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# Levees.Org
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- [Founder Rosenthal featured on the Nan McKay show](https://levees.org/2023/03/06/founder-rosenthal-featured-on-the-nan-mckay-show/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on Nan McKay's new podcast called Trailblazers Impact. Rosenthal discusses how she and her group Levees.org took on the organization responsible for the engineering design flaws in New Orleans’ levees –– the US Army Corps of Engineers. In addition she provided these takeaways: How to take it upon
- [Demand competence on the New Orleans Flood Protection Board](https://levees.org/2026/05/26/demand-competence-on-the-new-orleans-flood-protection-board/) - Governor Jeff Landry's actions are putting New Orleans at risk of disastrous flooding. In the past two years, the governor has interfered with the leadership of the Flood Protection Authority-East which is responsible for maintaining and operating the $14.5 billion flood system protecting Greater New Orleans. The governor’s actions have done the following: Instigated a
- [Founder Rosenthal's podcast is selected top 100](https://levees.org/2026/06/02/founder-rosenthals-podcast-is-selected-top-100/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's popular podcast titled Beat the Big Guys has been selected by Millionpodcasts as one of the Top 100 Advocacy Podcasts on the web (2026 Edition). Rosenthal expresses many thanks to her producers Jess Branas and Landry Bohn. And also a big thanks to her 100+ guests!
- [Founder Rosenthal on Dr. Robert Verchick's Substack Post, Blue Tomorrow](https://levees.org/2026/05/26/founder-rosenthal-on-dr-robert-verchicks-substack-post-blue-tomorrow/) - Founder Rosenthal was Dr. Rob Verchick's first guest post on his popular Substack blog titled "Blue Tomorrow." Dr. Verchick is a climate law scholar who designed climate-resilience policies in the Obama administration. He teaches at Loyola University New Orleans, where he holds an endowed chair and direct Loyola's Center on Environment, Land, and Law. Voices
- [WGNO-TV: The Inaugural J. David Rogers Day](https://levees.org/2026/05/17/the-inaugural-j-david-rogers-day/) - Story by WGNO-TV Channel 26 in New Orleans. On May 16, 2026, Levees.org hosted the inaugural J. David Rogers Day to honor the internationally renowned civil engineer who put his career on the line to correct the historical record on who is responsible for the levee failures in flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina––the
- [Founder Rosenthal speaks with WWL-TV about the Flood Protection Authority-East](https://levees.org/2026/05/14/founder-rosenthal-speaks-with-wwl-tv-about-the-flood-protection-authority-east/)
- [Video of founder Rosenthal's remarks on J. David Rogers Day](https://levees.org/2026/05/18/video-of-founder-rosenthals-remarks-on-j-david-rogers-day/) - On May 16, 2026, dozens of residents, neighbors and friends attended Levees.org's first ever J. David Rogers Day. The event honored the late internationally renowned engineer who put his career on the line to find the truth about who was responsible for the levee failures and flooding during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005.
- [Levees.org supports LA Rep Hilferty's HB 1240](https://levees.org/2026/04/28/levees-org-supports-la-rep-hilfertys-hb-1240/) - Any property owner in Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Bernard Parish, if they turn over their tax bill and look on the backside, they will see where the money goes. A large portion goes to the local levee district. That money should be used for flood protection: capital projects, levee maintenance, drainage-related infrastructure, and emergency readiness.
- [The Myth of the Drive-by Levee Inspections](https://levees.org/2012/06/02/the-myth-of-the-drive-by-levee-inspections/) - Three months after the the levees broke during Katrina, the New Orleans Times Picayune reported that annual levee inspections in Orleans Parish tended to be quick drive-by affairs ending with lunch for 40-60 people costing the state as much as $900. That event was actually a ceremony and intended as a social occasion for Army Corps
- [The Challenger: Are the Army Corps' levee failures a similar story?](https://levees.org/2026/02/05/the-challenger-are-the-army-corps-levee-failures-a-similar-story/) - Here at the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, NPR did an in-depth story about the three engineers who apparently had begged NASA not to launch. The ship exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all aboard. The Challenger engineering disaster was due to the decision by NASA leadership to launch despite the pleadings of
- [Founder Rosenthal to reign as Queen in Krewe de Jeanne d'Arc](https://levees.org/2025/12/28/founder-rosenthal-to-reign-as-queen-in-krewe-de-jeanne-darc/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently crowned Queen of a prominent Mardi Gras parade––the Krewe of Jeanne d'Arc––which rolls on Twelfth Night. The verbiage below is from the Krewe of Jeanne d'Arc's website: In recognition of her activism and contribution to New Orleans and beyond through her work, LeveesOrg, the Krewe de Jeanne d’Arc has named
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal reigns as Queen of the Joan of Arc Parade](https://levees.org/2026/01/07/founder-sandy-rosenthal-reigns-as-queen-of-the-joan-of-arc-parade/)
- [Joan of Arc Parade to roll with Founder Rosenthal as Queen](https://levees.org/2026/01/05/joan-of-arc-parade-to-roll-with-founder-rosenthal-as-queen/) - The 2026 Krewe of Jeanne d'Arc will roll on Twelfth Night (Jan 6th) in New Orleans in the French Quarter. January 6th is also the birthday of Joan of Arc. Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal will reign as Queen Yolande, the patron of Joan of Arc. "Together we are keeping the Levees.org message alive," says Rosenthal. "New
- [LeveesOrg featured in holiday story about levees and never giving up](https://levees.org/2025/12/05/leveesorg-featured-in-holiday-story-about-levees-and-never-giving-up/) - Thank you New Anchor John Snell at WVUE-TV Fox8 for featuring our work in this holiday story about what went wrong (with the levees) and how the levee system is better. And also about those who never gave up hope.
- [Thanksgiving Day Post](https://levees.org/2025/11/27/thanksgiving-day-post/) - On this Thanksgiving day, we at Levees.org are grateful that @NolaTreeProject donated an oak tree to the Flooded House Museum! And thank you Connie Uddo and your nephews for planting the tree!
- [New Orleans benefitted from Dr. J. David Rogers' courage](https://levees.org/2025/11/05/new-orleans-benefitted-from-dr-j-david-rogers-courage/) - You may not know that Dr. J. David Rogers was an important person to you personally. If not for him, the nation would still be stuck on the wrong-headed idea that the pre-Katrina Orleans Levee Board (OLB) had a causal role in the Hurricane Katrina flooding. Dr. Rogers passed away a few days before the 20th anniversary
- [Justin Chopin features Sandy Rosenthal on Above the Legal Limit](https://levees.org/2025/10/16/justin-chopin-features-sandy-rosenthal-on-above-the-legal-limit/) - This week, I had a great conversation with Justin Chopin on his show: Above the Legal Limit podcast! Check it on your favorite platform! Or watch it here on YouTube.
- [New film, featuring founder Rosenthal on Fox8 TV's morning show](https://levees.org/2025/10/13/new-film-featuring-founder-rosenthal-on-fox8-tvs-morning-show/) - Today, local film maker Royd Anderson was interviewed by Olivia Vidal on Fox8 TV's morning show along with Jeannie Tidy to discuss the new film, Leading Ladies of Hurricane Katrina. The New Orleans premier of the multi-award winning documentary will be at The Broad Theater on October 19th at 3:00p. Click here to reserve your
- [Award-winning documentary features Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2025/10/09/award-winning-documentary-features-sandy-rosenthal/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured in a new film by local New Orleans historian and documentarian Royd Anderson. The film has already won two awards - Best Documentary award and also, the Best Home Grown Film award at the Lake Charles Film Festival. The 29-minute documentary explores the contributions of four women in the
- [Founder Rosenthal featured in new documentary](https://levees.org/2025/10/04/founder-rosenthal-featured-in-new-documentary/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured in a new film by local New Orleans historian and documentarian Royd Anderson. The 29-minute documentary explores the contributions of four women in the post-Katrina recovery: former Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco, Sandy Rosenthal (founder of Levees.org), Jeannie Tidy (founder of Community Visions Unlimited) and LiLi Stahler-Murphy (creator of the
- [Press Roundup for the 13th Anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history](https://levees.org/2018/08/27/recent-press/) - Our Flooded House Museum garnered national attention! Kevin McGill's House to become replica of flood-damaged home after Katrina of the Associated Press was featured in the Washington Post, ABC News, Fox News, the Houston Chronicle and even the Daily Mail in the U.K. There was also some great local coverage in New Orleans for the moving exhibit.
- [LeveesOrg founders' book, reviewed by Publishers Weekly, now a #1 New Release](https://levees.org/2025/09/22/leveesorg-founders-book-reviewed-by-publishers-weekly-now-a-new-release/) - It was Autumn when founder Sandy Rosenthal learned that Publishers Weekly (PW) had reviewed her book––a significant milestone in the book industry. Now, we're delighted that Turner Publishing has re-issued a special Anniversary Edition of Words Whispered in Water, now #1 New Release on Amazon.
- [Tulane University honors Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2018/05/09/tulane-university-honors-levees-org-founder-sandy-rosenthal/) - UPDATED Sep 28, 2025: Tulane University apparently no longer holds an account on Vimeo and so the video about founder Rosenthal's award cannot be seen. However, information about the award can be seen on the Freeman School of Business site. And also here on NOLA.com: Sandy Rosenthal, 2018 Tulane Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year
- [Levees.org asks a question. The USACE chooses to non-respond.](https://levees.org/2025/08/24/levees-org-asks-a-question-the-usace-chooses-to-non-respond/) - In April 2025, Levees.org discovered in a FOIA request that the Army Corps of Engineers has not graded the New Orleans levee system for 5 years––something done routinely since 1959. We gave this surprise information to Alex Lubben with The Advocate who questioned the Army Corps about it. We were not satisfied with the Army
- [Levees.org is featured on AccuWeather](https://levees.org/2025/08/29/levees-org-is-featured-on-accuweather/) - Pleased to be featured on AccuWeather here at the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures.
- [The Slingshot From Levees.org presents a special episode](https://levees.org/2025/08/31/the-slingshot-from-levees-org-presents-a-special-episode/) - The Slingshot from Levees.org is proud to present an hour-long special episode in observance of the 20th anniversary of the flooding catastrophe in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. The podcast can be downloaded from here.
- [Rudy Vorkapic: Life in New Orleans one month before the flood](https://levees.org/2025/07/31/rudy-vorkapic-life-in-new-orleans-one-month-before-the-flood/) - Local celebrity Rudy Vorkapic––creator of “The Levee” newspaper––and founder Sandy Rosenthal talk about what New Orleans and the nation was like One Month Prior to Hurricane Katrina and the flood. Check it out on our podcast The Slingshot From Levees.org. The podcast episode can be downloaded from here.
- [Levees.org poses a question to the Army Corps of Engineers](https://levees.org/2025/08/28/levees-org-poses-a-question-to-the-army-corps-of-engineers/) - Today Levees.org called out the Army Corps of Engineers. On Kelsey Davis's WVUE FOX 8 morning show, we posed this question for the second time: Do we have currently 100-year protection in New Orleans?
- [The Weather Channel features Levees.org Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2025/08/27/the-weather-channel-features-levees-org-flooded-house-museum/) - HJ Bosworth Jr. civil engineer and lead researcher for Levees.org talks with The Weather Channel about Levees.org's Flooded House Museum at the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
- [Levees.org featured in Katrina at 20 story by WDSU](https://levees.org/2025/08/26/levees-org-featured-in-katrina-at-20-story-by-wdsu/) - Excellent story by Travers Mackel with WDSU-TV Channel 6.
- [Levees.org featured on Fox8 News Noon Show with Liz Reyes](https://levees.org/2025/08/25/levees-org-featured-on-fox8-news-noon-show-with-liz-reyes/) - Anchor Liz Reyes invites Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal onto her show to discuss Katrina after 20 years. Where are we now?
- [Katrina at 20 Years Calendar of Events](https://levees.org/2025/06/21/20th-anniversary-calendar-of-events/) - Guided Levee Breach Tour August 23, 2025, 9-10:00am • 5000 Warrington Drive, New Orleans Visitors will receive a guided tour of the Levee Exhibit Hall and Flooded House Museum from Sandy Rosenthal at the London Avenue breach. Note: no A/C nor bathroom facilities. Book Signing at Octavia Book Store August 27, 2025, 6-7:30pm • 513
- [Levees.org featured in The Advocate](https://levees.org/2025/08/19/levees-org-featured-in-the-advocate/) - In March of 2025, Levees.org filed a record request with the Army Corps of Engineers under the Freedom of Information Act. We wanted to know the corps ratings for the FPA-East and West’s levee maintenance. This is something the Army Corps of Engineers has done every year since 1959 - grade the local district's maintenance. We
- [Twenty years of LeveesOrg in a Two-minute Show](https://levees.org/2025/08/10/twenty-years-of-leveesorg-in-a-two-minute-show/)
- [Fox Weather to feature Levees.org's Flooded House Museum in documentary](https://levees.org/2025/08/17/fox-weather-to-feature-levees-orgs-flooded-house-museum-in-documentary/) - Fox News Media’s free streaming weather network Fox Weather will debut a multipart documentary on Hurricane Katrina in late August, timed to coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the storm. The first installment will air on August 25, and revists when Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans. Fox Weather hurricane specialist Bryan Norcross, correspondent
- [Founder Rosenthal's OpEd on Levee Board Dysfunction featured in The Lens](https://levees.org/2025/08/01/founder-rosenthals-oped-on-levee-board-dysfunction-featured-in-the-lens/) - Not many are familiar with the duties of a public board. So founder Sandy Rosenthal penned an Opinion Piece to help the general public understand why the departing levee board chair's penchant for spending time with staff was not a good thing. And might even be dangerous since the board is responsible for operating the
- [Founder Rosenthal is featured on WWL TV Morning News](https://levees.org/2025/07/29/founder-rosenthal-is-featured-on-wwl-tv-morning-news/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal talks with Anchorman Mike McDaniel with WWLTV at the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Sandy and Mike discuss Levees.org's accomplishments in the past 20 years, the state of the new system built by the Army Corps of Engineers and upcoming special events.
- [Founder Rosenthal featured on Fox8 Morning Edition](https://levees.org/2025/07/18/founder-rosenthal-featured-on-fox8-morning-edition/) - This is a live interview at WVUE News Studio with Lucy Bustamante on Fox8 Morning Edition. Sandy Rosenthal was invited to talk about Katrina at Twenty Years and the Anniversary Edition of her book Words Whispered in Water.
- [Tickets Now On Sale for Gala hosted by Levees.org!](https://levees.org/2025/07/25/tickets-now-on-sale-for-gala-hosted-by-levees-org/) - Levees.org will commemorate the 20th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a Gala featuring Lt. Gen Russel Honore who brought order to New Orleans after the levees broke. August 9, 2025 from 7:00 - 10:00p The Cannery, 3803 Toulouse Street Delicious food, live music, presentations, highlights and "greatest hits" are all included in the $25 ticket
- [Levees.org's Exhibits Now Featured in School and College Listings](https://levees.org/2025/07/05/levees-orgs-exhibits-now-featured-in-school-and-college-listings/) - We are very pleased to be featured in School and College Listings! This website is hosted and operated by: SchoolAndCollegeListings in Sheridan, WY 82801 United States. The site allows visitors to find schools and colleges all over the world and follow them on social media. Levees.org makes sure everyone knows the truth about the
- [Anniversary Edition of Levees.org Founder's book is #1 New Release](https://levees.org/2025/06/19/anniversary-edition-of-levees-org-founders-book-is-1-new-release/) - The Anniversary Edition of Founder Sandy Rosenthal's book is a #1 New Release on Amazon.com and is now available for pre-order. Described as a horror story, a who-dunnit, and a David & Goliath story, it's about the Army Corps of Engineers' $100 billion mistake and how the agency tried to cover it up.
- [Do We Need FEMA?](https://levees.org/2025/06/04/do-we-need-fema/) - As hurricane season 2025 begins. we can all agree that our plans for the months ahead are much different from 20 years ago. Meanwhile, the current head of FEMA selected by the new administration recently joked that he didn't know the United States had a hurricane season. FEMA is the topic of discussion for our
- [Levees.org is featured in the New Orleans Lens](https://levees.org/2025/06/15/levees-org-is-featured-in-the-new-orleans-lens/) - The New Orleans Lens has published an Opinion Piece written by H.J. Bosworth Jr, P.E. and Sandy Rosenthal about changes recently passed by the Louisiana legislature. These changes arrive just as hurricane season arrives at the 20th anniversary of the levee breach catastrophe during Hurricane Katrina. https://thelensnola.org/2025/06/14/maintaining-independence-in-levee-board-appointments/
- [Levees.org featured in FOX Weather News story](https://levees.org/2025/06/08/levees-org-featured-in-fox-weather-news-story/) - Our very own lead researcher H.J. Bosworth was recently featured in this Fox Weather news story.
- [Levees.org's leaders speak to WVUE-TV Fox8 at the start of hurricane season](https://levees.org/2025/05/22/levees-orgs-leaders-speak-to-wvue-tv-fox8-at-the-start-of-hurricane-season/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal and lead researcher H.J. Bosworth Jr talk to John Snell with WVUE-TV Fox8 news at the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches.
- [Levees.org's campaign to preserve the Blue Ribbon Committee is successful](https://levees.org/2025/05/09/levees-orgs-campaign-to-preserve-the-blue-ribbon-committee-is-successful/) - Recently, Levees.org mobilized its significantly large community to contact the Louisiana House Transportation committee members to ask them to say NO to HB633. As you know, there is no evidence that the pre-Katrina levee board members behaved irresponsibly in their flood protection duties. Such accusations were debunked over a decade ago. The Army Corps of
- [Founder Rosenthal speaks to Delegation Visitors from Europe](https://levees.org/2025/05/09/founder-rosenthal-speaks-to-delegation-visitors-from-europe/) - Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal spoke with a delegation from Europe, as part of a project on "Transparency and Accountability in Government." At the Flooded House Museum, Rosenthal spoke with eight delegates from the countries of Belarus, Bulgaria, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Serbia and Slovakia. Rosenthal spoke about the origins of Levees.Org, the reckoning that the investigations
- [Founder Rosenthal meets with delegation from Brazil](https://levees.org/2025/04/20/founder-rosenthal-meets-with-delegation-from-brazil/) - This week, founder Sandy Rosenthal met with a delegation from the State of Rio Grande do Sul which had suffered catastrophic flooding last year on a scale similar to New Orleans in 2005. The visit, organized through U.S. Department of State, included some notable participants: Rodrigo Huguenin, Director of the Department of Energy at the
- [Can Levee Board Members Force the Corps' Hand?](https://levees.org/2025/04/25/can-levee-board-members-force-the-corps-hand/) - Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry wants to appoint the board members who serve on the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East, rather than let a blue-ribbon committee do it. What does this mean for the people of south Louisiana? Prior to Hurricane Katrina––and now––the US Army Corps of Engineers is 100% in charge of design, construction and
- [Blue ribbon committees should select New Orleans' levee board members](https://levees.org/2025/05/03/blue-ribbon-committees-should-select-new-orleans-levee-board-members/) - Please use the link below to contact the Louisiana House Transportation committee members to ask them to say NO to HB633. LINK TO TAKE ACTION As you know, there is zero evidence that the pre-Katrina levee board members behaved irresponsibly in their flood protection duties. Such accusations were debunked over a decade ago. The Army Corps of Engineers is
- [Levee Board Veteran Stephen Estopinal Speaks About Governor's Plans](https://levees.org/2025/03/24/levee-board-veteran-stephen-estopinal-speaks-about-governors-plans/) - Immediately after the Hurricane Katrina flooding in New Orleans, pre-Katrina local levee board members were scapegoated for the catastrophe. One member who served from 1997 to 2001 was a Catholic nun, but they were all wrongly portrayed as corrupt. It was the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that flooded New Orleans with its inferior design
- [LeveesOrg Founder & Friends on Gov Jeff Landry's Plan to Topple Levee Board Reform](https://levees.org/2025/04/01/leveesorg-founder-friends-on-gov-jeff-landrys-plan-to-topple-levee-board-reform/) - Local celebrity Rudy Vorkapic (creator of The Levee), Stuart Lob (local engineer) and founder Sandy Rosenthal discuss the resignation of four East Levee Authority members upon the governor's selection of its president and what this could mean for New Orleans' levees and the people who live behind them. The podcast can be found here. The
- [Past-Levee Authority Commissioner Stephen Estopinal on Recent Resignations](https://levees.org/2025/03/20/past-stephen-estopinal-on-recent-resignations/) - Four members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E) have resigned in protest over Governor Jeff Landry's appointment of a levee commissioner. The appointment openly disregards the levee board laws passed after Hurricane Katrina. While the leadership at Levees.org disagrees with the Governor's decision to flout the law, the leadership also insists it 'just
- [The Advocate continues to live in the past](https://levees.org/2025/03/06/the-advocate-continues-to-live-in-the-past/) - Alex Lubben, a reporter for The Advocate, recently called me for commentary on Governor Jeff Landry's plans to dismantle the SLFPA nominating committee created after Katrina. I told Lubben that the levee board "reforms" passed 20 years ago were a distraction. I explained that the "reforms" drew attention away from the true culprit, the USACE.
- [Editor at The Advocate has Unusual Response to a Subscriber](https://levees.org/2025/02/06/editor-at-the-advocate-has-unusual-response-to-a-subscriber/) - Recently, an editor at The Advocate told one of its subscribers that there's no need to mention federal levee failure when writing about the 2005 flooding that took the lives of 1,392 people. The Editor was responding to a Letter-to-the-Editor from Cathy Hightower, a 50-year subscriber whose father perished in the flooding. In an email, the Editor told Ms. Hightower
- [The Advocate Digs in Heels Disparaging Flood Survivors](https://levees.org/2025/02/13/the-advocate-digs-in-heels/) - Last week, we alerted you that an editor at The Advocate defended the newspaper's omission of the words "federal levee failure" when writing about the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. This week, that same editor doubled down and took "umbrage" to our letters and stated that The Advocate's staffers "deserve better from the
- [Founder Rosenthal speaks with visitors from Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and Angola](https://levees.org/2024/11/05/founder-rosenthal-speaks-with-visitors-from-portugal-brazil-mozambique-and-angola/) - Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal met with a group on a study tour related to Transparency & Accountability in Government. This delegation is made of twelve international leaders from Portugal, Brazil, Mozambique and Angola. Rosenthal spoke to the group about Levees.org’s work in exposing the Army Corps of Engineers levee building mistakes and its campaign after
- [At 19th anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history](https://levees.org/2024/09/08/at-19th-anniversary-of-the-worst-engineering-failure-in-us-history/) - It is now the 19th anniversary of the worst engineering failure in U.S. history––the failure of federal levees during Hurricane Katrina. Levees.org has made huge strides in its mission to alter the narrative about the flooding catastrophe. Two of the most important accomplishments: Water Policy––the official journal of the World Water Council––published a groundbreaking article
- [Founder Rosenthal is recipient of Editor's Choice Award of Literary Excellence from Reader's House](https://levees.org/2024/08/22/recipient-editors-choice-award-from-readers-house/) - On August 19, 2024, founder Sandy Rosenthal was informed that she has been selected as one of the recipients of the Editor's Choice Award of Literary Excellence by Reader's House magazine. The award was given for Rosenthal's authoring Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Media, 2020) According to the
- [Levees.org meets Italian visitors through US Department of State](https://levees.org/2018/03/13/levees-org-meets-italian-visitors-through-us-department-of-state/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of five visitors from Italy including two interpreters. The visitors were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the US Department of State. They requested to meet with Rosenthal to discuss the group’s grassroots work in holding the Army Corps of Engineers
- [Founder briefs membership on NYT's response to request](https://levees.org/2024/08/05/founder-briefs-membership-on-nyts-response-to-request/) - On May 29, 2024, days before the start of hurricane season, Levees.org mobilized its membership to contact the New York Times. Nearly 150 people requested that the news house use the right words to describe the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. The request was reasonable and polite. The request also included a complimentary
- [Mango Publishers announces Second Edition of Words Whispered in Water](https://levees.org/2024/08/21/mango-publishers-announces-second-edition-of-words-whispered-in-water/) - Marking the 19th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, as well as the fourth year since Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal’s book was published, Mango Publishers announces a new Second Edition of Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. The second edition, to be released in July, 2025 with pre-orders starting in February, will have a
- [Founder Rosenthal featured by National Society of Leadership & Success](https://levees.org/2024/06/24/founder-rosenthal-featured-by-national-society-of-leadership-success/) - This week, founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured on Motivational Mondays with Corey Powell in an episode for the National Society of Leadership and Success. Rosenthal discusses several important issues including why criticism should be welcomed and how to respond to it effectively.
- [Founder Rosenthal featured in Power Poll](https://levees.org/2024/06/07/founder-rosenthal-featured-in-power-poll/) - This month, founder Sandy Rosenthal was featured in the Drew Broach's PowerPoll. Power Poll was founded in 2019 as a civic engagement platform that brings together the most influential and powerful leaders across business, civic, media and political industries. This month, Rosenthal responded to this question: Should Republican Gov. Jeff Landry merge the state's Coastal
- [Founder Rosenthal's podcast ranking has risen again](https://levees.org/2024/04/29/founder-rosenthals-podcast-ranking-has-risen-again/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's podcast––called Beat the Big Guys––has risen to a global rank in the top 1.5% according to Listen Notes. Rosenthal is creator and host of the weekly show where along with her executive producer Landry Bohn, she coaches her national audience on how to 'beat the big guys' in their own communities and
- [Satisfactory end to Levees.org's campaign with others to halt the CPRA merger](https://levees.org/2024/04/01/satisfactory-end-to-levees-orgs-campaign-with-others-to-halt-the-cpra-merger/) - In early February, Levees.org got word that the newly sworn in Louisiana governor had disturbing plans for the state's nationally renowned Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). Governor Jeff Landry proposed moving the CPRA underneath the state's Department of Natural Resources. The plan also included reducing the number of advisory board members, all of whom
- [The Heat is On Over Governor Landry's Plans for the CPRA](https://levees.org/2024/03/20/the-heat-is-on-over-governor-landrys-plans-for-the-cpra/) - Louisiana’s Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) has completed 157 projects, benefiting 55,000 acres of coastal wetlands, improving 370 miles of levees and constructing 70 miles of barrier islands. Now, we feel like its success may be in jeopardy, with the governor’s suggestion to move the flood protection functions currently housed at CPRA under the
- [Levees.org comments on $9 million payment to USACE for shoddy levees](https://levees.org/2024/03/26/levees-org-comments-on-9-million-payment-to-usace-for-shoddy-levees/) - A few days ago, the east bank levee authority agreed to pay $9 million to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a final payment of its share of the cost of building the New Orleans portion of the pre-Katrina hurricane levee system. Founder Sandy Rosenthal was asked to comment on the payment in light
- [Levees.org says NO to Governor Landry's plan for the CPRA](https://levees.org/2024/03/07/levees-org-says-no-to-governor-landrys-plan-for-the-cpra/) - One of Louisiana Governor Landry's first items on his agenda was to alter the structure of the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA). The CPRA was created after the levees broke to act as a single state agency to work with the Army Corps of Engineers on flood protection for New Orleans and the Louisiana
- [Levees.org provides comment on Jefferson water main break](https://levees.org/2024/01/28/levees-org-provides-comment-on-jefferson-water-main-break/) - Recently, H.J. Bosworth, Jr., P.E., lead researcher for Levees.org spoke to WWL Radio in New Orleans. Bosworth was tapped to provide expert commentary on the two water main breaks this past week. One of them knocked out water for the east bank of Jefferson Parish. The other created problems for residents in Lafourche Parish.
- [Founder Rosenthal is featured on the Dave Pamah Show](https://levees.org/2024/01/25/founder-rosenthal-is-featured-on-the-dave-pamah-show/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on the Dave Pamah show. Rosenthal discussed her journey exposing the Army Corps of Engineers' attempt to cover up its mistakes in designing and building the New Orleans floodwalls which collapsed during a hurricane in August 2005.
- [Founder Rosenthal's podcast show garners ranking in top 2%](https://levees.org/2024/01/11/founder-rosenthals-podcast-show-garners-ranking-in-top-2/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's podcast called Beat the Big Guys, has a global rank in the top 2% according to Listen Notes. In the show, Rosenthal coaches her national audience on how to 'beat the big guys' in their own communities and improve quality of life. SEE RANKING ON LISTEN NOTES. ACCESS THE BEAT THE BIG
- [Levees.org now listed on leading directory for education institutions](https://levees.org/2024/01/02/levees-org-listed-directory/) - Levees.Org is now listed on SchoolAndCollegeListings, a leading online directory for educational institutions. This is a splendid piece of news for everyone who has supported the mission of Levees.org since 2005. The Levee Exhibit Hall and the Flooded House Museum are added to SchoolAndCollegeListings – an online directory for schools, colleges, educational professionals, and other
- [The Engineering Failures Education campaign is heating up](https://levees.org/2023/12/17/the-engineering-failures-education-campaign-is-heating-up/) - At the 18th anniversary of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina, Levees.org kicked off the Engineering Failures Education (EFE) campaign. The EFE campaign aims to require all students working toward their Bachelor's degree in engineering to receive instruction on engineering failures and the lessons they teach. The EFE campaign is going extremely well. The list
- [Levee Breach Event is #1 on List of USACE-caused disasters](https://levees.org/2023/11/18/levee-breach-event-is-1-on-list-of-usace-caused-disasters/) - Oregon Public Broadcasting (opb.org) has just issued an important list––9 times the US Army Corps of Engineers miscalculated badly at the expense of taxpayers, wildlife. Number one on the list is the failure of the levee system in New Orleans. We find that highly appropriate in light of the horrific loss of life, nearly 1400
- [Levees.org's Letter is featured in The Advocate](https://levees.org/2023/10/22/levees-orgs-letter-is-featured-in-the-advocate/) - Recently, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal and lead researcher H.J. Bosworth's co-written letter was featured in The Advocate. Below is the original slightly longer version that was submitted. "We closely observed the media reporting by the New Orleans District USACE after its levees broke during Hurricane Katrina. So we're not surprised to learn from reporter Tristan
- [Columbia Water Center review of Words Whispered in Water](https://levees.org/2023/11/08/14718/)
- [Levees.org founder featured on School for Startups Radio show](https://levees.org/2023/10/10/levees-org-founder-featured-on-school-for-startups-radio-show/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on the School for Startups Radio show. Rosenthal discusses her formula for gaining the attention of major media in her work unmasking the Army Corps of Engineer's culpability in the flooding of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Attention by major media is not, itself a measure of the
- [Levees.org to host press conference August 22, 2023 at 10a](https://levees.org/2023/08/19/levees-org-to-host-press-conference-august-22-2023-at-10a/) - Levees.org will hold a press conference marking the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the federal levee failures. The group will announce its latest campaign. WHEN: Tuesday August 22, 10:00 a.m. WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive (Site of the Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden) CONTACT: Sandy Rosenthal, Founder, (504) 722-8172 “Engineering schools in the U.S. are not systematically providing instruction to their
- [Levees.org's Engineering Students Campaign Featured in National Story](https://levees.org/2023/09/08/levees-orgs-engineering-students-campaign-featured-in-national-story/) - At the 18th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures in New Orleans, Levees.org held a press conference to kick off a national campaign. “Engineering schools in the U.S. are not systematically providing instruction to their students about engineering failures and the lessons they teach," said H.J. Bosworth Jr., P.E., civil engineer and senior
- [The Associated Press has issued an alert about the Flooding during Katrina.](https://levees.org/2023/06/10/the-associated-press-has-issued-an-alert-about-the-flooding-during-katrina/) - The Associated Press (AP) has issued an alert to its reporters all over the world. The alert is a guidance for the precise wording they must use when writing about Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The guidance dictates that when reporters write about the catastrophic flooding during the 2005 storm, they must note that levee
- [Still more details emerge on HBO's Treme with John Goodman](https://levees.org/2010/04/07/still-more-details-emerge-on-hbos-treme-with-john-goodman/) - The fat lady has yet to sing, but Levees.org supporters should feel very encouraged by all the reviews about co-star John Goodman in HBO's upcoming new series 'Treme.' In a Los Angeles Times article, Eric Overmyer, co-creator of 'Treme' muses about a soliloquy he wrote for Mr. Goodman's character Creighton Bernette, who "rails against everyone,
- [Founder Rosenthal featured on the Neon Jazz show](https://levees.org/2023/07/01/founder-rosenthal-featured-on-the-neon-jazz-show/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on the Neon Jazz podcast with Joe Dimino. Rosenthal discusses how her childhood and background prepared her to be a civic mobilizer in her quest to education not just the U.S. but the whole world that the devastation of New Orleans in August 2005 was due to engineering
- [Founder Rosenthal invited to comment on Audubon Institute's deal with Tulane U over public space](https://levees.org/2023/05/23/founder-rosenthal-invited-to-comment-on-audubon-institutes-deal-with-tulane-u-over-public-space/) - UPDATED: One week after this post, Audubon Nature Institutes (ANI) announced there would be no deal with Tulane University over the use of public space at ANI's tennis courts. ----- On Memorial Day Weekend two years ago, founder Sandy Rosenthal dusted off her community rallying skills to pursue an issue of public space. Rosenthal created
- ["Katrina" Remains the Terrible Apex](https://levees.org/2023/01/17/katrina-remains-the-terrible-apex/) - This month, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) adjusted Hurricane Katrina’s official cost of damage to $186.3 billion making it the costliest hurricane on record. Also, the death count for the 2005 storm was adjusted from just over 1800 to just under 1400. Despite the downward adjustment, Hurricane Katrina remains the deadliest storm in the past
- [Founder Rosenthal featured on Elizabeth Bachman show](https://levees.org/2023/01/05/elizabeth-bachman-show/) - This week Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured on Elizabeth Bachman's show "Strategic Speaking for Results." This episode was Ms. Bachman's selection to be the first guest of the year 2023. Rosenthal discusses how she and her group Levees.org took on the organization responsible for the engineering design flaws in New Orleans' levees –– the
- [Why New York Waits](https://levees.org/2022/12/07/why-new-york-waits/) - Ten years ago, Hurricane Sandy’s storm surge flooded twenty-four US states, particularly New York and New Jersey. Prior to landfall, the Associated Press reported that experts predicted a billion dollars in damage in the US. It turned out to be $43 billion (1). Now, near the 10th anniversary of what is unofficially known as Superstorm
- [Founder Rosenthal on 50 episodes of hosting her weekly Beat the Big Guys podcast](https://levees.org/2022/09/08/founder-rosenthal-on-50-episodes-of-hosting-her-weekly-beat-the-big-guys-podcast/) - On August 8, 2022, founder Sandy Rosenthal interviewed her 50th guest on her weekly podcast, Beat the Big Guys. Every week except on holidays, Rosenthal has coached her national base of listeners on how to take on the Big Guys in their own communities. Using an interview format, Rosenthal asks each of her guests to
- [Levees.org hero receives major award](https://levees.org/2022/11/12/levees-org-hero-receives-major-award/) - Dr. J. David Rogers was recently awarded the Schuster Medal for his decades of work in geohazards (geologic conditions capable of causing widespread loss of property and life). “Robert Schuster inspired me to deepen my involvement in the field,” says Rogers, the Karl F. Hasselmann Missouri Chair in Geological Engineering at Missouri S&T. “I want
- [Questions Still Not Answered About Faulty Pump at London Avenue Canal](https://levees.org/2022/06/29/questions-still-not-answered/) - Six weeks ago, we learned at the board meeting of the Levee Authority East that there's a problem with the new pump station at the London Avenue Canal. The problem is one of the larger pumps; the bearing at the bottom was found to be overheating when operating. And there is no back up. We
- [Stark difference between Surfside condo collapse and New Orleans levee breach disaster](https://levees.org/2022/06/25/stark-difference-between-surfside-condo-collapse-and-new-orleans-levee-breach-disaster/) - This week, Miami-Dade circuit judge Michael Hanzman gave final approval to a settlement for victims of the Champlain Towers South condominium collapse in Miami a year ago. The families of 98 people who were killed will receive over a billion dollars in a settlement in addition to those who lost one of the 136 units
- [After the Levee Breach, She Never Spoke Again](https://levees.org/2011/06/09/after-the-levee-breach/) - The letter below is printed with permission from the writer, Carol Wilkinson who contacted us recently to thank us for our new "Fact Box" that we cycle on our new website. Carol's mother lived in the Lakeview neighborhood badly affected by the breach of the 17th Street Canal. I was struck by the final sentence
- [My Perspective Five Days After Hurricane Ida](https://levees.org/2021/09/03/my-perspective-five-days-after-hurricane-ida/) - For those wanting to help the victims of Hurricane Ida, click here. Today, it's five days after Hurricane Ida, and I am compelled to offer up some stark differences between the outcome of this storm and the storm exactly sixteen years ago. Five days after Hurricane Katrina exposed design flaws in the New Orleans levees,
- [A problem at the London Avenue Canal pump station](https://levees.org/2022/05/20/a-problem-at-the-london-avenue-canal-pump-station/) - We learned at the board meeting of the Levee Authority East that there's a problem with the pump station at the London Avenue Canal. Normally, the pump station––built after the levees broke in 2005––can pump about 9000 cubic feet of water per second (cfs). We've learned that currently, two weeks prior to hurricane season, that
- [Levees.org Rolls Out New Self-Guided Levee Breach Bike Tour](https://levees.org/2022/05/18/levees-org-rolls-out-new-self-guided-levee-breach-bike-tour/) - We're rolling new maps for our Self-Guided Levee Breach Disaster Bike Tour. There's an interactive detailed Google Map! Click on the icons, and see a detailed story about each site. And there's also a downloadable printable PDF map! The self-guided tour allows anyone, at any time, an opportunity to view two major breach sites and
- [Levees.org to Speak to Visitors from South Africa in State Dept Program](https://levees.org/2013/09/12/levees-org-to-speak-to-visitors-from-south-africa-in-state-dept-program/) - Updated 2:20 p.m. Today, the founder of Levees.org will speak to a representatives of South Africa who have requested a meeting to discuss the impact of Levees.org's efforts to hold the local and federal governments accountable for the failure of the levee system during Hurricane Katrina. These visitors are invited to the United States under
- [Levees.org meets with Latin American visitors](https://levees.org/2015/10/05/levees-org-meets-with-latin-american-visitors/) - Recently, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of fifteen visitors from Latin America including four interpreters. The visitors were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State to examine the ethical standards of conduct in government that underlie the U.S. democratic system and demonstrate how
- [Levees.org to meet with visitors from The Netherlands](https://levees.org/2013/11/20/levees-org-to-meet-with-visitors-from-the-netherlands/) - Updated: Friday, November 22, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. Today, at the breach site of the 17th Street Canal, Sandy Rosenthal and H.J. Bosworth Jr, met with a group of Government Trainees (taking part in a 2-year Young Professional Programme) from the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment from the Netherlands. The group is here to
- [Levees.org to Speak to African Visitors in State Department Program](https://levees.org/2012/08/09/levees-org-to-speak-to-african-visitors-in-state-department-program/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org will speak to a group of eight visitors from Africa who will be studying Transparency and Good Governance. The visitors are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. They represent the countries of Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Tanzania, Camaroon, Ghana,
- [Founder of Levees.org Meets with Visitors from Pakistan](https://levees.org/2013/12/19/founder-of-levees-org-meets-with-visitors-from-pakistan/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of seven visitors from Pakistan, who were in New Orleans learning about emergency preparedness. They requested a meeting to discuss advocacy, rebuilding and lobbying issues and to tour the sites where the levees collapsed during Katrina. Ms. Rosenthal met the group at the site of
- [Fifteen years later, the National Levee Safety Program finally being rolled out](https://levees.org/2022/04/01/national-levee-safety-program-finally-rolled-out/) - After the levee failures in New Orleans in 2005, Congress attached levee safety legislation to the Water Resources Development Act. Called in short, the National Levee Safety Act of 2007, the legislation ordered the Secretary of the Army to administer reforms and new programs including the creation of a: 1. national data base of federal
- [How the Titanic disaster is similar to the Levee Breach catastrophe](https://levees.org/2022/04/14/how-the-titanic-disaster-is-similar-to-the-levee-breach-catastrophe/) - April 15 is the 110th anniversary of the Titanic disaster. Fifteen hundred plus souls were lost on that day due primarily to human arrogance. The captain was attempting to complete the maiden journey in record time, despite reports of icebergs. And there were too few lifeboats. One hundred and ten years later, we still talk
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured speaker at the New Orleans Book Festival](https://levees.org/2022/03/10/founder-sandy-rosenthal-is-featured-speaker-at-the-new-orleans-book-festival/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will be a guest panelist at the NEW ORLEANS BOOK FESTIVAL at Tulane University. Rosenthal will join Roberta Brandes Gratz, Lt. Gen Russel Honore, Andy Horowitz and Mark VanLandingham on 3/11. Tulane University will host its inaugural weekend of the Festival March 10-12. It will be a three-day, in-person literary celebration
- [When No One Blames the Hurricane](https://levees.org/2013/10/09/when-no-one-blames-the-hurricane/) - In 1889, after several days of rain, a badly maintained dam broke in Johnstown, PA. The deluge destroyed the town and killed 2,209 people. No one blames the rain. In 1912, the Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank drowning more than 1,500 people. The Titanic had ignored heavy ice warnings and had too few
- [Hurricane Ida](https://levees.org/2021/08/31/hurricane-ida/) - On August 29, 2021, Levees.org reached out to its national supporter base of which two thirds is outside of Greater New Orleans. We could do little more than offer warm thoughts and prayers to those in Hurricane Ida's path. Yesterday and today, we've been closely monitoring the news reporting on the Army Corps of Engineers'
- [Founder Rosenthal will be panelist at New Orleans Book Festival](https://levees.org/2022/02/17/founder-rosenthal-will-be-panelist-at-new-orleans-book-festival/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will be a guest panelist at the NEW ORLEANS BOOK FESTIVAL. Rosenthal will join Roberta Brandes Gratz, Lt. Gen Russel Honore, Andy Horowitz and Mark VanLandingham on 3/11. Tulane University will host its inaugural weekend of the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival on March 10-12. It will be a three-day, in-person
- [Founder Rosenthal to be featured in local TV show](https://levees.org/2022/03/09/founder-rosenthal-to-be-featured-in-local-tv-show/) - On Thursday March 10, founder Sandy Rosenthal will be featured in a local television show. The episode, which was filmed at Levees.org's Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden, is part of a series called My Cheap Date. Rosenthal speaks with a couple at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Fillmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans. The premise
- [A Manifesto: Engineering Students Must Learn About Engineering Disasters](https://levees.org/2022/01/28/a-manifesto-engineering-students-must-learn-about-engineering-disasters/) - It's come to the attention of Levees.org that civil engineering students are not being taught about the worst civil engineering disaster in US history. Students are graduating without the crucial knowledge that engineering mistakes led to the collapse of the Army Corps of Engineers' levees in New Orleans in August of 2005. "There is no
- [When Good News Turns To Tagedy](https://levees.org/2022/02/03/when-good-news-turns-to-tagedy/) - Recently, US Senator Jim Inhofe was jubilant over bringing home federal funding ––$137 million––for a levee project in his home state of Oklahoma. Senator Inhofe is rightly happy about this news. Funding for lifesaving levees is of the utmost importance. Exactly thirty years ago, an equally jubilant US Senator J. Bennett Johnston had just brought
- [New Orleans Book Festival will showcase founder Sandy Rosenthal and her debut book](https://levees.org/2021/12/08/new-orleans-book-festival-will-showcase-founder-sandy-rosenthal/) - In a recent press release, the 2022 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University states that it will host its inaugural weekend, March 10-12, with a three-day, in-person literary celebration featuring more than 100 national, regional and local authors, including some of the nation’s most beloved bestsellers. The festival is free and open to the
- [Arts Council to unveil sculpture at Levees.org's Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden](https://levees.org/2021/11/04/arts-council-to-unveil-sculpture/) - The Arts Council of New Orleans, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, will unveil a new sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden. WHAT: Unveiling Ceremony WHEN: Sunday, November 7th from 3:30-5:30 WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive WHO: The
- ["Words Whispered in Water" wins two more awards](https://levees.org/2021/09/23/two-more-awards/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's book "Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina" has recently won two more awards. On August 21, Rosenthal learned that her book had won the Silver Falchion Award in the Best Nonfiction category. This award is given to debut authors who incorporate mystery, suspense and thriller into
- [Founder Rosenthal featured by national media on Hurricane Ida](https://levees.org/2021/09/06/founder-rosenthal-featured-by-national-media-on-hurricane-ida/) - Updated: 9/15/21. Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was featured by multiple national media for her commentary on the New Orleans levee system and Hurricane Ida. On August 31, Rosenthal's remarks were included in a story by the Washington Post's senior editor Marc Fisher. Julie Rose with Top of Mind interviewed Rosenthal on September 1. This national
- [Founder Rosenthal's Book is Finalist for Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award](https://levees.org/2021/08/09/founder-rosenthals-book-is-finalist-for-killer-nashville/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal is a finalist for the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award in the Non-Fiction category for her book Words Whispered in Water. The award is given to authors of debut books that incorporate thriller, suspense and mystery. The winner will be kept secret until the awards banquet taking place at the 2021 Killer
- [Levees.org to host Press Conference at 16th Anniversary of New Orleans' Levee Breach Event](https://levees.org/2021/08/21/levees-org-to-host-press-conference-at-16th-anniversary/) - WHAT: Outdoor press conference WHEN: 10:00 a.m. August 25, 2021 (close to 16th anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in US history) WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive, New Orleans (site of Levee Exhibit Hall) Levees.org has, in writing, recent remarks made by the incoming president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) that are
- [Founder Rosenthal's book garners 5-star review from Readers Favorite](https://levees.org/2021/06/30/founder-rosenthals-book-garners-5-star-review-from-readers-favorite/) - On June 28, 2021, Readers Favorite released a review of founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Here is an excerpt of the review written by Francis Mont for Readers Favorite. "The information had been mostly unknown to me and is shockingly convincing about the book’s
- [Founder Rosenthal to be featured author at 2021 New Orleans Book Festival](https://levees.org/2021/06/27/founder-rosenthal-to-be-featured-author-at-2021-new-orleans-book-festival/) - Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal will be a featured guest and speaker at the 2021 New Orleans Book Festival at Tulane University's uptown campus. Rosenthal is selected to present on her debut book "Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina." A signed letter from co-chairs Cheryl Landrieu and Walter Isaacson states: "We
- [Gen Russel Honore to appear in maiden episode of BEAT THE BIG GUYS](https://levees.org/2021/06/23/gen-russel-honore-to-appear-in-maiden-episode/) - After eight month of preparation, founder Sandy Rosenthal launched her first podcast episode of Beat the Big Guys on June 21, 2021. The show is designed to help citizens-at-large who see a problem in their town or community but may feel helpless to do anything about it. Each episode will feature major celebrities and experts,
- [Levees.org leaders featured in The Advocate](https://levees.org/2021/05/16/levees-org-leaders-featured-in-the-advocate/) - The Advocate recently featured Levees.org's lead researcher H.J. Bosworth and founder Sandy Rosenthal's letter. In the letter, Bosworth and Rosenthal object to a bill proposed by Jerome "Zee" Zeringue R-Houma. The bill require the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard to shoulder the lion's share of the cost of the post-Katrina improvements to the
- [The Sinking Louisiana Coast Was Predicted 124 Years Ago](https://levees.org/2021/05/31/the-sinking-louisiana-coast/) - #post_excerptOn this, the eve of Hurricane Season, it's interesting to note that the sinking of the Louisiana coastal delta was predicted 124 years ago.
