Late last summer, civil engineer Matt McBride (Fix the Pumps) brought important information to our attention.
The ever vigilant Mr. McBride had discovered that the Army Corps of Engineers had issued an Engineering Technical Letter (ETL 1110-2-575) stating that the Corps had identified over 50 levee projects nationwide with potential performance concerns.
But the Corps did not reveal the 50 locations. Furthermore, sources to Levees.org indicated the number is actually more than 80 locations.
Believing that residents have a right to know that they may be in danger, Levees.org created a petition demanding that the head of the Army Corps release the locations of the levee systems with performance concerns. We presented the signatures (numbering over 1,100) to Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy at the Pentagon on February 13, 2013.