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Vote of Confidence from The Advocate

Wednesday, September 25th, 2019

At the anniversary of the levee breaches, Doug MacCash with the New Orleans Advocate gave Levees.org a vote of confidence.

Doug MacCash, reporter with the *New Orleans Advocate*

In his August 26 story, the reporter presented some of the best known monuments to the flooding disaster of 14 years ago.

Three of the monuments were built by Levees.org.

Levees.org, a true grassroots group which does not – and has never – taken funds from stakeholder groups or industries, is solely responsible for three of the commemorative sites.

This is a wonderful testament to the hard work of Levees.org’s supporters since August 29, 2005, the day that Hurricane Katrina’s surge exposed egregious mistakes in the levees and floodwalls built by the Army Corps of Engineers.

For the article, click HERE.

Action Alert: Tell the USACE to put its levee report back online for public viewing

Tuesday, August 20th, 2019

The levee breach event of August 2005 was the worst civil engineering disaster in US history, yet the corps has shut down its IPET report webpage.

Cover page of Army Corps of Engineers 7,500-page levee investigation report

The Army Corps of Engineers has quietly removed its Katrina levee investigation (IPET) report from its website.

The reports from other major governmental investigations are still easily available on federal websites:

9/11 Commission (Sept 2001),
Oklahoma City Bombing (April 1995),
Waco Siege (April 1993),
World Trade Center bombing (February 1993)
and Ruby Ridge (August 1992)

But as of today, one can access the IPET report only by going to an LSU website, and only the final report and appendices can be accessed.

The IPET webpage that the Army Corps of Engineers shut down included all previous interim versions, all the basic information they used, all the appendices, and all the original drawings of the outfall canals.

Gray Line Tours donates to Levees.org’s Flooded House Museum and Levee Exhibit

Friday, August 16th, 2019

Gray Line Tours has just announced a donation program associated with its Hurricane Katrina tour which visits our Flooded House Museum and our Levee Exhibit & Garden.

Sandy Rosenthal at the Flooded House Museum and the Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden. Photo/Cheryl Gerber

Each Hurricane Katrina tour participant can select one of five non-profit groups.

We are proud to learn that Gray Line has selected Levees.org as well as Lowernine.org, Habitat for Humanity, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana and the SPCA as donation recipients.

The donated funds will help maintain Levees.org’s two properties at 4918 and 5000 Warrington Drive in Gentilly.

Levees.org encourages its supporters to recommend Gray Line’s Hurricane Katrina tour for family and friends visiting from out of town. Each visitor comes away with new knowledge about the worst civil engineering disaster in US history.