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal to launch podcast](https://levees.org/2021/06/14/founder-sandy-rosenthal-to-launch-podcast/) - On June 21, 2021, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will launch the BEAT THE BIG GUYS podcast. Podcast description: Do you see a problem in your community or town, but feel there’s nothing you can do? Find out just how much power you have – right now – from Sandy Rosenthal who started out with no
- [Judges comments released for winning book "Words Whispered in Water"](https://levees.org/2021/05/15/judges-comments-released-for-winning-book-words-whispered-in-water/) - The Eric Hoffer Award Program has released the judges comments for Sandy Rosenthal's book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Founder Rosenthal’s book, published by Mango Media in August 2020, has received the 2021 First Horizon Award for “superior work by a debut author in Non-Fiction.” Here are the judges
- [Words Whispered in Water wins Nautilus Award in Journalism & Investigative Reporting](https://levees.org/2021/05/07/words-whispered-in-water-wins-nautilus-award/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s debut book has received the 2020 Silver Nautilus Book Award. On its website, Nautilus describes its selections as "better books for a better world." The award to Rosenthal's book is in the Journalism and Investigative Reporting category. Rosenthal’s book is titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane
- [Levees.org founder quoted in New Orleans PowerPoll](https://levees.org/2021/05/12/levees-org-founder-quoted-in-new-orleans-powerpoll/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's remarks were featured in this month's PowerPoll. Rosenthal, and others in the PowerPoll, were asked this question: "Who should pay for the improvements to the New Orleans area hurricane protection system?" Here's Rosenthal's response: “The levees failed due solely to mistakes by the federal government, specifically the US Army Corps of
- [Levees.org's HJ Bosworth Jr, PE remarks on President Biden's visit to New Orleans](https://levees.org/2021/05/06/levees-orgs-hj-bosworth-jr-pe-remarks-on-president-bidens-visit-to-new-orleans/)
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal's book receives First Horizon Award](https://levees.org/2021/04/28/founder-sandy-rosenthals-book-receives-first-horizon-award/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s debut book has received the 2021 First Horizon Award for "superior work by a debut author." This award is an additional distinction beneath the Eric Hoffer Award umbrella. Rosenthal's book is titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina and was published by Mango Media in August
- [Words Whispered gets high marks from Columbia University Water Center](https://levees.org/2021/04/07/words-whispered-gets-high-marks-from-columbia-university-water-center/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal is pleased to learn that her debut book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina received high marks from the Columbia Water Center based at Columbia University. Core research and staff associate Paulina Concha Larrauri wrote a Technical Review of the book. Here are some excerpts: "...[S]hows how
- [Words Whispered in Water earns introduction from Tulane University's Mark S Davis](https://levees.org/2021/04/13/introduction-from-tulane-universitys-mark-s-davis/) - The Director of Tulane University's Institute on Water Resources Law & Policy has written a wonderful introduction to founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book Words Whispered in Water; Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. The introduction, written by Mark S. Davis, is featured in Water Alternatives. Here are some excerpts from the introduction: "...Rosenthal points
- [Book Discussion by DISCOURSE: Words Whispered in Water](https://levees.org/2021/03/23/book-discussion-by-discourse-words-whispered-in-water/) - Recently, Sandy Rosenthal's debut book Words Whispered in Water was reviewed by Discourse, an online video book reviewer.
- [Levees.org founder featured on Finding Genius Podcast](https://levees.org/2021/03/18/levees-org-founder-featured-on-finding-genius-podcast/) - Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal was featured by Richard Jacobs, host of the Finding Genius Podcast. Rosenthal spoke about her work uncovering the Army Corps of Engineers design mistakes and its campaign to fool the American people about it. On the Finding Genius Podcast website, Richard Jacobs says he seeks out "the best of the best
- [Levees.org founders' book nominated for Montaigne Medal and da Vinci Eye Prize](https://levees.org/2021/03/02/levees-org-founders-book-nominated-for-montaigne-medal/) - As part of the Eric Hoffer Award, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book, Words Whispered in Water was nominated for the Montaigne Medal. The Montaigne Medal is an additional distinction to the Hoffer Grand Prize, awarded to the most thought-provoking books. Only two or three books receive this award each year. And there's even more
- [Another commissioner of post-Katrina Levee Board praises Words Whispered in Water](https://levees.org/2021/02/21/another-commissioner-of-post-katrina-levee-board-praises-words-whispered/) - Another former commissioner of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection-East has praised Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020). Ricardo Pineda, a Water Resources Engineer for over 40 years, who served six years as a commissioner for the Flood Authority East, has positive remarks about
- [Founder Rosenthal's book garners 2021 Feathered Quill Silver Award](https://levees.org/2021/02/11/founder-rosenthals-book-garners-2021-feathered-quill-silver-award/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book has received the 2021 Feathered Quill Silver Second Place book award in the Informational Category. The book is titled "Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina" and was published my Mango Media in August 2020. In her book, Rosenthal describes how she created the group
- [Literary Titan on book "Words Whispered in Water:" AWESOME JOB](https://levees.org/2021/01/12/the-literary-titan-awesome-job/) - The online Literary Titan has awarded Words Whispered in Water, by Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal with a 5-star review. The Literary Titan states on its website that it "is an organization of professional editors, writers, and professors that have a passion for the written word. We review fiction and non-fiction books in many different genres,
- [FLOODLINES featuring Levees.org founder is named 2020's Best Podcast by NPR, New York Times, New Yorker and more](https://levees.org/2020/12/28/floodlines-featuring-sandy-rosenthal-named-2020s-best-podcast-by-new-york-times/) - Floodlines is named best of 2020's podcasts by NPR, New York Times, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Guardian, Economist and more. The free podcast is produced by The Atlantic Magazine and hosted by the talented Vann R. Newkirk II. Floodlines revisits the story of the levee breaches through the experiences of four New Orleanians—Le-Ann Williams, Fred
- [Commissioner of post-Katrina Levee Board praises book that criticized levee board reform](https://levees.org/2020/12/18/commissioner-of-post-katrina-levee-board-praises-book/) - Stephen Estopinal, eight-year veteran of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority–East created after Hurricane Katrina, praises Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020). Estopinal’s book review will appear in the upcoming double issue (vol 40, numbers 1 & 2) of the Xavier Review.
- [Founder Rosenthal featured in Floodlines created by The Atlantic Magazine](https://levees.org/2020/03/14/founder-rosenthal-featured-in-floodlines/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured in a massive new project Floodlines: The story of an unnatural disaster, created by The Atlantic Magazine. It's the story of the aftermath of the day the levees broke. The segment featuring Rosenthal is titled: How could the levees have failed? In addition to Rosenthal, the project features Gen Russel
- [The Lens publishes Op-Ed by Sandy Rosenthal on value of Independent Investigation of Disasters](https://levees.org/2020/12/14/the-lens-publishes-op-ed-by-sandy-rosenthal/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal and Sally Regenhard of New York City are both ordinary citizens with no special training who shouldered the responsibility of calling for independent investigations of two internationally watched disasters that occurred five years apart. The New Orleans Lens has published founder Sandy Rosenthal's opinion editorial about bipartisan legislation that addresses this issue.
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal to be featured by Tulane University in Discussion of Disasters in Louisiana](https://levees.org/2020/09/11/founder-sandy-rosenthal-to-be-featured-by-tulane-university/) - UPDATE: For those who missed the live discussion, you can see the recorded discussion here. On Monday Sept 14, 2020 at 5:30 Central, Levees.org Sandy Rosenthal will be a featured author expert panelist with Tulane historian author Andy Horowitz and Pulitzer prize winning author Jarvis Deberry moderated by renowned author Walter Isaacson. The discussion will
- [NPR's award-winning John Burnett will interview founder Sandy Rosenthal at Miami Book Fair](https://levees.org/2020/11/19/nprs-award-winning-john-burnett-will-interview-founder-sandy-rosenthal/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, Aug 2020) will be featured at the Miami Book Fair this coming Saturday November 21, 2020. The Miami Book Fair––the largest book event in the United States––will be online this year. John Burnett, decorated reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition
- [Founder Rosenthal's debut book earns Publishers Weekly review](https://levees.org/2020/11/17/founder-rosenthals-debut-book-earns-publishers-weekly-review/) - Publishers Weekly has issued a positive review of Founder Sandy Rosenthal's new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, August 2020). According to BookLife, a Publishers Weekly review is the most highly regarded review in the publishing industry. Here is a snip from the review. “Political activist Rosenthal delivers a
- [Levees.org founder interviewed by Malik Mingo host of Great Day Louisiana show](https://levees.org/2020/10/30/levees-org-founder-interviewed-by-malik-mingo/) - Recently, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was interviewed by Malik Mingo, host of WWL-TV Channel 4's "Great Day Louisiana" show. Rosenthal talked about her new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina.
- [Founder Rosenthal featured in Book Talk with the Christian Regenhard Center in NYC](https://levees.org/2020/10/29/founder-rosenthal-featured-in-book-talk/) - Recently, the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) kicked off its Fall Seminar Series by featuring founder Sandy Rosenthal and her new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. RaCERS is a unique applied research center focused on lessons learned and planning for large-scale incidents. It is housed
- [Founder Rosenthal to be featured in Book Talk with the Christian Regenhard Center](https://levees.org/2020/10/01/founder-rosenthal-to-be-featured-in-book-talk/) - On October 9, 2020, the Christian Regenhard Center for Emergency Response Studies (RaCERS) will kick off its Fall Seminar Series by featuring founder Sandy Rosenthal and her new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. RaCERS is a unique applied research center focused on lessons learned and planning for large-scale
- [Words Whispered in Water is selected by Publishers Weekly](https://levees.org/2020/06/24/www-selected-by-publishers-weekly/) - Founder Rosenthal's book was selected by Publishers Weekly in its semi-annual list of titles in Politics & Current Events. Being selected by Publishers Weekly means the book is considered important and needs to be included in all libraries. The book––coming out August 11 in paperback––is published by the Florida-based Mango Publishing. Here is what Publishers
- [NPR's John Burnett to interview Levees.org founder at the Miami Book Fair](https://levees.org/2020/10/19/nprs-john-burnett-to-interview-levees-org-founder/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina, will be featured at the 2020 Miami Book Fair next month. The Miami Book Fair, the largest book event in the United States, will be online this year. John Burnett, decorated reporter for NPR's Weekend Edition will interview Rosenthal
- [Golden Gate Breakfast Club thanks Sandy Rosenthal with a poem](https://levees.org/2020/10/13/golden-gate-breakfast-club-thanks-levees-org/) - Recently, founder Sandy Rosenthal was a featured guest author with the Golden Gate Breakfast Club (GGBC) of San Francisco. In the virtual presentation, Rosenthal discussed her new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. As a word of thanks, the president, Mr. Craig Stuart Adams of W Real Estate, wrote
- [Founder Rosenthal is guest on the Marc Bernier Show in Florida](https://levees.org/2020/10/12/founder-rosenthal-is-guest-on-the-marc-bernier-show/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on the Marc Bernier show to talk about her new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Marc Bernier is Host of the “Marc Bernier Show” (marcberniershow.com) on WNDB/WNDA AM & FM based out of Daytona Beach/Orlando, which is heard throughout the entire
- [Hurricane Delta projected to strike Louisiana early Sat Oct 10](https://levees.org/2020/10/06/hurricane-delta-projected-to-strike-louisiana-early-sat-oct-10/) - Unbelievable. A Category 4 storm, with winds currently at 140 mph is headed toward the Louisiana coast. Forecasters say Hurricane Delta could strengthen even more before it makes landfall. And will strike "as a major hurricane of at least at Category 3" early Saturday morning. Just as dangerous as wind is the storm surge which
- [Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal interviewed by NDT-TV on Hurricane Delta](https://levees.org/2020/10/10/levees-org-founder-sandy-rosenthal-interviewed-by-ndt-tv-on-hurricane-delta/) - Don Tran with NDT-TV in New York City interviews Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal about the arrival of Hurricane Delta in Cameron Parish Louisiana which occurred just six weeks after Hurricane Laura struck the same region.
- [Healthy Gulf to host virtual book signing for founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/09/29/healthy-gulf-to-host-virtual-book-signing-for-founder-sandy-rosenthal/) - Healthy Gulf will host a virtual book signing for founder Sandy Rosenthal for her new book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina on Tuesday, September 29, 2020 starting at 6:00 Central. Thomas Beller, author, Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing for Tulane University will interview Ms. Rosenthal in
- [Levees.org founder to be featured author at Blue Cypress Books](https://levees.org/2020/09/21/levees-org-founder-to-be-featured-author-at-blue-cypress-books/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal will be invited featured author on Saturday, September 26th from 12 pm - 2 pm in front Blue Cypress Books for a socially-distant curbside book signing! Rosenthal will be signing her debut book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. In the aftermath of one of the worst
- [Louisiana State Museum's Second Thursday Lecture Series to feature founder Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/09/05/louisiana-state-museums-second-thursday-lecture-series-to-feature-founder-rosenthal/) - UPDATE: For those who missed the live program, a recording can be seen here. The Louisiana State Museum in partnership with the Friends of the Cabildo will feature Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal in its Second Thursday Lecture series. Rosenthal will discuss her new book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina
- [Tulane University to feature Sandy Rosenthal in Fall Book Festival Virtual Discussion](https://levees.org/2020/09/03/tulane-university-to-feature-sandy-rosenthal/) - Tulane University has invited Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal to be a featured book author in its ongoing and very popular New Orleans Book Festival Virtual Series which presents discussions on a variety of relevant topics. Rosenthal will be counted as a "highlighted participant in this Fall Virtual Series." In a signed letter from Walter Isaacson
- [Melba's and Levees.org to partner for literacy on August 29, 2020](https://levees.org/2020/08/28/melbas-and-levees-org-to-partner-for-literacy/) - Everyone in New Orleans knows where Melba's Po'boy shop is. The iconic eatery / washerteria is a landmark located at the junction of Elysian Fields and North Claiborne Avenues. But did you know that the owners, Jane and Scott Wolfe have a literacy program? On the 15th Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in
- [Founder Rosenthal's debut book is now #1 Best Seller on Amazon](https://levees.org/2020/08/18/founder-rosenthals-debut-book-is-now-1-best-seller-on-amazon/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book is #1 Best Seller on Amazon. The book it titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Rosenthal’s book describes her role as a citizen investigator and how––against all odds––she exposed the culprit in the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans and compelled the news media,
- [Arts Council to partner with Levees.org to install sculpture at Levee Exhibit Hall](https://levees.org/2020/08/21/arts-council-to-partner/) - The structure is designed by youth artists The Arts Council of New Orleans, in partnership with the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) and the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, will install a new sculpture at Levees.org’s Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden. The art commission arose out of a much
- [Levees.org obtains new data showing nearly two-thirds of Americans live by levees](https://levees.org/2020/08/12/levees-org-obtains-new-data/) - Levees.org just obtained new data showing that the number of Americans protected by levees has increased compared to a decade ago. Sixty-two percent of the American population lives in counties with levees. A decade ago, the percentage was 55%. Levees.org filed a request under FOIA for the data on May 12, 2019 and just received
- [Levees.org to host Virtual Panel to Observe 15th Anniversary of Levee Breaches](https://levees.org/2020/08/21/levees-org-to-host-virtual-panel-to-observe-15th-anniversary-of-levee-breaches/) - Part time New Orleans resident Harry Shearer (producer of The Big Uneasy) will moderate the one-hour expert panel discussion. Guest panelists: Gary Rivlin, author of Katrina: After the Flood Rudy Vorkapic, creator of satirical newspaper The Levee: “We Hold Nothing Back” LT General Russel Honore (Ret) Flozell Daniels, CEO & President of Foundation for Louisiana
- [Levees.org Founder's Unboxing Video Making Splash on Social](https://levees.org/2020/08/08/unboxing-video/) - UPDATE: The unboxing video has passed the 110K mark on social media https://www.facebook.com/WordsWhisperedinWater/videos/213960209969821/ It's standard for authors to create a short film of themselves seeing their new book for the first time. Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal created such a video for her debut book Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina
- [Founder Rosenthal's debut book goes on sale August 11](https://levees.org/2020/08/10/founder-rosenthals-debut-book-goes-on-sale-august-11/) - On Tuesday, August 11, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will do an outdoor Sidewalk Book Signing for her debut book at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street) in New Orleans from 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing) documents how the Army Corps of Engineers spent
- [Storycorps releases podcast featuring Sandy and Stanford Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/06/25/storycorps-releases-podcast/) - In this podcast created by Storycorps for the New Orleans Tricentennial, Stanford Rosenthal and his mother talk about the icons of New Orleans culture as well as the investigative project––Levees.org––and Stanford's critical role in co-founding it. Storycorps is an independently funded nonprofit organization whose mission is to "preserve and share humanity’s stories in order
- [The day the Hurricane Katrina forecast model surprised everyone](https://levees.org/2020/07/23/the-day-the-hurricane-katrina-forecast-model/) - With Tropical Depression Eight swirling in the Gulf and getting better organized, I cannot stop thinking about the day the Hurricane Katrina model surprised everyone. By mid day Friday August 26th, many New Orleanians, including me believed that Hurricane Katrina was heading toward the middle of the Florida Panhandle. Then came the big shock. Below
- [Eric Paulsen with WWL-TV interviews founder Rosenthal about her new book](https://levees.org/2020/07/23/eric-paulsen-with-wwl-tv-interviews-founder-rosenthal-about-her-new-book/) - Eric Paulsen with WWL-TV's Eyewitness Morning News Show interviewed founder Sandy Rosenthal about her new book, "Words Whispered in Water; Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing, 2020).
- [Founder Rosenthal featured on national TV about the Michigan dam failures](https://levees.org/2020/07/16/founder-rosenthal-featured-on-national-tv-about-the-michigan-dam-failures/) - This week, founder Sandy Rosenthal was featured by NTD-TV News in New York City to comment on the Michigan dam failures which affected over 11,000 people. Rosenthal's interview by Don Tran of NDT-TV was a followup to her commentary on May 25, 2020 in which she questioned the logic of having the dam owner––Boyce Hydro––lead
- [Founder Rosenthal's book now available at Octavia Books in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2020/07/21/founder-rosenthals-book-now-available/) - Today, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s book hits the shelves at Octavia Books (513 Octavia Street) in New Orleans. Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing) documents how the Army Corps of Engineers spent millions––in cooperation with the media––to fool the American public on why New Orleans flooded in 2005.
- [Go Ahead, Sue Me; 3rd of 4 Excerpts from 'Words Whispered in Water' by founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/07/14/go-ahead-sue-me-3rd-of-4-excerpts-from-words-whispered-in-water-by-founder-sandy-rosenthal/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal has released the third of four excerpts from her upcoming book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing, August 2020). The excerpt is called Go Ahead, Sue Me. It comes from Chapter 7; Figuring out the Allies. ---------- Saturday, November 10, 2007, dawned sunny and
- [Levees.org founder to be featured author at 2020 Louisiana Book Festival](https://levees.org/2020/07/15/levees-org-founder-to-be-featured-author-at-2020-louisiana-book-festival/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will be a featured author this coming autumn at the 2020 Louisiana Book Festival. The annual festival is a celebration of readers, writers, and books, to be held on Saturday, Oct. 31, 2020, at the State Capitol, State Library, Capitol Park Museum, and the Capitol Park Welcome Center in Baton Rouge.
- [Thank you Gov John Bel Edwards; Words Do Matter](https://levees.org/2020/07/09/thank-you-gov-john-bel-edwards/) - Every anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in US history is worth full observance. We are surprised that we missed this story about Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco published a year ago. But we are glad the story by the Associated Press was brought to our attention. In the story, which marked the passing of
- [The ten most poorly-reported stories in American journalism](https://levees.org/2020/04/15/the-ten-most-poorly-reported-stories/) - One of the most poorly covered stories in American journalism history is Hurricane Katrina and the levee breaches. This is according to W. Joseph Campbell in his book Getting it Wrong: Ten of the Greatest Misreported Stories in American Journalism. Says Campbell, the news coverage of the storm, the levee breaches and the aftermath was
- [Just Seven Weeks; 2nd of 4 Excerpts from Words Whispered in Water by founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/06/29/just-seven-weeks/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal has released the second of four excerpts from her upcoming book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing, August 2020). The excerpt is called Just Seven Weeks. It comes from Chapter 3; The Fairy Tale. ---------- Seven weeks after the 2005 flood, despite four different
- [Conflict of interest: Federal agency asks Michigan dam owner to investigate dam failure?](https://levees.org/2020/05/25/conflict-of-interest/) - Our hearts go out to the people of Midland community in Michigan after two dams failed on May 19 forcing the evacuation of 11,000 people amid the coronovirus pandemic. Wixom Lake (held back by Edenville Dam) and Sanford Lake (held back by Sanford Dam) both emptied into the region after heavy rains swelled the Tittabawassee
- [The Big Lie and How it All Started; 1st of 4 Excerpts from Words Whispered in Water by founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/06/22/the-big-lie/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal has released the first of four excerpts from her debut book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango Publishing, August 2020). The excerpt is called The Big Lie and How it All Started. It comes from Chapter 2; The Flood. ------------ In Washington, DC, (September 28, 2005)
- [New cover design for "Words Whispered" unveiled today](https://levees.org/2020/06/17/new-cover-design/) - Recently, Mango Publishing reached out to us with a request. Mango’s sales reps were “really into” Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal’s upcoming book and wanted a jacket that would “really sing.” So we tapped local artist and photographer Michael Styborski who created an eye-catching look. Styborski selected a photograph that he took in the Lower Ninth
- [Early praise for Words Whispered in Water by Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/2020/06/11/early-praise/) - Early praise is piling up for founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book, Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. It's the story of how––against all odds––Sandy Rosenthal and her grassroots group exposed the culprit in the catastrophic flooding of New Orleans and compelled the news media and the government to tell
- [For ten straight weeks, Words Whispered in Water is #1 New Release](https://levees.org/2020/06/15/for-ten-straight-weeks/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book has maintained the status of #1 New Release for ten straight weeks or for 70 straight days. The book is titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Rosenthal's book describes her role as a citizen investigator and how––against all odds––she exposed the culprit in the
- [How it all began: Levees.org's Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2020/06/16/how-it-all-began/) - Four years ago, Levees.org purchased the last remaining house at the site of a major levee breach that had not yet been torn down or renovated. That house was 4918 Warrington Drive, just a stone's throw from the London Avenue Canal breach site. We wanted to create a museum to commemorate and memorialize the flooding
- [Video retrospective: Army Corps of Engineers used federal computers to attack its critics online](https://levees.org/2020/06/01/video-retrospective-army-corps-of-engineers-used-federal-computers-to-attack-its-critics-online/) - Today is the first day of hurricane season. In normal times, the discussion would be about the flood protection that the Army Corps of Engineers built to protect the people of New Orleans. So imagine Levees.org's surprise when we discovered that this same Army Corps was attacking us. Today, Levees.org released its 4th in a
- [Levees.org invited by selection committee to monitor S&WB investigation](https://levees.org/2017/10/17/levees-org-invited-by-selection-committee-to-monitor-swb-investigation/) - Ever since the flash-flooding on August 5 when a summer rain drenched homes and business in New Orleanians, it's been tempting to jump to conclusions and instantly name a culprit. But the fact is, competent investigations avoid that temptation and approach the challenge objectively. Which is why it's critical that the investigation into what went
- [Army Corps hired PR firm to improve its image](https://levees.org/2020/05/15/army-corps-hired-pr-firm-to-improve-its-image/) - After the levees broke in New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers quietly hired a public relations firm called Outreach Process Partners (OPP). OPP was hired under a 3-year contract to ostensibly improve the federal agency's image. This small firm was paid $1 million up front and, over the next three years, received another
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal's book is #1 New Release on Amazon.com](https://levees.org/2020/03/08/founder-sandy-rosenthals-book-is-1-new-release-on-amazon-com/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal's debut book is now #1 New Release on Amazon.com in Groundwater & Flood Control. The book is titled Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina. Told in the first person, Rosenthal's book describes her role as a citizen investigator and how––against all odds––she exposed the culprit in the
- [Levees.org logs its one millionth view](https://levees.org/2020/04/08/levees-org-logs-its-one-millionth-view/) - On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Levees.org website attained the magic number – one million views! Created on December 3, 2005, the site was originally intended as an educational tool to help the national population understand that the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005 is due to federal levee building mistakes on the part
- [Come visit the Levee Exhibit Hall and Rain Garden](https://levees.org/2015/07/13/come-visit-the-levee-exhibit-hall-and-rain-garden/) - On Saturday July 11, 2015, Levees.org cut the ribbon for the country's first ever outdoor levee exhibit at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Now, residents and visitors alike can view six museum-quality exhibit panels housed in a 100-foot walkway. The text and forty photographs tell the story and bust the
- [Levees.org's project listed #4 in Must-See List of Hidden Museums](https://levees.org/2020/02/06/levees-orgs-project-listed-4-in-must-see-list-of-hidden-museums/) - A Levees.org project is the featured story in this week's Gambit. The Flooded House Museum, which opened in March 2019, is the 4th featured story–– one of 13 Hidden Museums in New Orleans.. When Levees.org purchased the house in 2016, the group worked in partnership with the neighborhood residents and developed a special plan. Volunteer
- [Remembering Jim Lehrer with PBS Newshour](https://levees.org/2020/01/24/remembering-jim-lehrer-with-pbs-newshour/) - We are saddened to hear about the passing of PBS News Anchor Jim Lehrer. Mr. Lehrer was a visionary who provided substantial and valuable coverage for Levees.org in its earliest years. One example is on June 1, 2006, when corps commander Lt Gen Carl Strock apologized for a major failure in the levee system protecting
- [Founder Rosenthal meets with ten high schoolers from The NET](https://levees.org/2020/02/03/founder-rosenthal-meets-with-ten-high-schoolers-from-the-net/) - The Arts Council of New Orleans' is working to create public art to bring awareness and attention to urban water issues. The Arts Council is also working with 14 youth from The NET: Gentilly high school who will work alongside Carl Joe Williams to create one of the public artworks to speak to neighborhood history, community
- [Flooded House Museum is featured in unique new museum guide](https://levees.org/2020/01/22/flooded-house-museum-is-featured-in-unique-new-museum-guide/) - Levees.org's Flooded House Museum is featured in a unique new museum guide published by Gambit. This list includes 13 New Orleans museums with "intimate, hyper-focused and sometimes off-the-wall approaches."
- [Levees.org founder announces book deal](https://levees.org/2020/01/15/levees-org-founder-announces-book-deal/) - The founder of Levees.org has recently signed a book deal with Mango Publishing, based in Miami. Sandy Rosenthal’s book––Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina––is about how she, and the group she founded, Levees.org, exposed the culprit in the catastrophic flooding in metropolitan New Orleans in 2005. Mango is currently one
- [Levees.org founder featured in new book](https://levees.org/2019/12/20/levees-org-founder-featured-in-new-book/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal is featured in a newly released hard bound pictorial book. From the book jacket: "New Orleans native Cheryl Gerber captures the vibrancy and diversity of New Orleans women in Cherchez la Femme; New Orleans Women. Inspired by the 2017 Women' March inWashington, DC, Gerber's book includes photographs of the city's most well-known women
- [The Army Corps requests $3.2B from Congress to raise New Orleans levees](https://levees.org/2019/12/14/the-army-corps-requests-3-5b-from-congress-to-raise-new-orleans-levees/) - The Army Corps of Engineers has recommended that Congress invest $3.2 billion to raise the levees in the New Orleans region to account for sea level rise and anticipated subsidence. Levees.org's lead researcher, HJ Bosworth, speaks to Rob Masson with Fox8 News about it.
- [How far we've come](https://levees.org/2019/12/02/how-far-weve-come/) - This short clip from C-SPAN shows how far Levees.org has come––with the help of its supporters––since we started in November of 2005.
- [Discovery Channel releases 'Disasters Engineered' series featuring Levees.org](https://levees.org/2019/11/21/discovery-channel-releases-disasters-engineered-series-featuring-levees-org/) - The Discovery Channel has released a 10-part series titled Disasters Engineered. Episode 7––which heavily features Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal––reveals how the disaster called 'Hurricane Katrina' was, in fact, an engineering disaster.
- [Founder Rosenthal featured on "Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson"](https://levees.org/2019/10/29/founder-rosenthal-featured-on-full-measure-with-sharyl-attkisson/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was recently featured on Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson which airs in 70+ cities every Sunday. The story explored the status of the levees, the money spent on them, and whether they will be enough to withstand another hurricane.
- [Thick plant layer covering New Orleans waterways and canals?](https://levees.org/2019/10/08/thick-plant-layer-covering-new-orleans-waterways-and-canals/) - 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](https://levees.org/2019/09/25/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
- [Action Alert: Tell the USACE to put its levee report back online for public viewing](https://levees.org/2019/08/20/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
- [Founder Rosenthal on 300 yard spillway at Army Corps Headquarters on Mississippi River](https://levees.org/2019/07/13/founder-rosenthal-on-300-yard-spillway-at-army-corps-headquarters-on-mississippi-river/) - UPDATE: New Orleans was spared a super-high river event because Tropical Storm Barry failed to organize quickly. But the question remains: why is there a 300-yard plus gap in the Mississippi River levee at the Army Corps of Engineers headquarters? According to the National Levee Data Base, there is a 300-yard plus gap in the
- [Gray Line Tours donates to Levees.org's Flooded House Museum and Levee Exhibit](https://levees.org/2019/08/16/gray-line-tours-donates-to-levees-orgs-flooded-house-museum-and-levee-exhibit/) - 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. 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
- [Lesson from Entergy's paid actor flap: Honesty is the best policy](https://levees.org/2019/06/21/lesson-from-entergys-paid-actor-flap-honesty-is-the-best-policy/) - Last Friday, a New Orleans judge ordered the City Council to conduct a new vote on whether to allow Entergy to build a natural gas-fired power plant in eastern New Orleans. Civil District Court Judge Piper Griffin agreed with opponents who insisted the council’s vote in March 2018 was tainted by dozens of paid actors
- [You'll find this nowhere else](https://levees.org/2019/06/30/youll-find-this-nowhere-else/) - In September 2005, Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco selected Dr. Ivor van Heerden to lead the state's major study of the Army Corps of Engineers' levee breaches in New Orleans. That report – called Team Louisiana – was the first report made public that faulted the corps for the catastrophic flooding. So we were puzzled to
- [The next generation learns about the levee breaches of New Orleans in 2005](https://levees.org/2019/06/03/the-next-generation-learns-about-the-levee-breaches-of-new-orleans-in-2005/) - For those younger than 15 years old, the levee breaches of New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina are only a story. On time for hurricane season, WDSU TV has partnered with KIPP school to help youngsters understand the morning of August 29, 2005. Reported by Damon Singleton. Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal assists.
- [Levees Everywhere](https://levees.org/2019/05/15/levees-everywhere/) - Fifty-five percent of the American population lives in counties protected by levees. This is much higher than originally thought. Levees.org uncovered this important information after filing a request under the Freedom of Information Act in 2009. Prior to our request, the number – stated by experts to our members of Congress – was forty-three percent.
- [Two Flood Museums featured at start of hurricane season](https://levees.org/2019/05/28/two-flood-museums-featured-at-start-of-hurricane-season/) - On time for hurricane season, Bess Casserleigh of WBRZ TV in Baton Rouge features founder Sandy Rosenthal with Levees.org's Flooded House Museum in New Orleans and also the Ground Zero Museum in Waveland, Mississippi.
- [Levees.org opens Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2019/03/28/levees-org-opens-flooded-house-museum/) - After three years of steady work, Levees.org held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Flooded House Museum – an education memorial and monument to the devastating levee failures of August 2005. City Councilman for District D, Jared Brossett, residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood and members of Levees.org participated under a sunny sky on March
- [Levees.org mobilizes its supporters to ask the Data Center to remove error-laden report from website](https://levees.org/2019/01/29/11486/) - The Data Center of Southeast Louisiana has a report on its website containing blatant falsehoods about what caused the 2005 flooding during Hurricane Katrina. The report states Katrina’s destruction was caused by insufficient funding for maintenance. This is false. The report also states Katrina’s destruction was caused by errors in design. This is true, but the report
- [AP: Founder Sandy Rosenthal featured in video of Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2019/03/20/ap-video-creation-of-soon-to-open-flooded-house-museum/) - In this video created by the Associated Press, Founder Sandy Rosenthal explains why New Orleans and the nation needs the Flooded House Museum. The home, at the actual site of a major levee breach will both a memorial to those lost in the 2005 flooding and a monument for the survivors.
- [Annual guided Levee Breach Bike Tour is Sat April 20](https://levees.org/2019/04/09/annual-guided-levee-breach-bike-tour-is-sat-april-20/) - Levees.org will host a guided Levee Breach Bike Tour on Saturday April 20 starting at 10 a.m. The free tour, guided by founder Sandy Rosenthal, starts at the Flooded House Museum near City Park in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans. Hear the story by New Orleans Podcasting. The tour starts at 4918 Warrington
- [WGNO TV reports on Levees.org's newly opened Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2019/04/03/wgno-tv-reports-on-levees-orgs-newly-opened-flooded-house-museum/) - Susan Roesgen with WGNO TV reports on Levees.org's newly opened Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans.
- [Teaser video: WWL TV interviews Levees.org on why the nation needs a Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2019/03/21/teaser-video-wwl-tv-interviews-levees-org-on-why-the-nation-needs-a-flooded-house-museum/) - WWLTV Channel 4's Jade Cunningham interviews Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal on why the nation needs the Flooded House Museum. The monument will officially open on March 23, 2019.
- [Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2018/11/18/flooded-house-museum/) - 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
- [Ribbon Cutting for Flooded House Museum: Sat March 23 at 10am](https://levees.org/2019/03/19/ribbon-cutting-for-flooded-house-museum-sat-march-23-at-10am/) - Please join Levees.org and the residents of Filmore Gardens for a Ribbon Cutting ceremony. After three years of work, Levees.org will unveil its Flooded House Museum. Sat March 23 at 10:00 a.m.4918 Warrington Drive, New Orleans LaToya Cantrell, the Mayor of New Orleans, is scheduled to attend. The unique museum – once a single family
- [Bloomberg and Reuters state the levee breach facts right](https://levees.org/2019/03/17/bloomberg-and-reuters-state-the-levee-breach-facts-right/) - In the past four weeks, two international media houses have stated – accurately – that the Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for the levee breach events of August 2005.
- [Levees.org's historic plaque featured in WDSU TV News](https://levees.org/2019/01/16/levees-orgs-historic-plaque-featured-in-wdsu-tv-news/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal and the group Levees.org is featured in this WDSU TV news story the City of New Orleans plans to use $2.4 billion in FEMA money awarded to improve infrastructure and streets damaged in August of 2005 when the federal levees broke.
- [Ten years ago, Levees.org unmasked the Corps of Engineers online attack campaign](https://levees.org/2019/01/08/ten-years-ago-levees-org-unmasked-the-corps-of-engineers-online-attack-campaign/) - A former federal prosecutor who worked for US Attorney Jim Letten was recently disbarred for comments he made online using an alias in New Orleans. Sal Perricone’s comments on the Times-Picayune newspaper’s website, NOLA.com resulted in Letten’s resignation and several new trials. Times have changed. Ten years ago, this exact sort of behavior resulted
- [What does that Katrina check really mean?](https://levees.org/2017/08/10/what-does-that-katrina-check-really-mean/) - A version of this opinion piece by Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org, also appeared on NOLA.com on Thursday August 10, 2017. Last week, Ms. Corinne Zimmerman, a New Orleans resident who lives by the 17th Street Canal breach site, called me. She was one of 125,000 residents and businesses on the East Bank of Greater
- [Photos of Search & Rescue needed for Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2018/12/31/photos-of-search-rescue-needed-for-flooded-house-museum/) - 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.
- [Levees.org to Roll Out Virtual Mobile Tour](https://levees.org/2012/07/18/levees-org-to-roll-out-virtual-mobile-tour/) - In collaboration with UNO, the Louisiana State Museum (LSM) and the New Orleans Public Library, Levees.org is proud to roll out a free mobile tour of the major levee breaches in New Orleans. Starting in Jackson Square at the LSM’s exhibit Living with Hurricanes, Katrina and Beyond, the virtual tour features the catastrophic breaches of
- [Citizen comments on Levees.org's campaign to contact the Times-Picayune](https://levees.org/2018/10/03/see-excerpts-from-levees-orgs-successful-campaign-to-contact-the-times-picayune/) - Levees.org is waging a campaign urging the news editors of the New Orleans Times-Picayune to include the words "design flaw" whenever discussing the breaches of the 17th Street and London Avenue Canals in their stories. As of 8:00 a.m. on Tue Oct 9, 2018, over 300 individuals have signed Levees.org's petition. If you haven't yet,
- [Levees.org's Public Letter to the New Orleans Times-Picayune](https://levees.org/2018/10/15/levees-orgs-public-letter-to-the-new-orleans-times-picayune/) - Levees.org’s position: When a New Orleans newspaper discusses the 2005 breach of the 17th Street or London Avenue Canal, the story should indicate that design flaw is the proximate cause. Here’s why: 1. The design flaws were egregious and are uncontested, 2. The resulting breaches caused $27 billion in damage and hundreds of deaths, 3.
- [Levees.org wins victory with History Channel](https://levees.org/2018/11/01/levees-org-wins-victory-with-history-channel/) - 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
- [Levees.org mobilizes its membership to contact the New Orleans Times-Picayune](https://levees.org/2018/10/02/levees-org-mobilizes-its-membership-to-contact-the-new-orleans-times-picayune/) - After twice requesting the news editors of the New Orleans Times-Picayune to stop protecting the Army Corps of Engineers, the leadership of Levees.org has mobilized its membership. Today, Levees.org has invited its national membership to call upon the news editors of the Times-Picayune to cease omitting the reason that the 17th Street and London Avenue
- [Viewing for Phase 1 Flooded House Museum is extended](https://levees.org/2018/09/20/viewing-for-phase-1-flooded-house-museum-is-extended/) - Viewing for the popular Phase 1 of Levees.org’s Flooded House Museum at 4918 Warrington Drive in New Orleans has been extended. Until October 31, visitors can view the artistic rendering of a typical family room the day before the levees broke. The exhibit is visible through the windows, like a diorama. After October 31, set
- [Founder Rosenthal featured for her role unmasking Corps of Engineers' attack campaign](https://levees.org/2018/03/09/founder-rosenthal-featured-for-her-role-unmasking-corps-of-engineers-attack-campaign/) - Right after starting Levees.org, founder Rosenthal was hammered with ugly comments from dozens of different online critics with a consistent message: "Rosenthal is a liar. New Orleans was flooded due a monster storm and lazy local officials." In December 2008, Rosenthal discovered the comments were coming from computers at the Army Corps of Engineers' New
- [August 29, 2018](https://levees.org/2018/08/29/august-29-2018/) - Today August 29 is a day of mourning in New Orleans. In this photo, Nick Harris, vice president of Dillard University says a prayer for those who did not survive the federal government's levee building mistakes and for those who did.
- [Levees.org Unveils Phase 1 of Flooded House Museum](https://levees.org/2018/08/22/levees-org-unveils-phase-1-of-flooded-house-museum/) - Today, Levees.org unveiled Phase One of its proposed Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans. Until Labor Day, visitors can view the artistic rendering of a typical family room in New Orleans – filled with music and love – the day before the levees broke. In Phase Two, starting after Labor
- [First wave of Flooded House Museum opening](https://levees.org/2018/08/20/first-wave-of-flooded-house-museum-opening/) - WHEN: Wed August 22 at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: 4918 Warrington Drive, New Orleans At the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Levees.org will unveil Phase One of its proposed Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans. City Councilman Jared Brossett, District D has confirmed attendance. For a limited time, visitors can view the artistic
- [Army Corps responds to Levees.org's demand for transparency](https://levees.org/2018/06/24/army-corps-responds-to-levees-orgs-demand-for-transparency/) - As revealed this month, the Army Corps of Engineers gave the East and West Levee Authorities a grade of "minimally acceptable" for their levee maintenance every year since Katrina. The revelation got a lot of press; two stories in the Times-Picayune, two stories by WWL-TV and one in the Advocate. It was Levees.org who obtained
- [Reserve your Seat for Bus Ride to Baton Rouge Water Event!](https://levees.org/2014/02/28/reserve-your-seat-for-bus-ride-to-baton-rouge-water-event/) - WHAT: Louisiana Water Festival WHEN: Sat March 8 from 1:00 to 3:00p WHERE: State Capitol in Baton Rouge WHO: The Louisiana GreenARMY led by Lt Gen Russel Honore The GreenARMY event on March 8 is a chance for us to show support for the General and for holding big industry accountable for damage to our water and
- [HJ Bosworth speaks with WWL TV about French Quarter sinkholes](https://levees.org/2018/06/14/hj-bosworth-speaks-with-wwt-tv-about-french-quarter-sinkholes/) - Levees.org's lead researcher H.J. Bosworth speaks with Jacqueline Quynh about the French Quarter sinkhole problem.
- [WWL TV: New Orleans levee system maintained at “minimally acceptable” levels; worse now than leading up to Hurricane Katrina](https://levees.org/2018/06/02/wwl-tv-new-orleans-levee-system-maintained-at-minimally-acceptable-levels-worse-now-than-leading-up-to-hurricane-katrina/) - Levees.org wondered how the post Katrina Levee Authorities were doing in maintaining the levees. So the group filed a request under the Freedom of Information Act to find out. It turns out all of the local districts under the new Regional Levee Authorities have been getting grades of 'minimally acceptable' ever since Katrina. That's worse
- [Flashback: Levees.org installs its first historic plaque](https://levees.org/2018/06/14/flashback-levees-org-installs-its-first-historic-plaque/) - In collaboration with the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, Levees.org installed its first historic plaque at the Fifth Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in US history. The location was the 17th Street Canal levee breach site. This breach is considered by experts to be, on its own, the single most damaging breach. On
- [Letter to our devoted supporters](https://levees.org/2018/06/07/letter-to-our-devoted-supporters/) - To our devoted supporters: Over 250 supporters signed our letter to the local levee authority – sent Mon June 4 – demanding that levee inspection ratings and their meaning be made readily available to the public. The Levee Authority East responded to our letter by claiming we made untrue statements in the letter. Of course
- [Founder Rosenthal on New Orleans levee system getting a grade of 'minimally acceptable"](https://levees.org/2018/06/02/founder-rosenthal-on-new-orleans-levee-system-getting-a-grade-of-minimally-acceptable/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal talks to WWL TV's David Hammer about her group's belief that New Orleans levee system's grade of ''minimally acceptable' for its levee maintenance should have been made public, been easily accessible and should have provided an explanation for the low rating.
- [MYTH BUSTER: Taking the mystery out of New Orleans Levee Maintenance Inspections](https://levees.org/2018/05/30/myth-buster-taking-the-mystery-out-of-new-orleans-levee-maintenance-inspections/) - This two-minute video removes the mystery from the New Orleans Levee Inspections prior to Hurricane Katrina. And places responsibility for the massive levee and floodwall failures where it belongs.
