Two more entities have joined our growing list of supporters calling for the 8/29 Investigation Senate Bill 2826 filed by Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA.
Last week, I received word that the Sierra Club Delta Chapter “strongly supports Levees.org’s campaign to get Congress to appoint an 8/29 commission. Two days later, I received word that the Southeast Flood Protection Authority East had unanimously passed a resolution calling for the 8/29 Commission and also calling for looking at how public works all along the Mississippi River contribute to southeast Louisiana’s vulnerability to hurricanes and flooding.
The resolution was proposed by authority secretary John Barry, the author of “Rising Tide: The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America.”
Barry added in an interview with the Associated Press that an investigation beginning three years after the hurricane would have the benefit of fresh looks at the evidence collected for similar studies in the immediate aftermath of the flooding.
Stories about the levee authority’s support have also been featured on WWL Eyewitness News Channel 4, the Times Picayune and The Advocate.
The Board of Levees.Org is proud and pleased to add these two organizations to our list of supporters!
Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.Org
www.levees.org
If you haven’t yet, click here to write your members of Congress and demand the 8/29 Investigation Act!
