood

Sunday, July 8th, 2012

In his recent article in Forbes Magazine, award winning author John McQuaid decried the all-too-common practice of blaming catastrophe on Mother Nature when the true culprit is human error.

“This is quite convenient for those who screwed up, because the basic notion of a ‘natural disaster’ is something beyond anyone’s control,” he wrote.

Mr. McQuaid was covering a recent Parliamentary Panel’s findings on the nuclear meltdown in Japan during the March 2011 tsunami. He observed how the plant’s managment initially blamed the meltdown of the Fukushima Daiichi plant on the tsunami. The Panel determined otherwise.

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Censure of LSU, a Boost to Ivor van Heerden’s Credibility

Sunday, June 17th, 2012

Dr. Ivor van Heerden

An academic watchdog group has voted to place LSU on academic censure for mistreatment of Dr. Ivor van Heerden who, after Katrina, was fired for blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for the failure of the levees and the drowning of New Orleans.

The American Association of University Professors, AAUP has found merit in Dr. van Heerden’s claim that LSU officials retaliated against him because they feared losing funding.

Louisiana State University receives large federal grants from the Corps of Engineers.

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