- [Call for UNFLOODED items for Flood House Museum](https://levees.org/2018/05/27/call-for-unflooded-items-for-flood-house-museum/) - We need some UNFLOODED items to build the Flooded House Museum. Artists with Levees.org will create a family living room scene. After photographing it, the artists will "distress" it to replicate a room destroyed by the breach of the London Avenue Canal floodwall. We need furniture: small couch, sofa pillows, recliner, side table, coat tree,
- [New Orleans City Council unanimously approves Relic Flooded House](https://levees.org/2016/10/22/new-orleans-city-council-unanimously-approves-relic-flooded-house/) - This week, the New Orleans City Council voted unanimously in favor of Levees.org’s zoning change request. This was the final hurdle for Levees.org's quest to convert a flooded house – one that's just a stone's throw from a levee breach – into a historic monument. The home at 4918 Warrington Drive in the Mirabeau Gardens
- [New post-Katrina Levee Authorities are getting C's and D's in levee maintenance](https://levees.org/2018/05/24/new-post-katrina-levee-authorities-are-getting-cs-and-ds-in-levee-maintenance/) - As reported in the New Orleans Times-Picayune... Levees.org filed a FOIA request with the Army Corps of Engineers to find out how good a job the post-Katrina Levee Authorities are doing, now that they're in charge of levees. After all, that's what most of the fuss was about after Katrina. The reformers said "the local
- [HJ Bosworth speaks to Fox8 TV about surprising data Levees.org found in FOIA request](https://levees.org/2018/05/23/hj-bosworth-speaks-to-fox8-tv-about-surprising-data-levees-org-found-in-foia-request/)
- [HJ Bosworth speaks to WWL TV Channel 4 about New Orleans Drainage](https://levees.org/2018/05/22/hj-bosworth-speaks-to-wwl-tv-channel-4-about-new-orleans-drainage/)
- [Sign up for annual levee breach bike tour](https://levees.org/2018/05/06/sign-up-for-annual-levee-breach-bike-tour/) - Register today for our Annual Levee Breach Bike Tour! WHEN: Sat, May 12, 2018 TIME: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Tour departs from City Park NOTE: You must provide your own bike To register, click here. The 90-minute guided tour is a healthy way to find out more about the worst civil engineering disaster in
- [HJ Bosworth speaks to Fox8 News on New Pump Stations](https://levees.org/2018/05/01/hj-bosworth-speaks-to-fox8-news-on-new-pump-stations/) - Civil engineer HJ Bosworth speaks to WVUE Fox8 News on the new pumping stations going online at the three New Orleans outfall canals.
- [We have power!](https://levees.org/2018/03/22/we-have-power/) - We now have electric power at the proposed Flooded House Relic at the London Avenue Canal breach site. The neighborhood and the city of New Orleans have been very supported of this unique project, possibly the only one like it in the country. The house at 4918 Warrington Drive in Gentilly is probably the very
- [NORA includes Levee Exhibit Hall as part of American Planning Association conference](https://levees.org/2018/04/22/nora-includes-levee-exhibit-hall-as-part-of-american-planning-association-conference/) - Right now, the American Planning Association is holding a 4-day National Planning Conference in New Orleans. Part of the experience was a tour of the Gentilly area of New Orleans traditionally diverse, largely post-war neighborhood that suffered extensive flood damage from the London Avenue Canal levee failures. The group of fifty explored the post-Flood redevelopment of
- [Corps of Engineers blamed New Orleans officials for Katrina flooding but new data shows Corps took deadly shortcut](https://levees.org/2012/08/22/corps-of-engineers-blamed-new-orleans-officials-for-katrina-flooding-but-new-data-shows-corps-took-deadly-shortcut/) - After Hurricane Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers told major media, including the New York Times, that New Orleans officials played a contributing role in the failure of flood walls along the city’s drainage canals and the resulting catastrophic flooding. For years, top brass and Corps PR spokespersons spread this consistent message regarding the failure
- [Governor signs Levees.org's Flood Protection Bill into Law](https://levees.org/2017/06/25/governor-signs-levees-orgs-flood-protection-bill-into-law/) - A Flood Protection bill strongly championed by Levees.org was just signed into law. Capping the victory, founder Sandy Rosenthal was honored – along with the bill's sponsor – with an invitation from Governor John Bel Edwards to the Capitol Press Room for a special signing. This honor is offered only to proponents of significant legislation.
- [Levees.org civil engineer HJ Bosworth comments on severe leak at 17th Street Canal](https://levees.org/2018/03/23/levees-org-civil-engineer-hj-bosworth-comments-on-severe-leak-at-17th-street-canal/)
- [New furniture at Levee Exhibit Hall](https://levees.org/2018/01/28/new-furniture-at-levee-exhibit-hall/) - Despite the freeze, the Levee Exhibit Hall & Garden is still inviting and peaceful; a perfect opportunity to brush up on the worst civil engineering disaster in US history. The museum-quality panels are set up like a museum. There's no beginning or end. Just meander through finding and choosing what interests you. After your educational
- [Data and methods used to calculate Corps of Engineers' LSAC ratings should be released](https://levees.org/2011/09/06/data-and-methods-used-to-calculate-corps-of-engineers-lsac-ratings-should-be-released/) - On the Sixth Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in U.S. History, the Times Picayune published data that reporter Mark Schleifstein had 'obtained.' The federal data revealed that storm surge from a 500-year storm could overtop the levees in New Orleans and cause significant flooding. We have anticipated seeing these federally assigned Levee Safety
- [Levees.org announces the John Goodman Award recipient](https://levees.org/2017/06/20/levees-org-announces-the-john-goodman-award-recipient/) - When Levees.org was young and small – struggling for traction in a world often hostile to our message – one man stood with us. Super star John Goodman put his name and reputation on the line to support Levees.org's mission. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zooW7F9ls7k To thank him and everyone who stood with Levees.org in those dark early days,
- [Chapter 10 of Founder Rosenthal's book is complete](https://levees.org/2018/01/11/chapter-10-of-founder-rosenthals-book-is-complete/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal is nearing completion of her book. The 12-chapter non-fiction book is about how and why she founded Levees.org with her son Stanford, and what the group accomplished. The following excerpt is the final paragraphs of Chapter 10. "...In 2010, while driving a rental car from Mount Holyoke College in western Massachusetts to
- [HJ Bosworth explains why water pressure so low](https://levees.org/2018/01/25/hj-bosworth-explains-why-water-pressure-so-low/) - Civil engineer HJ Bosworth explains that given the Mississippi River is low the raw water intake was impacted last week which may have exacerbated the water pressure during the extraordinary cold spell.
- [Update on Levees.org's plan to convert flooded house into a museum](https://levees.org/2017/12/18/update-on-levees-orgs-plan-to-convert-flooded-house-into-a-museum/) - One year ago, the New Orleans City Council unanimously voted to approve Levees.org proposal to convert a badly flooded home at the London Avenue Canal levee breach site into a memorial. Specifically, the city granted Levees.org a special permit to convert the house at 4918 Warrington Drive – which flooded to its rafters in 2005
- [Corps Commander Admits Relying on Hearsay When He Blamed Katrina Flooding on New Orleans Officials](https://levees.org/2012/08/24/corps-commander-admits-relying-on-hearsay-when-he-blamed-katrina-flooding-on-new-orleans-officials/) - In a surprise development, the commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers, Lt. Gen. Carl Strock, has come clean over statements made to the New York Times after Katrina. The Corps Commander who was in charge right after the 2005 storm, told NYTimes reporter John Schwartz that although the Corps was responsible for the levee failures, he
- [More from Levees.org's HJ Bosworth on S&WB - Dec 6, 2017](https://levees.org/2017/12/07/more-from-levees-orgs-hj-bosworth-on-swb-dec-6-2017/) - HJ Bosworth speaks to WWL TV's Paul Murphy on the ongoing problems in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans
- [HJ Bosworth on WWL TV Channel 4](https://levees.org/2017/11/16/hj-bosworth-on-wwl-tv-channel-4/) - The S&WB flooding of August 5 is similar to the Army Corps of Engineers’ flooding of August 29. In both cases, we had agencies with centuries of experience that we trusted. After the levees failed, Levees.org made sure the levee investigation was unbiased, thorough and transparent. Twelve years later, we’re doing the same thing regarding
- [Levees.org . . . still going strong](https://levees.org/2017/09/05/levees-org-still-going-strong/) - Levees.org has just passed the 2.5K milestone for total Facebook followers. That’s a lot of followers in today's world of intense competition. On the Twitter platform, Levees.org has racked up nearly 3,000 followers. But perhaps most amazing is the number of views to Levees.org’s website. Eight weeks after the levees failed in New Orleans during
- [HJ Bosworth featured on WGNO TV](https://levees.org/2017/10/09/hj-bosworth-featured-on-wgno-tv/) - Levees.org's civil engineer HJ Bosworth speaks with John Young Oct 8, 2017 on the state of the pumping and drainage in New Orleans.
- [Levees.org's HJ Bosworth on State of Flood Protection](https://levees.org/2017/09/07/levees-orgs-hj-bosworth-on-state-of-flood-protection/) - Civil engineer H.J. Bosworth speaks with WVUE TV Fox8's John Snell about the current state of the hurricane levees built by the Army Corps of Engineers.
- [Levees.org Sends Open Letter to New Orleans Mayor and City Council](https://levees.org/2017/09/01/levees-org-sends-open-letter-to-new-orleans-mayor-and-city-council/) - At 12:39 p.m. Thursday August 31, Levees.org sent an open letter to the Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans and also to the New Orleans City Council. The groups' founder Sandy Rosenthal and lead researcher H.J. Bosworth Jr had four questions. These were regarding the Request for Proposals issued on August 14 for a firm
- [HJ Bosworth speaks about the S&WB pump stations investigation](https://levees.org/2017/09/04/hj-bosworth-speaks-about-the-swb-pump-stations-investigation/) - H.J. Bosworth Jr. speaks with WVUE Fox8's Rob Masson about a new citizens watchdog group that wants to know more about the S&WB's pumping stations reliability.
- [Culprits in Pumps Crisis Will Soon Be Found Out](https://levees.org/2017/08/26/culprits-in-pumps-crisis-will-soon-be-found-out/) - A version of this post appeared in the New Orleans Advocate on Aug 26, 2017 page 4B. Ever since the flash-flooding on Aug. 5 when a summer rain drenched homes and businesses in New Orleans, I’ve received phone calls every day from distressed callers. “Should I sell my properties and move away?” they asked. I
- [Can New Orleans handle Hurricane Harvey's rain?](https://levees.org/2017/08/25/can-new-orleans-handle-hurricane-harveys-rain/) - H.J. Bosworth Jr is LIVE on WVUE TV Fox8 speaking with John Snell on Friday morning August 25 at 7:00 a.m. Bosworth addresses the growing concern that the S&WB's pumping capacity may not be enough when New Orleans is drenched with rain from a potential Hurricane Harvey.
- [With residency a requirement, S&WB work was going to non-locals?](https://levees.org/2017/08/21/with-residency-a-requirement-swb-work-was-going-to-non-locals/) - The global firm Black and Veatch has audited the New Orleans Sewerage & Water Board for at least the past dozen years. In both the 2014 and 2015 report on S&WB Operations, the auditor notes in nearly identical wording: "...To compensate for the limited workforce, more work is being contracted out to subcontractors that was
- [Come visit the Levee Exhibit!](https://levees.org/2017/08/20/come-visit-the-levee-exhibit/) - The Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden is open and waiting for you! Come to 5000 Warrington Drive in Gentilly at the London Avenue Canal. Learn the vetted facts about the Federal Flood, see native wildlife and view the native-plant rain garden designed to reduce pressure on the city's drainage system.
- [HJ Bosworth Jr live at noon on WVUE Fox8 News](https://levees.org/2017/08/16/hj-bosworth-jr-live-at-noon-on-wvue-fox8-news/) - Civil engineer H.J. Bosworth Jr speaks with Fox8’s Liz Reyes on Jefferson Parish’s pump system software. Mr. Bosworth is research director for Levees.org.
- [HJ Bosworth Jr speaks with Fox8 News on unfolding Pumps Crisis](https://levees.org/2017/08/11/hj-bosworth-jr-speaks-with-fox8-news-on-unfolding-pumps-crisis/) - Friday Aug 11, 2017 8 a.m. - Civil engineer H.J. Bosworth Jr speaks with Fox8 News' Rob Krieger on the unfolding pumps crisis in New Orleans at the height of hurricane season. Mr. Bosworth is research director for Levees.org.
- [H.J. Bosworth Jr speaks with Fox8's John Snell on S&WB pump crisis](https://levees.org/2017/08/10/h-j-bosworth-jr-speaks-with-fox8s-john-snell-on-swb-pump-crisis/) - On Tuesday, Aug 8, civil engineer H.J. Bosworth Jr., and senior member of Levees.org, weighed in the flooding in Mid-city and surrounding New Orleans that occurred on Sat Aug 5, 2017.
- [H.J. Bosworth featured on WWL TV Channel 4](https://levees.org/2017/08/07/h-j-bosworth-featured-on-wwl-tv-channel-4/) - Today, civil engineer H.J. Bosworth Jr., and senior member of Levees.org, weighs in the surprise flooding in Mid-city and surrounding New Orleans that occurred on Sat Aug 5, 2017.
- [H.J. Bosworth, Jr. is featured on The Spudcast](https://levees.org/2017/07/02/h-j-bosworth-jr-is-featured-on-the-spudcast/) - Civil engineer and senior member of Levees.org, H.J. Bosworth, Jr. chatted recently with Spud McConnell on The Spudcast on how Tropical Storm Cindy exposed weak links in the hurricane evacuation routes. The Spudcast - June 28, 2017 The Spudcast WLAE 6 PM from Sandy Rosenthal on Vimeo.
- [Tropical Storm Cindy has Exposed Weak Links in Evacuation Routes](https://levees.org/2017/06/22/tropical-storm-cindy-has-exposed-weak-links-in-evacuation-routes/) - Today, our very own H.J. Bosworth Jr was interviewed by Fox News Channel 8 (WVUE). In this news story, John Snell discusses weak links in the region's evacuation routes that Mr. Bosworth had pointed out years ago, and were exposed by Tropical Storm Cindy.
- [Levees.org's Flood Protection bill will soon be law](https://levees.org/2017/06/01/levees-orgs-flood-protection-bill-will-soon-be-law/) - This week, a bill championed by Levees.org saw continued success in the legislature. HB266 authored by Rep Patrick Connick-R (Marrero) will require term limits for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority nominating committee. The group Levees.org has led a successful campaign showing how the levee board reform, in effect, took control of who gets to
- [Sign up for New Levee Breach Bike Tour](https://levees.org/2017/04/12/sign-up-for-new-levee-breach-bike-tour/) - Register today for our New & Better Levee Breach Bike Tour! WHEN: Sat, April 22, 2017 TIME: 9:30 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Tour departs from City Park NOTE: You must provide your own bike. The 90-minute guided tour is a healthy way to find out more about the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history.
- [Levees.org sees continued success with Term Limits bill](https://levees.org/2017/05/19/levees-org-sees-continued-success-with-term-limits-bill/) - A bill championed by Levees.org continues to see success in the legislature. HB 266 authored by Rep Patrick Connick-R (Marrero) will require term limits for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority nominating committee. The group Levees.org has led a successful campaign showing how the levee board reform, in effect, had taken control of who gets
- [Success in the Legislature today for Levees.org](https://levees.org/2017/05/10/success-in-the-legislature-today-for-levees-org/) - This afternoon, a bill that Levees.org has championed – HB 266 – was debated on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives and passed by a vote of 93-0. With overwhelming support from both Republicans and Democrats, not one single vote was cast against this good government Bill that will require term limits for
- [Root cause of Oroville Dam spillway disaster similar to New Orleans levees](https://levees.org/2017/05/15/root-cause-of-oroville-dam-spillway-disaster-similar-to-new-orleans-levees/) - New reports have surfaced revealing that the Oroville Dam spillway was built on a rushed schedule on weathered rock that could easily crumble. The spillway recently made news when it began ripping away under unusually heavy rain and snowmelt. Some 188,000 people had only hours to escape. This sort of engineering mistake is similar to
- [Levees.org speaks to visitors from Indonesia organized by US State Department](https://levees.org/2017/04/09/levees-org-speaks-to-visitors-from-indonesia-organized-by-us-state-department/) - This week, Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal gave a presentation to an Anti-Corruption Efforts Group from Indonesia. Rosenthal spoke about Levees.org's grassroots role in an effective public campaign to hold the Army Corps accountable for the levees’ failure. The group visited the Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden at 5000 Warrington Drive in Gentilly. The New Orleans
- [UPDATE on Levees.org Flood Protection Bill](https://levees.org/2017/04/08/positions-for-life-on-post-katrina-levee-authority/) - Updated May 2, 2017 at 13:00 hours. Levees.org’s Flood Protection bill – designed to better safeguard levee protection money – made it successfully out of the House Transportation Committee on Monday May 1. The bill is HB266 and is authored by Rep Patrick Connick-R (Marrero). Mere weeks after the levee breaches during Katrina – while
- [Levee district settlement not an admission of wrong doing](https://levees.org/2017/03/31/levee-district-settlement-not-an-admission-of-wrong-doing/) - Melissa Landry, executive director at Louisiana Lawsuit Abuse Watch recently told the Louisiana Record that she was appalled at details coming to light in a levee breach lawsuit settlement. “Twelve years after the class-action lawsuit was filed, flood victims are receiving notices of settlement payments as little as $3,” Ms. Landry observed. She is talking
- [Levee failure expert on Oroville Spillway disaster](https://levees.org/2017/03/24/levee-failure-expert-on-oroville-spillway-disaster/) - J. David Rogers is a hero in New Orleans. The levee expert from Missouri did the honorable thing two years ago when he retracted a wrong conclusion contained in a NSF-funded levee investigation report. FACT: The levees failed mainly due to a mistake the Army Corps made in the 1980s when interpreting the results of
- [In America, the first amendment is alive and well](https://levees.org/2017/02/16/in-america-the-first-amendment-is-alive-and-well/) - This week, the Supreme Court of Massachusetts ruled in favor of two people who stood up to Big Business. Cherri Foytlin and Karen Savage wrote a blog post asking questions about a company they thought was too soft on Big Oil after the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. That company – Cardno ChemRisk – sued them
- [Louisiana State Museum and Levees.org to Collaborate on Exhibit](https://levees.org/2017/01/17/louisiana-state-museum-and-levees-org-to-collaborate-on-exhibit/) - At the request of Levees.org, the Louisiana State Museum has agreed to add a new panel to its highly successful exhibit, Living with Hurricanes - Katrina and Beyond. The new exhibit panel will highlight the large number of changes to national policy that followed the failure of the levee system during Hurricane Katrina which is
- [Why did the levees fail during Hurricane Katrina? Where's why.](https://levees.org/2017/02/14/9787/) - Founder Sandy Rosenthal prepared this power point for Rosalind Blanco Cook’s autumn semester 2015 class at Tulane University on the subject of the “Politics of Hurricane Katrina.” It’s Levees.org’s pleasure to share it publicly for everyone to see. Because everyone deserves to know. New Orleans Levee Breaches during Hurricane Katrina from Sandy Rosenthal
- [Army Corps creates a "free speech zone"?](https://levees.org/2016/12/04/army-corps-creates-a-free-speech-zone/) - This week, the Army Corps of Engineers created a "free speech zone" for native Americans and their supporters in N. Dakota. They were protesting constructions crews from digging an oil pipeline through sacred burial grounds. The corps cited "safety concerns" as the reason. But, this is a pattern with the corps. After the corps' levees
- [Why do we need whistleblowers?](https://levees.org/2016/12/31/why-do-we-need-whistleblowers/) - The New York Times business section ran an article last month about the importance of critics and whistleblowers. Why are they so valuable? Because there is noticeably less fraud and better behavior company-wide after bad behavior has been exposed. We may never be able to calculate exactly how much, but Levees.org’s constant and eternal vigilance
- [Tulane University to offer mini-course featuring Levees.org founder](https://levees.org/2014/08/14/tulane-university-to-offer-mini-course-featuring-levees-org-founder/) - Updated 13 September, 2014 @ 17:00:31 This coming semester, Tulane University will offer a mini-course featuring Sandy Rosenthal and how she started and built the influential grassroots group, Levees.org. The mini-course will be offered as part of a MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) developed by Dr. Charles Figley, Director of the Tulane Traumatology Institute. MOOCs
- [Levees.org is Back at Quest to List Breach Sites Historic](https://levees.org/2013/08/30/levees-org-is-back-at-quest-to-list-breach-sites-historic/) - The Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation has signaled that they are prepared to continue working with Levees.org and try, for the second time, to list the catastrophic breach site of the 17th Street Canal to the National Register of Historic Places. Last year, Levees.org attempted to nominate both the 17th Street Canal breach site
- [Master Map of New Orleans Breach Sites, Levees and Navigation Canals](https://levees.org/2013/08/31/master-map-of-new-orleans-breach-sites-levees-and-navigation-canals/) - This map shows all the major breach sites during Katrina as well as all manmade and natural water bodies. It depicts neighborhoods affected by key breach sites and manmade and natural land features. CLICK TO ENLARGE.
- [A Sound Reason for Jindal to Oppose the Big Oil Law Suit Doesn't Exist](https://levees.org/2013/12/21/a-sound-reason-for-jindal-to-oppose-the-big-oil-law-suit-doesnt-exist/) - It’s embarrassing enough that the governor of Louisiana would side with corporate interests in trying to abort the lawsuit filed last summer by public officials against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for damaging the coast. But equally telling is how rapidly he went ballistic on behalf of Big Oil. The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection
- [What is the GreenARMY?](https://levees.org/2014/02/19/what-is-the-greenarmy/) - By now you have probably heard of the GreenARMY in Louisiana led by Lt General Russel Honore. Gen Honore is the Commander who restored order in the aftermath of the levee breaks in New Orleans in 2005. But you might be wondering exactly why the GreenARMY was formed and what it's doing. The GreenARMY is
- [Attorneys Offer to Tear Up Contract if Energy Companies Agree to Negotiate](https://levees.org/2014/04/09/attorneys-offer-to-tear-up-contract-if-energy-companies-agree-to-negotiate/) - On Tuesday April 8, speaking through Gladstone Jones, the three attorney groups representing the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East in its wetlands damages lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies proposed to waive fees they are owed if the companies agree within six months to begin negotiating. Gladstone Jones, with the firm Jones, Swanson,
- [Government Report Slams Senator Adley's SB 79](https://levees.org/2014/04/23/government-report-slams-senator-adleys-sb-79/) - Yesterday, the Bureau of Governmental Research issued a scathing report concluding that SB 79–proposed by Sen Robert Adley–should be rejected. The BGR report wrote, "the devastating toll taken by the 2005 levee failures…prompted voters statewide to demand a different approach to flood protection in New Orleans." The report, said SB 79 "vastly increased the governor’s
- [Historic legislation is under threat](https://levees.org/2014/05/09/historic-legislation-is-under-threat/) - After the Army Corps of Engineers' levees broke during Katrina, the residents of New Orleans, and the whole country, found out that we cannot trust the Corps to properly design and build levees. Louisiana residents voted for a new paradigm of levee board governance better suited to a major marine terminal like New Orleans. The
- [Senate Bill 469 may put BP claims payments at risk, expert says](https://levees.org/2014/06/02/senate-bill-469-may-put-bp-claims-payments-at-risk-expert-says/) - Long time Levees.org ally Robert Verchick has joined with other experts in calling for Governor Bobby Jindal to veto Senate Bill 469. The reason is, according to their analysis, S.B. 469 may allow BP to deny paying claims from its 2010 oil spill in the Gulf. Professor Verchick is no hack. Harvard and Stanford educated,
- [Citizens of Louisiana Continue Their Fight Against Big Oil](https://levees.org/2014/06/24/citizens-of-louisiana-continue-their-fight-against-big-oil/) - This post is also featured today in the Huffington Post. When I heard that the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East had filed lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies, I, as the founder of Levees.org, urged our board to immediately and publicly support the suit which demanded that the energy industry fix the coast that it
- [In loving memory of Al Cahall](https://levees.org/2014/08/03/in-loving-memory-of-al-cahall/) - Anyone who has ever attended a Levees.org event would certainly have noticed Al Cahall’s presence. Al took care of every audiovisual need for the grassroots advocacy group that I founded–with the help of my son–after the 2005 Flood in New Orleans. Time after time, year after year, our events went “without a hitch” due to
- [Levees.org founder to meet with visitors through U.S. Department of State](https://levees.org/2014/09/22/levees-org-founder-to-meet-with-visitors-through-u-s-department-of-state/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of seven international visitors in a special program with the U.S Department of State who were in New Orleans to focus on empowering civil society. The group included representatives from Algeria, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Burma, the Czech Republic, Serbia, the Ukraine and Zimbabwe. Ms. Rosenthal met the
- [Visitor's Center on Display Friday Nov 14 from 4:30-6](https://levees.org/2014/11/13/visitors-center-on-display-friday-nov-14-from-430-6/) - Please join us Friday where you can bring your input for the proposed Open-air Levee Exhibition and Garden.The exhibits & garden, intended for both residents and visitors, will be built at east side breach site of the London Avenue Canal in Gentilly. WHAT: Open House WHERE: 1900 Wildair Drive in Gentilly WHEN: Friday November 14th
- [Historic plaque now back where it belongs](https://levees.org/2016/11/22/historic-plaque-now-back-where-it-belongs/) - Thirteen months after its unveiling ceremony, the commemorative plaque at the Industrial Canal breach site in the Lower Ninth Ward was involved in a hit-and-run. The beautiful plaque was the product of a multi-years long partnership between Levees.org and 23 stakeholder leaders from the historic neighborhood. Fortunately, the $2,000 plaque could be repaired. Levees.org re-installed
- [Now, it's our turn to help](https://levees.org/2016/08/20/now-its-our-turn-to-help/) - When the survivors of the 2005 levee breaches needed help, Louisiana residents outside the flooded region were there. Now, it's our turn. Many groups are providing flood relief, and we're grateful for them all. For those looking for a recommendation, the board of Levees.org suggests volunteering with or donating to NOLA Tree Project. The group's
- [Could better inspections have saved New Orleans during Katrina?](https://levees.org/2016/08/24/could-better-inspections-have-saved-new-orleans-during-katrina/) - The Greater New Orleans urban flood protection system has no peer. On a scale of one to ten, if the GNO system were a ten, the next closest - Cape Girardeau, Missouri - would be a three. And appropriately, for a system of this scope, each project in the $14.5 billion GNO system has -
- [Historic plaque in Lower Ninth Ward is damaged](https://levees.org/2016/10/12/historic-plaque-in-lower-ninth-ward-is-damaged/) - Early in the morning on September 29, 2016, a vehicle apparently struck and damaged the historic plaque at Jourdan Avenue and North Johnson by the Inner Harbor Navigational Canal (Industrial Canal). This happened one year and one month after the plaque's installation at a rousing and meaningful ceremony. One side of the plaque describes the
- [Army Corps of Engineers caught again lying about levee failures](https://levees.org/2016/10/17/army-corps-of-engineers-caught-again-lying-about-levee-failures/) - We recently caught the Army Corps of Engineers lying to American people. Again. In recently obtained video footage, the corps New Orleans district public affairs (P.A.) officer blamed Hurricane Katrina's surge for the failure of the outfall canals. Standing next to the 17th Street Canal, Lt. Colonel Austin Appleton's P.A. officer states: "The surge was
- [Montford Point Marine Still Serves](https://levees.org/2016/09/01/montford-point-marine-still-serves/) - In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 executive order established the Fair Employment Practices Commission. This opened the door to “full participation in the defense program by all persons regardless of color, race, creed or national origin.” The Marine Corps would eventually adhere to Roosevelt’s demands to start enlisting African Americans in June 1942. Marine
- [Chicago museum agrees to correct Hurricane Katrina exhibit](https://levees.org/2016/10/03/chicago-museum-agrees-to-correct-hurricane-katrina-exhibit/) - At Levees.org's request, a major museum has agreed to make several corrections to its Hurricane Katrina exhibit. This agreement comes after months of discussion with representatives of the Chicago Field Museum of Natural History. We began the dialog because we were concerned about some of the exhibit's so-called "facts." For example, originally, the exhibit contained
- [Timed for 11th anniversary of Federal Flood, Levees.org releases compelling video](https://levees.org/2016/08/28/timed-for-11th-anniversary-of-federal-flood-levees-org-releases-compelling-video/) - Even now, there is still one last and very hurtful myth still lurking 11 years after the flooding in New Orleans during Katrina. Fed up with this stubborn and erroneous piece of conventional wisdom, we have created this 3-minute video. Timed for the 11th anniversary of the 2005 flooding, this video puts a dagger into
- [Levees.org to convert flooded relic house into historic monument](https://levees.org/2016/08/07/levees-org-to-convert-flooded-relic-house-into-historic-monument/) - Pending approval from the city of New Orleans, Levees.org intends to preserve a house which flooded to the rafters when the London Avenue Canal burst at 50% of design load during Hurricane Katrina. The house – just a stone’s throw from a levee breach site – is an authentic flooding artifact. Here are the details
- [Facts to Keep Handy as Flood Anniversary Nears](https://levees.org/2016/07/16/facts-to-keep-handy-as-flood-anniversary-nears/) - Here's the facts: Myth Busters of the Federal Flood You'll need them to be ready for the anniversary of the worst Civil Engineering Disaster in our nation's history. For example, did you know that half of New Orleans is at or well above sea level? And that the Army Corps of Engineers has never accepted responsibility
- [Katrina levee expert named ASCE fellow](https://levees.org/2016/07/01/katrina-levee-expert-named-asce-fellow/) - Dr. J. David Rogers was recently named ASCE Fellow. Dr. Rogers is the go-to whenever major media needs expert commentary on dam failure, levee failures and landslides. He also very well known in New Orleans Louisiana. He was the lead researcher on a paper published in 2015 in Water Policy journal titled "Interaction between the U.S. Army Corps
- [Fish or foul: Was the 17th Street Canal seepage a red herring? or the canary in the coal mine?](https://levees.org/2016/06/06/fish-or-foul-was-the-17th-street-canal-seepage-a-red-herring-or-the-canary-in-the-coal-mine/) - With hurricane season upon us and already a second named storm, residents in New Orleans are asking about the condition of their protective hurricane levees. This is especially true for residents whose yards back up to levees. After all, it is household knowledge in the Big Easy that just prior to Hurricane Katrina's arrival in
- [ENR Corrects Erroneous Lede Describing Corps' Levee Failure](https://levees.org/2016/05/19/enr-corrects-erroneous-lede-describing-corps-levee-failure/) - UPDATED May 20, 2016 at 10:35 a.m. ENR has posted an acknowledgement to its story that an error in a earlier version of the story had been corrected ENR Engineering News-Record recently posted a story about the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers’ levees during Katrina. But it began with a false statement. The
- [H.J. Bosworth Jr is featured prominently in FOX 8 story](https://levees.org/2016/05/20/h-j-bosworth-jr-is-featured-prominently-in-fox-8-story/) - Lead researcher and senior member of Levees.org – H.J. Bosworth, Jr – weighs in on WDSU TV's annual report on the state of New Orleans' levees. FOX 8 WVUE New Orleans News, Weather, Sports, Social
- [Levees.org to host 5th Annual Levee Breach Bike Tour](https://levees.org/2016/04/14/levees-org-to-host-5th-annual-levee-breach-bike-tour/) - Register today for our 5th Annual Guided Levee Breach Bike Tour! WHEN: Sat, April 16, 2016 TIME: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Tour departs from City Park NOTE: You must provide your own bike. For more about the free interesting tour, click here. The free two-hour tour is a healthy meaningful way to find out
- [Two Crimes 'American Crime Story' Should Cover](https://levees.org/2016/04/23/two-crimes-american-crime-story-should-cover/) - The producers of "American Crime Story" recently announced that the second season of the popular true crime anthology TV series will focus on Hurricane Katrina. Critical reaction appeared to be decidedly against the decision to focus on the 2005 hurricane and its aftermath. "What specific crime was committed?" asks Alexander Koch, writer for MOVIEPILOT. "We'd
- [Levees.org Founder Meets with 6 Distinguished International Journalists](https://levees.org/2016/02/29/levees-org-founder-meets-with-6-distinguished-international-journalists/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, the founder of Levees.org met with a delegation of six (6) distinguished international journalists and one (1) State Department liaison. The group was visiting the United States through a program with the U.S. Department of State learning about the role that investigative journalists play in U.S. society by raising awareness of issues
- [Levees.org meets African visitors through U.S. Department of State](https://levees.org/2016/01/27/levees-org-meets-african-visitors-through-u-s-department-of-state/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org met with a group of sixteen visitors from Africa including two interpreters. The visitors were in New Orleans as part of a special program with the U.S Department of State. They requested to meet with Rosenthal to a discuss the group's grassroots work in holding the federal government accountable.
- [Evacuating for an extreme event often a nightmare](https://levees.org/2016/01/15/evacuating-for-an-extreme-event-often-a-nightmare/) - This opinion piece was published in The New Orleans Advocate on Wed Jan 13, 2016. --- Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee recently attracted consternation from New Orleans residents. The Republican presidential candidate suggested that New Orleanians didn’t evacuate for Hurricane Katrina because they had been desensitized by climate change activists who exaggerate the threat of
- [Founder to speak at Disaster Symposium](https://levees.org/2015/11/16/founder-to-speak-at-disaster-symposium/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is among a "diverse group of Louisianans" who will speak on Hurricane Katrina, then and now, at the last in a series of Katrina anniversary programs WHEH: Tuesday (Nov. 17) at 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Freeman Auditorium of the Woldenberg Art Center at Tulane University “We have assembled a profoundly interesting array
- [A supporter's perspective on the Levee Education Park](https://levees.org/2015/10/13/a-supporters-perspective-on-the-levee-education-park/) - The cooler weather has brought more people to our Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Recently, a long time Levees.org supporter visited the site and she wrote to me and shared her perspective. We thought it was so well written that we asked for and
- [Come visit the Levee Exhibit Hall and Rain Garden](https://levees.org/2015/10/01/come-visit-the-levee-exhibit-hall-and-rain-garden-2/) - Now that the cool weather of autumn has arrived, come visit Levees.org's first ever outdoor levee exhibit at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Residents and visitors alike can view six museum-quality exhibit panels housed in a 100-foot covered walkway. The text and forty photographs tell the story and bust the
- [Rare photo of Levees.org co-founders discovered](https://levees.org/2015/09/24/rare-photo-of-levees-org-co-founders-discovered/) - When Sandy Rosenthal founded Levees.org in 2005 with her son, he was barely more than 15 years old. Sandy was leader and spokesperson. Stanford was the website designer. He also created the logo. Neither mom nor son had any idea that the non-profit would still be going strong ten years later. It took ten years
- [Levees.org logs 900,000 visitors to its website](https://levees.org/2015/09/20/levees-org-logs-900000-visitors-to-its-website/) - Today, the Levees.org website logged its 900,000th visitor. Nine hundred thousand times, folks have visited Levees.org's website since its launch in 2005. Lots of folks wanted to understand why the levees failed in the New Orleans region during Hurricane Katrina. When Stanford Rosenthal, the founder's son, created the site at the age of fifteen, no
- [10th Anniversary Event of Flood Disaster Announced](https://levees.org/2015/08/19/10th-anniversary-event-of-flood-disaster-announced/) - We are pleased to announce the event marking the 10th anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in the history of the United States. WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward WHAT: Historic plaque unveiling ceremony WHERE: T-intersection of Jourdan Avenue and N. Johnson Street, New Orleans, the breach site
- [Plaque Unveiling Ceremony in Lower Ninth Ward](https://levees.org/2015/08/28/photo-from-plaque-unveiling-ceremony-in-lower-ninth-ward/) - On Monday, August 24, 2015, we unveiled our third historic plaque, this time in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood of New Orleans. Guests Pastor Brandon Haynes, Fairview Baptist Church, Pastor Charles Duplessis, Mount Nebo Bible Baptist Church, Rev Willie Calhoun, Lower Ninth Ward Coalition, Robert Green, lifelong Lower Ninth Ward resident, Ms. Kim Ford, Lower
- [Today Levees.org will unveil its 3rd historic plaque](https://levees.org/2015/08/24/today-levees-org-will-unveil-its-3rd-historic-plaque/) - WHAT: Historic plaque unveiling ceremony WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the residents of the Lower Ninth Ward WHERE: T-intersection of Jourdan Avenue and N. Johnson Street, New Orleans WHEN: Monday, August 24, 6:00 p.m. Today, Levees.org will host an unveiling ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history. The
- [Plaque Unveiling Ceremony Featured on NPR's Morning Edition](https://levees.org/2015/08/25/plaque-unveiling-ceremony-featured-on-nprs-morning-edition/) - On Monday, August 24, 2015, we unveiled our third historic plaque, this time in the Lower Ninth Ward neighborhood. NPR featured our plaque unveiling ceremony in a wonderful story on the national Morning Edition news program. A Levees.org supporter texted me from Boise today to tell me that while she was in the tire shop,
- [Neighbors share in upkeep of Levee Exhibit Hall's garden](https://levees.org/2015/08/21/neighbors-share-in-upkeep-of-levee-exhibit-halls-garden/) - Busloads of visitors from all over the world come every day to the newly opened Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden. They come to see and touch the site of the London Avenue Canal levee breach. They come to learn how it affected the neighborhood. They come to learn about all the breaches, all the neighborhoods,
- [Sign installation begins for Historic Plaque in Lower Ninth Ward](https://levees.org/2015/08/23/sign-installation-begins-for-historic-plaque-in-lower-ninth-ward/) - After more than a year of partnership and preparation, work has begun on installing a historic plaque at the breach site of the Industrial Canal. The pole, installed in a cement block on city property, marks where a historic plaque will be unveiled on Monday August 24 at 6:00 p.m. An unveiling event will mark
- [Take the Levee Challenge!](https://levees.org/2015/08/14/take-the-levee-challenge/) - In keeping with our mission of education, we have released the Levee Challenge. The 10-question little quiz is designed to help folks understand why the New Orleans area flooded a decade ago. It's intended to answer any lingering questions and separate facts from fairy tales. The role of the Army Corps of Engineers, the organization
- [Levees.org's founder selected one of ten "Heroes of the Recovery"](https://levees.org/2015/08/05/levees-orgs-founder-selected-one-of-ten-heroes-of-the-recovery/) - The August issue of New Orleans Magazine has highlighted the work of ten people who have taken charge and led citizens in the recovery of New Orleans. Levees.org is pleased that the editors have selected founder Sandy Rosenthal for this honor. The introduction below is by Laura Claverie. "It is often said that in the darkest
- [Details continue to emerge about the New Orleans flooding during Katrina](https://levees.org/2015/08/11/details-continue-to-emerge-about-the-new-orleans-flooding-during-katrina/) - New details continue to emerge about why New Orleans flooded so horrifically during Hurricane Katrina. A carefully researched story by Pulitzer prize winner Mark Schleifstein describes how immediately after the flooding event, independent levee investigators were told incorrect information by "various members of the corps New Orleans district." For example, Drs. Raymond Seed and J.
- [The Levee Exhibit Hall now has a Roof](https://levees.org/2015/07/22/the-levee-exhibit-hall-now-has-a-roof/) - There is now another reason to see the museum-quality Levee Exhibit Hall at 5000 Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. There is a roof on the 100 foot long Exhibit Hall to keep you cool in the sun and dry in the rain. The text and forty photos and graphs tell the
- [Ribbon Cutting for Levee Education Park is Sat July 11](https://levees.org/2015/07/07/ribbon-cutting-for-levee-education-park-is-sat-july-11/) - Please join us for a short ribbon cutting ceremony. WHEN: Sat July 11 from 10-10:30a WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive, site of levee breach in Filmore Gardens, New Orleans WHO: Levees.org in partnership with the neighborhood residents, Growing Green, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority and Parkway Partners. Come see the 100-foot long covered Hall that houses
- [Levees.org founder speaks to broadcast journalists from Seoul, Korea](https://levees.org/2015/06/19/levees-org-founder-speaks-to-broadcast-journalists-from-seoul-korea/) - Sandy and K press from Ralph Madison on Vimeo. Today, the founder of Levees.org spoke to a group of twenty broadcast journalists from South Korea who are in town to learn about disaster management in the U. S. and the role of the media. The group met at the site of the nearly completed Open
- [Another step toward opening day](https://levees.org/2015/03/16/another-step-toward-opening-day/) - There is more progress at the Open-air Levee Exhibition and Garden in the Gentilly neighborhood. Today, under sunny skies, volunteers with Hike for KaTREEna planted six trees at 5000 Warrington Drive. After nearly a week of wet weather, the college aged volunteers, who had given up their spring break, had buttery soft soils to work
- [Bike Tour of Levee Breaches is Today!](https://levees.org/2015/05/06/sign-up-now-for-annual-levee-breach-bike-tour/) - TODAY: Levees.org's 4th Annual Levee Breach Bike Tour departs today Saturday at 9 a.m.! WHEN: Saturday, May 16, 2015 TIME: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Departs City Park Boat Rental Parking Lot (restrooms available) NOTE: You must provide your own bike. The free two-hour tour is a healthy meaningful way to find out more about
- [Founder Sandy Rosenthal featured today on L.A. Talk Radio](https://levees.org/2015/01/26/founder-sandy-rosenthal-featured-today-on-l-a-talk-radio/) - Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal is a guest speaker on LA Talk Radio from 5-6 p.m. CST today. Joining Ms. Rosenthal is documentary maker Laurie Kaman of Two Peas Productions. Also featured is Lowernine.org's Executive Director Laura Paul, Levees.org Founder Sandy Rosenthal and Levee Breach Survivor Robert Green. http://www.latalkradio.com/ Click on the Listen Live icon on the right hand
- [More Progress at Levee Exhibit and Garden](https://levees.org/2015/01/29/more-progress-at-levee-exhibit-and-garden/) - There is new evidence of progress at the proposed Levee Exhibit and Garden at the east breach of the London Avenue Canal in the Gentilly neighborhood. There is now a working street light at the location. This powerful street light lights up the lot at 5000 Warrington Drive all the way to the back of
- [Work Progressing at Visitor's Levee Exhibit and Garden](https://levees.org/2014/10/30/work-progressing-at-visitors-levee-exhibit-and-garden/) - There is a sure sign of progress at 5000 Warrington Drive, the site of one of the worst levee breaches in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. A large “coming soon” now stands at the east-side breach of the London Avenue Canal in Gentilly announcing that an Open-air Levee Exhibition and Garden will soon be built.
