New Orleans residents may have noticed the thick plant growth covering major drainage canals and waterways. Levees.org’s civil engineer HJ Bosworth speaks with Fox8 News on whether this should be a concern.
Vote of Confidence from The Advocate
At the anniversary of the levee breaches, Doug MacCash with the New Orleans Advocate gave Levees.org a vote of confidence.
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
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.
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.
