Photos of Search & Rescue needed for Flooded House Museum

Monday, December 31st, 2018

Photo/Cheryl Gerber

Levees.org is reaching out to its supporters for photos of Search and Rescue operations after the levees broke in New Orleans in August 2005.

Photos will be featured in the Flooded House Museum.

Photos must be owned by the donor.

The photos can be of professionals (e.g. fire department and/or National Guard) or citizens assisting.

Please send digital photos – including location and date – to sandy@levees.org

OTHER NEWS: On Saturday March 23, 2019, Levees.org will cut the ribbon on the Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of Gentilly by the London Avenue Canal breach site. Volunteer artists are preparing to distress the staged exhibit of the museum located at 4918 Warrington Drive.

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Flooded House Museum

Sunday, November 18th, 2018

Mayor LaToya Cantrell of New Orleans

The office of the mayor has confirmed that LaToya Cantrell is scheduled to appear at the Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for the Flooded House Museum.

RIBBON CUTTING: Sat Mar 23 at 10a at 4918 Warrington Drive

Levees.org is converting a flooded residence – steps away from the London Avenue Canal breach site – into an educational memorial.

The museum quality plaques will tell the chronological story of the flood, starting with the day before the levees broke.

The Flooded House Museum is a unique project that required a special permit from the New Orleans City Planning Commission.

In 2016, Levees.org purchased the gutted house and – in partnership with the neighborhood residents –obtained the special permit.

Volunteer contractors installed walls, a doorway and a foyer to give dimension to the flooded remains. Then, volunteer artists staged the room using donated furniture, fixtures and items from dozens of Levees.org supporters.

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Levees.org wins victory with History Channel

Thursday, November 1st, 2018

Levees.org scored a victory last week with History (formerly called the History Channel).

Levees.org mobilized its national support base to contact History and request a correction to its anniversary photo gallery.

History‘s gallery text stated that levees in New Orleans “proved to be no match against the intensity of Katrina.”

Such journalistic ‘shorthand’ gives the culprits – the Army Corps of Engineers – a free pass.

Here is what Levees.org’s Call to Action generated:

  • Over 1,300 Levees.org supporters reviewed our eBlast communication about the mistake.
  • Over 200 Levees.org supporters viewed the erroneous photo gallery.
  • Over 50 people (that we know of) wrote to History and requested a correction.

The editors responded to each writer with this:

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