- [New Orleans levee board was impotent](https://levees.org/2007/04/18/new-orleans-levee-board-was-impotent/) - A New York Times article by John Schwartz implies (falsely) that the New Orleans levee boards were somehow, some way to blame for the flooding and devastation of New Orleans. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/18/us/18levee.html?ex=1177560000&en=79833ed6af9bcba5&ei=5070&emc=eta1&_r=0 1. Schwartz begins by saying "the New Orleans board was criticized by local residents as corrupt, ineffective, and overly focused on a ....fountain and
- [On this Day, the 9th Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in U.S. History ](https://levees.org/2014/08/29/on-this-day-the-9th-anniversary-of-the-worst-civil-engineering-disaster-in-u-s-history/) - On this day, we wish to share some encouraging news. Working in partnership with residents from the neighborhood of Gentilly, Levees.org will soon unveil the first ever Open-air Levee Exhibit and Garden in New Orleans. The exhibit and garden will be installed on a now-empty lot at the site of the London Avenue Canal where
- [Partnering with the Neighborhood, Levees.org will Build Exhibition and Garden at Breach Site](https://levees.org/2014/08/27/partnering-with-the-neighborhood-levees-org-will-build-exhibition-and-garden-at-breach-site/) - Today, in partnership with the neighborhood residents of Gentilly in New Orleans, Levees.org unveiled two possible scenarios for a Levee Exhibition and Garden. The exhibit and garden will be built at the site of one of the most catastrophic breaches on August 29, 2005, the east breach of the London Avenue Canal in the Filmore
- [Governor Jindal Signs Bill to Kill the Big Oil Lawsuit](https://levees.org/2014/06/07/governor-jindal-signs-bill-to-kill-the-big-oil-lawsuit/) - Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal yesterday signed Senate Bill 469, legislation that was written specifically to kill a lawsuit against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for their damage to Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. The suit, brought by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East last summer, was intended to restore wetlands necessary to protect coastal communities from
- [Despite thumbs down from academic review board, levee breach sites may get historic designation ](https://levees.org/2012/01/03/despite-thumbs-down-from-academic-review-board-levee-breach-sites-may-get-historic-designation/) - Updated July 1, 2014. A professional academic board in Louisiana recently voted against placing the sites of two catastrophic levee breaches in New Orleans during Katrina on the National Register of Historic Places. Two-thirds of the 9-member board voted down the flood protection group Levees.org’s quest to list the breach of the 17th Street Canal
- [Federal lawyers seek to overturn ruling on Corps of Engineers’ liability for levee failure during Katrina](https://levees.org/2011/11/10/federal-lawyers-seek-to-overturn-ruling-on-corps-of-engineers’-liability-for-levee-failure-during-katrina/) - Yesterday in New Orleans, federal lawyers attempted to overturn a November 2009 ruling that found the Army Corps of Engineers guilty of shoddy maintenance of a shipping channel in eastern New Orleans and thus financially liable for damages that occurred during Hurricane Katrina. Justice Department lawyers argued before a three-judge panel from the 5th U.S
- [Levees.org releases previously unseen disturbing footage](https://levees.org/2011/08/22/levees-org-releases-previously-unseen-disturbing-footage/) - While the New Orleans region was still drying out after the federal levees failed in 2005, the Corps of Engineers awarded an elite engineering group a large grant to conduct what was basically a PR show to repair the Corps’ damaged reputation. The grant steered money to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to
- [Levees.org got a dress rehearsal ](https://levees.org/2011/08/19/levees-org-got-a-dress-rehearsal/) - Updated July 1, 2014 After denying an 11th hour block attempt by the Corps of Engineers, the Louisiana State Advisory Board has tabled Levees.org's nomination of two New Orleans levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places on a technicality. Here's what happened. Over a month ago, the Louisiana State Office of Historic
- [Mayor-elect appoints two Levees.org staffers to Transition Team](https://levees.org/2010/03/17/mayor-elect-appoints-two-levees-org-staffers-to-transition-team/) - New Orleans mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu has appointed two Levees.org staffers to his Transition Team. H.J. Bosworth Jr. PE, research director for Levees.org, and Sandy Rosenthal, founder and executive director of Levees.org will serve on the Flood Protection Subcommittee of the broader Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration Task Force. The Flood Protection Subcommittee will be chaired
- [BOOK REVIEW: "Breach of Faith" by Jed Horne](https://levees.org/2010/01/12/book-review-breach-of-faith-by-jed-horne/) - Updated June 30, 2014 Levees.org, a New Orleans-based non-profit formed after Hurricane Katrina with a mission of raising awareness about the nation's levee systems, has released a third book review by its founder Sandy Rosenthal that addresses the New Orleans flooding of August 2005. Rosenthal provides the following commentary on the “Breach of Faith: Hurricane
- [Why was Levees.org founded in New Orleans after Katrina?](https://levees.org/2010/01/08/why-was-levees-org-founded-in-new-orleans-after-katrina/) - Updated June 30, 2014. Until the American people see that the flooding of metro New Orleans was a federal responsibility, they will never see rebuilding as a federal duty nor see they too could be in danger. And so Levees.org was founded, to help everyone everywhere understand why the New Orleans region was so vulnerable
- [The Katrina Myth video will go home with all St. Bernard Project volunteers](https://levees.org/2009/12/19/the-katrina-myth-video-will-go-home-with-all-st-bernard-project-volunteers/) - The Community Center of St Bernard will include Levees.org's Katrina Myth video in a DVD they will send home with all their visiting volunteers. The Community Center of St Bernard is located in St. Bernard Parish, directly next door to New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward, at the epicenter of devastation from flooding on August 29,
- [Jon Donley: The Corps is one of most powerful machines in the U.S.](https://levees.org/2009/12/15/jon-donley-the-corps-is-one-of-most-powerful-machines-in-the-u-s/) - The following is a comment by Jon Donley, founder and former editior and chief on NOLA.com on my Huffington Post blog dated Dec 14, 2009. The Corps of Engineers is one of the most powerful machines in the country; it can award and withhold contracts in the hundreds of billions of dollars. The power behind
- [The cruelty of Katrina shorthand ](https://levees.org/2009/11/22/the-cruelty-of-katrina-shorthand/) - Four days after a federal judge in New Orleans determined our Army Corps of Engineers' actions "resulted in a catastrophic loss of human life and property in unprecedented proportions," a New York Times article continues to use harmful Katrina shorthand. That is, a reporter for the newspaper with the third highest circulation in the country
- [TIME magazine's Michael Grunwald on Judge Duval's ruling in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2009/11/22/time-magazines-michael-grunwald-on-judge-duvals-ruling-in-new-orleans/) - Updated June 30, 2014. MSNBC's Rachel Maddox did her homework and invited Mike Grunwald of TIME magazine to discuss federal Judge Stanwood Duval's landmark decision holding your Army Corps of Engineers both responsible AND liable for the flooding caused when its levees broke in New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish. Mike Grunwald, who once grumbled
- [Listen to Levees.org on Garland today](https://levees.org/2009/10/02/listen-to-levees-org-on-garland-today/) - H.J. Bosworth Jr., lead researcher and senior member of Levees.org will be on Garland today (Friday) at 12:10p along with members of the Louisiana Congressional Delegation. That's 870 AM and 105.3 FM. According the station's producer, Garland wants to discuss this: The Army Corp already said the pumps on the 17th Street Canal are temporary
- [New data sheds light on Georgia flooding](https://levees.org/2009/09/30/new-data-sheds-light-on-georgia-flooding/) - Updated June 30, 2014. Levees.org discovered in a FOIA request dated March 6, 2009 that the majority of the nation's population, 54.83% (156,615,630 people) lives in counties protected by levees. This figure is much higher than the percentage reported last year (43%) in a June 2008 briefing to Congress. Manmade levees, like navigational channels, highways
- [ASCE's disaster manual could have been...but wasn't](https://levees.org/2009/09/09/asces-disaster-manual-could-have-been-but-wasnt/) - Another shout out to Mark Schleifstein. Time after time, he demonstrates what journalism is supposed to be. His latest, an article in the Times Picayune on the American Society of Civil Engineers' new disaster manual, was no exception: http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2009/09/disasterinvestigation_rules_ch.html
- [Jim Amoss gets a hard copy](https://levees.org/2009/07/20/jim-amoss-gets-a-hard-copy/) - Updated June 30, 2014. We, the citizens have a right to know the full extent to which people at the Corps of Engineers New Orleans district have been hiding their identities and using taxpayer funded equipment to viciously attack citizen critics. We simply want to know if what Jon Donley said in his sworn affidavit
- [On Garland: Hear former Nola.com editor on why he spoke out](https://levees.org/2009/07/01/on-garland-hear-former-nolacom-editor-on-why-he-spoke-out/) - Updated June 30, 2014. Hear Founder and former editor of Nola.com Jon Donley on why he came forward with a sworn affidavit. Hear how, for over 2 years, he observed a cadre of about 20 user names posting abusive comments on Nola.com about any articles or people who criticized the Army Corps of Engineers. Also
- [The Times Picayune reports - a little ](https://levees.org/2009/06/19/the-times-picayune-reports-a-little/) - Updated June 30, 2014. Katie Reckdahl, reporting for the Times Picayune, interviewed me yesterday on the Corps Comment Scandal. Her main question was how I came to possess a copy of Jon Donley's affidavit. I explained that I asked Mr. Donley to write it when I realized that the Times Picayune did not intend to
- [Sworn affadavit: Cadre at Corps attacked its citizen critics](https://levees.org/2009/06/17/sworn-affadavit-cadre-at-corps-attacked-its-citizen-critics/) - Updated June 30, 2014. In a sworn affidavit, the former managing editor of Nola.com, New Orleans' largest online news source describes how the Army Corps of Engineers used significant tax payer resources to attack critics of the Corps. According to the affidavit, a cadre of about 20 people, for over a period of 3 years,
- [Corps of Engineers N.O. office spends $1 million/ year protecting self-image](https://levees.org/2009/05/05/corps-of-engineers-no-office-spends-1-million-year-protecting-self-image/) - Updated June 29, 2014. We have just found on a government watchdog website, that the New Orleans District of the Corps of Engineers pays a PR company $1,000,000 annually to help its image and fight bad press. That's your hard-earned tax payer dollars at work! OPP provides support for print, broadcast and Internet media including
- [American engineers cannot be trusted says National Academy of Sciences](https://levees.org/2009/04/24/american-engineers-cannot-be-trusted-says-national-academy-of-sciences/) - An elite group of engineers have reviewed a self-study by engineers of its own engineering failure and have essentially determined that people should not rely on engineered structures. That's basically what the National Academy of Sciences has declared in their final peer review of the Corps-sponsored levee investigation after Katrina precipitated over 50 levee breaks
- [PRESS CONFERENCE Wed Apr 8 at 11:30am Lakeview Harbor Restaurant](https://levees.org/2009/04/07/press-conference-wed-apr-8-at-1130am-lakeview-harbor-restaurant/) - When: Wed Apr 8, 2009 at 11:30am Where: Lakeview Harbor Restaurant, 911 Harrison Ave, New Orleans Why: Announcement and revelation of new information Eighteen months ago, Dr. Ray Seed, co-chair of the Independent Levee Investigation Team filed a 42-page ethics complaint against members of the American Society of Civil Engineers ASCE). He detailed a sordid
- [Levees.org battles falsehoods emanating from a New Orleans university](https://levees.org/2009/01/06/leveesorg-battles-falsehoods-emanating-from-a-new-orleans-university/) - Updated June 29, 2014. A professor of engineering at the University of New Orleans wrote a Christmas Day letter to the New Orleans Times Picayune that was a laundry list of the exact sort of disinformation disseminated by the Army Corps of Engineers and its consultancy communities. Dr. Michael D. Folse seems to have joined
- [Media blames New Orleanians for our hardships - again](https://levees.org/2008/09/05/media-blames-new-orleanians-for-our-hardships-again/) - Updated June 29, 2014. For me, during the ordeal of Gustav, lots of things were hard. Like packing for an evacuation, traveling in traffic jams, and hunkering down during a hurricane. But for me, the hardest thing of all was watching the media–yet again–blame us, the citizens of New Orleans for the difficulties and hardships
- [New film has garnered Rave Review!](https://levees.org/2008/08/13/reserve-your-place-at-our-katrina-anniversary-event/) - Updated June 29, 2014. Come out and support our latest weapon in the battle to help metro New Orleans. On August 28, we will release the new short film The Katrina Myth: The Truth about a Thoroughly Unnatural Disaster which goes after and obliterates the destructive and unfair myths that are slowing the region's recovery.
- [Corps of Engineers' PR in high gear on Midwest Flooding](https://levees.org/2008/06/23/corps-of-engineers-pr-in-high-gear-on-midwest-flooding/) - Updated June 29, 2014. In many cases, the Midwest flooding was a failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers to properly predict and control flooding. That explains why PR masters from the Corps of Engineers are very busy this week doing apparently coordinated interviews with major news sources. Journalist Georgianne Nienaber covers this topic
- [New videos tell the tragedy of New Orleans](https://levees.org/2008/05/29/new-videos-tell-the-tragedy-of-new-orleans/) - Updated June 29, 2014 I recently spent 3 hours in New Orleans lower ninth ward "lovebug swatting" while camera crews filmed Miss Juliette Allen for our Public Service Announcement (PSA) released today to an anticipating audience at a press conference. They were not disappointed by the 30-second video and also a second PSA featuring a
- [NYTimes: New Orleans-like flood can happen to you](https://levees.org/2008/02/27/nytimes-new-orleans-like-flood-can-happen-to-you/) - Updated June 28, 2014 In three pristine paragraphs, a oped contributor to the New York Times describes why the levee failures in New Orleans are a national problem, not a local one. The piece explains, as actor Harry Shearer said in a video Levees.Org created in April 2006, that over 120 levees nationwide are danger
- [Gut reaction to Schutze](https://levees.org/2007/07/09/gut-reaction-to-schutze/) - With the anniversary of the worst engineering disaster in US history just around the corner, decorated reporter Jim Schutze has departed from his field of expertise to try his hand at reinforcing myths about why New Orleans and St. Bernard drowned 2 years ago. In a recent editorial, Schutze, an investigative reporter specializing in racial
- [Donald Powell on New Orleans' failed levees](https://levees.org/2007/06/01/donald-powell-on-new-orleans-failed-levees/) - June 1, 2007 Donald Powell, recovery czar for the Gulf Coast and one of the President's men, didn't retract his statement last week that the federal government has a duty to help metro New Orleans due to the failure of the federally built levees. Today, the Washington Post reports this statement by Mr. Powell in
- [Donald Powell and La's Road Home](https://levees.org/2007/05/31/donald-powell-and-las-road-home/) - People listen when one of the President's men speaks. So it got noticed last week when Donald Powell, recovery czar for the Gulf Coast said “...the federal government is responsible for this hurricane damage (to New Orleans) because of the failure of the levee system...” Powell said this before the Senate Disaster Recovery Subcommittee. It
- [Corps denies role in levee failures](https://levees.org/2007/04/15/corps-denies-role-in-levee-failures/) - In a recent USA Today article, the Army Corps of Engineers is “crawfishing.” That's what a Louisiana crawfish does when it meets a foe - raises its little claws in defiance and walks backwards. In this article, the Corps is repeating their mantra that “they're not responsible for the levees” in New Orleans that crumbled
- [NYTimes: Levees were supposed to protect](https://levees.org/2007/02/14/nytimes-levees-were-supposed-to-protect/) - As we dig out from the wreckage of two tornadoes, and as we get back to the daily grind of rebuilding our lives in New Orleans courtesy of the collapse of the federal levees, it is always healthy and smart to rejoice in the positive. That little bit of positive came from the editorial board
- [Congress ignores that levees are federal](https://levees.org/2006/06/24/the-collective-silence-of-congress/) - My friend, a flood victim was buried today, his body recently discovered and identified by DNA. He was 53. I attended his funeral, talked to his family, and felt sadness because this should never have happened. Also recently, on June 1, the US Army Corps of Engineers acknowledged broad system-wide flaws in their flood protection
- [Congress is Crippling Corps Reform](https://levees.org/2006/06/17/congress-is-crippling-corps-reform/) - Even before the New Orleans tragedy, a decade of studies have revealed flaws in the Corps of Engineers’ planning and function. The importance of Corps Reform was merely reinforced by the New Orleans levee failures where independent experts and even the Corps itself concluded that the levees failed because of poor Corps design and flawed
- [On Congress Funding Levee Repair](https://levees.org/2006/04/20/on-congress-funding-levee-repair/) - On April 13, the federal government said that Louisiana might not have to pay 35 percent of the cost of the levee work that the US Army Corps of Engineers says must be done to certify the levees. Most people don’t realize that 35% of the money that paid for the shoddy Corps-built levees was
- [Big Oil appears to own the Louisiana Legislature](https://levees.org/2014/05/30/big-oil-appears-to-own-the-louisiana-legislature/) - Last night the Louisiana House approved a bill that retroactively halts a lawsuit filed by the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Agency-East against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for damage the industry caused to the state's hurricane buffering wetlands. While this is a dark moment, it's not the end. Especially since the travesty has gotten
- [Sign up Today for Levees.org's Third Annual Levee Disaster Bike Tour](https://levees.org/2014/04/20/sign-up-today-for-levees-orgs-third-annual-levee-disaster-bike-tour/) - The Levee Disaster Bike Tour is a healthy meaningful way to learn more about the worst civil engineering disaster in the history of the United States. WHEN: Sunday, May 4, 2014 TIME: 9 to 11 a.m. WHERE: Departs from City Park WHY: The survivors of the New Orleans Flood deserve the vetted facts To sign
- [Pentagon only partly investigated Senator Landrieu's concerns](https://levees.org/2009/09/29/pentagon-only-partly-investigated-senator-landrieus-concerns/) - In a stunning show of apparent bureaucratic ineptitude, or perhaps tacit collusion, the Inspector General of the Department of Defense (DOD) ignored US Senator Mary Landrieu's call for a federal investigation into alleged wrongdoing by the US Army Corps of Engineers and instead focused only on Levees.org, one of the whistleblowers. The Pentagon concluded that
- [Steep Flood Insurance Rate Hikes has Roots in Corps’ Levee Mistakes](https://levees.org/2014/04/06/steep-flood-insurance-rate-hikes-has-roots-in-corps-levee-mistakes/) - The steep premium increases in flood insurance being seen by policyholders all across the nation are the direct result of the federal government’s failed levees in New Orleans in 2005. While the worst rate spikes will occur gradually over a period of years–thanks to a bill that President Obama signed into law last month–a reported
- [Why should you join General Honore's GreenARMY?](https://levees.org/2014/03/13/why-should-you-join-general-honores-greenarmy/) - This is why...
- [Levees.org Unveils Second Historic Plaque at London Avenue Canal Breach Site](https://levees.org/2011/05/23/levees-org-unveils-second-historic-plaque-at-london-avenue-canal-breach-site/) - On Friday May 20, 2011, Levees.org and Irvin Mayfield Jr hosted an Unveiling Ceremony for a Louisiana State Historic Plaque near ground zero of the London Avenue Canal breach site. CLICK HERE TO DONATE Over 100 residents attended the event held at the corner of Mirabeau Avenue and Warrington Drive in the Gentilly neighborhood of
- [U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu Finds Good Use for Levees.org's Levee Map](https://levees.org/2013/12/25/u-s-senator-mary-landrieu-finds-good-use-for-levees-orgs-levee-map/) - Last Friday, U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu alerted her constituents that she had secured a vote on a bipartisan bill that will delay the most aggressive flood insurance rates until FEMA does more study. (Flood insurance for many nationwide could have become spectacularly unaffordable.) In her appeal to Congress, Senator Landrieu utilized a map that Levees.org
- [Levees.org and Irvin Mayfield Jr to Dedicate Historic Plaque at Breach Site](https://levees.org/2011/05/09/levees-org-and-irvin-mayfield-jr-to-dedicate-historic-plaque-at-breach-site/) - CLICK HERE TO DONATE: https://rally.org/levees On Friday May 20 at 6pm, Levees.org will host an Unveiling Ceremony for a Louisiana State Historic Plaque with Irvin Mayfield Jr., Grammy Award winning cultural ambassador to the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana. The Historic Plaque will be placed near the London Avenue Canal Eastside
- [Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org Joins Lt Gen Russel Honore on LPB](https://levees.org/2013/11/29/sandy-rosenthal-of-levees-org-joins-lt-gen-russel-honore-on-lpb/) - Updated: Dec 14, 2014 Today, Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org teams up with the man credited with restoring order to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Retired Lt. General Russel Honore along with Marylee Orr with LEAN say they will fight through blood, sweat and tears to improve the state's environment. See them tonight with Shauna Sanford
- [Will the Real Reformers Please Stand Up?](https://levees.org/2013/10/07/will-the-real-reformers-please-stand-up/) - A few weeks ago, we queried a lot of people in town. We wanted to know who–or what group of people–was the brainchild behind the famous One Levee Board campaign. We knew that “Citizens for 1” led the campaign to get statewide support for the new levee board legislation, but who was the creator or
- [Will the Flood Authority's Nominating Committee Stand Up to Governor Jindal?](https://levees.org/2013/09/28/will-the-flood-authoritys-nominating-committee-stand-up-to-governor-jindal/) - Last week, Garret Graves, speaking for Governor Bobby Jindal, told the nominating committee for the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East that the Governor would refuse to approve the reappointment of John Barry and Tim Doody should the committee recommend the two currently serving commissioners. The surprisingly candid announcement came from Graves in a public meeting
- [Levees.org Responds to Omissions in George W. Bush Museum](https://levees.org/2013/08/26/levees-org-responds-to-george-w-bush-museum-exhibits/) - Updated, Aug 26, 7:00 p.m. Today, Levees.org kicked off a campaign to draw attention to the George W. Bush Presidential Museum and Library. The facility – which operates on $6 million of taxpayer support every year – barely mentions any federal failures relating to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. The exhibits don't mention the failed
- [Early this morning, eight years ago...](https://levees.org/2013/08/29/early-this-morning-eight-years-ago/) - Updated Aug 30, 1:47 p.m. Early this morning, eight years ago, levees and canal walls in and around the City of New Orleans failed far below their design capacity. Neighborhoods throughout the city region – from St. Bernard Parish to the Lower Ninth Ward to Gentilly to Lakeview – were catastrophically flooded. Over eighteen hundred
- [Levees.org's Statement of Support for Oil and Gas Erosion Lawsuit](https://levees.org/2013/07/31/levees-orgs-statement-of-support-for-oil-and-gas-erosion-lawsuit/) - The statement below was delivered on July 30, 2013 in front of the Orleans Parish Civil District Court at 421 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans. --------- Act 1 of the 2006 Louisiana Legislature created the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authorities, two independent boards that are shielded from political influence. The SLFPA-East's lawsuit––demanding that 97 oil,
- [Levees.org Joins Diverse Array of Support for Coastal Erosion Lawsuit](https://levees.org/2013/08/13/levees-org-joins-diverse-array-of-support-for-coastal-erosion-lawsuit/) - Levees.org has joined a diverse array of Louisiana organizations and citizens calling on the Louisiana House and Senate Transportation, Highways and Public Works Committee to support the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority’s lawsuit filed against 97 oil, gas and pipeline companies for their destruction of the Louisiana coast. According to the agenda, the Wednesday, August
- [Levees.org Founder to Speak to Investigative Journalists](https://levees.org/2013/06/24/levees-org-founder-to-speak-to-investigative-journalists/) - Updated: 1:16 p.m. On Tuesday, the founder of Levees.org will speak to a group of twenty four investigative journalists from around the world at the breach site of the London Avenue Canal in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Sandy Rosenthal will speak to representatives of the following countries: Afghanistan, Bhutan, Bulgaria, Democratic Republic of the
- [Lee Zurik on Levees.org's Quest to Expose Online Attacks by Individuals in Position of Public Trust](https://levees.org/2013/05/22/lee-zurik-on-levees-orgs-quest-to-expose-online-attacks-by-individuals-in-position-of-public-trust/) - Lee Zurik, investigative reporter for Fox 8 Live, recently did a story about Levees.org's quest to roll back the curtains on the practice of vicious online commenting. But first a little background. In December 2008, using back end tools available to any amateur blogger, we discovered that employees with the Army Corps of Engineers were
- [Head of Army Corps Responds to Levees.org's Demand for Locations of Faulty Levees](https://levees.org/2013/05/07/head-of-army-corps-responds-to-levees-orgs-demand-for-locations-of-faulty-levees/) - 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
- [Senator David Vitter and the Vetted Facts about the New Orleans Flood](https://levees.org/2013/06/17/senator-david-vitter-and-the-vetted-facts-about-the-new-orleans-flood/) - Last Friday, there was a ground breaking ceremony at the new 17th Street Canal pump station in New Orleans. U.S. Senator David Vitter R-LA made some remarks about the flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Amid heavy press coverage, the Senator blamed 70% the flooding on design mistakes of the canal walls. And of course, the entity
- [Clever Website Tells Story of New Orleans Flood of 2005](https://levees.org/2013/05/02/clever-website-tells-story-of-new-orleans-flood-of-2005/) - We think everyone should check out this handy-dandy website that gives an excellent 'short take' on New Orleans and the Great Flood of 2005. Professor Stephen Nelson, Assoc Professor in Earth & Env Sciences at Tulane University created the site for his students. Appropriately so, it starts out with a Myth Buster section and a
- [Levees.org's Commentary Featured in Scientific American](https://levees.org/2013/04/24/levees-orgs-commentary-featured-in-scientific-american/) - In this month's issue, Scientific American is featuring a letter submitted by Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal. The letter notes a misleading assumption in an article by writer Mark Fischetti in an interview with Klaus Jacob, the scientist who predicted the damage from Hurricane Sandy. In his discussion about sea level rise and subsidence, Klaus states:
- [President of LSU Faculty Senate speaks on expenses relating to Ivor van Heerden lawsuit](https://levees.org/2013/04/04/president-of-lsu-faculty-senate-speaks-on-expenses-relating-to-ivor-van-heerden-lawsuit/) - Louisiana State University spent nearly $1 million in a legal fight over the firing of coastal scientist and New Orleans hero, Professor Ivor van Heerden. Click here for story by Mark Schleifstein, New Orleans Times Picayune. Upon request from Levees.org, Kevin Cope, President of the Faculty Senate at LSU submitted commentary regarding the expenditures by
- [Levees.org's Second Annual Levee Disaster Bike Tour](https://levees.org/2013/04/22/levees-orgs-second-annual-levee-disaster-bike-tour/) - Levees.org will host its Second Annual Guided Levee Disaster Bike Tour on Sunday May 5 starting at 9 a.m. The group will depart from City Park Boat/Bike Rentals parking lot. After stops at the London Avenue and 17th Street Canal breach sites, we return to the Parkview Cafe in City Park. The bike tour is
- [LSU spent nearly $1 million fighting New Orleans hero Ivor van Heerden](https://levees.org/2013/04/03/lsu-spent-nearly-1-million-fighting-new-orleans-hero-ivor-van-heerden/) - Documents obtained in response to Levees.org's Public Records Request reveal that LSU paid a Baton Rouge law firm nearly a half million dollars to defend the flagship university in Dr. Ivor van Heerden’s wrongful dismissal lawsuit filed in 2010. The law firm Kantrow Spaht Weaver and Blitzer received more than $457,000 over a course of
- [Chris Waddington of Times Picayune is first-ever recipient of Super Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2013/03/14/chris-waddington-of-times-picayune-is-first-ever-recipient-of-super-seal-of-approval/) - Since November 2009, Levees.org has awarded a Seal of Approval (SOA) to 63 journalists who correctly described the flooding of New Orleans during Katrina as due to levee failure, not simply Mother Nature. Saying Katrina is solely responsible for the 2005 Flood is like saying an iceberg is solely responsible for the Titanic Disaster. Now,
- [A message from Ivor van Heerden to the Supporters of Levees.org](https://levees.org/2013/02/27/a-message-from-ivor-van-heerden-to-the-supporters-of-levees-org/) - As a portion of an exclusive interview today, Dr. Ivor van Heerden has requested that Levees.org send this message to our supporters. Here it is: I would like to thank each of you very sincerely from the bottom of my heart for your support, your kind words, for the demonstration, and for the letters to
- [Levees.org Founder listed in Gallery of Most Influential](https://levees.org/2012/11/23/levees-org-founder-listed-in-gallery-of-most-influential/) - Mount Holyoke College has unveiled its Gallery of Most Influential Women at its 175th Anniversary. One of the selected alumnae in the Gallery is Sandy Rosenthal, Founder of Levees.org. Here is an excerpt: Ever since the devastating levee failures and flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, Sandy Fulton Rosenthal has worked nonstop to ensure
- [EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Ivor van Heerden on Settlement with LSU](https://levees.org/2013/02/27/exclusive-interview-with-ivor-van-heerden-on-settlement-with-lsu/) - Today, Levees.org obtained an exclusive interview with Ivor van Heerden to discuss more details of his whistleblower lawsuit against LSU. Initially, our interview was arranged in response to the remarkable story in the Sunday February 17th edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate about emails traded between members of the Louisiana Governor’s office and LSU officials
- [Emails Reveal Early Plan by LSU to Muzzle Corps Critic ](https://levees.org/2013/02/18/emails-reveal-early-plan-by-lsu-to-muzzle-corps-critic/) - There is a remarkable story in the Sunday edition of the Baton Rouge Advocate about emails traded between members of the Louisiana Governor's office and LSU officials three weeks after Katrina. The emails reveal an apparent early plan to muzzle Dr. Ivor van Heerden because he - rightly - blamed the Army Corps of Engineers
- [Ivor van Heerden Trial Starts Feb 19 in Baton Rouge Federal Court ](https://levees.org/2013/02/06/ivor-van-heerden-trial-starts-feb-19-in-baton-rouge-federal-court/) - On February 19, Ivor Van Heerden's trial before a jury in Baton Rouge Federal Court will begin. Federal Judge James Brady will preside. Dr. van Heerden claims he was fired because his criticism of the Army Corps of Engineers - after its levees failed during Katrina - put LSU’s chances of getting federal funding in jeopardy. LSU receives large
- [Word of Faulty Levees Leaks Out](https://levees.org/2013/01/17/word-of-faulty-levees-leaks-out/) - Seven months ago, we contacted Cain Burdeau at the AP, and offered evidence that the Army Corps of Engineers had identified over 50 locations nationwide where I-walls needed repair, but the Corps had not revealed where they are. That was May 31, the eve of Hurricane Season 2011. Since then, Burdeau filed a request for
- [Levees.org rolls out Myth Number One](https://levees.org/2012/11/30/levees-org-rolls-out-myth-number-one/) - After Katrina and the levees failures, the Army Corps of Engineers quickly set a campaign in motion. Falsehoods were put into the minds of Corps officials who made themselves available to the media. There were over a dozen harmful falsehoods, but perhaps the most damaging one was what Corps Commander Lt. Gen Carl Strock told
- [SIGN OUR PETITION: Demand to know locations of faulty levees](https://levees.org/2012/12/09/sign-our-petition-demand-to-know-locations-of-faulty-levees/) - After I-walls failed in New Orleans during Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers DC office re-wrote the standards for building I-walls nationwide. In an official Engineering Letter, the Corps states it has identified 50 locations in the nation with "potential performance concerns." But the Corps doesn't say where they are! Furthermore, sources to Levees.org say
- [Associated Press admits error in story about New Orleans Flood](https://levees.org/2012/11/28/associated-press-admits-error-in-story-about-new-orleans-flood/) - Yesterday, Levees.org found an error in an Associated Press story. Written by Cain Burdeau, the article repeated a harmful myth that protects the Army Corps of Engineers' reputation for its role in the New Orleans Flood of 2005. So we wrote to Cain's boss and requested the AP issue a correction. And within minutes, they
- [Hurricane Sandy Revealed that Evacuations are No Holiday](https://levees.org/2012/11/21/hurricane-sandy-revealed-that-evacuations-are-no-holiday/) - One week after Hurricane Katrina, Rick Santorum, then a U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania recommended penalties for New Orleans residents who did not evacuate in advance of the storm. He reasoned that rescue personnel had been put at risk, and therefore consequences should be meted out to those who stayed. Later, Santorum conceded that he was talking
- [Army Corps: Isaac to blame for flooding outside post-K levee improvements](https://levees.org/2012/11/12/army-corps-isaac-to-blame-for-flooding-outside-post-k-levee-improvements/) - On Friday at Headquarters, the Army Corps revealed the impact of New Orleans' post-Katrina flood protection on neighboring communities. The Corps' report says the $10 billion improvements may have been responsible for adding an average of 1 inch in surge heights during Isaac. It said LaPlace saw a slightly lower surge due to the betterments.
- [Should the Flood Survivors of Sandy Relocate?](https://levees.org/2012/11/04/should-the-flood-survivors-of-sandy-relocate/) - Before Hurricane Sandy struck the northeast, the prevailing attitude in Washington, D.C. and much of America toward Katrina survivors was that hurricanes and flooding were New Orleans' problem. Myself, a resident of that cultural gem, I was considered partly responsible for my losses when the government-built levees broke and flooded 80 percent of New Orleans.
- [Sandy Speaks on Hurricane Sandy](https://levees.org/2012/10/30/sandy-speaks-on-hurricane-sandy/) - When the Governor of Massachusetts recommended that all college classes be cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy, he also canceled my presentation at my alma mater. I had been invited to Mount Holyoke College to tell the student body about my leadership of Levees.org which I founded in New Orleans after Katrina. Spoiler alert, the hurricane’s
- [AP issues correction to instance of Katrina shorthand](https://levees.org/2012/10/17/ap-issues-correction-to-instance-of-katrina-shorthand/) - Today, the Associated Press issued a correction to one of its recent stories after Levees.org found an error. In an October 13 story on New Orleans's criminal justice system, the AP stated incorrectly that a report by the Philadelphia-based PFM Group said operations at New Orleans's Criminal District Court was "severely hampered by Hurricane Katrina,
- [Sandy Rosenthal's kickoff rally day statement](https://levees.org/2006/01/21/founders-rally-day-speech/) - This is a transcript of Levees.Org Founder Sandy Rosenthal's Kickoff Rally Day Statement on January 21, 2006 at the US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans Division Headquarters. We begin today with a moment of silence to remember those who lost their lives due to the catastrophic levee failures of August 29, 2005. We the
- [Ivor van Heerden to Begin Preparation for Trial](https://levees.org/2012/10/15/ivor-van-heerden-to-begin-preparation-for-trial/) - Ivor van Heerden, former deputy director of LSU Hurricane Center, recently wrote to Levees.org from Urbanna, Virginia that he will return home in early December to begin preparing for trial. Van Heerden is suing LSU for wrongful termination. The outspoken professor claimed LSU retaliated against him for making statements critical of the Army Corps of
- [Joe Bruno on Appeals Panel Flip-Flip: This is Politics Not Law](https://levees.org/2012/09/28/joe-bruno-on-appeals-panel-flip-flip-this-is-politics-not-law/) - Joe Bruno, agreed to an interview request today with Levees.org after getting out of federal court in New Orleans where he was representing flood survivors in a suit against the Army Corps of Engineers and Washington Group International. We wanted to know Mr. Bruno's take on a recent appeals panel's reversal of its own ruling
- [Our hero, Scott Fujita exonerated ](https://levees.org/2012/10/12/our-hero-scott-fujita-exonerated/) - This past Tuesday, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admitted that former Saint linebacker Scott Fujita had not contributed to a pay-to-injure program that the Saints allegedly ran from 2009-2011. This announcement nearly fully exonerates Fujita. (In addition to being a splendid football player, Fujita is also spokesperson and benefactor to Gulf Restoration Network, one of Levees.org’s
- [Army Corps of Engineers' Suppression of Public Comments](https://levees.org/2012/09/26/army-corps-of-engineers-suppression-of-public-comments/) - Today, we learned that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has banned the receipt of all public comments submitted through the widely used advocacy system called Convio. While Levees.org uses SalsaLabs, a different system, we are still appalled at this suppression of public comments. We applaud the National Wildlife Federation for calling on the Corps
- [Levees.org to Speak to Visitors from Iraq in State Dept Program](https://levees.org/2012/09/28/levees-org-to-speak-to-visitors-from-iraq-in-state-dept-program/) - Today, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org will speak to a group of six visitors from Iraq who will be studying the U.S. Political Process. The visitors are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. The participants include the legal advisor to the Iraqi Republican Gathering
- [Isaac is no shade of Katrina](https://levees.org/2012/09/03/isaac-is-no-shade-of-katrina/) - For New Orleans, the brand new federal flood protection held back Hurricane Isaac's storm surge. Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers has announced that it will run computer models to determine whether the new system of stronger levees, new gates and structures may have exacerbated flooding in areas outside the system. Isaac was a more
- [Levees.org to Host Katrina 7th Anniversary Press Conference ](https://levees.org/2012/08/20/levees-org-to-host-katrina-7th-anniversary-press-conference/) - At the 7th Anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history, Levees.org will host a press conference in the Lakeview region of New Orleans. The group will discuss how the Corps of Engineers initially blamed New Orleans officials for Katrina flooding even though new data has been uncovered that shows the Corps took a
- [The Corps of Engineers's Harassment of Dr. Robert Bea](https://levees.org/2012/07/29/the-corps-of-engineerss-harassment-of-dr-robert-bea/) - Attorneys for the United States continue to spend taxpayer dollars in their efforts to defend the Army Corps of Engineers from liability for the failure of its levees and flood protection in the New Orleans region during Katrina. The federal attorneys' most recent strategy apparently was an attempted character assassination of respected scientist and New
- [California Reporter Gets Levees.org Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2012/07/24/california-reporter-gets-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - This week, a reporter for the Sacramento Bee in California received the Levees.org’s Seal of Approval for characterizing the metro New Orleans flooding in 2005 as caused by levee failure. Sean Cockerham resisted using fast easy Katrina ‘shorthand’ and refrained from giving all the credit for the catastrophe to Mother Nature. Writing about New Orleans
- [John McQuaid carries Torch of Truth on the Great New Orleans Flood](https://levees.org/2012/07/08/john-mcquaid-carries-torch-of-truth-on-the-great-new-orleans-flood/) - In his recent article in Forbes Magazine, award winning author John McQuaid decried the all-too-common practice of blaming catastrophe on Mother Nature when the true culprit is human error. https://twitter.com/johnmcquaid/status/220877992220565504 “This is quite convenient for those who screwed up, because the basic notion of a ‘natural disaster’ is something beyond anyone’s control,” he wrote. Mr.
- [Levees.org Rolls Out Self-guided Levee Disaster Bike Tour ](https://levees.org/2012/06/11/levees-org-unveils-levee-disaster-bike-tour/) - Levees.org is pleased to roll out a Self Guided Levee Disaster Bike Tour of three major levee breach sites in New Orleans's Main Basin. Starting at City Park, cyclists ride through the Park and along Bayou St. John to the first stop - the east breach of the London Avenue Canal. Traveling alongside the Canal, the
- [The Keeper's Response to our Appeal and our Assessment](https://levees.org/2012/06/15/the-keepers-response-to-our-appeal-and-our-assessment/) - When the Army Corps of Engineers failed to respond to a request for comment on our nomination of two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places, Levees.org elected to appeal to the official arbiter for such procedural breakdowns, the Keeper of the Register in Washington DC. The interim Keeper, Ms. Carol
- [Censure of LSU, a Boost to Ivor van Heerden's Credibility](https://levees.org/2012/06/17/censure-of-lsu-a-boost-to-ivor-van-heerdens-credibility/) - An academic watchdog group has voted to place LSU on academic censure for mistreatment of Dr. Ivor van Heerden who, after Katrina, was fired for blaming the Army Corps of Engineers for the failure of the levees and the drowning of New Orleans. The American Association of University Professors, AAUP has found merit in Dr. van
- [Times Picayune reporter to receive Levees.org Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2012/06/04/times-picayune-reporter-to-receive-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - Finding that it is easier to catch flies with honey, Levees.org routinely awards Seals of Approval to journalists and reporters who resist fast easy but wrong Katrina 'shorthand' and who accurately describe the flood catastrophe of August 2005. Today, Jaquetta White of the New Orleans Times Picayune will receive an SOA for her accurate depiction
- [LeveesOrg Hosts Levee Disaster Bike Tour ](https://levees.org/2012/04/24/leveesorg-hosts-levee-disaster-bike-tour/) - On Sunday May 6, Levees.org will launch its first Levee Disaster Bike Tour. The 90-minute tour starts at the City Park Boat and Bike Rentals at Big Lake Trail. We leave at 9 a.m. and taking safe, marked biking routes, we will bike to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) and hear a
- [Reaching an impasse, Levees.org fast-tracks quest to list levee breach sites historic](https://levees.org/2012/04/12/reaching-an-impasse-levees-org-fast-tracks-quest-to-list-levee-breach-sites-historic/) - The Army Corps of Engineers has failed to respond to a request for comments on Levees.org’s nomination of two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. That failure to provide technical comments within the required time frame has created an impasse in the nomination process. For this reason, Levees.org will exercise its right
- [Corps of Engineers' review of Levees.org's nomination of levee breaches to historic register is complete](https://levees.org/2012/04/09/corps-of-engineers-review-of-levees-orgs-nomination-of-levee-breaches-to-historic-register-is-complete/) - UPDATE: Ms. Pam Breaux, the Louisiana Historic Preservation Officer has conferred with Levees.org on the next steps for our nomination. Ms. Breaux will release a statement later today. Levees.org will speak to the press after Ms. Breaux's statement is made public. Update - April 10, 2012 14:51 CST -------- In February 2012, the Corps of
- [Army Corps top brass now involved in Levees.org's quest to list breach sites historic ](https://levees.org/2012/03/16/army-corps-top-brass-now-involved-in-levees-orgs-quest-to-list-breach-sites-historic/) - Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) has responded in partial fulfillment of a federal requirement to Levees.org’s nomination of two levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. In August 2010, Levees.org first nominated the sites of two major levee breaches during the 2005 storm to the prestigious register
- [Levees.org's Oregon Chapter Director studied historic New Orleans neighborhood revival in dissertation](https://levees.org/2012/04/02/levees-orgs-oregon-chapter-director-studied-historic-new-orleans-neighborhood-revival-in-dissertation/) - We are pleased to share that Levees.org’s Oregon Chapter Director Leslie March has recently earned her MBA in Sustainable Business from Marylhurst University. Her dissertation focused on the Holy Cross and Lower Ninth Ward Sustainable Restoration Plan after five years. The interesting report details how after the hurricane protection levees in New Orleans failed destroying
- [Why can't they all be like Gambit Weekly?](https://levees.org/2012/04/01/why-cant-they-all-be-like-gambit-weekly/) - Two years ago, at the annual Green School Edible Garden celebration in the Broadmoor neighborhood of New Orleans, Clancy Dubos made me a promise. He told he would issue a style alert to all writers for Gambit Weekly decreeing that from now on, the flooding during Hurricane Katrina shall be called the "federal flood." That
- [Levees.org's new levee stats getting national attention](https://levees.org/2010/01/05/levees-orgs-new-levee-stats-getting-national-attention/) - Levees.org's newly-released levee statistics and the positive correlation of levees to the U.S. economy is enjoying nationwide circulation. The story appeared today in Homeland Security's Newswire Service. And yesterday, it was sent to the 150,000 members of the American Society of Civil Engineers. These are the people who need to understand that levees, and their
- [New Essay on Army Corps Competence Contains Excellent Analysis of Katrina Flood Event](https://levees.org/2012/03/18/new-essay-on-army-corps-competence-contains-excellent-analysis-of-katrina-flood-event/) - A new essay by Chris Edwards just released by the Cato Institute examines the Army Corps of Engineers' competence in building infrastructure for civilian purposes noting that the agency which employs about 23,000 people will spend about $9.2 billion in fiscal 2012. The essay concludes most of the Army Corps' activities do not need to
- [Levees.org founder will speak to 12 delegates from Venezuela](https://levees.org/2012/03/16/levees-org-founder-will-speak-to-12-delegates-from-venezuela/) - Today, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will speak to twelve delegates from Venezuela about grass roots civic engagement in the New Orleans region. The delegates are in the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program. Ms. Rosenthal will speak on how she and her son age 15 at the
- [Levees.org featured on CNN](https://levees.org/2012/01/27/levees-org-featured-on-cnn/) - Today CNN ran a story about Levees.org's 18-month quest to list two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. The story was featured all day today on National and International News. We believe CNN's Joe Sutton did a good job. But we note with interest that many readers left comments complaining
- [Levees.org to speak in Whistleblower Tour ](https://levees.org/2012/02/24/levees-org-to-speak-in-whistleblower-tour/) - The American Whistleblower Tour is making a stop in New Orleans this week and Levees.org is featured. Attendance is FREE and open to the public. When: Tuesday, February 28th, 4:00-5:30 p.m. Where: Lavin-Bernick Center, Kendall Cram Room, Tulane University Parking on street is free on downtown side of campus for 2 hours. On downtown side of
- [Plaintiffs in MRGO lawsuit victorious on appeal](https://levees.org/2012/03/03/plaintiffs-in-mrgo-lawsuit-victorious-on-appeal/) - In a landmark decision, three federal appeals court judges have upheld federal judge Stanwood Duval's ruling that the Army Corps of Engineers is liable for flooding damages during Katrina in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans and in St. Bernard Parish. The appeals court ruling was written by Judge Jerry Smith of Houston, appointed
- [Levees.org founder to speak to Russian journalists](https://levees.org/2012/02/13/levees-org-founder-to-speak-to-russian-journalists/) - Today, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will speak to a group of Russian journalists and editors. She will discuss the use of social media tools to raise public awareness of local human rights issues (using the New Orleans levee failures as an example) as well as to gain the support of private- and public-sector entities. These
- [Master plan for Louisiana Coast public meeting today at UNO](https://levees.org/2012/01/23/master-plan-for-louisiana-coast-public-meeting-today-at-uno/) - The Master Plan for the future of the Louisiana coast produced by the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) is on view today at UNO from 1-7:30p. Lindy Boggs Conference Center Auditorium 2045 Lakeshore Drive, New Orleans, LA 1-5:30 Tour Master Plan 5:30 - 7:30 Public Hearings Everyone should review the draft blueprint. Stop by
- [The Urban Legends of Katrina](https://levees.org/2012/01/20/the-urban-legends-of-katrina/) - There is a persistent popular urban legend that prior to Katrina, the Army Corps of Engineers had wanted to build peripheral barriers around the city of New Orleans, but local agencies blocked the corps and forced it to build what it considered 'inferior flood protection.' This misinformation, promulgated by senior corps officials, and printed in
- [Levees & SOPA](https://levees.org/2011/12/30/sopa/) - This is a guest post by Stanford Rosenthal, designer & developer for Levees.Org since 2005. Levees.Org's success would not be possible without online services such as YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Wikipedia, Paypal and Scribd. YouTube alone has allowed us to broadcast our message to nearly 400,000 viewers. These services have flourished amid a free and open
- [Flood symbol created by Levees.org web designer Stanford Rosenthal now a universal icon](https://levees.org/2011/12/29/flood-symbol-created-by-levees-org-web-designer-stanford-rosenthal-now-a-universal-icon/) - A flood symbol created by Levees.org website designer Stanford Rosenthal is now a universal icon. Chosen for its clarity, the symbol was created through Iconathon, an initiative to collaboratively design new civic symbols for the public domain. The very first Iconathon took place in San Francisco and was focused on creating new public domain civic symbols
- [Levees.org to state its case in Baton Rouge for levee breach sites](https://levees.org/2011/11/16/levees-org-to-state-its-case-in-baton-rouge-for-levee-breach-sites/) - On Thursday at the Louisiana State Capitol, Levees.org will defend its quest to list two major levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. The group will state its case, again, before the Louisiana Advisory Board to nominate the breach site of the 17th Street Canal and the east side north breach of
- [Sandy Rosenthal is guest of Hillary Clinton at U.S. Department of State](https://levees.org/2011/11/28/sandy-rosenthal-is-guest-of-hillary-clinton-at-u-s-department-of-state/) - The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton and Mount Holyoke College President Lynn Pasquerella has invited Sandy Rosenthal founder of the flood protection advocacy group Levees.org to attend the launch of The Women in Public Service Project and Colloquium in Washington DC next month. The 4-hour colloquium will take place at the U.S. Department of State on
- [Stopping Katrina Myths From Becoming Household Knowledge](https://levees.org/2011/10/31/stopping-katrina-myths-from-becoming-household-knowledge/) - On Halloween Day, six years ago, I realized I had to do something about the myths that were taking root and quickly becoming established fact about the New Orleans flooding during Katrina. Nine weeks after the levee failures and deadly flooding, I applied my skills (and my 15-year old son Stanford applied his) to respond
- [Levees.org to meet Director with Department of the Interior](https://levees.org/2011/11/07/levees-org-to-meet-director-with-department-of-the-interior/) - This morning at Xavier University, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org will meet with the Director of Intergovernmental and External Affairs at the Department of the Interior, Gail Adams. The invitation to this roundtable of 20 participants comes from Congressman Cedric Richmond. The subject is ensuring the long term viability of the Louisiana coastline. "...By funding
- [Ivor van Heerden handed latest victory in LSU lawsuit](https://levees.org/2011/10/21/ivor-van-heerden-handed-latest-victory-in-lsu-lawsuit/) - Ivor van Heerden, former deputy director of the now shuttered LSU Hurricane Center, announced in February 2010 that he was suing LSU for wrongful termination. The outspoken professor claimed LSU retaliated against him for making statements critical of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers after the agency's levee system failed in New Orleans during Katrina.
- [Sandy Rosenthal is guest speaker for U.S. Dept of State program](https://levees.org/2011/10/31/sandy-rosenthal-is-guest-speaker-for-u-s-dept-of-state-program/) - Today Sandy Rosenthal will speak to 10 international journalists. Five of the group are from the People's Republic of China, two from Taiwan and one from Viet Nam, Hong Kong and Macau. The journalists, in town for two weeks, are invited to the United States under the auspices of the Department of State's International Visitor
- [Even the most insistent calls to evacuate before Katrina did not warn the levees could break](https://levees.org/2011/10/11/even-the-most-insistent-calls-to-evacuate-before-katrina-did-not-warn-the-levees-could-break/) - In the days and weeks after the levees broke in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, many members of Congress blamed the flood victims for their predicament. One Congressman proposed punishment for those who did not evacuate. This behavior sprung from the wrong-headed belief that the victims knew this sort of flooding disaster could happen and
- [Walter Isaacson, author of Steve Jobs, supports Levees.org's quest to list New Orleans breach sites to National Register ](https://levees.org/2011/10/17/walter-isaacson-author-of-steve-jobs-supports-levees-orgs-quest-to-list-new-orleans-breach-sites-to-national-register/) - Just before the Anniversary of the Federal Flood, Levees.org invited historian and author Walter Isaacson to consider submitting a letter supporting the group's quest to list the New Orleans levee breaches to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. Walter Isaacson who once worked for TIME and CNN is now President and CEO of the
- [Sandy Rosenthal featured in The Atlantic](https://levees.org/2011/09/28/sandy-rosenthal-featured-in-the-atlantic/) - Recently Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was featured in a piece by Nicholas Jackson, associate editor at The Atlantic, the official site of The Atlantic Magazine. The publication covers news and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international and life. Sandy Rosenthal was interviewed as part of a series entitled "9 1/2 Questions" for which
- [Ten states have two or more cities with populations > 300K living counties protected by levees](https://levees.org/2011/09/29/ten-states-have-two-or-more-cities-with-populations-300k-living-counties-protected-by-levees/) - The following ten states have at least 2 cities with populations greater than 300,000 living in counties protected by levees. California has nine. Texas has five. Ohio four and Arizona three. CA - Sacramento, Oakland, San Jose, Fresno, Los Angeles, Anaheim, Long Beach, Santa Ana, San Diego TX - Fort Worth, Dallas, Arlington, Austin, Houston
- [Levees.org launches petition to President Obama](https://levees.org/2011/09/27/levees-org-launches-petition-to-president-obama/) - The White House has just issued a new tool for citizens to bring important issues to the attention of the President. Levees.org saw a unique opportunity to reach out to the Obama Administration and ask him to stop calling the New Orleans flood a 'natural disaster.' We created a petition and are urging all of
- [It's Official: Whitehouse.gov is Tedious but Worth the Effort](https://levees.org/2011/09/28/its-official-whitehouse-gov-is-tedious-but-worth-the-effort/) - In mere hours, Levees.org supporters met the challenge and reached the 150-signature threshold allowing our petition to be searchable on Whitehouse.gov. Now comes the real challenge. For Levees.org's request to be officially reviewed by the Obama Administration, and to receive a response from the President, we need 5,000 signatures. It's a challenge because Whitehouse.gov is
- [Levees.org is now #1 on Whitehouse.gov](https://levees.org/2011/09/27/6059/) - You did it! You did it! You managed to be Number One on the White House's site of Petitions to the President. It won't be number one long, so we took a screen shot so you could see it yourself. If you haven't yet, please sign the petition. We agree it's a bit user unfriendly.
- [Encouraging signs that Levees.org is winning](https://levees.org/2011/08/30/encouraging-signs-that-levees-org-is-winning/) - Despite little mention in mainstream media that New Orleans area residents were commemorating the Sixth Anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in U.S. history, there were nonetheless many signs that we are reaching our goals. The Kansas City Star featured an on-target piece that described the historic flooding both completely and accurately. A detailed
- [Corps of Engineers' 11th Hour Block Attempt Backfires](https://levees.org/2011/09/20/corps-of-engineers-11th-hour-block-attempt-backfires/) - When the New Orleans Corps of Engineers District attempted an 11th hour strategy to block Levees.org from stating its case before the state advisory board, the Governor's office denied the Corps' request. So the next day, the Corps tried another maneuver. Even though Levees.org had paid for title research showing the Corps owned the Industrial
- [Corps of Engineers ordered to stop Industrial Lock Expansion](https://levees.org/2011/09/09/corps-of-engineers-ordered-to-stop-industrial-lock-expansion/) - The Holy Cross neighborhood is victorious today. According to Adam Babich, Tulane Environmental Law Clinic Director & Professor of Law, "the Industrial Canal expansion project has gone down for the second time." The Court granted summary judgment that the Army Corps of Engineers violated the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act by
- [Event marking the Sixth Anniversary of the Day the Levees Broke](https://levees.org/2011/08/28/event-marking-the-sixth-anniversary-of-the-day-the-levees-broke/) - I am providing this information below sent to me from Robert Lynn Green, Sr whose mother Joyce H. Green (73 yrs) and granddaughter, Shanai Green (3 yrs) were lost in the floodwaters when levees breached during Katrina on August 29, 2005. The Sixth Anniversary event in the Lower Ninth Ward begins Monday August 29, 2011
- [Sixth Anniversary event in the lower ninth ward](https://levees.org/2011/08/29/sixth-anniversary-event-in-the-lower-ninth-ward/) - This morning I attended a Sixth Anniversary Commemorative event in the Lower Ninth Ward sponsored by Councilman Jon Johnson. Afterward, miraculously, I captured a decently good 20-second video of the Second Line afterward from where Robert Lynn Green Sr, on August 29, 2005 floated on his roof to two blocks away.
- [How Congress Rewarded the Corps of Engineers for Drowning New Orleans](https://levees.org/2011/08/29/how-congress-rewarded-the-corps-of-engineers-for-drowning-new-orleans/) - After the Corps of Engineers' levee system broke during Katrina, the 109th Congress crafted true reform legislation. Modeled after the Countrywide Dam Safety Program, the Act created many new practices including, but not limited to, levee performance requirements, the first ever National Levee Database (NLD) and an new inspection process for all of our nation's
- [Harry Shearer on CBS Sunday Morning News ](https://levees.org/2011/08/28/harry-shearer-on-cbs-sunday-morning-news/) - If not tabled due to Hurricane Irene coverage, Harry Shearer, producer of The Big Uneasy, will be featured on CBS Sunday Morning News today August 28 to talk about the documentary. Other news: The Big Uneasy is now available on DVD or download at Amazon, iTunes, Vudu and other outlets. The more people who see
- [Why the Greater New Orleans Levee Breaches Should Be Included on the National Register of Historic Places](https://levees.org/2011/08/25/why-the-greater-new-orleans-levee-breaches-should-be-included-on-the-national-register-of-historic-places/) - It's acknowledged all over the world residents of the New Orleans region were enormously affected by the Federal Levee Breaches six years ago. But few are aware that the breaches prompted nearly a dozen changes to national policy and practices. Those changes include the first ever nationwide Levee Safety Program and the first ever nationwide Levee
- [Levees.org to Justify Listing Levee Breaches to National Register](https://levees.org/2011/08/17/levees-org-to-justify-listing-levee-breaches-to-national-register/) - Levees.org will state its case to list two New Orleans levee breach sites to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places on Thursday at the Louisiana State Capitol. According to Jim Gabbert, historian with the DC National Register Office, Levees.org’s nomination of the 17th Street Canal and Industrial Canal breach sites is ground-breaking. “This (the
- [A Bad Week for the Army Corps of Engineers](https://levees.org/2011/08/06/a-bad-week-for-the-army-corps-of-engineers/) - This has been a very bad week for the Army Corps of Engineers. First, Bunnatine Greenhouse, former chief oversight official of contracts for Corps operations in Iraq received nearly a million dollar settlement after she was demoted 6 years ago for blowing the whistle on unfair awarding of a contract to Halliburton. Days later, an
- [N.O. City Council Approves Quest to List Breach Sites to National Register](https://levees.org/2011/08/09/n-o-city-council-approves-quest-to-list-breach-sites-to-national-register/) - The New Orleans City Council unanimously approved a resolution proposed by Levees.org to list the New Orleans breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. Sponsored by Susan Guidry (District A) and co-sponsored by Jon Johnson (District E) the resolution supports Levees.org's quest to list the 17th Street Canal and the Industrial Canal breach
- [Levees.org is guest on NPR](https://levees.org/2011/08/03/levees-org-is-guest-on-npr/) - An Associated Press story just reported that some at the Corps of Engineers New Orleans District have won awards for their efforts since the deadly levee failures in 2005. A Corps news release said the team won the awards for the “hard work” and “professional excellence … to reduce risk for the people of the
- [Investigator: LSU abused its power and trust](https://levees.org/2011/08/02/investigator-lsu-abused-its-power-and-trust/) - The watchdog of academic rigor has issued its report concluding its year long investigation of the retaliatory firing of Ivor van Heerden from LSU. Dr. Charles Figley was part of the investigation team convened by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Yesterday, when the report was released, Dr. Figley wrote to me and other
- [Levees.org Releases Video of London Avenue Historic Plaque Unveiling](https://levees.org/2011/06/01/levees-org-releases-video-of-london-avenue-historic-plaque-unveiling/) - Levees.org marked the first day of Hurricane Season by releasing a 2-minute video created with footage taken of our Unveiling Ceremony for a Historic Plaque hosted with grammy award winning performer Irvin Mayfield Jr. The Historic Plaque, Levees.org's second, was placed near the London Avenue Canal Eastside Levee Breach Site (corner of Warrington Drive and
- [Judge Finds 'Genuine Issues' in Whistleblower Case Against LSU](https://levees.org/2011/07/13/judge-finds-genuine-issues-in-whistleblower-case-against-lsu/) - Anything favorable for Ivor van Heerden in his wrongful dismissal lawsuit against LSU is good for the people of southeast Louisiana. That's because when LSU fired the outspoken coastal scientist and shuttered the LSU Hurricane Center, the folks of southeast LA lost the only local independent voice they had. And college professors nationwide were shown
- [The Big Uneasy to Screen in Three DC-Area Theaters in July](https://levees.org/2011/07/18/the-big-uneasy-to-screen-in-three-dc-area-theaters-in-july/) - Harry will personally appear at three screenings of The Big Uneasy documentary July 18th, 19th and 20th. July 18 at the West End Cinema in Washington DC. For details or to order tickets, click here. July 19 at the Charles Theater in Baltimore, MD. For details or to order tickets, click here. July 20 at
- [The Big Uneasy to Screen in Five California Theaters ](https://levees.org/2011/07/07/the-big-uneasy-to-screen-in-five-california-theaters/) - Harry Shearer's documentary The Big Uneasy is screening in five California theaters in July. July 8-14 in Berkeley. Click for information. July 10-11 in San Francisco. Click for information. July 11 in San Rafael. Click for information. July 15 in Encinitas. Click for information. July 22-24 in Santa Rosa. Click for information. Mr. Shearer is
- [One step closer to presenting our case ](https://levees.org/2011/06/23/one-step-closer-to-presenting-our-case/) - The historian for the Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation has determined our final draft of our nomination of the levee breaches of New Orleans is ready for a second review by the Washington DC historian for assurance the rules and regulations are followed. In August, we present our case before the State Review Committee.
- [Gaye Tuchman: Look behind language that attributes calamity to weather](https://levees.org/2011/06/29/gaye-tuchman-look-behind-language-that-attributes-calamity-to-weather/) - This passage is written by Steve Gorelick, professor of media studies at Hunter College CUNY. While it was written circa the Fifth Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the message is still relevant, and not to be forgotten: It was a bad hurricane. A horrible and lethal hurricane. But it was the failure of the levees that
- [News about Levees.org's Nomination of Breach Sites to National Register ](https://levees.org/2011/05/26/news-about-levees-orgs-nomination-of-breach-sites-to-national-register/) - Today, Levees.org and New Orleans Council VP Arnie Fielkow held a press conference announcing news about the nomination of two levee breach sites (17th Street Canal and IHNC east side north) to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. THE NEWS: In April 2011, the Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) confirmed that Levees.org's
- [Levees.org and Council Vice President Fielkow to announce breach sites' National Register Status ](https://levees.org/2011/05/25/levees-org-and-council-vice-president-fielkow-to-announce-breach-sites-national-register-status/) - Levees.org and New Orleans City Council Vice President Arnie Fielkow will hold a press conference to announce several updates regarding Levees.org’s nomination of two major levee breach sites - the 17th Street Canal and the Industrial Canal (east side north) – to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. WHO: Levees.org and New Orleans City Council Vice President Arnie
- [Historic Recognition of Levee Breach Sites Nearing Final Stages ](https://levees.org/2011/05/30/historic-recognition-of-levee-breach-sites-nearing-final-stages/) - With New Orleans City Hall as a backdrop, Levees.org made some important announcements regarding its nomination of two levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places – the 17th Street Canal and the Industrial Canal (east side north). The Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) has confirmed that the sites are National
- [Preparations underway for Historic Plaque Unveiling at Levee Breach site in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2011/05/20/preparations-underway-for-historic-plaque-unveiling-at-levee-breach-site-in-new-orleans/) - At 5:30pm yesterday, members of the Gentilly neighborhood community hoisted a Historic Plaque onto its post near the breach site of the London Avenue Canal (east side). Assisting with the placement was Nick Harris, Sr, Assistant VP at Dillard University- Community Development Corporation, Reverend Lionel Davis, Sr, Liaison, Pilotland & Chaplain, Filmore Gardens Neighborhood Assoc,
- [CNN Featuring Levees.org on Mississippi River Flooding](https://levees.org/2011/05/18/cnn-featuring-levees-org-on-mississippi-river-flooding/) - Civil engineer H.J. Bosworth Jr, lead researcher for Levees.org is featured in a currently airing CNN story about the historic Mississippi River flooding. The story by CNN Anchor David Mattingly was shot at Algiers Point in New Orleans on Monday May 16. Click here for the segment.
- [The Big Uneasy screening in three California theaters this week](https://levees.org/2011/05/18/the-big-uneasy-screening-in-three-california-theaters-this-week/) - Harry Shearer's documentary The Big Uneasy is screening in three California theaters this week. May 19 at the Delmar in Santa Cruz. Click here for info. May 20-26 at the Laemmle Sunset 5 in West Hollywood. Click here for info. May 22 at the Art Theater in Long Beach. Click for details. Mr. Shearer is
- [Levees.org's Civil Engineer on the Mississippi River Levees in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2011/05/14/levees-orgs-civil-engineer-on-the-mississippi-river-levees-in-new-orleans/) - Positioned as the go-to for information about levees, Levees.org has been queried repeatedly by news meda as well as worried residents. This week, we talked to national media including ABC News and CNN and local media including WWL Radio and Fox News 8. We have selected H.J. Bosworth Jr, civil engineer and senior member of
- [ The Big Uneasy is screening in two Ohio theaters this weekend.](https://levees.org/2011/05/10/the-big-uneasy-is-screening-in-two-ohio-theaters-this-weekend/) - Harry Shearer's documentary The Big Uneasy is screening in two Ohio theaters this weekend. May 13-19 at Studio 35 in Columbus. Click here for more info. May 13-19 at Kenwood Theatre in Cincinnati. Click here for more info. Mr. Shearer is appearing personally on May 14 at the Columbus theater and on May 15 at
- [Levees.org closes chapter of harassment by ASCE](https://levees.org/2010/11/30/levees-org-closes-chapter-of-harassment-by-asce/) - If you haven't seen the classic 60-second video Levee Spin 101, you missed what made Levees.org the talk of the town in 2007. Defying a threat of lawsuit from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Levees.org posted the satirical video to its website which immediately went viral. With school children as actors, the video
- [Mayor Mitch Landrieu earns Seal of Approval for 60 Minutes Segment](https://levees.org/2011/05/04/mayor-mitch-landrieu-earns-seal-of-approval-for-60-minutes-segment/) - We are very pleased that the Mayor of New Orleans uses his eyes to see and his ears to hear. We are glad that he not only understands why the city that he governs flooded almost six years ago, he clearly articulates the reason on national television. On Sunday night, Mayor Mitch Landrieu pointed out
- [John Barry discusses previously unreported details on London Avenue and 17th Street Canal breaches](https://levees.org/2011/05/03/john-barry-blowing-the-levee-is-not-some-wild-idea-drawn-up-on-a-napkin/) - UPDATED POST Ever since the metro New Orleans levees broke, we have held the most respect toward the Wall Street Journal among other news sources. Only three times has our letter-writing team (endorsed by Harry Shearer) needed to contact the WSJ for inaccurate reporting on the cause of the Federal Flood in New Orleans in
- [This Weekend, Work to Begin on Historic Plaque at Breach Site](https://levees.org/2011/04/28/this-weekend-work-to-begin-on-historic-plaque-at-breach-site/) - On Saturday, H.J. Bosworth Jr, senior member of Levees.org and Roy Arrigo, advisor to the group and other volunteers will install the post which will soon support a Louisiana State Historic Plaque. Approved by the state of Louisiana on April 11, the Plaque will be positioned near ground zero of the London Avenue Canal breach
- [The Big Uneasy is Screening in Four Texas Theaters](https://levees.org/2011/04/27/4660/) - Harry Shearer's documentary The Big Uneasy is screening in four Texas theaters this weekend. April 28 - San Antonio, Alamo Park North. Click for information. April 29-May 3-5 - Katy, Alamo Mason Park. Click for information. April 30 - May 2 - Houston, Alamo West Oaks. Click for information. April 30 - May 1- Austin,
- [Second Plaque Approved by Louisiana Historic Preservation Office](https://levees.org/2011/04/26/second-plaque-approved-by-louisiana-historic-preservation-office/) - The Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation has approved Levees.org's request for a Historic Plaque. The request was submitted in January 2011. The proposed Plaque, the group's second, will be positioned near ground zero of the London Avenue Canal Breach site in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. The proposed site, chosen with input from
- [Code for America enlists Stanford Rosenthal, founding web designer for Levees.org](https://levees.org/2011/04/22/code-for-america-enlists-stanford-rosenthal-founding-web-designer-for-levees-org/) - Barely past 15 years of age, my son Stanford Rosenthal designed and created Levees.org's website. Today he officially became a summer intern at Code for America which "enlists the talent of the web industry into public service to use their skills to solve core problems facing our communities." Stanford is continuing his civic contribution! Sandy
- [Myth Buster #6 New Orleans is First in Nation to Place Experts on Local Levee Boards](https://levees.org/2011/04/21/myth-buster-6-new-orleans-is-first-in-nation-to-place-experts-on-local-levee-boards/) - One year after the levees broke, Louisiana made national headlines when 81% of its voting residents favored consolidating the New Orleans area levee boards from ten to two. It was called Levee Board Reform, and it made the Governor-appointed individuals on the pre-Katrina levee boards look - wrongly - like they were responsible for the
- [Levees.org Publishes Myth Buster #5 on the 2005 Flood in Metro New Orleans ](https://levees.org/2011/04/12/levees-org-publishes-myth-buster-5-on-the-2005-flood-in-metro-new-orleans/) - In the weeks after the federally designed and built hurricane protection broke to bits in metro New Orleans, public officials and experts immediately assumed the worst and publicly scolded the vast majority of the city's residents for not having flood insurance. It turns up they were wrong, as revealed in data painstakingly gathered by aides
- [Levees.org Milestone: Three Quarters of a Million Hits to Website](https://levees.org/2011/04/04/levees-org-milestone-three-quarters-of-a-million-hits-to-website/) - Levees.org has just passed a very significant milestone. Using free software, we can see that our website has received over 750,000 page loads or 'hits' since we went online in December of 2005. This free software, called Statcounter, has done more than tell us when we had reached a sweet milestone. Using Statcounter, combined with
- [Associated Press Reporter Kevin McGill receives 'Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2011/04/03/associated-press-reporter-kevin-mcgill-receives-seal-of-approval/) - Kevin McGill of the Associated Press has received the Levees.org 'Seal of Approval' for accurately stating the facts associated with the flooding of metro New Orleans. In his April 1, 2011 article, Mr. McGill reports on how nearly 100 blighted properties will be auctioned in New Orleans. "It's the latest step in the city's efforts
- [Katrina: The Tap That's a Kick in the Crotch](https://levees.org/2011/03/30/katrina-the-tap-thats-a-kick-in-the-crotch/) - The message below was just sent to me from Harry Shearer’s Team dedicated to Phase Two of the Release of The Big Uneasy documentary. ----------- THE BIG UNEASY – WHAT THIS FILM IS “NOT” Media coverage of tragedies can become so pervasive that we no longer remember the tragedy anymore, we only remember the coverage.
- [Obama ordered Oil Spill Commission 32 days later, not 84 days, or 5 years later ](https://levees.org/2011/03/31/obama-ordered-oil-spill-commission-32-days-later-not-84-days-or-5-years-later/) - For 8 months, I have been going around saying over and over that President Obama signed an executive order 84 days after the BP oil spill establishing a bipartisan national commission. No one pointed out that I was wrong. The fact is, the President signed the executive order just 32 days later. The commission -
- [New Details Emerge in Lawsuit Against Army Corps for New Orleans Flooding](https://levees.org/2011/03/26/new-details-emerge-in-lawsuit-against-army-corps-for-new-orleans-flooding/) - Coastal scientist Ivor van Heerden recently spoke before an international group of stakeholders and scholars at the Tulane University's 4th Annual Disaster Management Workshop on The Use of Computer Models to Understand the Man Made Katrina Catastrophe. We enjoyed the brush-up on important details about the New Orleans Flood. We also heard some new interesting
- [Big Media Operates in a "Culture of Impunity" says Harry Shearer](https://levees.org/2011/03/15/big-media-operates-in-a-culture-of-impunity-says-harry-shearer/) - Harry Shearer made a promise and kept it yesterday in his address before the National Press Club in Washington DC. A media release last week predicted that Shearer, director and producer of The Big Uneasy would argue that the nation's top editors and producers are "notoriously herd-oriented, cling to first-draft versions of news stories, and
- [Harry Shearer to launch Phase II in promotion of The Big Uneasy ](https://levees.org/2011/03/10/harry-shearer-to-launch-phase-ii-in-promotion-of-the-big-uneasy/) - This weekend, Harry Shearer, director of The Big Uneasy will re-release the 90-minute documentary in what he calls Phase II. Many remember that The Big Uneasy was released in theaters nationwide on the fifth anniversary of the Federal Flood. But even though the facts about what caused the flood were clearly laid out, Big Media
- [Harry Shearer Hopes to Shame Press Practitioners](https://levees.org/2011/03/09/harry-shearer-hopes-to-shame-press-practitioners/) - Actor/comic Harry Shearer will accuse the national media of myth-making at the National Press Club on Monday March 14 in Washington DC. Mr. Shearer, director of The Big Uneasy and also voice of many characters on The Simpsons, will give a one-hour keynote luncheon address at the prestigious Club. Mr. Shearer will argue that the
- [The Times Picayune gets a Seal of Approval on Mardi Gras Day](https://levees.org/2011/03/08/the-times-picayune-gets-a-seal-of-approval-on-mardi-gras-day/) - Levees.org has conferred the 'Seal of Approval' upon the Editors of the New Orleans Times Picayune for its Mardi Gras Day Listing of "Ten reasons to throw us something, Mister!" We bring your attention to Reason Number Five. 5. We can use beads and doubloons to armor the levees, because we sure don't want to
- [Levees.org Featured on Huffington Post ](https://levees.org/2011/02/28/levees-org-featured-on-huffington-post/) - The Huffington Post has featured Levees.org's story about how some in the media eschew basic fact-checks when doing post-flood stories about metro New Orleans. Being featured means this important story will be displayed on the Media Homepage - and out there in front of the American people - for at least 2 more days. The
- [H.J. Bosworth Jr featured in WWL-TV story about Corps and I-walls](https://levees.org/2011/02/16/h-j-bosworth-jr-featured-in-wwl-tv-story-about-corps-and-i-walls/) - H.J. Bosworth Jr., lead researcher for Levees.org was featured yesterday on the 10 o'clock news in a story by Dennis Woltering which focused on the Army Corps of Engineers and its construction of more I-walls to protect the city. “I’m very surprised that the Corps is specifying and designing the use of I-walls anywhere around
- [Levees.org founder to speak at Tulane Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy](https://levees.org/2011/02/15/levees-org-founder-to-speak-at-tulane-disaster-resilience-leadership-academy/) - For the second year in a row, Sandy Rosenthal, the founder of Levees.org is invited to be interviewed at Tulane University's Disaster Resilence Leadership Academy. The mission of the Academy is strengthening disaster assistance and humanitarian leadership globally to increase resilience in communities and individuals threatened by natural and manmade disasters. Ms. Rosenthal is invited
- [Harry Shearer's 'The Big Uneasy' will screen in Scotland and Ireland](https://levees.org/2011/02/14/harry-shearers-the-big-uneasy-will-screen-in-scotland-and-ireland/) - Next week, Harry Shearer's award-winning documentary The Big Uneasy will be screened at two international film festivals in Europe. Mr. Shearer will be present for both showings. The Big Uneasy is a hardhitting documentary about the human errors that led to the devastating flooding during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans on August 29, 2005. In
- [Times Picayune's Jeff Duncan has earned our Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2011/02/13/times-picayunes-jeff-duncan-has-earned-our-seal-of-approval/) - Jeff Duncan, sportswriter for the Times Picayune has earned himself a Seal of Approval from Levees.org for an important assertion in his article today. In a piece about America's reaction to New Orleans' angst over Sean Payton's moving his family to Dallas, Mr. Duncan wrote: "..Katrina, as we all know, was anything but a natural
- [Residents along 17th Street Canal back in court](https://levees.org/2011/02/11/residents-along-17th-street-canal-back-in-court/) - Today, I received this press release from Mr. Roy Arrigo, spokesperson for the 17th Street Canal Coalition, a group of citizens residing along the 17th Street Canal floodwall. The group asks to be reasonably and fairly treated for the taking of their land. They are back in court, but this time the group is also
- [Levees.org Retains Expert for Historic Listing of Breach Sites](https://levees.org/2011/02/07/levees-org-retains-expert-for-historic-listing-of-breach-sites/) - We had some updates to report regarding our nomination of two levee breach sites to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places. We offered the Associated Press an exclusive to the story, and the news outlet accepted. Here is the article by Kevin McGill posted a few hours ago. http://blog.al.com/wire/2011/02/hurricane_katrina_levees_group.html The most important update was
- [Gambit Weekly throws the Brick at the New York Times](https://levees.org/2011/02/08/gambit-weekly-throws-the-brick-at-the-new-york-times/) - Just under a year ago, I ran into Clancy Dubos (owner of Gambit Weekly) at the Green School Edible Garden in New Orleans. When we parted, Mr. Dubos assured me that he would issue a style alert to all Gambit Weekly reporters when referencing the August 2005 flooding. It was Mr. Dubos's intention to request
- [Transcript Reveals Judge Sympathetic to Concerns of Residents along 17th Street Canal](https://levees.org/2011/02/05/transcript-reveals-judge-sympathetic-to-concerns-of-residents-along-17th-street-canal/) - Short history: On January 14, 2011, a group of residents along the 17th Street Canal in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans got their day in court. Calling themselves the 17th Street Canal Coalition, they were heard in Civil Court presided over by Judge Kern Reese. The group requests compensation for their backyards which have
- [EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Dr. Ivor van Heerden's attorney on recent ruling on lawsuit ](https://levees.org/2011/02/02/exclusive-interview-with-dr-ivor-van-heerdens-attorney-on-recent-ruling-on-lawsuit/) - This morning, I spoke to Dr. Ivor van Heerden's lawyer, Jill Craft regarding U.S. District Judge James Brady's ruling that Dr. van Heerden is not entitled to tenure at Louisiana State University (LSU). Van Heerden asserts he was entitled to tenure and that LSU deprived him of due process. Van Heerden also claims, in his
- [The New York Times Respondeth to our Petition](https://levees.org/2011/02/01/the-new-york-times-respondeth-to-our-petition/) - Earlier this month (Jan 6), we hand-delivered 1,566 petition signatures and their accompanying comments to the New York Times office in New York City. These signatures - from residents all across the United States - made it clear that informed citizens understand that "Katrina" did not flood New Orleans. Blatant civil engineering mistakes did. Blaming
- [Judge rules on Tenure for Ivor van Heerden](https://levees.org/2011/01/31/judge-rules-on-tenure-for-ivor-van-heerden/) - I just got off the phone with Ivor van Heerden. I asked him if he could comment on U.S. District Judge James Brady's ruling that Dr. van Heerden is not entitled to tenure at Louisiana State University (LSU). http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/114937059.html Dr. van Heerden recommended that I contact his lawyer Jill Craft. However, he did mention that
- [Levees.org founder to speak at Loyola Institute of Politics](https://levees.org/2011/01/16/levees-org-founder-to-speak-at-loyola-institute-of-politics/) - On January 18, 2011, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal will speak to Loyola's Institute of Politics class. Ms. Rosenthal was invited by Tommy Screen, Director of the Institute, who took over for Ed Renwick in 2008. Says Mr. Screen, each year 35-40 young professionals enroll in the program and get a practical education on politics. Each
- [Judge allows 17th Street Canal homeowners to seek relief in federal court ](https://levees.org/2011/01/14/judge-allows-17th-street-canal-homeowners-to-seek-relief-in-federal-court/) - Since I was downtown anyway this morning, I sat in on the hearing on a motion by Lakeview property owners in Civil Court presided over by Judge Kern Reese. After hearing Tommy Anzelmo (for the SLFPA-East and the Orleans Levee District) and Randy Smith (for the 17th Street Canal Coalition), the judge issued this ruling.
- [Levees.org's historic plaque featured in TV promotion](https://levees.org/2011/01/13/levees-orgs-historic-plaque-featured-in-tv-promotion/) - When Levees.org installed a Historic Plaque at the 17th Street Canal breach site, our hope was for everyone to see it. The Historic Plaque was our gift to the residents of the Lakeview neighborhood, and we wanted the true facts at Ground Zero to be there for all to see. So we were quite pleased
- [Petition signatures will delivered to New York Times today ](https://levees.org/2011/01/06/petition-signatures-will-delivered-to-new-york-times-today/) - When a senior editor at the New York Times, told a flood victim – who lost everything when the levees failed in New Orleans – that he thinks the Times is correct to say “Katrina” devastated New Orleans, we sprang to action. We sprang to action because this defense, while superficially correct, is fundamentally misleading.
- [PLEASE SIGN PETITION](https://levees.org/2010/12/22/please-sign-petition/) - Over 1,000 citizens - all over the country - signed Levees.org's petition in less than 2 days. This response, both huge and immediate, during the holidays, ought to demonstrate to the Times that informed people think it's inaccurate to attribute the metro New Orleans flood to "Katrina." Last week, a senior editor for the New
- [SIGN PETITION TO NEW YORK TIMES](https://levees.org/2010/12/21/sign-petition-to-new-york-times/) - A senior editor for the New York Times, Don Hecker told a Levees.org supporter last week that he thinks the paper is correct to say "Katrina" devastated New Orleans. "No hurricane....no damage," he said. Hecker wrote to the flood victim because she had expressed surprise that the Times (in a recent article) attributed the horrific
- [Law firm felt the love from Levees.org's supporters](https://levees.org/2010/12/17/law-firm-felt-the-love-from-levees-orgs-supporters/) - Just about everyone in New Orleans remembers that 3 years ago, just before Christmas, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) threatened Levees.org with a slander lawsuit for creating a spoof of the Army Corps of Engineers' overly cozy relationship with the ASCE. Folks also remember that the society became an overnight laughing stock, and
- [Jason Berry and Bess Carrick, latest recipients of Levees.org's Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2010/12/15/jason-berry-and-bess-carrick-latest-recipients-of-levees-orgs-seal-of-approval/) - Jason Berry (American Zombie) and Bess Carrick (Blackbird Media) have collaborated and created an info-packed article about the Orleans Parish Clerk of Court Computer Crash. We bring this to our supporters attention because of the introduction to the piece. "...The consequences of the failure of the levees during Hurricane Katrina was a man-made disaster. Although
- [Mike Grunwald: Katrina was a Man-Made Disaster](https://levees.org/2010/12/13/mike-grunwald-katrina-was-a-man-made-disaster/) - Mike Grunwald is arguably the best authority on Corps of Engineers' water projects and how the federal agency has failed us both physically and economically. For much of Grunwald's career, he has written on how the Army Corps consistently overstates the economic benefits of its boondoggles while understating risk to life and property. Grunwald once
- [Levees.org releases its 28th video](https://levees.org/2010/12/10/levees-org-releases-new-video/) - Levees.org has released its 28th video. This video, about Levees.org's first ever Louisiana State Historic Plaque begins with the physical installation at ground zero of the 17th Street Canal breach site. The installation sequence is accompanied by original music performed by composer Mike Hood. The later half of the video depicts the Press Conference and
- [Levees.org to Install Louisiana Historic Plaque at London Avenue Canal](https://levees.org/2010/12/08/levees-org-to-install-louisiana-historic-plaque-at-london-avenue-canal/) - AT 9AM CST, LEVEES.ORG ISSUED THIS NEWS RELEASE: Levees.org will soon install its second Louisiana State Historic Marker in New Orleans at the site of another major levee breach. With input from residents in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans, the flood protection advocacy group intends to install a Historic Plaque at ground zero of
- [Levees.org unveils its first Louisiana State Historic Plaque](https://levees.org/2010/08/23/levees-org-unveils-its-first-louisiana-state-historic-plaque/) - Under a blazing sun, Levees.org unveiled its first Louisiana State Historic Plaque at Ground Zero of the 17th Street Canal levee breach in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans. The informational plaque is adorned with the beloved state bird, the brown pelican, and to the delight of the audience today, three of the graceful birds
- [Thank you Cooley LLP!](https://levees.org/2010/12/02/thank-you-cooley-llp/) - Two days ago, we urged our supporters to send a word of appreciation to Cooley LLP law firm for its pro bono work assisting Levees.org. Represented by the San Diego-based law firm, we told the US Army Corps of Engineers and the American Society of Civil Engineers they shall NOT intimidate a little grass roots
- [Levees.org to speak to Middle East Delegation on accountability in government](https://levees.org/2010/12/02/levees-org-to-speak-to-middle-east-delegation-on-accountability-in-government/) - The founder of Levees.org will speak to a delegation from the Middle East in New Orleans today about transparency in government. The nine participants, accompanied by three interpreters, will also meet with representatives of the Bureau of Governmental Research, the Inspector General, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office with a focus on accountability in government. The
- [Gwen Filosa gains our Seal of Approval for accurate reporting](https://levees.org/2010/11/29/gwen-filosa-gains-our-seal-of-approval-for-accurate-reporting/) - Levees.org routinely recognizes reporters who carefully describe what caused greater New Orleans to flood during Katrina. Considering that a major American city went under water, we find the few extra words worth the effort. So today, Times Picayune reporter Gwen Filosa again receives our Seal of Approval for continuing to refrain from using inaccurate and
- [NRDC interviews Harry Shearer ](https://levees.org/2010/11/20/nrdc-interviews-harry-shearer/) - Daniel Hinerfeld with the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently interviewed Harry Shearer on several issues, including his new documentary The Big Uneasy. In the short interview, Mr. Hinerfeld asks some great questions, and Mr. Shearer, like the pro that he is, makes some great points. Here's an excerpt: HINERFELD: "So you’ve got a new
- [Everybody's talking about Levees.org's most recent interview](https://levees.org/2010/11/09/everybodys-talking-about-levees-orgs-most-recent-interview/) - Everyone is talking my responses in a recent TV interview by Greater New Orleans Anchor Tom Bagwill. Yesterday, someone who I've never met approached me, and after raving about the show told me, "It explained so many things I didn't know before!" So our advisors urged us to bring the short interview to the attention
- [AAUP to investigate more LSU firings](https://levees.org/2010/11/04/aaup-to-investigate-more-lsu-firings/) - The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) recently sent a stern letter to LSU Chancellor Michael Martin. "With our Association's investigating committee currently drafting its report on the van Heerden and Homberger cases, we find it necessary to convey additional concerns..." the letter began. The letter outlined the complaint of the so-called "Foreign Language 14",
- [Levees.org founder to be guest on international panel](https://levees.org/2010/11/02/levees-org-founder-to-be-guest-on-international-panel/) - On Thursday, Sandy Rosenthal of Levees.org will participate on a panel before 13 visiting international journalists (with interpreters). The group - in New Orleans with the Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists arranged through the State Department - represents Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kazakhstan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tajikistan. Also appearing on the panel
- [New York Times columnist gets the Levees.org Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2010/10/28/new-york-times-columnist-gets-the-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - New York Times columnist Bob Herbert has earned the Levees.org 'Seal of Approval' for his portrayal of the flooding of New Orleans in a recent column about crumbling American infrastructure. (Hat tip to the New Orleans Ladder for hipping us to the column.) Mr. Herbert points out that most U.S. citizens take their water systems
- [ABC News: Harry Shearer on Major Media's reluctance to talk about 'The Big Uneasy'](https://levees.org/2010/10/26/abc-news-harry-shearer-on-major-medias-reluctance-to-talk-about-the-big-uneasy/) - Today, ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper interviewed Harry Shearer, director of The Big Uneasy, a documentary about why New Orleans flooded and why it could happen again. Levees.org thanks the New Orleans Ladder for hipping us to this interview. The movie presents expert findings on the Army Corps of Engineers' role in
- [Jennifer Day of the New Orleans Convention/Visitors Bureau gets the Levees.org Seal of Approval](https://levees.org/2010/10/20/jennifer-day-of-the-new-orleans-conventionvisitors-bureau-gets-the-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - Jennifer Day, director of communications and public relations for the New Orleans Convention Center and Visitors Bureau gets the Levees.org 'Seal of Approval' for remarks she made as keynote speaker Tuesday at the Walton County Tourist Development Council’s 2010 annual meeting. “I know you all have been going through a rough time, but I’m here
- [More indications that NPR may have censored Harry Shearer](https://levees.org/2010/10/13/more-indications-that-npr-may-have-censored-harry-shearer/) - In August, NPR refused to interview Harry Shearer more than once while he was promoting his movie, The Big Uneasy. NPR cited a 5-year old rule called the 'dibs' rule which limits the number of appearances one individual can make. However, just weeks later, NPR broke that rule big time and interviewed Michele Norris on
- [Levees.org featured on two shows this week](https://levees.org/2010/10/05/levees-org-featured-on-two-shows-this-week/) - Recently Sandy Rosenthal, founder Levees.org was interviewed by Greater New Orleans Anchor Tom Bagwill and also by Allan Katz for the Louisiana Newsmaker show. Both interviews are about recent news released in the past 6 weeks. Tom Bagwill's 27-minute interview is today Tuesday (Oct 5) and Thursday (Oct 7) at 7:00 and 9:30 p.m., Channel
- [Why the Corps of Engineers needs to be monitored ](https://levees.org/2010/10/01/why-the-corps-of-engineers-needs-to-be-monitored/) - In the busy weeks during the Fifth Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in U.S. History, we somehow missed this excellent sum-up of why we need to be watching the Army Corps of Engineers very carefully. This post written by a local engineer in New Orleans begins with the words: "In the five years
- [What it means to say We're Winning](https://levees.org/2010/09/29/what-it-means-to-say-were-winning/) - Jarwanda Harris, Sandy Rosenthal and Kalpana Saxena in Lower Ninth Ward announcing nomination of two breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places. Photo/Stanford Rosenthal, 8-4-2010 Recently a Levees.org supporter asked me why I always sign my letters with the words "We're winning." Her question gives me an excuse to talk about our many
- [Harry Shearer caught off guard during making and debut of The Big Eneasy](https://levees.org/2010/09/23/harry-shearer-caught-off-guard-during-making-and-debut-of-the-big-eneasy/) - In a radio interview today, Harry Shearer admitted he was caught off guard by events during the making and the debut of his documentary, The Big Uneasy. Although Harry expected the media to be "DNA-wired to pay attention to" the 5th Anniversary of Katrina, he said he was surprised at how the media "re-ran the
- [Who is that young man who played "A Closer Walk With Thee"?](https://levees.org/2010/09/20/who-is-that-young-man-who-played-a-closer-walk-with-thee/) - Many have inquired about the young man who played "A Closer Walk With Thee" at Levees.org's Unveiling Ceremony of its first ever State Historic Plaque on August 23, 2010 near ground zero of the 17th Street Canal. Mr. Doyle Cooper is a senior at NOCCA and New Orleans Charter for Science and Mathematics. He has
- [Radio show caller confirms New Orleans pumps probably won't work in high water event](https://levees.org/2010/09/01/radio-show-caller-confirms-new-orleans-pumps-probably-wont-work-in-high-water-event/) - Yesterday, an unidentified caller phoned in while Kaare Johnson of WIST Radio was interviewing Levees.org's lead researcher H.J. Bosworth Jr. What the caller added was bone-chilling. Bosworth was explaining why the Corps of Engineers' expensive pumps installed at the mouths of the 17th Street, Orleans and London Avenue Canals might not work if needed. Mr.
- [Debut of Harry Shearer's 'The Big Uneasy' got long standing ovation](https://levees.org/2010/08/31/debut-of-harry-shearers-the-big-uneasy-got-long-standing-ovation/) - Producer director Harry Shearer extended an invitation to H.J. Bosworth Jr, lead researcher for Levees.org, and I, to the debut of his new documentary, The Big Uneasy, last night at the Prytania theater. Also in the theater, that I could see, was Garland Robinette, Garret Graves and Ivor van Heerden, all of whom were featured
- [Media this weekend featuring Levees.org](https://levees.org/2010/08/28/media-this-weekend-featuring-levees-org/) - For weeks leading up to the Fifth Anniversary of the Levee Failures, many members and supporters of Levees.org have been interviewed by TV, print and radio media for stories. Throughout this weekend, those anniversary stories will be shown. A photo gallery by superb photographer Matthew Hinton at the Times Picayune can be seen here: http://bit.ly/atilxA
- [Exciting announcement tonight at 5th Anniversary of the Levee Breaches](https://levees.org/2010/08/26/exciting-announcement-tonight-at-5th-anniversary-of-the-levee-breaches/) - Tonight at 6:30, Levees.org will host its 5th Annual Observance of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in U.S. History. This event is free and open to the public. Guests will first enjoy beverages, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres while listening to live music, Some Like it Hot. Booths will offer all kinds of merchandise including bumper
- [Dedication of Historic Plaque set for Monday at 10:30am](https://levees.org/2010/08/18/unveiling-ceremony-for-historic-plaque-set-for-monday-at-1030am/) - On Monday, August 23, at ground zero of the 17th Street Canal in Lakeview New Orleans, Levees.org will unveil its first ever State Historic Plaque. The traditional Louisiana state plaque, complete with an emblazoned and beloved brown pelican, briefly describes the events surrounding the catastrophic breach of the 17th Street Canal during Katrina. The plaque
- [USA Today's 5th Anniversary video special spotlights 3 members of Levees.org](https://levees.org/2010/08/17/usa-todays-5th-anniversary-video-special-spotlights-3-members-of-levees-org/) - Rhyne Piggot with USA Today has just released a fine compilation of videos spotlighting New Orleans and St. Bernard Parish 5 years after Katrina exposed deficient hurricane protection. USA Today invited Levees.org to appear in two of the videos released today. In this footage shot earlier this year, we were invited to comment on the
- [Guest Post: Steve Gorelick on New Orleans](https://levees.org/2010/08/10/guest-post-steve-gorelick-on-new-orleans/) - This past June, I met Dr. Steve Gorelick at a 3-day conference in New Orleans hosted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. On his own, he wrote me recently about his reaction, and that of his family, to the City and its people. With his permission, I have reprinted his letter here. My
- [Website promoting The Big Uneasy debuts Today](https://levees.org/2010/08/05/website-promoting-the-big-uneasy-debuts-today/) - The website promoting Harry Shearer's documentary, The Big Uneasy, is now online! Shearer, also an advisor to Levees.org, directed this blockbuster which casts a very critical eye on the Army Corps of Engineers. The Big Uneasy will show one day only in theaters! Visit the site now for more information about the movie, and to
- [Sean Payton earns Levees.org 'Seal of Approval'](https://levees.org/2010/08/05/sean-payton-earns-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - New Orleans Saints Coach Sean Payton is exceptional in just about every way imaginable. And he has recently shown himself to be educated and knowledgeable on the true facts of the New Orleans flooding five years ago. Coach Payton is not confused or misled by inaccurate media reports. In a recent CNN interview, while talking
- [Levees.org Annual Event will be Aug 26 at 6:30p](https://levees.org/2010/08/04/levees-org-annual-event-will-be-aug-26-at-630p/) - On Thursday, August 26, 2010, Levees.org will hold its 5th Annual Event to Observe the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in US History. The event begins at 6:30p at Touro Synagogue at 4238 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans. After a pre-show party while listening to the tunes of Some Like it Hot, guests will see a
- [Press Conference: Levees.org nominates Levee Breach Sites to National Register](https://levees.org/2010/08/02/press-conference-levees-org-nominates-levee-breach-sites-to-national-register/) - On Wed August 4, 2010 at 9:30a, Levees.org will announce its nomination of several Levee Breach sites in metro New Orleans to the prestigious National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). "Although it is very difficult to list sites associated with events as recent as the 2005 Katrina flood," says Nicole Hobson-Morris, Director of Historic Preservation,
- [The Big Uneasy to debut August 30 at Prytania Theater](https://levees.org/2010/07/31/the-big-uneasy-to-debut-august-30-at-prytania-theater/) - On Monday August 30, "The Big Uneasy" will debut at the Prytania Theatre in New Orleans at 7:30p. The 90-minute film will be followed by a Q&A with Director Harry Shearer. Harry Shearer (voice of The Simpsons) created the documentary to show the flawed preparation and response to Hurricane Katrina. The film focuses on how the
- [BP Commission Highlights Need for 8/29 Commission](https://levees.org/2010/07/13/bp-commission-highlights-need-for-829-commission/) - Nearly five years later still no levee commission for New Orleans It's commendable that President Barack Obama has formed an independent commission to look at the root causes of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico and the proper process for combating such catastrophes in the future. The hearings began in New Orleans
- [Story about Army Corps caught harassing citizens online possibly one of the Year's Most Censored](https://levees.org/2010/07/10/story-about-army-corps-caught-harassing-citizens-online-possibly-one-of-the-years-most-censored/) - The Pentagon's investigation of vicious comments by employees at the Army Corps of Engineers posted on Levees.org's blog has been accepted for consideration as one of the Top 25 Most Censored Stories of the Year. Reporter Mark Schleifstein's story in the New Orleans Times Picayune will now go to voters and could be selected for
- [Corps apologist now spinning for BP, too](https://levees.org/2010/06/27/corps-apologist-now-spinning-for-bp-too/) - An article in the Dallas Morning News today quotes a member of the peer review team that studied the Corps of Engineers' levee failures in 2005. The independence of the team assembled by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was challenged so vigorously that it prompted an investigation which resulted in stern criticism of
- [NY Times reporter observes media becoming adversarial to Gulf residents](https://levees.org/2010/06/20/ny-times-reporter-observes-media-becoming-adversarial-to-gulf-residents/) - A reporter for the New York Times has made a very good observation while reporting on CNN's Anderson Cooper and his 'loud media voice' on behalf of Gulf residents. "As the (BP oil) crisis nears the two-month mark, there are signs that the news media are taking on a more adversarial role, just as they
- [Where was Rep Kevin Brady when the federal government's levees broke?](https://levees.org/2010/06/17/where-was-rep-kevin-brady-when-the-federal-governments-levees-broke/) - We note with interest that U.S. Rep Kevin Brady R-TX wants a truly independent commission to investigate the government's role in the BP Oil Crisis. "The public deserves to know if the federal government and Congress was asleep at the wheel as it appears they were, " he tweeted. Where was Congressman Brady when the federal
- [The Weather Channel: Is New Orleans Safer 5 years later?](https://levees.org/2010/06/09/the-weather-channel-is-new-orleans-safer-5-years-later/) - This week, the Weather Channel featured Harry Shearer and Sandy Rosenthal in a Special Edition piece to kick off Hurricane Season in the Gulf. The video, filmed 6 weeks ago at the IHNC breach site, highlighted our collective ire toward the agency primarily responsible for the catastrophic flooding during Katrina, the federal Army Corps of
- [LeveesOrg to speak at conference and lead tour](https://levees.org/2010/06/08/leveesorg-to-speak-at-conference-and-lead-tour/) - June 9-11, the John Jay College of Criminal Justice will host a conference in New Orleans on Critical Incidents Analysis: Displacement as an Obstacle to Recovery at the Superbowl Holiday Inn. Jed Horne, author of Breach of Faith, will be keynote speaker at the conference's commencement on June 9th. Levees.org, one of the planners of
- [John McQuaid on that “levees-falling-down” issue in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2010/05/31/john-mcquaid-on-that-“levees-falling-down”-issue-in-new-orleans/) - Levees.org believes in the media and works hard to educate reporters and editors on the true root cause of the metro New Orleans flooding. So we respond every time a reporter uses ‘Katrina shorthand‘ or says “Katrina flooded New Orleans.” Such laziness absolves the humans responsible for the levee breaches and does a disservice to
- [Dr. van Heerden is a hero and LSU fired him for it. WATCH THE VIDEO](https://levees.org/2010/05/27/dr-van-heerden-is-a-hero-and-lsu-fired-him-for-it-watch-the-video/) - Dr. Ivor van Heerden's trial resumes today. The former deputy director of Louisiana State University is suing the flagship university for wrongful dismissal. Dr. van Heerden says the US Army Corps of Engineers urged LSU to fire him for his criticism he leveled at the Corps after its levee system failed in August 2005. LSU
- [Update: Existence of emails discussing cyanide reported by The Advocate in LSU lawsuit](https://levees.org/2010/05/23/update-existence-of-emails-discussing-cyanide-reported-by-the-advocate-in-lsu-lawsuit/) - On Thursday May 20, U.S. District Judge James J. Brady issued a temporary restraining order that prohibits Louisiana State University's College of Engineering from allowing Ivor van Heerden’s one-year contract to expire until a hearing on the researcher’s complaints is concluded. Dr. van Heerden alleges that he was fired for speaking critically of the US
- [Mayor Landrieu stands up for New Orleans in Chris Myers incident](https://levees.org/2010/05/22/mayor-landrieu-stands-up-for-new-orleans-in-chris-myers-incident/) - Last Monday, Chris Myers (host of FOX Sports’ NASCAR coverage) mocked the victims of Hurricane Katrina while comparing them to the victims of the recent Nashville flooding. Without naming names, Myers described other flood victims as "standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government" while the citizens of Nashville were "hardworking, tax-paying, legal American
- [Weird but True: LSU officials discussed giving CYANIDE to Ivor van Heerden in email exchange?](https://levees.org/2010/05/20/weird-but-true-lsu-officials-discussed-giving-cyanide-to-ivor-van-heerden-in-email-exchange/) - Today is the second day of testimony in U.S. District Court of Ivor van Heerden's wrongful termination lawsuit against Louisiana State University (LSU). Dr. van Heerden alleges that he was fired for speaking critically of the US Army Corps of Engineers and that LSU was worried about federal funding being put in jeopardy. LSU receives
- [The First Ten at New Orleans Times Picayune](https://levees.org/2010/05/16/the-first-ten-at-new-orleans-times-picyayune/) - Today Levees.org awarded its tenth "Seal of Approval" to a New Orleans Times Picayune reporter. Levees.org awards a Seal of Approval (SOA) whenever reporters accurately describe the 2005 flooding in metro New Orleans. We believe in journalists and the media, and so we work very hard to help them understand the true root cause of
- [Pennsylvania high school student holds fundraiser for Levees.org](https://levees.org/2010/05/15/pennsylvania-high-school-student-holds-fundraiser-for-levees-org/) - Everyone has the power to make a difference. A great example is Lilli Geltman a Pennsylvania high school student who - entirely on her own - organized and held a fundraiser for Levees.org as an 'application' for her Senior Class Project. In addition to raising awareness about the metro New Orleans levee failures, Miss Lilli
- [EXCLUSIVE: Levees.org interviews Dr. Bob Bea on the BP oil disaster](https://levees.org/2010/05/08/exclusive-levees-org-interviews-dr-bob-bea-on-the-bp-oil-disaster/) - Robert Bea recently leaked important information to the press regarding the BP oil disaster. In an exclusive interview, we asked Dr. Bea about his motivation for contacting the press with this information. DR. BEA: Likely starting next week, congressional hearings will begin. President Obama will likely appoint a Commission. Tomorrow at 3pm, I have a
- [Levees.org adviser Dr. Robert Bea leaked BP report on failures leading to rig blast](https://levees.org/2010/05/08/levees-org-adviser-dr-robert-bea-leaked-bp-report-on-failures-leading-to-rig-blast/) - Robert Bea, adviser to Levees.org, recently leaked important information to the press regarding the BP oil disaster. According to Dr. Bea, the deadly blowout of the oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico was triggered by a bubble of methane gas that escaped from the well and shot up the drill column, expanding quickly as
- [Over 1,000 petition signatures to New York Times](https://levees.org/2010/05/07/over-1000-petition-signatures-to-new-york-times/) - You did it. Over 1,000 supporters of Levees.org signed a petition to the New York Times requesting a style memo. In under 72 hours, over 1,000 engaged people took action and signed a petition requesting that whenever the 2005 flooding in metropolitan New Orleans is referenced, that it be called a manmade disaster, not a
- [Levees.org supporters respond to NY Times editor's defense of calling Katrina a 'natural disaster' ](https://levees.org/2010/05/06/levees-org-supporters-respond-to-ny-times-editors-defense-of-calling-katrina-a-natural-disaster/) - Levees.org believes in the media, and that's why we work with editors and help them get the story right about Katrina and the metro New Orleans flooding. So we asked our nearly 25,000 supporters to write to Greg Brock, senior editor of the New York Times in response to his defense of calling Katrina a
- [NY Times calls both BP spill and Katrina 'natural disasters'](https://levees.org/2010/05/05/ny-times-calls-both-bp-spill-and-katrina-natural-disasters/) - Levees.org believes in the media, and that is why we try so hard to work with reporters and help them get the story right about the metro New Orleans flooding. But after four and a half years, it seems the New York Times - the paper with the third highest subscription rate in America -
- [Mitch Landrieu and Levees.org ](https://levees.org/2010/05/03/mitch-landrieu-and-levees-org/) - After carefully reading the transcript of Mayor Mitch Landrieu's inauguration speech, we note a few things. Our new mayor utilized sound messaging regarding the flooding of metro New Orleans in 2005. We will hold them and everyone else to their responsibilities to protect, clean up and rebuild our coast. To rebuild our houses. To repair
- [INTERVIEW: Aaron Viles of Gulf Restoration Network on BP Oilspill](https://levees.org/2010/04/30/interview-aaron-viles-of-gulf-restoration-network-on-bp-oilspill/) - We interviewed Aaron Viles this morning on the catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Top of the news has been the massive oil spill heading toward Louisiana's ecologically rich wetlands as storms threaten to interfere with protection efforts. Mr. Viles, Campaign Director for Gulf Restoration Network believes responsibility should not be placed with
- [EXCLUSIVE: Interview with Ivor van Heerden on recent federal judge's decision](https://levees.org/2010/04/14/exclusive-interview-with-ivor-van-heerden-on-recent-federal-judges-decision/) - Levees.org has learned new information regarding U.S. District Judge James Brady's decision not to require Louisiana State University (LSU) to rehire Dr. Ivor van Heerden immediately. "This is encouraging news," said van Heerden in a phone interview with Sandy Rosenthal. "Judge Brady has ordered an injunction trial on May 19 which means early in the
- [Levees.org featured in New York Times](https://levees.org/2010/04/28/levees-org-featured-in-new-york-times/) - At our kick off rally in January 2006, Levees.org vowed to continue working until the facts about the New Orleans flood became mainstream household knowledge. And that day is apparently getting closer. The New York Times's Brian Stelter was intrigued by Levees.org's program which awards a "Seal of Approval" when reporters accurately describe the flood
- [The Katrina Myth to be shown at California Conference](https://levees.org/2010/04/24/the-katrina-myth-to-be-shown-at-california-conference/) - The Katrina Myth, our 10-minute video on the truth about the New Orleans flooding will be played before the National Conference for Catholic Facility Management (CCFM) in Costa Mesa, California in early May. CCFM is a national organization of facility and real estate managers for Catholic dioceses and religious orders and meets annually at various
- [Community input welcome on City of New Orleans' flood protection](https://levees.org/2010/04/16/community-input-welcome-on-city-of-new-orleans-flood-protection/) - Mayor-elect Mitch Landrieu's Transition Team wants to make a targeted effort to solicit comments from the public regarding flood protection and coastal restoration on the Transition Website. Using the link below, please send your answer to this question: "What should City Hall do to increase the City's resilience and protections against storm and flood hazards?"
- [Watch Levees.Org's latest video by 5p EST Apr 16](https://levees.org/2010/04/15/watch-levees-orgs-latest-video-by-5p-est-apr-16/) - In line with Levees.org's mission of peddling the truth about the metro New Orleans Flooding, we just released a brand new video. The 3-minute video highlights how actor John Goodman, playing Professor Creighton Bernette, huffs and puffs and tells the root cause of the disastrous flood in August 2005. Based on the later blogger Ashley
- [Former Saints linebacker will promote Louisiana delta](https://levees.org/2010/04/12/former-saints-linebacker-will-promote-louisiana-delta/) - Levees.org is delighted that former Saints linebacker and Super Bowl champ Scott Fujita has donated $25,000 to the America's Wetland Foundation and the Gulf Restoration Network. Each organization will get $12,500. But the Fujita family will do even more than donate a significant chunk of Scott's Super Bowl check. Scott will use his facetime to
- [Don't miss debut of Treme tonight](https://levees.org/2010/04/11/dont-miss-debut-of-treme-tonight/) - If you haven't invited friends over (or invited yourself to a friend's place) to watch the series premiere of Treme, there's still time! Tonight at 9:00 CST, HBO's new series will debut, and rumor has it that Levees.org supporters will applaud the character played by John Goodman. I have it on good authority that he
- [Ivor van Heerden releases affidavit detailing retaliatory activity by LSU officials](https://levees.org/2010/04/10/ivor-van-heerden-releases-affidavit-detailing-retaliatory-activity-by-lsu-officials/) - Ivor van Heerden, former deputy director of Louisiana State University's Hurricane Center asked Friday that U.S. District Judge James J. Brady of Baton Rouge order his immediate reinstatement at LSU. Van Heerden’s contract with LSU will expire May 21. In February, van Heerden sued LSU and four administrators alleging that his LSU career is ending
- [University Professors Association is investigating Ivor van Heerden's dismissal](https://levees.org/2010/04/06/university-professors-association-is-investigating-ivor-van-heerdens-dismissal/) - The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has alerted the Chancellor of Louisiana State University (LSU) that, in its opinion, the firing of Professor Ivor van Heerden "raises significant issues of academic freedom, tenure and due process." Two months ago, van Heerden, the former deputy director of the Louisiana State University (LSU) Hurricane Center filed
- [More details emerge on why Levees.org will love HBO's TREME](https://levees.org/2010/04/01/more-details-emerge-on-why-levees-org-will-love-hbos-treme/) - We encourage all Levees.org supporters to watch the debut episode of HBO's new series TREME starring John Goodman. (Readers may recall that John Goodman is a spokesperson for Levees.org and appeared in a 2007 public service announcement.) The Series Premiere of TREME is Sunday April 11, 2010 at 9pm CST on HBO. Rumor has it
- [Counting the Days until Debut of HBO's Treme ](https://levees.org/2010/03/27/counting-the-days-until-debut-of-hbos-treme/) - I have it on good authority from three people close to the set of HBO's upcoming new series Treme that Levees.org supporters are going to love some of the lines spoken by John Goodman's character, Ashley Morris in the debut episode. Mark your calendars: Sunday April 11, 2010 9 - 10:20 CST on HBO
- [Study commissioned by Levees.org accepted for presentation at LSU conference](https://levees.org/2010/03/29/study-commissioned-by-levees-org-accepted-for-presentation-at-lsu-conference/) - What a difference a FOIA makes. In April 2009, Levees.org filed a request to FEMA under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). We wanted to know where the people lived who were protected by levees. Six months later, FEMA responded and we learned that the majority (55%) of the American people lives in counties protected
- ["Home" wins Best Documentary again!](https://levees.org/2010/03/30/home-wins-best-documentary-again/) - We just got word from Levees.org supporter Matt Faust that his short film ‘home’ has won best documentary at the Cleveland International Film Festival. ‘Home‘ artfully captures the spirit of families’ personal loss when the levees failed during Katrina. "This is a pretty big one, says Faust. "Hopefully this can lead to more opportunities." Levees.org
- [Miami Herald's Leonard Pitts Jr. earns LeveesOrg seal of approval](https://levees.org/2010/03/07/miami-heralds-leonard-pitts-jr-earns-leveesorg-seal-of-approval/) - It's a very good sign that the mission of Levees.org is being fulfilled when reporters far far from New Orleans resist harmful inaccurate Katrina 'shorthand.' Leonard Pitts Jr. of the Miami Herald didn't even use the word Katrina in his piece about Warren Buffet and New Orleans. Excellent. Inaccurate Katrina 'shorthand' is harmful to metro
- [LeveesOrg founder Sandy Rosenthal to be panelist at Loyola Law Conference](https://levees.org/2010/03/04/leveesorg-founder-sandy-rosenthal-to-be-panelist-at-loyola-law-conference/) - On Friday March 5, Sandy Rosenthal, founder of Levees.org will be a guest panelist at the National Association of Environmental Law Societies Annual Conference. Other panelists include Oliver Houck, professor of law at Tulane and Craig Colten, professor of Anthropology at LSU. The panel discussion will focus on the settlement, rebuilding and future foot print
- [Study says displaced New Orleans flood victims did NOT cause crime spike](https://levees.org/2010/02/12/study-says-displaced-new-orleans-flood-victims-did-not-cause-crime-spike/) - As reported in USA Today, Hurricane Katrina did not lead to a massive crime wave in evacuee cities despite news reports and police warnings at the time. A new study reported in the current Journal of Criminal Justice study led by sociologist Sean Varano of Roger Williams University in Bristol, R.I looked at statistics for
- [Award winning 'home' can now be viewed on TV or purchased ](https://levees.org/2010/02/16/award-winning-home-can-now-be-viewed-on-tv-or-purchased/) - Matt Faust’s award-winning short film ‘home’ can now be viewed on TV or purchased so you can enjoy anytime! ‘Home‘, a magical 6-minute movie, artfully captures the spirit of families’ personal loss when the levees failed in August 2005. Using before and after photographs, Faust, originally from St. Bernard Parish in south Louisiana, assembled a
- [Katrina Myth passes 100,000 milestone](https://levees.org/2010/02/13/katrina-myth-passes-100000-milestone/) - Thanks to you, our supporters and friends, our documentary, The Katrina Myth, that explains the truth about the New Orleans flooding has passed a milestone - 100,000 views! If you haven't yet, click here to watch this short important video that exposes the key myths and misunderstandings about the August 2005 flood. Share it with
- [James Carville: Judgements validate that New Orleans flooding was more engineering failure than natural disaster ](https://levees.org/2010/02/15/james-carville-judgements-validate-that-new-orleans-flooding-was-more-engineering-failure-than-natural-disaster/) - CNN political contributor James Carville wrote about New Orleans today and the outlook for the metropolitan region in 2010. We think his piece was excellent. Among many things, James Carville remarked about the flooding five years ago. And in late 2009, a federal judge ruled that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' mismanagement at the
- [Levees.org's new map and data published by InfrastructureUSA](https://levees.org/2010/02/11/levees-orgs-new-map-and-data-published-by-infrastructureusa/) - InfrastructureUSA.org, an online community focused on generating a dynamic national conversation about America’s deteriorating civil infrastructure has published Levees.org's new data and research on the benefits of levees. Levees.org recently obtained new data from FEMA confirming that more than half the American population lives in counties protected by levees. Levees.org commissioned a researcher (Ezra Boyd)
- [Ivor van Heerden announces suit against LSU ](https://levees.org/2010/02/10/ivor-van-heerden-announces-suit-against-lsu/) - This morning, attorneys for Ivor van Heerden filed suit in the 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge against Louisiana State University for firing him in retaliation for his repeated criticisms of the Army Corps of Engineers. The announcement came at the Westin Canal Place in New Orleans. There were many speakers and supporters in
- [Ivor van Heerden files suit against LSU for wrongful termination](https://levees.org/2010/02/09/ivor-van-heerden-files-suit-against-lsu-for-wrongful-termination/) - A lawsuit against Louisiana State University alleging harassment and the wrongful termination of a well-known professor and hurricane expert for his outspoken criticisms of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for levee failures after Hurricane Katrina will be filed on Wednesday, February 10 in Louisiana state court. Dr. Ivor van Heerden, his attorneys and several
- [John Barry, ambassador to New Orleans, gets the Levees.org seal of approval](https://levees.org/2010/02/06/john-barry-ambassador-to-new-orleans-gets-the-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - Thanks to our beloved Saints, New Orleans and south Louisiana is enjoying some attention by the national spotlight. John Barry, normally an excellent ambassador for south Louisiana, outdid himself on MSNBC's Rachel Maddow show today. Barry, author of Rising Tide, did not let himself be distracted by questions that bring focus to the wrong place.
- [Army Corps denying information under FOIA unless Levees.org pays](https://levees.org/2010/02/05/army-corps-denying-information-under-foia-unless-levees-org-pays/) - The Army Corps of Engineers has denied our waiver and is making us pay for information we are entitled to see under federal law. Thanks to you and your speedy ourpouring of funds, we can quickly request our information and not give the Corps another reason to delay giving us the data we seek. Thank
- [Insurance Journal Magazine publishes Levees.org's research](https://levees.org/2010/02/04/insurance-journal-magazine-publishes-levees-orgs-research/) - Today Insurance Journal magazine published Levees.org’s levee statistics and new data in its periodical. Insurance Journal and its web site, products of Wells Publishing, is a trade news organization covering the property/casualty insurance industry. Its magazines are published on a national/regional basis 24 times a year. There are five regional editions, and around 43,000 subscribers.
- [Double kudos to reporter John Pope](https://levees.org/2010/02/03/double-kudos-to-reporter-john-pope/) - John Pope, reporter for the Times Picayune wrote a really great story about the power of the New Orleans spirit as well as the magic of the Saints success and how it has energized the New Orleans region. Reporter Pope also accurately portrayed the flooding of August 2005 as due to the "federal levee failures."
- [Levees.org's lead researcher talks about Corps public meeting in Kenner](https://levees.org/2010/01/29/levees-orgs-lead-researcher-talks-about-corps-public-meeting-in-kenner/) - H.J. Bosworth Jr went to the Corps of Engineers public meeting last night. I stayed home to nurse a bad chest cold. Boz felt he needed to add to the Times Picayune's version of events and his contribution is below. On Thursday January 28th, I attended a meeting and presentation by Representative Ligi of Kenner
- [Corps making Levees.org pay for info we're entitled to see!](https://levees.org/2010/01/27/corps-making-levees-org-pay-for-info-were-entitled-to-see/) - The New Orleans Saints just won and Levees.org is winning! But the Army Corps of Engineers is trying to block our forward progress and keep us from scoring! The Corps is telling us we have to pay big bucks for documents we're entitled to under federal law! We requested documents from the Corps' Public Affairs
- [Go Saints! Go Levees.org! Go New Orleans!](https://levees.org/2010/01/26/go-saints-go-levees-org-go-new-orleans/) - Look what a Levees.org supporter just brought to our attention! You'll love it! Watch this short wonderful video and share it. And please point them to the people who posted it first. Go Saints! Go Levees.org! Go metro New Orleans!
- [New map shows large sectors of American population are protected by levees ](https://levees.org/2009/12/01/new-map-shows-large-sectors-of-american-population-are-protected-by-levees/) - NEW MAP: Levees.org recently discovered (in a FOIA request) that 55% of the nation's population (156,615,630 people) lives in counties protected by levees. We thought this information so important that we commissioned a researcher to translate the volume of data tables into a easy-to-read map. The result is eye popping. The graphic and accompanying table
- [Cartoonist: LSU and Ivor Van Heerden ](https://levees.org/2010/01/04/cartoonist-lsu-and-ivor-van-heerden/) - Cartoonist Fred Mulhearn's depiction of Louisiana State University is so funny even Ivor van Heerden cannot help but smile. Dr. Van Heerden just forwarded this to me. It first appeared in The Advocate, Sun Jan 3, 2010. Here it is for everyone to see.
- [The New Orleans region and its levees is not alone](https://levees.org/2010/01/03/the-new-orleans-region-and-its-levees-is-not-alone/) - When Gerry Galloway revealed in a briefing to Congress last year that 43% of the American population lives in counties protected by levees, we wanted to know exactly where those counties were. So I called Galloway on his cell phone and asked him for it. Galloway told me he didn't have it, that it was
- [Levees.org featured on front page of Times Picayune](https://levees.org/2010/01/02/levees-org-featured-on-front-page-of-times-picayune/) - A story about important new data released by Levees.org is featured today on the front page of the New Orleans Times Picayune. "Levee statistics point up their importance to nation's economy" is about the American people and their relationship with levees. It's also over a year in the making. It took 6 months alone just
- [Levees.org's map and research to be published in Insurance Journal Magazine](https://levees.org/2010/01/11/levees-orgs-map-and-research-to-be-published-in-insurance-journal-magazine/) - Insurance Journal magazine has requested Levees.org's permission to publish our levee statistics and map and the accompanying story in its periodical. Insurance Journal and its web site, products of Wells Publishing, is a trade news organization covering the property/casualty insurance industry. Its magazines are published on a national/regional basis 24 times a year. There are
- [Greater New Orleans flood, one of top stories of decade, deserves accurate coverage](https://levees.org/2010/01/10/greater-new-orleans-flood-one-of-top-stories-of-decade-deserves-accurate-coverage/) - As 2009 drew to a close, many articles covered the most memorable events of the past decade. Naturally, they all included the metro New Orleans flood. But the former chief of Gannett's Capitol Bureau speaking to the Alexandra Town Talk stands out and gets a "seal of approval" from Levees.org for accurately describing the August
- [Ivor van Heerden receives award for Civic Courage](https://levees.org/2009/12/26/ivor-van-heerden-receives-award-for-civic-courage/) - At a recent award ceremony in Washington DC, Ivor van Heerden spoke before a large engaged crowd about the metro New Orleans flood in August 2005 and its aftermath. "150,000 families lost everything, and to add insult to injury, they were also moved away from their support base," van Heerden said. Indeed, the loss of
- [America Betrayed featuring Levees.org voted to Top 50 Documentaries of 2009](https://levees.org/2009/12/24/america-betrayed-featuring-levees-org-voted-to-top-50-documentaries-of-2009/) - I just received word from the producer of the documentary America Betrayed that the film was voted yesterday as Top 50 Documentaries of 2009 by iTunes. This is a major honor. The film by Leslie Carde which features H.J. Bosworth Jr and me, Sandy Rosenthal is an important film. America Betrayed clearly exposes our government’s
- [Southern California Public Radio uses Katrina shorthand](https://levees.org/2009/12/21/southern-california-public-radio-uses-katrina-shorthand/) - More people in California are at risk of levee failure than Florida, Texas and Louisiana combined. We now know this because the catastrophic flooding in metro New Orleans exposed that problem, and the problem of badly built federal levees nationwide. But many news sources continue to depict the New Orleans flooding is "due to natural
- [Levees.org is published on Huffington Post ](https://levees.org/2009/12/14/levees-org-is-published-on-huffington-post/) - It's a good day for the people of south Louisiana when a publication like the Huffington Post publishes a news article written by Levees.org. We want to keep the focus on how what happened during Katrina is a national infrastructure issue and not a parochial New Orleans issue. You can help right now. Please leave
- [Directions Magazine has published Levees.org's levee county map](https://levees.org/2009/12/15/directions-magazine-has-published-levees-orgs-levee-county-map/) - Directions Magazine, a widely read publication for geospatial professionals has published Levees.org's levee county map! The eye-popping map is featured in the segment called "Off the Beaten Path" that highlights interesting geographic information systems (GIS) applications. This great exposure to geospatial professionals across the nation should help to open some more eyes and spur additional
- [Why should you care about New Orleans' flood disaster now?](https://levees.org/2009/12/13/why-should-you-care-about-new-orleans-flood-disaster-now/) - Three weeks ago, headlines rocketed around the world that a federal judge had faulted the Army Corps of Engineers for much of the horrific flooding during Katrina. This matters to all of us, because the same agency that bungled in New Orleans is responsible for most of the important water projects in this country. And
- [Levees.org will be a guest of Garland Robinette today at 11:20am CST](https://levees.org/2009/12/11/levees-org-will-be-a-guest-of-garland-robinette-today-at-1120am-cst/) - Levees.org will be a guest of Garland Robinette this morning at 11:20am CST. H.J. Bosworth Jr, lead researcher for Levees.org will talk about an underground steel wall being built under the border of Egypt and Gaza by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that will be reportedly impenetrable and will take 18 months to construct
- [Cowen and Fielkow to National Press Club: Katrina exposed flaws in federal levees](https://levees.org/2009/12/05/cowen-and-fielkow-to-national-press-club-katrina-exposed-flaws-in-federal-levees/) - When we heard New Orleans City Council President Arnie Fielkow and Tulane President Scott Cowen had traveled to Washington DC this week to speak to the National Press Club, we were dying of curiosity to find out that they said. After all, Fielkow had just sponsored a resolution in New Orleans (written by Levees.org) urging
- [Dear Rep Ed Legg: New Orleans has mainly a culture of hospitality, not corruption](https://levees.org/2009/12/03/dear-rep-ed-legg-new-orleans-has-mainly-a-culture-of-hospitality-not-corruption/) - Ed Legg (D-Kennebunk) an elected official from the State of Maine was in New Orleans two weeks ago and decided that all of us are corrupt including federal Judge Stanwood Duval. In a piece released today he opined that "the front pages of the respected local newspaper, The Times-Picayune, were filled regularly with tales of
- [Pam Dashiell, advocate and friend passes](https://levees.org/2009/12/02/pam-dashiell-advocate-and-friend-passes/) - I am greatly saddened to share the news that Pam Dashiell, Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Lower 9th Ward for Sustainable Engagement and Development passed away yesterday morning. This is a loss for Ms. Dashiell's family, her neighborhood, the city of New Orleans, the state of Louisiana and for the United States of America.
- [How the judgement against the Corps of Engineers in New Orleans affects you ](https://levees.org/2009/11/20/how-the-judgement-against-the-corps-of-engineers-in-new-orleans-affects-you/) - Though some news sources are focusing on the financial burden of federal Judge Stanwood Duval's recent judgement in New Orleans, most articles are about the nationwide ramifications. For example, the Chicago Tribune story begins with this: "The harshly worded legal ruling this week that held the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for much of the
- [Levees.org: On Judge Stanwood Duval's ruling](https://levees.org/2009/11/19/levees-org-on-judge-stanwood-duvals-ruling/) - A friend just congratulated me for being part of the reason the federal government must be held responsible for (some) of the flooding on August 29, 2005 in metro New Orleans. "That must be a huge reward for you!" she wrote. To me, the reward is helping the American people understand that the 2005 levee
- [BREAKING: Federal judge rules Corps of Engineers liable for flood damage ](https://levees.org/2009/11/18/breaking-federal-judge-rules-corps-of-engineers-liable-for-flood-damage/) - In a groundbreaking decision, a federal judge ruled late Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' mismanagement of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet was directly responsible for flood damage of homes in St. Bernard Parish and the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Plaintiff attorneys Joe Bruno and Pierce O'Donnell said they expect
- [Boston Globe reporter gets Levees.org "seal of approval"](https://levees.org/2009/11/12/boston-globe-reporter-gets-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - Reporter Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe gets the Levees.org "seal of approval" for resisting harmful Katrina shorthand, for not saying inaccurately that Katrina flooded New Orleans. "...The storm hit Monday, the levees broke Tuesday...." Indeed, saying Katrina flooded New Orleans would be like saying traffic broke the I-35 bridge in Minneapolis. Both Katrina and
- [Levees.org launches book review series starting with Catastrophe in the Making](https://levees.org/2009/11/12/levees-org-launches-book-review-series-starting-with-catastrophe-in-the-making/) - Levees.org today released its first in a series of book reviews on books that address the metro New Orleans flooding. The series debuts with "Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow" (Island Press, 2009). The opinions expressed below are those of Sandy Rosenthal on behalf of Levees.org. Authors William
- [Councilman Fielkow to Blakely: despite worst man-made disaster in country, New Orleans has bright future](https://levees.org/2009/11/03/councilman-fielkow-to-blakely-despite-worst-man-made-disaster-in-country-new-orleans-has-bright-future/) - New Orleans, LA - Below is a statement from New Orleans City Council President Arnie Fielkow issued on Nov. 3 regarding the comments by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely to a West Coast online television station. “I find the recent public comments made by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely
- [Times Picayune food editor gets Levees.org seal of approval](https://levees.org/2009/11/10/times-picayune-food-editor-gets-levees-org-seal-of-approval/) - Judy Walker, food editor for the New Orleans Times Picayune gets the Levees.org "seal of approval" for her characterization of the metro New Orleans flooding on August 29, 2005. In describing how a house behind hers flooded, Ms. Walker wrote, "...after the levees failed and four feet of water washed in and out of the
- [Levees.org launches "Stop Katrina Shorthand" campaign](https://levees.org/2009/10/26/levees-org-launches-stop-katrina-shorthand-campaign/) - Levees.org has just launched its latest salvo to squash myths about the metro New Orleans flooding. The Stop Katrina Shorthand campaign is urging everyone in metro New Orleans to refrain from labeling the devastating flooding on August 2005 as caused by "Katrina.” Katrina Shorthand promotes misunderstanding and leads American citizens to believe the New Orleans
- [Obama: Please refrain from using Katrina Shorthand](https://levees.org/2009/10/14/obama-please-refrain-from-using-katrina-shorthand/) - Dear President Obama: When you return to the Oval Office, please sign an executive order authorizing an independent review of the flood protection failures, and the organizational component as well, during Hurricane Katrina. The language is co-written by Senator David Vitter R-LA and Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA. And it's shovel ready. And please, when you
- [Levees.org featured on MSNBC with Chris Matthews](https://levees.org/2009/10/13/levees-org-featured-on-msnbc-with-chris-matthews/) - Sandy Rosenthal was a guest of Chris Matthews on MSNBC today. This invitation was precipitated by President Obama's upcoming short visit to New Orleans on October 15. Rosenthal was responding to the question, "What would you say if you had 60 seconds with the President?" Click the link below to see the video. Visit msnbc.com
- [Watch Levees.org on Fox 8 News tonight](https://levees.org/2009/10/12/watch-levees-org-on-fox-8-news-tonight/) - See Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal tonight on Fox 8 News discussing President Obama's upcoming visit and lingering concerns about the flood protection in metro New Orleans. 5pm October 12, 2009 UPDATE: You can view the news story here.
- [New book describes most dangerous project in southeast Louisiana ](https://levees.org/2009/10/06/new-book-describes-most-dangerous-project-in-southeast-louisiana/) - The authors of a just-released book describe what they think is the most dangerous project built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in regional New Orleans. Catastrophe in the Making describes how the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) put New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard Parish in harm's way by allowing salt water intrusion
- [Award winning video on human cost of killing Louisiana's wetlands](https://levees.org/2009/10/03/award-winning-video-on-human-cost-of-killing-louisianas-wetlands/) - GRN and the Charitable Film Network awarded its competition's grand prize to the short film, "The Human Cost," by Edward Holub and Christian Roselund. The film highlights Hurricane Gustav's devastating impact on the Native American Pointe Au Chien Tribe and the residents of Chauvin, LA, juxtaposed with the impacts of the oil and gas industry's
- [Pentagon says "no further action needed" on Corps Internet Scandal in New Orleans ](https://levees.org/2009/09/28/pentagon-says-no-further-action-needed-on-corps-internet-scandal-in-new-orleans/) - The Pentagon's Inspector General office has issued a response to Senator Mary Landrieu's recent request for a federal investigation. In August, Senator Landrieu asked that the Army look into allegations by the founder and former editor in chief of NOLA.com of an organized campaign by the Corps of Engineers to undercut its critics. In a
- [Levees.org goes Big Apple!](https://levees.org/2009/09/21/levees-org-goes-big-apple/) - Levee failure and flooding is not a New Orleans problem, nor a “sea-level” problem. That's why Levees.org has satellite chapters in four states besides Louisiana including FL, CA, IL and OR. And this month, Levees.org launched its sixth chapter: New York. Its director is Brian Schaffer (New York City) with over 10 years of corporate
- [Bloomberg News using lazy inaccurate Katrina Shorthand to depict New Orleans flooding](https://levees.org/2009/09/18/bloomberg-news-using-lazy-inaccurate-katrina-shorthand-to-depict-new-orleans-flooding/) - The Bloomberg wire service, regarded as a premier site for news, ought to hold its writers to a high standard of accuracy and clarity. This applies as well when talking about what caused the damage to the city of New Orleans in 2005 because Bloomberg has so much influence over what the country understands about
- [New York Times issues correction to reporter's description of New Orleans' flooding](https://levees.org/2009/09/15/new-york-times-issues-correction-to-reporters-description-of-new-orleans-flooding/) - The New York Times has issued a correction to one of its reporters' rendition of what happened in metro New Orleans on August 29, 2005. This is important because a prominent news source like the New York Times has much influence over what America understands about New Orleans. It seems that on August 13, reporter
- [Video on Dutch Flood Protection rockets to top of YouTube charts](https://levees.org/2009/09/02/video-on-dutch-flood-protection-rockets-to-top-of-youtube-charts/) - In just 24 hours, our latest video uploaded to YouTube garnered 19 honors including #1 most viewed and #9 most discussed. The 6-minute documentary was created with footage captured by an Amsterdam-based film crew commissioned by Levees.org while H.J. Bosworth Jr. and Sandy Rosenthal were in Holland with US Senator Mary Landrieu's Second Congressional Delegation
- [No, Ms. Liberto...it's not OK to use Katrina shorthand](https://levees.org/2009/09/05/no-ms-liberto-its-not-ok-to-use-katrina-shorthand/) - Last month, noted author John McQuaid chastized a reporter for the New York Times for lazy journalism, that is, describing the flooding of New Orleans as "caused" by Katrina. It was civil engineering failure that caused the flooding, not a weather event. Such lazy journalism or "Katrina shorthand" is harmful to metro New Orleans' recovery.
- [Army Corps wasted nearly a half billion on defective pumps in New Orleans ](https://levees.org/2009/08/25/osc-says-corps-wasted-millions-on-defective-pumps-in-new-orleans/) - We are disturbed, but not surprised by the Office of Special Counsel's finding that the Army Corps of Engineers could have saved $430 million in replacement costs after Katrina by buying proven equipment for the outfall canals. As Levees.org stated in a mounted historical plaque in a neighborhood supposedly protected with these same pumps, we
- [Saying Katrina destroyed New Orleans is like saying traffic destroyed the Minneapolis bridge](https://levees.org/2009/08/18/saying-katrina-destroyed-new-orleans-is-like-saying-traffic-destroyed-the-minneapolis-bridge/) - For the third time this season, Becky Bohrer, reporter for the Associated Press has used lazy shorthand when describing the federal levee failures in metro New Orleans that devastated the region. Yesterday, Bohrer wrote that Southern University in New Orleans was "virtually wiped out by Hurricane Katrina nearly four years ago." To say Katrina wiped
- [Becky Bohrer of the AP won't stop using Katrina shorthand](https://levees.org/2009/08/18/becky-bohrer-of-the-ap-wont-stop-using-katrina-shorthand/) - Three times since April 16, 2009, Becky Bohrer of the Associated press has described the flooding in metro New Orleans as caused by Katrina. John McQuaid, author of "Path of Destruction, a book on the history leading up to Hurricane Katrina, condemns this. "...The shorthand of “New Orleans levees overtopped” – with its underlying associations
- [John McQuaid chastises NY Times reporter over Corps' role in New Orleans flooding](https://levees.org/2009/08/17/john-mcquaid-chastises-ny-times-reporter-over-corps-role-in-new-orleans-flooding/) - In the days, weeks, and months after the levees broke, the American people were handed a packet of myths. The myth packet maximized and exaggerated the vulnerability of south Louisiana, the culpability of those who chose to live there, and the strength of the storm. The packet minimized the role of the Army Corps of
- [Sen Landrieu asks Pentagon to investigate Corps N.O. District over internet postings](https://levees.org/2009/08/05/sen-landrieu-asks-pentagon-to-investigate-corps-n-o-district-over-internet-postings/) - US Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA has called on the Pentagon to investigate recent questionable activity at the New Orleans District of the Army Corps of Engineers. Louisiana's senior senator sent a letter on Tuesday August 4 to Defense Department's Inspector General, Gordon Heddell expressing concern over the inappropriate use of federal computers possibly being used
- [Times Picayune editor replies to citizens on Corps Internet Scandal in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2009/07/29/times-picayune-editor-replies-to-citizens-on-corps-internet-scandal-in-new-orleans/) - Jim Amoss, Editor of the Times Picayune has replied to citizens who wanted to know more about an alleged coordinated effort by a group at the Army Corps of Engineers who were caught attacking citizen critics. Mr. Amoss's email is in response to hundreds of phone calls, emails and petition signatures he received. The reply
- [Levees.org has questions for Corps of Engineers Commander Col Al Lee in New Orleans ](https://levees.org/2009/07/27/levees-org-has-questions-for-corps-of-engineers-commander-col-al-lee-in-new-orleans/) - In our quest for the truth about the metro New Orleans flooding, Levees.org today, hand-delivered a letter the Corps of Engineers New Orleans District Headquarters. Spokesperson Ken Holder received the letter and assured us it would be brought to the attention of Col Al Lee. The letter poses some direct questions to the Colonel about
- [Call Sen Landrieu 589-2427 & urge a Justice Dept investigation of Corps](https://levees.org/2009/06/30/call-sen-landrieu-589-2427-urge-a-justice-dept-investigation-of-corps/) - Today is Phone-In Day to Senator Landrieu! We're asking Louisiana residents to pick up the phone and dial 504-589-2427. When the aide answers, please say this: "I am a Louisiana resident and I would like to leave a message for the Senator. Thank you for calling on the Pentagon to investigate reports of the Corp
- [Young filmmaker from St. Bernard Parish wins "Best Short" at prestigious NYC film fest](https://levees.org/2009/06/27/young-filmmaker-from-st-bernard-parish-wins-best-short-at-prestigious-nyc-film-fest/) - A lifelong resident of Chalmette, Matt Faust has won the prize for best short documentary at New York's prestigious Tribeca Film Festival! Many of you will recognize the haunting scene with the little girl and her beach ball standing in a desolate post-levee breach landscape from our Public Service Announcement a year ago. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqjIryjz1Ws&feature=channel_page I
- [Levees.Org Asks Landrieu to do More about Corps of Engineers alleged internet scandal](https://levees.org/2009/06/25/leveesorg-asks-landrieu-to-do-more-about-corps-of-engineers-alleged-internet-scandal/) - At noon today, we sent the letter below to Senator Landrieu regarding her response to alleged coordinated abuse of public forums by a group of individuals at the Army Corps of Engineers. June 25, 2009 Senator Mary Landrieu 328 Hart Senate Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Landrieu, Thank you for your
- [BREAKING NEWS: US Senator will urge the Pentagon to review alleged Corps campaign against critics](https://levees.org/2009/06/23/breaking-news-us-senator-will-urge-the-pentagon-to-review-alleged-corps-campaign-against-critics/) - At 4:34 pm today US Senator Mary Landrieu issued this statement to WWL TV Eyewitness News in New Orleans. "I am very concerned by the reports that a number of Corps employees have engaged in a disingenuous campaign to undercut their critics in Louisiana,” Landrieu said. “My staff and I will continue to review these
- [Call to Senator Landrieu to request investigation of alleged Corps of Engineers Internet Scandal](https://levees.org/2009/06/23/call-to-senator-landrieu-to-request-investigation-of-alleged-corps-of-engineers-internet-scandal/) - Senator Mary Landrieu 328 Hart Senate Building United States Senate Washington, DC 20510 June 23, 2009 Dear Senator Landrieu, On June 17, 2009, WWL-TV in New Orleans exposed an apparent campaign of disinformation by employees of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers regarding the failure of the flood walls and levees during Hurricane Katrina and
- [Letter to Jim Amoss from St. Bernard Parish Firefighter ](https://levees.org/2009/06/21/694/) - The letter below to Jim Amoss, Editor of the Times Picayune / Nola.com is reprinted here with permission from the author. Dear Mr. Amoss, It is almost four years since my community was destroyed by the failure of the Army Corps of Engineers (ACOE) federally funded levees. During that time, I as a St. Bernard
- [Why Jon Donley came forward ](https://levees.org/2009/06/20/why-jon-donley-came-forward/) - On his website Friday, Jon Donley explained why he came forward and spoke out on what he saw while employed as Managing Editor at Nola.com. For over 2 years, he observed a cadre of about 20 user names posting abusive comments on Nola.com's community features about any articles or people who criticized the Army Corps
- [To the unknown Lakeview flood survivor: I will not give up](https://levees.org/2009/06/12/to-the-unknown-lakeview-flood-survivor-i-will-not-give-up/) - The same day I returned from a congressional delegation visit to Holland with US Senator Mary Landrieu, I found an unsigned 3-page single spaced letter in my mailbox. She wrote: "I lived in Lakeview when the levees broke after Katrina. I can't begin to tell you what five + feet of water in my home
- [Senator Landrieu proposes transforming Corps of Engineers](https://levees.org/2009/06/05/senator-landrieu-proposes-transforming-corps-of-engineers/) - This morning I participated in Senator Mary Landrieu's press conference on her CoDel to the Netherlands May 26-29 to which HJ Bosworth Jr and I were invited guests. The Senator restated her praise of how the Dutch people engineer for guaranteed security and she denounced the US Army Corps of Engineers unsustainable “patch and pray”
- [What I learned from the Dutch about flood protection](https://levees.org/2009/06/03/what-i-learned-from-the-dutch-about-flood-protection/) - Shown here is one of many ways the Dutch make water a part of life. In this photo I took from a walkway bridge, you can see a "pleasure pier" built for citizens to enjoy the beautiful canals of Amsterdam. While touring the Netherlands with Senator Mary Landrieu on a congressional delegation visit, HJ Bosworth
- [Final day touring The Netherlands with CoDel](https://levees.org/2009/05/28/final-day-touring-the-netherlands-with-codel/) - Shortly, I will begin my final day touring the Netherlands with Senator Mary Landrieu's Congressional Delegation. For the past two days, HJ Bosworth Jr and I, along with two members of the Army Corps of Engineers and others, have departed promptly at 7am and returned after 10p. The days have been long, but jam packed
- [See Levees.org on Fox 8 WVUE on Friday May 22](https://levees.org/2009/05/22/see-leveesorg-on-fox-8-wvue-on-friday-may-22/) - See Levees.org Friday night on Fox 8 TV WVUE on our presentation to the LSU Chancellor of over 4,000 petition signatures urging him to reconsider his decision to dismiss Ivor van Heerden. The story will also cover how over 1,000 Louisiana citizens contacted Governor Bobby Jindal urging him to talk to the Chancellor. Other news:
- [Over 4,000 Petition signatures supporting Ivor van Heerden sent to LSU Chancellor](https://levees.org/2009/05/22/over-4000-petition-signatures-supporting-ivor-van-heerden-sent-to-lsu-chancellor/) - Last month, in response to public outrage over Louisiana State University's decision to terminate Dr. Ivor van Heerden, Levees.org posted a petition on its website. This morning, Levees.org sent an excel sheet listing over 4,000 petition signatures to LSU Chancellor Mike Martin in support of Dr. van Heerden. The letter and signatures can be seen
- [Encouraging news from Dr. Ivor van Heerden](https://levees.org/2009/05/20/encouraging-news-from-dr-ivor-van-heerden/) - Today I received good news from Dr. Ivor van Heerden. He was invited to meet with a member of the Governor's office who inquired about his issues at Louisiana State University. He also discussed the potential of Dr. van Heerden's collaborating with the Governor's Office on Coastal Activities in the future. For those unfamiliar with
- [Landrieu Leads Second CODEL To Netherlands to Study Dutch Flood Protection](https://levees.org/2009/05/18/landrieu-leads-second-codel-to-netherlands-to-study-dutch-flood-protection/) - Senator Mary Landrieu, D-La., will this month lead the second Congressional Delegation to the Netherlands to study the Dutch integrated water management system. Louisiana and administration officials, including EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, will join Sen. Landrieu to study the world-class water management and flood protection system in the Netherlands, which shares many of Louisiana’s challenges
- [AP reports on Corps' $5 million PR to improve its image](https://levees.org/2009/05/09/ap-reports-on-corps-5-million-pr-to-improve-its-image/) - The Corps of Engineers New Orleans District has spent $2.3 million in tax payers' money to cover its you-know-what and reduce "negative stories" about it. And the Corps will spend another $2.4 million by the end of its three-year contract. In contrast, Levees.org has been laboring since December 2005 to reduce the number of negative
- [Engineering "self-studies" should not be final word in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2009/05/01/engineering-self-studies-should-not-be-final-word-in-new-orleans/) - After long delay, the National Academy of Sciences has issued its peer review of the Corps-sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET) which investigated the levee failures in metro New Orleans post Katrina. This review, ordered by the Department of Defense was intended to give the American public "confidence in the scientific and engineering quality and
- [See photo slideshow of protest rally at LSU](https://levees.org/2009/04/17/see-photo-slideshow-of-protest-rally-at-lsu/) - Click link below for photos of Levees.org's protest April 16, 2009 at LSU Health Science Center. http://levees.org/photos
- [See video of Rally at LSU to protest firing scientist (55 sec)](https://levees.org/2009/04/17/see-video-of-rally-at-lsu-to-protest-firing-scientist-55-sec/) - We organized this rally to give citizens a voice to protest the downsizing of LSU Hurricane Center and the firing of key personnel including Dr. Ivor Van Heerden. The Rally was 10am Thursday morning April 16 at LSU Health Science Center in New Orleans. Click here to see a short video shot and edited by
- [Rally to protest downsizing of LSU Hurricane Center](https://levees.org/2009/04/15/rally-to-protest-downsizing-of-lsu-hurricane-center/) - In response to public outrage over Louisiana State University's decision to fire hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden, Levees.org is holding a rally at LSU's Health Sciences Center in downtown New Orleans. 10am Thursday April 16 In front of the Ische Library at LSU Health Science Center 433 Bolivar Street - one half block off Tulane
- [Rally at LSU in N.O. to protest firing of hurricane expert!](https://levees.org/2009/04/14/rally-at-lsu-to-protest-firing-of-hurricane-expert/) - In response to public outrage over Louisiana State University's decision to fire hurricane expert Ivor van Heerden, Levees.org is announcing a rally at LSU's Health Sciences Center in downtown New Orleans. 10am Thursday April 16 In front of the Ische Library at LSU Health Science Center 433 Bolivar Street - one half block off Tulane
- [Hear Ivor van Heerden on The Spud Show, WWL Radio](https://levees.org/2009/04/14/hear-ivor-van-heerden-on-the-spud-show-wwl-radio/) - Click the link below to hear a podcost of Ivor van Heerden and Sandy Rosenthal interviewed by John "Spud" McConnell on WWL Radio Monday April 13, 2009. We're discussing what Dr. van Heerden's firing from Louisiana State University means for the people of south Louisiana. http://audio.wwl.com/m/audio/22096512/04-13-09-3-00pm-ivor-van-heerden-sandy-rosenthal.htm
- [Hero Ivor van Heerden fired from LSU!](https://levees.org/2009/04/11/hero-ivor-van-heerden-fired-from-lsu/) - Exactly one day after Levees.org held a press conference denouncing the muzzling of experts who speak critically of the Army Corps of Engineers, Ivor van Heerden, frequent critic of the US government, was axed. Van Heerden, the brave coastal scientist who led the state's independent Team Louisiana investigation into the levee failures during Katrina, has
- [See Channel 6's live video coverage of Levees.org event](https://levees.org/2009/04/08/see-channel-6s-live-video-coverage-of-leveesorg-event/) - Levees.org held a press conference today in response to the American Society of Civil Engineers' final results of an internal investigation looking into Dr. Ray Seed's 42-page ethics complaint. Eighteen months ago, Dr. Seed co-chair of the Independent Levee Investigation (U of Cal Berkeley) submitted an ethics complaint to the American Society of Civil Engineers
- [Whistle-blowers say disasters from storms can be avoided (Part 6)](https://levees.org/2009/04/02/whistle-blowers-say-disasters-from-storms-can-be-avoided-part-6/) - Read about how, after the failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers levees in Katrina's storm surge, those who spoke out against the corruption and poor management of the greater New Orleans levee system were silenced. Click here for the article on Digital Journal.
- [Stephanie Grace: Katrina victims aren't all scam artists](https://levees.org/2009/03/22/stephanie-grace-katrina-victims-arent-all-scam-artists/) - Today, New Orleans columnist Stephanie Grace, in thanking college spring break volunteers who are heading in this direction, said this: “...we work hard to remind people that the vast majority of the Katrina victims aren't scam artists. They're just regular people whose only sin was thinking that the federal government's levees wouldn't disintegrate...” To help
- [President Obama dispatches two key aides to New Orleans](https://levees.org/2009/03/08/president-obama-dispatches-two-key-aides-to-new-orleans/) - While President Obama's two Cabinet Secretaries were in the Gulf region on a fact finding mission March 5-6, I had the opportunity to speak to them. This happened at the request of Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA. It was both an honor and a testament to the strength of the force and influence of Levees.org. And
- [New FEMA leader orders Katrina recovery review](https://levees.org/2009/01/28/new-fema-leader-orders-katrina-recovery-review/) - In her second week on the job, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has ordered a comprehensive review of the Hurricane Katrina recovery progress. New Orleans and Louisiana are thrilled because of delays in money flow due to slowness with damage assessments and mitigation efforts. This sort of federal review is especially appropriate
- [Corps' comments to my blog re-writing history](https://levees.org/2008/12/18/corps-comments-to-my-blog-re-writing-history/) - If you're looking for the dishonest comments by Army Corps of Engineers personnel re-writing the history of the New Orleans Flood, you can find them on my nola.com blog. Click here: http://blog.nola.com/levees/
- [Levees.org video on YouTube's Top Ten!](https://levees.org/2008/12/17/leveesorg-video-on-corps-of-engineers-in-youtubes-top-ten/) - Our new video, "Corps of Engineers caught harassing citizens on Internet" has made it to the Top Ten Top Rated (Today) in News & Politics! If you haven't yet, please view and comment on our video! You can see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDwuMBOPrrQ Please do this by 9pm EST on Wed Dec 17, 2008. This video
- [Levees.org's video on Corps of Engineers zooms to top of YouTube charts!](https://levees.org/2008/12/17/leveesorgs-video-on-corps-of-engineers-zooms-to-top-of-youtube-charts/) - Please watch and comment on our latest video! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDwuMBOPrrQ Btw, if you revisit the video later, and watch it again, the view will 'count.' And if you register with YouTube, you can also 'favorite' and 'rate' the video. All these help the video rise to the HomePage of YouTube where it can potentially be viewed
- [Levees.org prepares Counter to Corps of Engineers PR campaign](https://levees.org/2008/11/22/leveesorg-prepares-counter-to-corps-of-engineers-pr-campaign/) - The US Army Corps of Engineers and the engineering community are ramping up their campaigns to shift blame for the metro New Orleans flooding away from themselves and onto the citizens/victims. Actual blame for the catastrophic flooding during Katrina lies at the feet of the Corps of Engineers because the agency, by federal law, is
- [Election time - Black and Gold Lists](https://levees.org/2008/11/03/election-time-black-and-gold-lists/) - In line with our promise to make metro New Orleans a national issue, Levees.org has released its second set of Black and Gold lists. We feel the individuals and organizations cited on the Black List have slowed the regions' recovery from the catastrophic man-made flood damage of 2005. As a civic grassroots group, it's our
- [Critics call for an ASCE ethics policy](https://levees.org/2008/10/31/critics-call-for-an-asce-ethics-policy/) - Thank you Cain Burdeau of the Associated Press. A long awaited report putting the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) under “the ethics microscope” might nearly have gone unnoticed if not for you. The Boehlert Report was released at the height of Hurricane Ike on a Friday afternoon at 5pm, likely the worst moment possible
- [ASCE members challenged to give medals back](https://levees.org/2008/10/04/asce-members-challenged-to-give-medals-back/) - Citing breach of ethics, Levees.org challenged 16 people who received medals from the Army Corps of Engineers for their role investigating the deadly levee failures to give them back. Sixteen members of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) received the Outstanding Civilian Service medal for their participation peer reviewing the corps-sponsored levee investigation a
- [Integrity of Corps of Engineers levee study questioned](https://levees.org/2008/09/17/integrity-of-corps-of-engineers-levee-study-questioned/) - A panel led by retired U.S. Rep. Sherwood Boehlert, R-NY has dealt a harsh blow to the credibility of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) convened in New Orleans after Katrina by the Army Corps of Engineers. Rep. Boehlert's panel looked at the way the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) takes part in post
- [Movie gets rave review from international news source!](https://levees.org/2008/08/29/movie-gets-rave-review-from-international-news-source/) - On the anniversary of the worst engineering failure in U.S. history – and as another storm ominously approaches Louisiana's coast - a new movie “The Katrina Myth: The Truth about a thoroughly unnatural disaster" will debut in 70 locations all across America in twenty states including New York, Illinois, Texas and California. The film has
- [ASCE responds to levees.org on ethics panels' excessive delays](https://levees.org/2008/08/06/asce-responds-to-leveesorg-on-ethics-panels-excessive-delays/) - Angered and dismayed over excessive delays by American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) management of two panels looking into possible ethics violations, levees.org held a press conference yesterday and said so. In response, we presented a set of questions to the head of each panel. I have provided their responses to our request below: From
- [Levees.Org enraged over delays by ASCE ethics panels](https://levees.org/2008/08/04/leveesorg-enraged-over-delays-by-asce-ethics-panels/) - Levees.Org is angry over long delays and other conduct by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and its management of two ethics panels. We think the delays are contrived and that both panels are more focused on protecting ASCE's reputation than protecting the American public. We will not to let this continue unchallenged, and
- [Rep. Melancon files bill that would authorize 8/29 Investigation Team](https://levees.org/2008/07/26/rep-melancon-files-bill-that-would-authorize-829-investigation-team/) - Yesterday, Congressman Charlie Melancon D-LA released this statement of his support for the 8/29 Investigation. "I am and always have been a strong supporter of an 8/29 Investigation into the levee failures that caused massive devastation in New Orleans, St. Bernard, and surrounding communities. In Congress, I have worked with Sen. Mary Landrieu to push
- [The show goes on despite bridge closing](https://levees.org/2008/07/18/bridge-closing-couldnt-stop-celebrity-photo-op/) - The unexpected closing of the Judge Seeber bridge couldn't keep dedicated citizens away from a Levees.Org-sponsored photo shoot at the Lower Ninth Ward this morning. With ground zero of the Industrial Canal as a backdrop, actor/producer Harry Shearer joined Levees.Org, its supporters, and residents from the metro New Orleans community for a photo shoot marking
- [Harry Shearer joins Levees.Org in national levee safety campaign](https://levees.org/2008/07/16/harry-shear-joins-leveesorg-in-national-levee-safety-campaign/) - At ground zero in the Lower Ninth Ward, Levees.Org will launch a public service website and campaign to promote awareness that communities all across America are at risk of flooding. On Friday, July 18 at 10:30am actor/producer Harry Shearer (The Simpsons and Spinal Tap) will join Levees.Org, its supporters, and residents of the metro community
- [Congress makes New Orleans pay to fix federal levees](https://levees.org/2008/07/03/congress-makes-new-orleans-pay-to-fix-federal-levees/) - As reported by the Associated Press, Congress is requiring Louisiana to pay $1.8 billion to shore up levee protection in metro New Orleans and must pay it in just three years. This Congressional requirement is unfathomable since it was the federal government's water structures that nearly destroyed New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard parish in
- [Corps of Engineers rewriting history on flooding and levee breaches](https://levees.org/2008/06/28/corps-of-engineers-rewriting-history-on-flooding-and-levee-breaches/) - Journalist Georgianne Nienaber recently wrote on the coordinated effort immediately after the Midwest flooding by spokespersons with the US Army Corps of Engineers to deflect responsibility for flooding away from the Corps. Just like in New Orleans after Katrina. I will add to the fray and highlight some falsehoods coming from Eric Halpin, Special Assistant
- [Two groups join Levees.Org's call to address flooding](https://levees.org/2008/06/24/two-groups-join-leveesorgs-call-to-address-flooding/) - 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
- [Favorite photos of the Midwest Flooding](https://levees.org/2008/06/23/favorite-photos-of-the-midwest-flooding/) - AccuWeather has posted their three favorite photos of the Midwest Flooding. The Number One photo is a submerged farm in LaGrange, Missouri, a whopping 314 feet above sea level. So much for the theory that New Orleans was doomed because parts of the city were below sea level. What happened to the Midwest is the
- [The US Flood Epidemic: Nature or failing infrastructure?](https://levees.org/2008/06/16/the-us-flood-epidemic-nature-or-failing-infrastructure/) - The flooding in Cedar Rapids, Iowa over 700 feet above sea level, has been accurately compared to the flooding in New Orleans when levees breached during Katrina. Also mirroring New Orleans is a Wisconsin town 1100 feet above sea level when an embankment of Lake Delton breached last week and emptied the lake into the
- [Levee video springs to top of YouTube charts](https://levees.org/2008/06/08/levee-videos-again-at-top-of-youtube-charts/) - Levees.Org recently launched another very successful YouTube campaign. In the first 24 hours, our new video won 5 honors and went straight to the Home Page of YouTube where it gets very high visibility. Click here to keep our video at the TOP of the YouTube charts! Want to do more? Register at YouTube. That
- [Metro New Orleans residents say "No" to levees they can't trust](https://levees.org/2008/05/31/metro-new-orleans-residents-say-no-to-levees-than-cant-trust/) - Metro New Orleans came together today for a Day of Action, united in a single message. We said "No" to flood protection we cannot trust, and "Yes" to the 8/29 Investigation. Citizens and volunteers gathered at Hot Spots, three busy intersections in each of the three "polders" or basins that flooded due to the failure
- [Corps defines New Orleans 100 year flood protection](https://levees.org/2008/05/12/corps-defines-new-orleans-100-year-flood-protection/) - Some experts recently clarified what it means for New Orleanians to be protected from a 100 year storm. At the annual Tulane Engineering Forum, Rick Anderson, chief actuary for California-based Risk Management Solutions, said 100-year storm protection does not translate into a “100-year guarantee.’’ He adds that 100-year protection means there is a 39.4 percent
- [See new video by Levees.Org!](https://levees.org/2008/04/19/see-new-video-by-leveesorg/) - In a recent press conference, Levees.Org unveiled records obtained under the Freedom of Information Act showing how just weeks after levees failed in New Orleans, the people responsible for making the levees, the US Army Corps of Engineers, directed and later paid an engineering group to communicate lessons learned from Katrina. The American Society of
- [Past president of ASCE confirms Corps of Engineers controlled Katrina investigation](https://levees.org/2008/04/02/past-president-of-asce-confirms-corps-of-engineers-controlled-katrina-investigation/) - An engineer paid by the US Army Corps of Engineers to peer review the federal study of the levee failures in New Orleans recently told a reporter that his panel's scope was limited by rules placed on it by the Corps. Thomas Jackson, past national president of ASCE and member of the External Review Panel
- [Corps funded 'spin campaign' to distort facts after Katrina](https://levees.org/2008/03/27/corps-funded-spin-campaign-to-distort-facts-after-katrina/) - Today, Levees.Org revealed new information found in records we obtained under the Freedom of Information Act on the official federal government's levee study (IPET) after Hurricane Katrina. These records show that as early as October 2005, the US Army Corps of Engineers directed the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and later paid the group
- [ASCE President urged to conduct swift internal probe](https://levees.org/2008/03/05/asce-president-urged-to-conduct-swift-internal-probe/) - Today Levees.Org dispatched a letter to the President of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) urging the organization to do a speedy and thorough ethics investigation into allegations of wrongdoing charged by Dr. Ray Seed, a civil engineer and ASCE member at the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Seed turned in a letter on
- [Chertoff defends Corps of Engineers in New Orleans flooding](https://levees.org/2008/03/02/chertoff-defends-corps-of-engineers-in-new-orleans-flooding/) - The Homeland Security Secretary told a group of reporters last Wednesday that others besides the Army Corps of Engineers should take responsibility for the flooding of New Orleans. Michael Chertoff said more money should have been spent on maintenance rather than "earmarks and other things" over the years. (Chertoff is referring to allocations by Congress.)
- [Jefferson Parish joins call for new investigation of levees](https://levees.org/2008/02/15/jefferson-parish-joins-call-for-new-investigation-of-levees/) - The Jefferson Parish Council recently unanimously passed Resolution No. 109488 supporting the 8/29 Investigation Act. By doing so, Jefferson Parish joins St. Tammany, St. Bernard and New Orleans City Council in a show of unity that will be enormously significant when Congress decides if this legislation is worthy of passage. Here's an excerpt from Councilwoman
- [Federal judge: Army Corps is responsible for flood damage](https://levees.org/2008/02/07/federal-judge-army-corps-is-responsible-for-flood-damage/) - It's there for all to see. A federal judge has ruled that the US Army Corps of Engineers was negligent and derelict in their duty to provide flood protection for the citizens of New Orleans. This means – as Levees.Org has been chanting all along - that the primary responsibility for the disastrous flooding rests
- [Katrina Lawsuit Dropped!](https://levees.org/2008/01/31/katrina-lawsuit-dropped/) - Clearly Judge Stanwood Duval is frustrated in his January 30, 2008 decision regarding the plight of the victims of the federal levee breaks in metro New Orleans. This excerpt comes from his statement from the Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation. “...While the United States government is immune for legal liability for the defalcations alleged herein,
- [PersOp: Jan '08 New Orleans visit updates](https://levees.org/2008/01/27/persop-jan-08-new-orleans-visit-updates/) - Some of you know that I was born and raised in New Orleans. I've lived in Northern CA since 1986, however my birth family and family history is in New Orleans. I visited for a couple of days, flying out of Oakland on New Years' Day. The weather in N.O. was absolutely beautiful: sunny, yet
- [NEWS: Delta collapse would cost billions](https://levees.org/2008/01/27/news-delta-collapse-would-cost-billions/) - According to Valley Water News, annual issue 2007, for the Santa Clara Valley Water District: A network of aging and eroding levees, subsiding islands, climagte change, wastewater discharge, toxics, mounting regulatory uncertainties, and a struggling ecosystem plague the Delta. Studies predict a 60 percent chance that an earthquake in the Delta region over the next
- [PersOp: IMAX Hurricane on the Bayou](https://levees.org/2008/01/10/persop-imax-hurricane-on-the-bayou/) - "Shot before and after the unprecedented devastation of Hurricane Katrina and featuring state of the art CGI special effects depicting the height of the storm's fury, HURRICANE ON THE BAYOU brings into focus the startling loss of Louisiana's rapidly disappearing coastal wetlands that are New Orleans' first line of defense against storms." In December, I
- [Controversial levee video re-posted to YouTube](https://levees.org/2007/12/14/controversial-levee-video-re-posted-to-youtube/) - Today, Levees.Org showed the citizens of New Orleans and the whole nation that the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) shall not bully and shall not intimidate a fledgling non-profit and a bunch of high school kids out of exercising their First Amendment rights! Today, at a press conference in the Lakeview neighborhood in New
- [ASCE confirms ethics probe of collusion with Corps of Engineers](https://levees.org/2007/12/08/asce-confirms-ethics-probe-of-collusion-with-corps-of-engineers/) - The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has just announced they've convened two ethics panels to review questionable practices within their ranks. One, an internal committee composed of three past ASCE presidents will review allegations that specific ASCE staffers colluded with the US Army Corps of Engineers to cover up corps mistakes in the Katrina
- [The ills of ASCE](https://levees.org/2007/11/30/the-ills-of-asce/) - Dr. Ray Seed, a respected well-known engineer has submitted a 42-page letter detailing how the US Army Corps of Engineers controlled the official levee investigation in New Orleans and the external peer review, too. Dr. Seed wished to follow proper channels and so brought his complaint to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) which
- [Levees.Org responds to news of ASCE ethics probe](https://levees.org/2007/11/20/leveesorg-responds-to-news-of-asce-ethics-probe/) - Last week, while the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) was threatening us with legal action for our cute video spoof portraying the ASCE's questionable behavior, it turns out ASCE had in their back pocket the very same complaint from one of their own! The ASCE (a giant) served Levees.Org (a fledgling non-profit) a Cease
- [Corps admits huge error after they're caught](https://levees.org/2007/11/16/corps-admits-huge-error-after-theyre-caught/) - It seems the IPET made a huge error in their predictions of flooding in New Orleans' Lakeview and Old Metairie neighborhoods. On June 20, 2007, the IPET team released flood maps saying the flooding in those areas was - due to the new floodgates and pumps - reduced by 5 feet. It turns out that
- [Why Levees.Org removed its PSA from YouTube](https://levees.org/2007/11/16/why-leveesorg-removed-its-psa-from-youtube/) - Levees.Org was served an order to Cease and Desist from the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on November 10, 2007. We were ordered to remove our funny student-made Public Service Announcement (PSA) from YouTube. If we refused, the ASCE promised "appropriate legal action." We stand behind every word of our PSA. But had we
- [ASCE meets YouTube](https://levees.org/2007/11/15/asce-meets-youtube/) - Early this past week, an in-house attorney for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) served Levees.Org with a Cease and Desist letter, ordering us to remove our latest Public Service Announcement from YouTube. On Tuesday night, the webmaster, my 17 year old son removed the video from view, after returning from his out-of-state track
- [Corps denies blame in New Orleans levee failures](https://levees.org/2007/11/10/corps-denies-blame-in-new-orleans-levee-failures/) - Our new PSA video is a HIT, garnering over 27,000 views in 4 days and bringing lots of focus to the 8/29 Investigation, a whole new analysis of the flood protection failures in metro New Orleans. Due to the hoopla, you may be hearing this objection: "The Corps has already admitted they're at fault. Why
- [Student-made PSA rockets to Top of the Charts](https://levees.org/2007/11/07/new-orleans-psa-rockets-to-top-of-the-charts/) - Thanks to a finely tuned campaign, our newest Public Service Announcement, a student-made video, has earned 14 honors in 24 hours and earned a spot on the home page of YouTube in all categories. This PSA, a spoof, illustrates how the US Army Corps of Engineers had too much influence and control over the official
- [Watch our new Public Service Announcement!](https://levees.org/2007/11/05/view-our-new-public-service-announcement/) - Click here to view our third in a series of Public Service Announcements! This PSA, a spoof, illustrates how the US Army Corps of Engineers had too much control over the official levee investigation and also over the expert review panel. Click here to see the one-minute video!
- [Our newest Public Service Announcement coming soon!](https://levees.org/2007/11/04/our-newest-public-service-announcement-coming-soon/) - In our latest Public Service Announcement video, we're questioning the integrity and impartiality of the US Army Corps of Engineers' levee investigation (IPET). Levees.Org believes the Corps had way too much influence over the official levee investigation and also in the external peer review panel. Saturday morning, November 3, 2007 we gave the press a
- [IPET leader sees Corps of Engineers with rose-tinted glasses](https://levees.org/2007/10/25/ipet-leader-sees-corps-of-engineers-with-rose-tinted-glasses/) - Dr. Ed Link, top director of the Corps of Engineers' IPET levee investigation recently opined on the future of New Orleans. But Dr. Link, a senior exec with the Corps for fifteen years (1986 – 2002) over-emphasized the strength of Katrina in New Orleans and understated the negligence of the Army Corps regarding the flood
- [Army Corps gets performance report card](https://levees.org/2007/09/06/army-corps-gets-performance-report-card/) - Levees.Org Second Annual Report Card on the performance of the US Army Corps of Engineers in previous 12 months Presented Saturday August 25, 2007 Isidore Newman School, 1903 Jefferson Avenue, New Orleans by: Sandy Rosenthal, Executive Director and HJ Bosworth Jr, Reseach Director Admitting past mistakes: D The Corps-sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET)
- [Tancredo and the New Orleans Gravy Train](https://levees.org/2007/09/05/tancredo-and-the-new-orleans-gravy-train/) - Americans now understand that the majority of the destruction in New Orleans two years ago was due to the failure of the federally built levees which, by the US Army Corps' own admission, should have withstood Katrina's storm surge. Which makes presidential hopeful Tom Tancredo's comments quite odd. Last Friday, the Colorado Congressman said it's
- [New Orleans to CNN: A nickel's worth of advice](https://levees.org/2007/09/02/new-orleans-to-cnn-a-nickels-worth-of-advice/) - On the anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history, Glenn Beck with CNN says not another dime should be sent to help New Orleans. Such a judgement requires an exquisite comprehension of the facts and issues. But, in the very first lines of his monologue, Mr. Beck blows it by making statements that
- [Corps of Engineers is culprit not savior](https://levees.org/2007/08/26/corps-of-engineers-is-culprit-not-savior/) - In a recent article, Associated Press reporter Brian Schwaner discusses the lack of progress in New Orleans. But Schwaner, like too many others, does not mention that New Orleans is in this mess because the US Army Corps of Engineers bungled the levees. The caption below the photograph says “if the Army Corps of Engineers
- [pOp: From the Bay to the Bayous](https://levees.org/2007/08/18/pop-from-the-bay-to-the-bayous/) - As I prepare to head back home to New Orleans for my 2nd August "Katrina Commemoration" trip, Hurricane Dean is heading toward the Gulf of Mexico. Am I a bit nervous about being in New Orleans next week? Sure am... somehow, for me, growing up in a City that's below sea level, a Cat-4 or
- [NEWS: Prof. Ray Seed Publishes Final Report on Failure of New Orleans Levee System](https://levees.org/2007/08/18/news-prof-ray-seed-publishes-final-report-on-failure-of-new-orleans-levee-system/) - From a report/document published on 8/24/06, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, UC, Berkeley: In its final report published on July 31, 2006, the team (of 38 engineers and investigators led by Professor Raymond Seed) concluded that the several dozen levee failures in this catastrophic event occurred for a number of reasons, including the choice of
- [NEWS: Experts Warn of CA Flood Disaster](https://levees.org/2007/08/18/news-experts-warn-of-ca-flood-disaster/) - San Francisco (KCBS) - A panel of experts speaking at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco today said California will suffer a disaster bigger in scale than Hurricane Katrina if the state doesn't act quickly to improve its flood control systems. The Delta and the Central Valley are at grave risk for calamity, and Sacramento
- [NEWS: TIME Magazine, Aug 13, 2007: Why New Orleans Still Isn't Safe](https://levees.org/2007/08/18/news-time-magazine-aug-13-2007-why-new-orleans-still-isnt-safe/) - Check out the complete article by Michael Grunwald in this Aug 13, 2007 issue of TIME Magazine. The cover photo is worth a thousand words. "Two years after Katrina, this floodwall is all that stands between New Orleans and the next hurricane. It's pathetic. How a perfect storm of big-money politis, shoddy engineering and environmental
- [TIME magazine tells real New Orleans story](https://levees.org/2007/08/03/anniversary-issue-tells-real-new-orleans-story/) - A decorated senior reporter with TIME magazine has connected the dots and told the whole story about what happened in New Orleans and south Louisiana on August 29, two years ago. Michael Grunwald also nicely summarizes everything in the first paragraph. "The most important thing to remember about the drowning of New Orleans is that
- [New report by Corps: Who Flooded New Orleans?](https://levees.org/2007/07/13/new-report-by-corps-who-flooded-new-orleans/) - The Hurricane Protection Decision Chronology, a report financed by the US Army Corps of Engineers was released this week detailing all the decisions leading to the flimsy flood protection that New Orleans depended on when Katrina came ashore. The Chronology report proves yet again that the citizens of New Orleans and the nation's taxpayers deserve
- [ASCE: Design failures caused New Orleans Flood](https://levees.org/2007/06/11/asce-design-failures-caused-new-orleans-flood/) - June 11, 2007 A report just released by the American Society of Civil Engineers says the primary cause of the New Orleans disaster was flawed design of its flood protection structures. It was bad design - pure and simple. But here's the catch: The 84-page report sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers never
- [Corruption, cronyism and New Orleans levees](https://levees.org/2007/06/10/corruption-cronyism-and-new-orleans-levees/) - A report just released by the American Society of Civil Engineers draws a simple conclusion on why 80% of New Orleans flooded on August 29, 2005. Corruption, cronyism and construction was negligible in the failure of the flood protection. Money constraints from Congress contributed, but the primary cause of the New Orleans disaster was flawed
- [ASCE Report: New Orleans levees 1,000 times less safe than US dams](https://levees.org/2007/06/05/asce-report-new-orleans-levees-1000-times-less-safe-than-us-dams/) - A report detailing the New Orleans levee failures was released today by an expert engineering panel of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) . The 84-page report, “The New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why,” targets the public and policymakers, and supplements the 6000-page IPET report sponsored by the US Army
- [Awful, like the failure of the federal levees in New Orleans](https://levees.org/2007/05/19/awful-like-the-failure-of-the-federal-levees-in-new-orleans/) - Always an optimist and never missing a reason to celebrate, I was delighted to find a good "sign" in the Times Picayune's letters-to-the-editor (LTEs). Two days in a row, on unrelated subjects, writers punctuated their points by drawing parallels to the "failure of the federal levees." One of the LTEs was about the theft of
- [PoP: YouTube and Hurricane Katrina](https://levees.org/2007/05/08/pop-youtube-and-hurricane-katrina/) - Hello, my name is Babatunde A....... and I am currently a junior at UCLA's film school studying documentary filmmaking. I recently took a trip this past February to visit my best friend who attends HBCU Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. While I was there, my friend and his Uncle--a native of New Orleans--took
- [NEWS: The Delta Initiative: What is it?](https://levees.org/2007/05/08/news-the-delta-initiative-what-is-it/) - The Delta Initiative is a multi-year research and planning effort the University of California - Berkeley, dealing with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California. The fate of the Delta is crucial to California's future -- it is the hub of the state's water supply system... The Delta is also home to more than half
- [NEWS: Jazzed for New Orleans Jazz Fest - Celebrate...](https://levees.org/2007/05/07/news-jazzed-for-new-orleans-jazz-fest-celebrate/) - "You can destroy our city, and that unique culture fees us all the more," says Jazz Fest Producer, Quint Davis. "That's why Jazz Fest plays such a role in energizing people. It's a catalyst for rejuvenation. People feel a hunger to connect with these great performers." "... music is not an accoutrement here," Davis says.
- [Army Corps Head needs levee lessons](https://levees.org/2007/04/25/army-corps-head-honcho-needs-levee-lessons/) - It was bad enough when Rep Louie Gohmert R-TX, a bona fide member of Congress recently revealed in a House Committee meeting (through his surprised questions and behavior) that he didn't know the failed levees in New Orleans were Army Corps levees. Yes, they're federal levees not Louisiana levees. But I got serious chills when
- [Corps of Engineers in New Orleans investigated itself](https://levees.org/2007/04/19/corps-of-engineers-in-new-orleans-investigated-levees/) - Things are heating up with Levees.Org's push for an 8/29 Commission to investigate the failure of the federally built levees in metropolitan New Orleans. We need this Commission because the only congressionally ordered study is the IPET Report - sponsored by the US Army Corps of Engineers. Since the Army Corps had sole responsibility for
- [PoP: Discover the Delta](https://levees.org/2007/04/03/pop-discover-the-delta/) - Sacramento CVB: The California Delta is an intriguing labyrinth of waterways formed by the confluence of the Sacramento, Mokelumne and San Joaquin rivers as they flow into the WSan Francisco Bay. With 1,000 miles of meandering channels, rivers, sloughs and cuts, this fresh-water system offers an abundance of water activities in this decidedly laid-back community.
- [Gov watchdog looks at Corps Faulty Pumps](https://levees.org/2007/03/28/gov-watchdog-looks-at-corps-faulty-pumps/) - The Government Accountability Office has responded to pressure from Louisiana's senior senator to review the US Army Corps of Engineers' installation of $26 million worth of pumps installed last year in New Orleans even though senior officials knew they were defective. After the Corps of Engineers' supposedly Cat 3-proof levees failed in a Cat 2
- [NEWS: California Water Projects](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/news-california-water-projects/) - New and broader role needed for Army Corps of Engineers... California and Louisiana have much in common, and not just that both are internationally renowned tourist destinations. In both states, communities, industry and the environment bear significant risk from floods and poorly designed flood-control projects... ...While hurricanes are not a threat to California, levees in
- [NEWS: Corps of Engineers' policies criticized](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/news-corps-of-engineers-policies-criticized/) - WASHINGTON, March 6 (UPI) - A national panel has called for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to restructure its project selection and decision-making procedures. The National Academy of Public Administration was commissioned by Congress to conduct an eight-month study of the Corps, with emphasis on how the Corps prioritizes construction projects. The panel, led
- [NEWS: What is the Delta Initiative?](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/news-what-is-the-delta-initiative/) - The Delta Initiative is a multi-year research and planning effort at the University of California - Berkeley, dealing with the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta region of California. The fate of the Delta is crucial to California's future - it is the hub of the state's water supply system, is an irreplaceable habitat for migrating birds and
- [NEWS: Gov. Schwarzenegger to President Bush in Feb 2006](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/news-gov-schwarzenegger-to-president-bush-in-feb-2006/) - "Increasingly severe weather systems each season have accelerated the deterioration of the state's levee system to the point where they are now in danger of failing during the next major rainfall or earthquake. This worsening situation creates conditions of extreme peril to the public and property protected by the levees, to the environment, and to
- [NEWS: Color of Change and bringing Katrina survivors home](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/news-color-of-change-and-bringing-katrina-survivors-home/) - A friend in New Orleans sent this to me in an email recently, via a student in the School of Social Work at CSU, Chico CA. I think it's important to note, and so I'm sending it to you as NEWS. Check it out, please: Help the Gulf Coast Recover from Katrina Professor Myers-Lipton from San
- [PoP: The "Soul" of New Orleans has no boundary line](https://levees.org/2007/03/25/pop-the-soul-of-new-orleans-has-no-boundary-line/) - This, from a posting I placed on a professional meeting planning site, in response to a post regarding New Orleans. You can take the girl out of New Orleans, but you'll never take New Orleans out of the girl (or guy!)... I'm from New Orleans and I've lived in No California/Silicon Valley for 20 years.
- [Army Corps has stinging words for Congress](https://levees.org/2007/02/01/army-corps-has-stinging-words-for-congress/) - In the speech below, Assistant Secretary for the US Army Corps of Engineers has surprisingly harsh words to say about the way water projects in the US are chosen and funded by Congress. Posted to Sandy Rosenthal's blog, url: www.levees.org 2-1-07 Wednesday, January 24, 2007 WATER: Woodley details long list of problems in water policy
- [New Orleans residents are imbeciles?](https://levees.org/2007/01/28/the-myth-of-the-storm/) - The national belief that New Orleans was leveled by a natural disaster is the single biggest obstacle to New Orleans' recovery. This myth is the reason that flood survivors are being blamed for the tragedy. It is why the Pittsburgh Tribune calls us "imbeciles" for our wish to rebuild. It is why the Hartford Courant
- [NEWS: 2007 Wish List for N.O. and Bay Area](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-2007-wish-list-for-n-o-and-bay-area/) - New Orleans 2007 Wish List Sunday, December 31, 2006 On this last day of 2006, I’ve got a wish list for the coming year. If New Orleans could achieve these 10 things in the next 12 months….well, a guy can dream, right? 1. $1 billion in Road Home funds distributed to Louisiana citizens
- [NEWS: Natomas and Area Levees](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-natomas-and-area-levees/) - http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=23022 Virtually all Natomas homeowners will be required to purchase flood insurance beginning this November after the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the 50,000-acre area will soon be labeled as a special flood risk zone, FEMA officials announced Wednesday.Under a remapping of flood hazards currently underway in the Natomas area, FEMA officials are expected
- [NEWS: FEMA reassesses Sacto levees](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-fema-reassesses-sacto-levees/) - http://www.bakersfield.com/119/story/92549.html FEMA reassesses some Sacramento levees, requiring flood insurance By SAMANTHA YOUNG, | Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM Last Updated: Wednesday, Jan 3 2007 7:15 PM The federal government on Wednesday announced it is reversing an earlier decision and redrawing flood maps for a fast-growing region near the state capital, acknowledging the risk
- [NEWS: Interview with UC Berkeley's Dr. Robert Bea](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-interview-with-uc-berkeleys-dr-robert-bea/) - Interview with Robert Bea online UC Berkeley professor Robert Bea discusses the progress of levee rebuilding in New Orleans in an online interview with the Earth & Sky radio series. http://www.earthsky.org/shows/observingearth_interviews.php?id=49361 Cut and paste the hyperlink into your browser to view/hear this interesting interview. Dr. Bea is a Professor at Department of Civil and
- [NEWS: Bea raised concerns about levee stability](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-bea-raised-concerns-about-levee-stability/) - http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-18/116374673823330.xml&coll=1 Landfill standards strengthened Bea raised concerns about levee stability Friday, November 17, 2006 By Mark Schleifstein The stacking of millions of pounds of debris from Hurricane Katrina in the city-owned Old Gentilly Landfill in eastern New Orleans will have to meet more stringent safety requirements to protect a neighboring hurricane levee, officials with the
- [NEWS: Prof. Ray Seed - Saving CA's Delta?](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/news-prof-ray-seed-saving-cas-delta/) - Lessons from Hurricane Katrina: Can we save California's Delta? Raymond B. Seed, Professor of GeoEngineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley, CA, Past Presentation 2006 The catastrophic flooding of New Orleans during hurricane Katrina was the single most costly failure of an engineered system in history. It was also a social and cultural
- [POP: Personal OPinion- Anybody out there?](https://levees.org/2007/01/24/pop-personal-opinion-anybody-out-there/) - So we know that the New Orleans levee-risk study was faulted - we know that engineers have criticized holes in the analysis that was conducted, and that the Army Corps of Engineers admitted in June 2006 that design flaws in the New Orleans levee system had caused most of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Did
- [NEWS: Delta Flood Risk](https://levees.org/2007/01/14/news-delta-flood-risk/) - Delta Flood RiskA recent state study has shown that a 6.5 magnitude earthquake in the Delta region could cause levee failures so massive that they would result in a $30 billion to $40 billion loss to California’s economy. Erosion and global warming also are among the growing list of levee concerns. more - see link below
- [NEWS: LED Zep "When the Levee Breaks" Lyrics](https://levees.org/2007/01/14/news-led-zep-when-the-levee-breaks-lyrics/) - LED ZEPPELIN LYRICS"When The Levee Breaks"If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, [X2]When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, [X2]Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home, Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well. Don't it make you
- [NEWS: Bay-Delta Levee Issues](https://levees.org/2007/01/14/news-bay-delta-levee-issues/) - Bay-Delta LeveesNorthern California has 1,600 miles of aging levees in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta and its watershed that contain the fuel that powers the world’s 6th largest economy – water. Delta water:• Provides at least a portion of the drinking water for 23 million Californians• Grows a $31 billion agricultural economy, and• Serves as
- [NEWS: Flood Preparations - Are YOU Ready, Bay Area?](https://levees.org/2007/01/14/news-flood-preparations-are-you-ready-bay-area/) - http://www.news10.net/news/specials/flood-2006-07/flood-index-default.aspx Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call, not just for New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but for all of us who live in areas protected from flooding by levees. Please copy and past the link above into your browser to get a flood preparation list. My grandmother used to say: A
- [NEWS: Video and text, Rebuilding New Orleans Levees](https://levees.org/2007/01/14/news-video-and-text-rebuilding-new-orleans-levees/) - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june06/levees_2-16.html http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/science/jan-june06/levees_2-16.html 2/16/06, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS LEVEES Check out this article with accompanying video clip, featuring Prof Robert Bea, a civil engineer with UC Berkeley. Dr. Bea shares insights and demonstrations from an independent team investigation in why the levees failed in New Orleans. Copy and paste
- [NEWS: Levees.org Yard Signs Available](https://levees.org/2007/01/02/news-levees-org-yard-signs-available/) - For all of the CA chapter members who live in the Bay Area/Silicon Valley, I now have a supply of levees.org yard signs available for pick up from my home in San Jose. You can check the levees.org website to see whast the yard signs look like - of course, they are distinctive with our
- [NEWS: Did you know...](https://levees.org/2007/01/02/news-did-you-know/) - Katrina Fact Sheet from www.comicrelief.org this year: 850,791 - Number of housing units damaged, destroyed or inaccessible because of Katrina 900 - Approx. number of churches, synagogues and mosques damaged or destroyed by Katrina 83 - Percentage of New Orleans schools damaged by Katrina 100 - Number of destroyed miles on US Hwy 90 running
- [NEWS: New Orleans levee-risk study faulted](https://levees.org/2007/01/02/news-new-orleans-levee-risk-study-faulted/) - Engineers criticize holes in the analysis, which could affect waterways from Florida to the Sacramento Delta. The suspect levees stretch from Florida's Lake Okeechobee to the rivers of California's Central Valley and the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which has 2,300 miles of levees that protect cities and farmland. The Corps' investigation is essential to understanding California's
- [POP: Blows Your Mind, Doesn't It, CA?](https://levees.org/2007/01/02/pop-blows-your-mind-doesnt-it-ca/) - POP, or "Personal OPinion", for what it's worth... Perhaps you read and remember an article dated Oct 24, 2006, www.sacbee.com, with comments by one of our own (Northern CA) civil and environmental engineering experts, Prof. Raymond Seed from UC Berkeley. Professor Seed's research has had a significant impact on geotechnical practice in a number of
- [To the Corps: Do it right this time](https://levees.org/2006/12/21/rush-job/) - December 21, 2006Suppose you hired a contractor to renovate your house and upon completion you discover he did a really bad job. Then suppose you gave that same contractor MORE money, told him to do it RIGHT this time, but now you want the contractor to REALLY RUSH the job.Would you ever do that? Of
- [Forum: Coming home, Stronger than before](https://levees.org/2006/12/12/forum-coming-home-stronger-than-before/) - Coming home, stronger than beforea forum defining a coast TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2006 7PM - 9PMLOCATION ST. DOMINIC GYM; 6326 MEMPHIS ST. LAKEVIEWReception (6PM – 7PM) Each speaker will present their topic followed by an inter panel discussion, and final Q&A by the audience. Moderated by Garland Robinette. GUEST SPEAKERS: Eugene Schreiber of the World
- [Expert Panel chides Army Corps' levee system](https://levees.org/2006/11/29/expert-engineering-panel-chides-corps-levee-system/) - On the 15 month anniversary of the worst engineering failure in US history, the American Society of Civil Engineers released their final report reviewing the work by the US Army Corps of Engineers' Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET). The following paragraph comes from Chapter 9 on “Re-evaluating and Fixing the Hurricane Protection System” (highlighting is
- [24 Critical Levee Sites On Fast Track for Repairs](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/24-critical-levee-sites-on-fast-track-for-repairs/) - http://www.news10.net/display_story.aspx?storyid=21374 "State and federal officials say they want to begin repairs on 24 critical erosion sites on levees around Sacramento Valley. They don't want to wait until January -- the middle of the rainy season -- to do the work."Inspector Dennis Bercsa pointed to an erosion site on a levee along the Bear River.
- [NEWS: Levees to get a wave of cash](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/news-levees-to-get-a-wave-of-cash/) - http://www.sacbee.com/550/ Passage of $4.1 billion state flood bond will boost repairs, safety. "The levee system crisscrossing Sacramento and the Central Valley received the biggest financial boost in its long and rickety history when California voters said yes to a $4.1 billion bond measure to strengthen flood control. "The huge infusion of cash should go a
- [NEWS: Tempting fate: Are we next?](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/news-tempting-fate-are-we-next/) - http://dwb.sacbee.com/content/news/projects/flooding/story/13790554p-14632249c.html IS SACRAMENTO NEXT? "In cities across the nation, rivers, streams, lakes, creeks and seas have made their sinister mark, inflicting damage and heartache when they flood. "There is, however, no major city in America more at risk of a catastrophic New Orleans-style flood than Sacramento." Please copy and paste the URL noted above
- [NEWS: Expert sees Katrina-like risk in state](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/news-expert-sees-katrina-like-risk-in-state/) - www.sacbee.com/303/story/44358.html Earthquakes, not hurricanes, could destroy levees built on unstable land, professor says. Raymond Seed, a professor of civil negineering at the University of California, Berkeley, calls it the most expensive inch of soil in the history of the world. Seed and a team of 37 engineers and hydrologists found that layer of soil beneath
- [POP: From the CA Chapter Director](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/pop-from-the-ca-chapter-director/) - We had a recent membership push for the California Chapter - and our Golden State Chapter has grown to over 260 members. If each member brings in just one more new member, just a click to join, we can have our membership represented with 500 members before the end of 2006. That's my goal for
- [NEWS: Corps of Engineers](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/news-corps-of-engineers/) - http://www.spl.usace.army.mil/cms/index.php The site noted above is for the US Army Corps of Engineers, Los Angeles District. You can find local Corps offices and also learn more about different projects here in California. Please copy and paste the URL noted above into your browser to access the Corps of Engineers' web site.
- [NEWS: The Big Uneasy](https://levees.org/2006/11/18/news-the-big-uneasy/) - http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/220.html THE BIG UNEASYTranscript - May 19, 2006BRANCACCIO: Welcome to NOW.Its coming up on nine months since hurricane Katrina drowned much of New Orleans, and whats going on there now requires our attention. Recovery is slow and painful. Many neighborhoods are still clogged with debris, and occasional bodies are still being pulled from the
- [U.S. Sen Diane Feinstein announced Friday...](https://levees.org/2006/11/15/u-s-sen-diane-feinstein-announced-friday/) - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/12/31/BAGKAGFNUE1.DTL U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced on Friday a legislative push to secure funding for Californias aging levees before they collapse and cause a Katrina-style catastrophe. "The lesson of Katrina has to be that we recognize potential failures before they happen and move aggressively to remedy them," Feinstein stated in a written release. "The urgency
- [NEWS: Levees of the Delta built after the Gold Rush](https://levees.org/2006/11/15/news-levees-of-the-delta-built-after-the-gold-rush/) - http://www.calwater.ca.gov/Programs/LeveeSystemIntegrity/LeveeSystemMain.shtml Levees of the Delta were built after the Gold Rush to reclaim a vast wetland for farming. The levees are fragile and at the mercy of natural and man-made perils. They must be maintained and repaired so they provide security against flooding of homes, farmlands and business that have located in their shadow.
- [NEWS: Earthquakes, not hurricanes, could destroy levees ...](https://levees.org/2006/11/15/news-earthquakes-not-hurricanes-could-destroy-levees/) - http://www.sacbee.com/303/story/44358.html "Earthquakes, not hurricanes, could destroy levees built on unstable land", professor says. You need to read this article to learn more about how really fragile the Delta levee system is around Sacramento. Mounds of dirt, maybe 10feet high, holding back the drinking water supply for Northern and Southern California. Please copy and
- [Corps to host Open House on MRGO](https://levees.org/2006/10/28/corps-to-host-open-house-on-mrgo/) - "The hurricane storm surge and salt water intrusion caused by MRGO must be stopped. If you want to know more about this issue, come to an informational meeting and open house hosted by the US Army Corps of Engineers on October 28, 2006 to solicit community input on plans to deauthorize deep draft navigation on
- [Pop: KCs chapter posting format](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/pop-kcs-chapter-posting-format/) - Greetings, CA chapter members! Just to lay the foundation for the postings you are going to find on this blog, I will be noting in the Title Lines (NEWS) for the important pieces of new information, or (POP) for my personal opinions, rants and ravings. I can tell you that I have learned a lot
- [NEWS: Campaign 2006 Prop 1E](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-campaign-2006-prop-1e/) - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2006/10/09/MNG3VLL6IC1.DTL&type=politic "For Yuba City Councilwoman Karen Cartoscelli, the most important bond on the November ballot is Proposition 1E, a $4.1 billion bond measure that would help repair and reinforce Californias 6,000 miles of crumbling Central Valley levees. Cartoscelli was Yuba City's mayor in 1997, when harsh winter storms drove the Feather River to dangerous heights,
- [NEWS: Corps Watchdogs are Branching Out](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-corps-watchdogs-are-branching-out/) - http://www.2theadvocate.com/opinion/4406331.html "Its not surprising that New Orleans is home to Levees.Org, a nonprofit advocacy group established to act as a watchdog over the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The work of the corps came under intense criticism after the New Orleans levee breaks prompted by Hurricane Katrina. What is perhaps more interesting is that Levees.Org
- [NEWS: Feinstein Urges President to Fund CA Levee Repairs](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-feinstein-urges-president-to-fund-ca-levee-repairs/) - http://www.yubanet.com/artman/publish/article_44044.shtml Please copy and paste into your URL browser to view the entire letter/article. "U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today sent a letter to President George W. Bush requesting that flood control improvements in the Sacramento area – including vital repairs to the areas levee system – be fully funded in the Presidents FY 2008
- [NEWS: GOVT Testing Levees near Yuba City](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-govt-testing-levees-near-yuba-city/) - http://www.kcra.com/news/10058654/detail.html YUBA CITY, Calif. -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is testing the levee system near Yuba City to see which parts are weakest. Nearly 70 miles of levees meant to protect parts of the city and elsewhere in Sutter County do not meet federal standards. Sutter County recently made $55 million in improvements,
- [NEWS: Levee Woes Pile Up](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-levee-woes-pile-up/) - http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/40571.html "State and federal officials have identified at least 71 more damaged levee sections throughout the Central Valley that could fail this winter, and in an unusual step they plan to undertake repairs lasting well into the worst of the rainy season. Levee experts normally seek to complete repairs by Nov. 1, the official start
- [NEWS: CA Newest Levees on Brink of Collapse](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-ca-newest-levees-on-brink-of-collapse/) - http://cbs5.com/topstories/local_story_290205439.html CBS 5) Dozens of new levee sections in Northern and Central California are so weak, they may be on the brink of crumbling and could fail this winter, inspectors said.The levees in question are some of the most important flood control barriers in the Central Valley and the Delta. Crews are only now getting
- [NEWS: More Damaged Levee Areas Identified](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-more-damaged-levee-areas-identified/) - http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/15786259.htm SACRAMENTO - State and federal officials have identified at least 71 more damaged levee sections throughout the Central Valley that could fail this winter, and in an unusual step they plan to undertake repairs lasting well into the worst of the rainy season. Levee experts normally seek to complete repairs by Nov. 1, the
- [POP: A Touch of Louisiana in Alameda](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/pop-a-touch-of-louisiana-in-alameda/) - Because some of us in CA need that hometown Cajun/Zydeco taste occasionally, I want to share this information. Enjoy and laissez les bon temps roulez... ya ll know what that means, right? West Coast Cajun/Zydeco Music & Dance AssociationEagles Hall 2305 Alameda Ave.Alameda, Ca. "Upstairs"Greetings from LouisianaHope this finds all of you well and ready to DANCE!Dances
- [NEWS: Rotten to the Corps](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-rotten-to-the-corps/) - http://www.grist.org/comments/soapbox/2006/08/29/grunwald/index.html?source=daily Please copy and paste this URL into your web browser to read the complete article. "If an unsafe building collapsed and killed 1,000 people, we wouldn t blame the buildings manager, even if he bungled his evacuation plan, or its maintenance crew, even if they had shirked their jobs before the disaster, or the
- [NEWS: Investigators Release Prelim Findings @ Senate Hearing](https://levees.org/2006/10/21/news-investigators-release-prelim-findings-senate-hearing/) - Get the full storyRaymond Seeds prepared testimony to a Senate panel on the performance of New Orleans flood control system during Hurricane Katrina Read the full report from UC Berkeley and ASCE investigators (12.9Mb PDF file) http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2005/11/02_levee.shtml Please copy and paste this URL into your web browser to read the complete article. "BERKELEY – Many
- [USACE easing coastal wetland rules](https://levees.org/2006/10/19/usace-easing-coastal-wetland-rules/) - Army Corps proposes easing Gulf wetlands rule Federal wetlands regulators have dropped a bombshell on environmentalists with a little-publicized proposal to relax restrictions on filling in certain wetlands along the entire Mississippi Gulf Coast to speed recovery from Hurricane Katrina. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15305378/from/ET/
- [Everglades meeting, Davie](https://levees.org/2006/10/18/everglades-meeting-davie/) - DECOMP stands for decompartmentalization -- of the Everglades, as part of the Comprehensive Everglades Restoration Plan (CERP). Event Title: New DECOMP Proposal Committee-2nd meeting Date: October 23 - committee meeting Time: 10:00 to 12:30 am. Description and General Purpose of the Meeting: At the September 20-21, 2006 Task Force meeting, Kameran Onley asked the Executive
- [URGENT! ALACHUA COUNTY MEETING](https://levees.org/2006/10/18/urgent-alachua-county-meeting/) - FEMA officials are coming to Alachua County to discuss problems with its new flood maps. See link below for more info!
- [On VP Cheney visit to New Orleans](https://levees.org/2006/10/12/on-vp-cheneys-visit-today/) - Vice President Dick Cheney came to town to collect campaign cash at a Republican National Committee fundraiser. But he first he attended a meeting with Recovery Czar Donald Powell, US Sen. David Vitter, R-Metairie, and Brig. Gen. Robert Crear, commander of the MS Valley division of the Corps of Engineers. The briefing was to discuss
- [Blaming Katrina survivors, Still](https://levees.org/2006/10/11/blaming-the-victims-still/) - In a recent editorial by a Baton Rouge newspaper, The Advocate blamed New Orleanians and “their dysfunctional civic culture” as the reason for the slow pace of recovery in New Orleans. Simply put, The Advocate is blaming the victims. If a skyscraper fell to the ground full of people, you would not blame the victims
- [Florida Chapter Launched!](https://levees.org/2006/09/27/florida-chapter-launched/) - Dr. Joyce Levine will serve as the director for the chapter in Florida which will be headquartered Fort Lauderdale. “My initial contact with Levees.Org involved Louisiana’s urgent needs in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,” says Levine, who teaches urban and regional planning at Florida Atlantic University. “However, my research focuses on disaster management and hazard
- [Be it the Corps or Congress; they were federal levees](https://levees.org/2006/09/06/be-it-the-corps-or-be-it-congress/) - To deflect criticism of the Corps of Engineers’ pre-Katrina workmanship, Lt Gen Carl Strock issued a news release the Thursday before Labor Day weekend with statements that either hide behind terminology or deflect blame. Earthen levees. Strock claimed that “Earthen levees are designed to withstand still water against their face or water flowing past, but
- [On this Eve of August 29](https://levees.org/2006/08/28/on-this-eve-of-august-29/) - Dear Members, On this eve of August 29, we are faced with choices. How shall we observe the Anniversary of the Worst Engineering Disaster in US History? Some will observe it intimately with family, others at special religious events, with friends, however they see most meaningful and most comforting. Mary Burns one of our most
- [A levee system for cows not people](https://levees.org/2006/08/10/a-levee-system-fit-for-cows/) - From "The long, strange resurrection of New Orleans" Fortune Magazine VII. A levee system fit for cows To demonstrate his concern for the area, Bush visited New Orleans ten times between September and March. The administration has trumpeted its commitment to spending $107.8 billion to fight the impact of Katrina, Rita, and Wilma - a
- [House fails to observe Katrina Anniversary](https://levees.org/2006/08/05/house-fails-to-observe-katrina-anniversary/) - The US House of Representatives broke for summer recess without acting on a resolution offered by Louisiana and Mississippi House members to mark the anniversary of Katrina. The House did find the time to honor bicyclists, a college fraternity and a retired baseball pitcher. The House even did better than the Senate which offered up
- [On Corps Reform](https://levees.org/2006/07/23/on-corps-reform/) - Levees.Org wishes to thank our Louisiana US Senators for their role in supporting Reform of the Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps Reform comes in the new Water Resources Bill which creates an independent Peer Review Panel of scientists and experts with the authority to make recommendations on water projects considered by the Corps. A
- [Corps Reform; How they voted](https://levees.org/2006/07/22/corps-reform-how-they-voted/) - A great day for Levees.Org July 22, 2006 The majority of our U.S. Senate recognized the mistakes of the Corps of Engineers in the New Orleans Flooding and accepted their responsibility by voting for true Corps Reform. This marks a significant accomplishment in the mission of Levees.Org. Due in part to the Levees.Org Call-In, the
- [Flower Memorial Ceremony Video](https://levees.org/2006/07/06/flower-memorial-ceremony-video/)
- [The Corps of Engineers is mostly at fault in flooding](https://levees.org/2006/06/03/on-corps-culpability/) - The US Army Corps of Engineers acknowledged in a just released 6600 page report that the levees it controls in New Orleans were an incomplete and inconsistent patchwork of protection containing flaws in design and construction.The report laid out in lengthy engineering language what the people of New Orleans and South Louisiana knew all along
- [Drop a Flower into the Water](https://levees.org/2006/05/29/drop-a-flower-into-the-water/) - Where: Old Hammond Hwy Bridge over the 17th Street Canal Day: May 29, the nine month anniversary of Katrina Time: 9:45 am - the recorded moment the 17th Canal breached WHY: On Memorial Day, we pay homage to the men and women who gave their lives for our country. We encourage the citizens of New Orleans and
- [New Study faults Army Corps for New Orleans levee failures](https://levees.org/2006/05/24/highlights-of-the-u-of-cal-levee-investigation-report/) - Presented May 22, 2006 in New Orleans Funded by the National Science Foundation Highlights compiled by Levees.Org Levees and floodwalls are constructed to form rings that protect various areas of the Metropolitan New Orleans Area. The Berkeley/NSF report focuses upon three of these protected basins areas that were catastrophically flooded. St Bernard and the Lower
- [Rep Hensarling's Choice Comments](https://levees.org/2006/03/15/rep-hensarlings-choice-comments/) - Texas Representative Jeb Hensarling recently visited New Orleans. While here he blasted state and local officials, saying they want a big federal handout without taking any responsibility or showing accountability. He even has some choice comments for the citizens. "Those able-bodied individuals under 65, what are they doing to help themselves?" This undeserved criticism was
- [New Orleans local levee boards are not the problem](https://levees.org/2006/03/09/the-myth-of-the-levee-boards/) - In this week's Time magazine, the article The Big Blank Canvas says levee board consolidation "was an essential signal to Congress that money sent to Louisiana would not drop down a sinkhole." That statement is another example of the Myth of the Levee Boards. Louisiana has no control over federal flood protection money. Louisiana reformed
- [$4.2 Billion denied!](https://levees.org/2006/03/08/4-2-billion-denied/) - Protest today! Coinciding with President Bush's visit this morning Open to Everyone Wednesday March 8 2:00p - 4:00p Where: Levee Construction site in Lake Vista Corner of Marconi and Thrasher (few blocks from Lake Pontchartrain) Orleans Avenue Canal What we say: We are outraged that the House Appropriations Committee has stripped President Bush's request for
- [New Orleans Mardi Gras goes on anyway](https://levees.org/2006/02/28/happy-mardi-gras/) - Dear Members, Every day more of America is seeing and accepting that New Orleans flooded because of the misguidance and institutional negligence of the US Army Corps of Engineers. This week's issue of US News and World Report devoted a half page photograph of the Rally on the Levee with a clear image of our
- [Top Army Corps official meets the Levee Lady](https://levees.org/2006/02/18/meeting-with-the-corps-of-engineers/) - I have made bold and often scathing remarks about the Corps’ performance since our website kicked off on Dec 3, 2005. So naturally I was surprised last week, when the Corps called me. More specifically, Dan Hitchings, Director of Task Force Hope (in other words, the TOP guy) requested a meeting. Dan had seen our
- [Clerical error faulted for levee failure](https://levees.org/2006/02/04/clerical-error/) - Just yesterday, the National Science Foundation issued a finding that a clerical error may have led to the failure of the 17th Street Canal, one of the many canals in the metro area that beached. How could this happen? Where was the oversight from the Corps of Engineers? Engineers must review and approve all data
- [The Baker Bill](https://levees.org/2006/02/03/the-baker-bill/)
## Pages
- [Homepage](https://levees.org/) - You did it! You kept up the pressure, and now Roy Carubba has resigned, Josh Rondeno is terminated and Peter Vicari will step down!
- [Projects](https://levees.org/mission-and-goals-of-levees-org/) - Levees.org is an investigative and public education nonprofit founded in 2005. The mission is exposing why the levees breached in New Orleans. The catastrophic flooding was due to the failure of federal levees and floodwalls which––had they been designed and built properly––would have held up against storm surge. With 62% of the American people living
- [Levee Exhibit with Photos](https://levees.org/levee-exhibition-full-length-version/) - The catastrophic engineering failure of levees and floodwalls in Greater New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina is presented here as six separate chapters designated principally by their location. Each chapter covers the breach failures and also the resulting affect on the nearby homes, businesses and infrastructure. We also present how this failure of engineering has changed
- [National Press](https://levees.org/recent-media-hits/) - The Cool Down – Apr 2026 Sandy discusses New Orleans rank as an at-risk city due to neighborhoods sinking. Click for story. New Jersey Today – Jan 2026 Sandy is quoted in this story about Trump's dismantling of disaster defenses. Click for story. Smart Cities – Aug 2025 Sandy discusses green infrastructure in this Hurricane Katrina anniversary
- [Major levee failure investigations after Hurricane Katrina](https://levees.org/major-levee-studies/) - (listed in reverse chronological order by publish date) Interaction between the US Army Corps of Engineers and Orleans Levee Board preceding the drainage canal wall failures in New Orleans - March 2015 J. David Rogers, Paul Kemp, H.J. Bosworth, Jr., and Raymond Seed This watershed paper retracts wrong conclusions made in the 2006 ILIT
- [Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden](https://levees.org/levee-exhibit-hall-and-garden/) - Updated: Mar, 1, 2026. Working in partnership with the residents of the Filmore Gardens neighborhood, Levees.org built the Levee Exhibit and Rain Garden in New Orleans that opened in August 2015. The location is the site of the London Avenue Canal breach. Visitors can view six museum-quality exhibit panels housed in a 100-foot covered walkway.
- [Flooded House Museum & Levee Exhibit](https://levees.org/flooded-house-museum/) - 4918-5000 Warrington Drive New Orleans, LA OPEN: 365 days a year, sun-up to sundown Levees.org has a substantial physical presence in New Orleans featuring two large structures at a major levee breach site - the Flooded House Museum and the Levee Exhibit Hall & Rain Garden. Both are located at the south breach of the
- [Bio - Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/bio-sandy-rosenthal-founder-of-levees-org/) - Sandy Rosenthal - Founder of Levees.org1421 Soniat StreetNew Orleans, Louisiana 70115 AUTHORSHIPS Words Whispered in Water: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Mango, 2020) Words Whispered in Water, Anniversary Edition: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina (Turner, 2025) New Orleans Levee Breach Sites – nomination to National Register of Historic Places Times-Picayune, guest
- [Board of Directors and Advisors](https://levees.org/board-of-directors-and-advisors/) - Board of Directors Sandy Rosenthal Founder and President Author, Words Whispered in Water (Turner Publishing, 2025) Click for bio. H.J. Bosworth, Jr., P.E. Civil Engineer – over 35 years experience Board member – Louisiana Historical Society (2000-2015) Click for news appearances. Mtumishi St. Julien Retired Housing finance administrator; Co-author Bonds for Beginners: a Guide
- [Allied Groups and Organizations](https://levees.org/other/allied-organizations/) - Click here for Allied Individuals Higher Education Disaster Research Center at the University of Delaware The Rise Network Neighborhood Filmore Gardens Neighborhood Association Gentilly Heights/Voscoville Lakeview Civic Improvement Association A Community Voice Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Assoc. Upper Ninth Ward Neighborhood Association Business New Orleans Chamber of Commerce St. Bernard Parish Chamber of
- [Engineering Failures Education; A Public Safety Campaign](https://levees.org/engineering-schools-campaign/) - Engineering Failures Education (EFE) is a public safety campaign to require all students working toward their Bachelor's degree in Engineering in the U.S. to receive instruction on engineering failures and the lessons learned from those failures. This is needed because the engineering students of today will develop the technological solutions of tomorrow. The EFA campaign
- [Experts and Engineers in Support of Engineering Schools Campaign](https://levees.org/engineers-and-experts-in-support-of-engineering-schools-campaign/) - UPDATED: August 14, 2024 The Education Failures Education (EFE) is a public safety campaign to require all students in the U.S. who are working toward a Bachelors degree in Engineering in the U.S. to receive instruction on engineering failures and the lessons learned from those failures. The process to achieve the goal is for a
- [Education Activities](https://levees.org/educational-resources/) - Levees.org is an investigative public education nonprofit founded in 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal and her then-15yo son Stanford. Levees.org is dedicated to education. Here are just a few of its many projects designed to provide instruction to citizens nationwide: Engineering Failures Education Campaign Flooded House Museum Pivotal Article in Water Policy Journal Levee Exhibit Hall
- [ROADMAP: Engineering Failures Education; A Public Safety Campaign](https://levees.org/engineering-failures-education-a-public-safety-campaign/) - Engineering Failures Education (EFE) is a public safety campaign to require all students in the U.S. who are working toward a Bachelors degree in Engineering to receive instruction on engineering failures and the lessons learned from those failures. This campaign is needed because the engineering students of today will develop the technological solutions of tomorrow.
- [](https://levees.org/press-and-media-resources/) - ABOUT Levees.org is an investigative public education nonprofit founded in 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal and her then-15yo son Stanford. MISSION To provide education on why the levees broke in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina RECOGNITIONS Levees.org has received numerous awards and recognitions. Click here to view. MEDIA Click here for recent national press. See all
- [Levees.org's campaign for better flood protection laws](https://levees.org/sign-on-letter-connick-hb266/) - Levees.org alerted and mobilized state legislators to support HB266 during the 2017 Spring Fiscal Session of the Louisiana Legislature. HB266 – sponsored by Rep Patrick Connick, R-Marrero – would require term limits for members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority (SLFPA) Nominating Committee. The campaign, supported throughout the session by Levees.org's significant membership, was
- [Historic Plaques at Breach Sites](https://levees.org/historic-plaque-program/) - On August 23, 2010, Levees.org unveiled its first ever Louisiana State Historic Plaque on city property at ground zero of the 17th Street Canal. This was the first of what is intended to be many such plaques in Greater New Orleans. Created and installed for both visitors and residents, the plaques, adorned with the beloved
- [Pivotal Article in Water Policy Journal](https://levees.org/pivotal-article-in-water-policy-journal/) - In February 2013, Levees.org realized that the only civil engineers who blamed local New Orleans officials for the 2005 flooding during Hurricane Katrina were the authors of the very first levee investigation––a report completed on a shoestring budget, mere months after the disaster and without the benefit of subsequent major studies. Levees.org spoke with the
- [Associated Press Style Guide Change to Hurricane Katrina](https://levees.org/ap-styleguide/) - On August 10, 2011, the Associated Press (AP) issued a style guide for reporters when writing about September 11, 2001 and the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City. The reason was sound: to assist journalists in developing consistency in their reporting on the disaster that caused 2,752 deaths and changed national
- [Allied Individuals](https://levees.org/other/allied-organizations/allied-individuals/) - Harry Shearer Actor, Director, Producer Robert R.M. Verchick Law Professor/President at Center for Progressive Reform John Barry Historian/ author of Rising Tide Douglas Brinkley Historian/ author of The Great Deluge Jed Horne Journalist, author of Breach of Faith Ivor van Heerden Scientist/ author of The Storm Mary Landrieu U.S. Senator (Jan 1997 –
- [Press Archive](https://levees.org/press-archive/) - This is an archive of Levees.Org press. To see press after June 1, 2009, click here. Senator Mary Landrieu, Congressional Delegation Conclude Study of Dutch Water Management All American Patriots June 1, 2009 The Dutch strive to make their country 'climate proof' New York Times June 1, 2009 More than 4,000 petition signatures sent to
- [Media coverage](https://levees.org/media-coverage/) - Media coverage of Levees.org's quest to list breach sites historic. Another try to place levee sites on historic list Kevin McGill, Associated Press, Aug 31, 2013 Katrina Levee Breach Won't Get Historic Listing Kevin McGill, Associated Press June 15, 2012 Corps of Engineers gets more time to comment on Hurricane Katrina breach sites Mark Schleifstein,
- [Army Corps of Engineers caught using online warfare to attack Levees.org](https://levees.org/personal-attacks-and-lies-posted-to-internet-by-army-corps-of-engineers/) - Updated Dec 1, 2018 When Sandy Rosenthal founded Levees.org in 2005 with her 15-year old son Stanford, she was immediately targeted by a military campaign aiming to discredit her and her work. Rosenthal, her son and her supporters were hammered with ugly comments from dozens of different online critics with a consistent message: "Rosenthal is
- [Expenses - How donations are disbursed](https://levees.org/expenses-how-donations-are-disbursed/) - Director's compensation 0 All other salaries 0 Engineering consultant fees 0 Web design by Stanford Rosenthal 0 Media consulting by Ken McCarthy 0 Polly Jackson pastel images 0 Video hosting Web Video Zone 0 Photography by Pat Garin 0 PSA appearance by actor John Goodman 0 PSA appearance by actor Harry Shearer 0 Signage by
- [Levees.org's nomination of Levee Breach Sites to National Register of Historic Places](https://levees.org/levee-breach-nomination/) - In August 2010, with the Lower Ninth Ward as a backdrop, Levees.org announced its nomination of two levee breach sites to the National Register of Historic Places – the 17th Street Canal and the Industrial Canal (east side north). In February 2011, the group hired Mark Barnes, a retired federal expert for guidance through the
- [Bike Tour of Levee Breach Sites](https://levees.org/bike-tour/) - (Self Guided) Levees.org offers a self-guided bike tour of two major levee breaches and other sites in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. The tour allows anyone, at any time, an opportunity to view two breach sites and neighborhoods nearly destroyed by the worst civil engineering disaster in US history. The two mile tour starts
- [Frequently Asked Questions](https://levees.org/myth-busters-by-levees-org/) - MYTH: New Orleans is below sea level. TRUTH: Half of New Orleans is at or well above sea level. Source: Tulane School of Architecture MYTH: The vast majority of homeowner losses in New Orleans were uninsured. TRUTH: Pre-Katrina, more New Orleans homeowners had flood insurance per capita than the rest of the nation according to
- [Recognitions and Awards](https://levees.org/recognitions/) - Founder Rosenthal's book receives the First Horizon Award for Non-Fiction by a debut author. May 2021. Founder Rosenthal's book receives the Nautilus Award for Journalism & Investigative Reporting. May 2021. Tulane University's Mark Davis releases introduction to Rosenthal's book published in Water Alternatives. April 2021. Columbia University issues positive technical review of Rosenthal's debut
- [Counties with Levees](https://levees.org/counties-with-levees/) - Sixty-two percent (62%) of the U.S. population lives in counties protected by levees. This represents more than 201 million people according to the 2010 Census. CLICK ON GRAPHIC TO ENLARGE. Levees.org filed a federal Freedom of Information Act request with FEMA in May 2019 for the levee data. The data was provided about 15 months
- [Book reviews by founder Sandy Rosenthal](https://levees.org/book-reviews/) - BOOK REVIEW: "Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants in American Democracy" (Cambridge University, 2014) I am grateful to Professor Edward T. Walker. He’s brought us an eye-opening piece of scholarship about a hidden world – the world of elite public affairs consultants and their big money clients. Walker’s book: Grassroots for Hire: Public Affairs Consultants
- [Contact us](https://levees.org/contact/) - To reach founder Sandy Rosenthal e-mail sandy@levees.org To volunteer: e-mail volunteer@levees.org For general information: e-mail info@levees.org Office address: 1421 Soniat St, New Orleans, La 70115 CHAPTER DIRECTORS Dr. Joyce Levine Texas Chapter Director DrLevine@levees.org David Derbes Illinois Chapter Director Derbes@levees.org Brian Schaffer New York Chapter Director BhSchaffer@levees.org Leslie March Oregon Chapter Director Oregon@levees.org Stanford Rosenthal California Chapter Director
- [Donate!](https://levees.org/donate/) - So pleased to see you at this page! We've made some suggested donations, and you can also choose one on your own! Click here to donate!
- [One million views to Levees.org's website](https://levees.org/one-million-views-to-levees-orgs-website/) - On Monday, April 6, 2020, the Levees.org website attained the magic number - one million views! Created on December 3, 2005, the site was originally intended as an educational tool to help the national population understand that the flooding of New Orleans in August 2005 is due to federal levee building mistakes on the part
- [TRANSCRIPT: Founder Sandy Rosenthal on the threat of COVID-19 (March 7, 2020)](https://levees.org/transcript-founder-sandy-rosenthal-on-the-threat-of-covid-19-march-7-2020/) - On March 7, 2020, Levees.org founder Sandy Rosenthal was an invited guest speaker at Tulane University's annual conference, Women Making Waves. Rosenthal spoke on "Leading in a Time of Disaster." The night before the conference, Rosenthal decided to use the platform to discuss the threat of COVID-19 to the New Orleans community. Below is a
- [Board of Directors](https://levees.org/board-of-directors/) - Sandy Rosenthal Founder and President Author, Words Whispered in Water (Mango Publishing) out in 2020 Click for bio. H.J. Bosworth, Jr., P.E. Civil Engineer – over 35 years experience Board member – Louisiana Historical Society (2000-2015) Click for news appearances. Mtumishi St. Julien Retired Housing finance administrator; Co-author Bonds for Beginners: a Guide to
- [Ken McCarthy](https://levees.org/ken-mccarthy/) - Ken McCarthy - Special Advisor to Levees.org Ken first approached us volunteering his help in January 2007. That day marked a new chapter in our organization's history. In less than an hour, Ken laid out a strategy for using the Internet and video that we've followed ever since with great success. Thanks to his ideas
- [Take a virtual levee breach tour](https://levees.org/take-a-virtual-levee-breach-tour/) - In collaboration with UNO, the Louisiana State Museum (LSM) and the New Orleans Public Library, Levees.org is proud to host a free mobile tour of the major levee breaches in New Orleans. The virtual tour features the catastrophic breaches of the Industrial Canal, London Avenue Canal and the 17th Street Canal floodwalls. The tour is
- [American Society for Civilizing Engineers (A_CE)](https://levees.org/civilizing-engineers/) - This site was created by Levees.org to draw attention to a highly misleading press release issued by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in June of 2007. The release appeared in association with the post-Katrina findings of the society’s External Review Panel (ERP) for the Corps-sponsored Interagency Performance Evaluation Taskforce (IPET). The website offered
- [The 8/29 Investigation](https://levees.org/investigation-home/) - Responsibility for the failure of the levees and floodwalls lies with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers according to Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr's dismissal, US District Court | Eastern District of Louisiana. These are some of the most comprehensive reports: - Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force report in 2007- the federal Decision-Making Chronology in 2008- the National Academy of
- [Bio - Ezra Boyd, PhD](https://levees.org/ezra-boyd-bio/) - Ezra Boyd, Disaster Geographer September 2, 1977 – July 2, 2017 The late Dr. Ezra Boyd, a native of New Orleans, earned his PhD candidate in Geography at Louisiana State University where he wrote his dissertation on loss-of-life associated with Hurricane Katrina, the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, and the catastrophic federal levee failures. Dr. Boyd was
- [Online Educational Sites](https://levees.org/online-educational-resources/) - Levees.org was established in November of 2005 and has the commitment of experts and communities locally and nationally. Levees.org is at the forefront in its dedication to education. Here are some of its online educational resource sites: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions Quiz to Test your Knowledge Virtual Levee Breach Tour Nomination of Levee Breach
- [Take the Levee Challenge!](https://levees.org/take-the-levee-quiz/) - In keeping with our mission of education, we have released the Levee Challenge. The 10-question little quiz is designed to help folks understand why the New Orleans area flooded a decade ago. It's intended to answer any lingering questions and separate facts from fairy tales. The questions and answers were peer reviewed by four independent
- [Relevant News Stories (Archive)](https://levees.org/bookmarks-archive/) - This is an archive of news stories relevant to the mission of Levees.org. To see news after June 1, 2009, please visit Pinboard.in/leveesorg. Senator Mary Landrieu, Congressional Delegation Conclude Study of Dutch Water Management All American Patriots June 1, 2009 The Dutch strive to make their country 'climate proof' New York Times June 1, 2009
- [What would the Investigation look at?](https://levees.org/investigation-home/what-would-the-investigation-look-at-2/) - The 8/29 Investigation would examine decades of possibly flawed governmental policy. It would be a comprehensive analysis of flood protection projects and the effects of coastal erosion. It would also examine how federally water projects in the Upper Midwest and High Plains may have caused Louisiana to lose land. Finally, the 8/29 investigation would make
- [Why an Independent Investigation?](https://levees.org/investigation-home/why-an-829-investigation/) - Louisiana and the nation deserves an independent analysis of the flood protection failures - and the decision making that led to those failures - in August of 2005 because: the official levee investigation, the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force (IPET) was managed by and led by the US Army Corps of Engineers, the same agency
- [Letter to David G. Mongan](https://levees.org/letter-to-david-g-mongan/) - A Letter to David G. Mongan President, American Society of Civil Engineers David G. Mongan, P.E. F. ASCE American Society of Civil Engineers 1801 Alexander Bell Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 dmongan@asce.org Dear Mr. Mongan, We respectfully request that you direct the administration of the ASCE to issue a formal retraction of the ASCE’s June 1,
- [Team to Nominate Levee Breach Sites to National Register of Historic Places](https://levees.org/team-to-nominate-levee-breach-sites-to-national-register-of-historic-places/) - Mark Barnes, Lead Project Consultant with 35 years of experience and has worked on over 1,000 nominations. Click for bio. Roy Arrigo, Life long resident of Lakeview, Co-Founder of the 17th Street Canal Coalition, Member of the Lakeview Crime District Board West-Lakeview neighborhood leader Ezra Boyd, Researcher Click for bio. Maria Brodine, Ph.D. Candidate, Applied
- [Letters of Support for Nomination of Breach Sites](https://levees.org/letters-in-support-of-levees-orgs-quest-to-list-breach-sites-to-national-register/) - Letters of support can be seen on Scribd. CLICK HERE.
- [The Spectacular Failure of the Outfall Canals in New Orleans during Katrina](https://levees.org/the-spectacular-failure-of-the-outfall-canals-in-new-orleans-during-katrina/) - After the flooding during Katrina in 2005, top brass with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conceded it failed to protect New Orleans from flooding as was its congressional mandated duty. But Corps spokespersons also told major media, consistently over a course of years, that New Orleans officials played a contributing role in the failure
- [Bumper Sticker ](https://levees.org/bumper-stickers-yard-signs-and-more/) - Saying 'Katrina flooded New Orleans' is confusing to the American public. The tendency by media and politicians to say the New Orleans flooding was a natural disaster strips the human agency out of what happened and protects those who made mistakes. In the case of the levee failures, this is quite useful for the Army
- [Sandy Rosenthal Head shot from LSU Rally](https://levees.org/sandy-rosenthal-head-shot-from-lsu-rally/)
- [General Talking Points for Letters of Support](https://levees.org/general-talking-points-for-letters-of-support/) - Levees.org is nominating at least six of the major levee breach sites in New Orleans to the National Register of Historic Places starting with the 17th Street Canal and the east side north breach of the Industrial Canal. The Third Draft can be viewed here: https://levees.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Published-Third-Draft.doc Below are six suggested talking points for those wishing
- [Featured News](https://levees.org/homepage-special/) - On May 20, 2011, Levees.org and Grammy Award-winner Irvin Mayfield Jr. Unveiled a Historic Plaque at the London Avenue Canal levee breach site (east side) in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans. Irvin Mayfield Jr. played the first song he ever learned, "A Closer Walk with Thee" on the Elysian trumpet, hand-built by David Monette,
- [Why Rebuild and Protect the City of New Orleans?](https://levees.org/faq/why-rebuild-and-protect-the-city-of-new-orleans/) - The Port of New Orleans is the largest in the US and the fourth largest in the world. 62% of the consumer-spending public in the U.S. receive their goods through the Port. Founded 289 years ago on high ground along the Mississippi River, the city was originally 125 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. Sadly
- [How would this analysis be structured? ](https://levees.org/investigation-home/how-would-this-investigation-be-structured/) - This Investigation would be an objective look at data by unbiased eyes using a model of bipartisan co-chairmanship to assure objectivity. Those who serve on it would be required to have expertise in the fields of engineering and flood control. And an investigation beginning five years after the hurricane would have the benefit of fresh
- [Thank you for taking action!](https://levees.org/other/yardsigns/) - In the New Orleans region, you can pick up yard signs ($3 donation) at any of these convenient locations: CARROLLTON Graffiti Graphics 8739 Oak St. New Orleans, LA 70118 (Mon – Fri 9-5) 504-861-9922 UPTOWN NEW ORLEANS Total Woman 3964 Magazine St New Orleans, LA 70115 (Mon – Sat 11-5) (504) 891-3964 Dirty Coast 5704
- [Glossary of Terms](https://levees.org/glossary-of-terms/) - Glossary, alphabetized
- [Why is the engineering community largely silent about the Corps' errors that caused so much calamity?](https://levees.org/faq/why-is-the-engineering-community-relatively-quiet-about-blaming-the-corps-for-the-errors-that-caused-so-much-damage-and-death/) - The US Army Corps of Engineers hires civilian engineers to perform much of the design development. Openly criticizing the Corps is akin to biting the hand that feeds lucrative contracts to the majority of large engineering firms. For more information on this, contact HJBosworthJr@levees.org
- [FOIA request from FEMA on counties protected by Levees](https://levees.org/fema-foia-request/) - Data received September 18, 2009 about counties with levees supplied in response to Levees.org's request under FOIA. The pdf includes a cover letter, summary statistics from FEMA's National Flood Insurance Program Files and data of all counties with levees in the USA FEMA Cover Letter and data
- [Facts (home)](https://levees.org/facts-home/) - Fact 1 The flooding of New Orleans and nearby St. Bernard parish during Katrina was primarily a civil engineering disaster, and not simply a weather event. The American Society of Civil Engineers concluded in its expert study that the majority of the flooding is due to the levees failing. Fact 2 Control of contracts for
- [Didn’t the local politicians steal federal levee money?](https://levees.org/faq/didn’t-the-local-politicians-divert-federal-levee-money-into-local-projects/) - Contracts for both the design and construction of the hurricane surge protection for the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Protection Project belongs to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. This is mandated via the Flood Control of 1965 and remains in place today. Work for flood-related assets contracted out to private industries was controlled by
- [Sitemap](https://levees.org/other/sitemap/)
- [Who currently supports the 8/29 Investigation?](https://levees.org/investigation-home/who-currently-supports-the-investigation/) - New Orleans City Council (resolution passed for second time on Sept 16, 2010 sponsored by Vice President Jackie Clarkson, first resolution passed Feb 2007 sponsored by President Arnie Fielkow) Garret Graves, Chairman Louisiana Coastal Protection Agency New Orleans Chamber of Commerce Jefferson Parish Council St. Bernard Parish Council St. Bernard Chamber of Commerce St. Tammany
- [Steve Gorelick - bio page](https://levees.org/steve-gorelick-bio-page/) - Steve Gorelick is Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Hunter College of the City University of New York. He received M.A. degrees in media studies and higher education administration from Columbia University and a Ph.D. degree in sociology with specializations in criminology and media studies from The Graduate Center of the
- [Haven’t New Orleans residents known for years that this could happen?](https://levees.org/faq/haven’t-new-orleans-residents-known-for-years-that-this-could-happen/) - LSU Hurricane Center director Ivor van Heerden had warned of severe flooding due to loss of coastal wetlands. However, this modeling and predictions had assumed the levees would perform. They did not. Levees designed and built by the Army Corps failed three feet below design specifications (main basin of New Orleans) and eroded because they
- [If the Corps is largely to blame, why did Louisiana consolidate its levee boards?](https://levees.org/faq/if-the-corps-is-largely-to-blame-why-did-louisiana-consolidate-their-levee-boards/) - After Hurricane Betsy in 1965, the Congress ordered the US Army Corps of Engineers to be the sole authority for the design and construction of the flood protection for metro New Orleans in the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity Hurricane Protection project. The role of the levee boards became maintenance. Sincer 1965, the one-time powerful historic
- [Ivor van Heerden Lawsuit](https://levees.org/ivor-van-heerden-lawsuit/) - van Heerden lawsuit
- [Why rebuild a city that's sinking?](https://levees.org/faq/why-rebuild-a-city-thats-sinking/) - "...One of the things that gives (New Orleans) a good chance against rising sea level is the fact that this (wetlands) is a live living dynamic system. The marsh is alive. And if you give the marsh sediment from the river and fresh water, it will actually rise as sea level rises. That buffer will
- [NPR interview](https://levees.org/npr-interview/) - NPR interview Aug 2009
- [OPP Time email exchange](https://levees.org/opp-time-email-exchange/) - opp_time
- [Levee challenge - Advanced](https://levees.org/levee-challenge-advanced/) - Thank you for taking the levee challenge! [iframe http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FQ2ly_2f3gFw5Clc_2bLd3L0Lw_3d_3d 600 500]
- [TABLE: Levee populations by state](https://levees.org/table-levee-populations-by-state/)
- [Levee County Map (TP)](https://levees.org/levee-county-map-tp/)
- [Levees.org's levee map by Times Picayune](https://levees.org/levees-orgs-levee-map-by-times-picayune/) - Levees-everywhere
- [Medium U.S. counties with Levees incl population](https://levees.org/medium-u-s-counties-with-levees-incl-population/)
- [Large map of U.S. counties with levees](https://levees.org/large-map-of-u-s-counties-with-levees/)
- [U.S. counties with levees incl population data](https://levees.org/u-s-counties-with-levees-incl-population-data/)
- [Rosenthal Headshot from Landrieu Event 2007](https://levees.org/rosenthal-headshot-from-landrieu-event-2007/)
- [Team Louisiana Call for 8/29 Commission](https://levees.org/team-louisiana-call-for-829-commission/) - Team LA letter
- [Map only 88K](https://levees.org/map-only-88k/)
- [US Counties updated map MEDIUM](https://levees.org/us-counties-updated-map-medium/)
- [US Counties w/ updated table MEDIUM](https://levees.org/us-counties-w-updated-table-medium/)
- [US Counties with Levees - Medium size](https://levees.org/us-counties-with-levees-medium-size/)
- [Cover letter of FOIA request to FEMA](https://levees.org/cover-letter-of-foia-request-to-fema/) - FEMA Letter page1
- [US counties with Levees](https://levees.org/us-counties-with-levees/)
- [Duval opinion 2009](https://levees.org/1540/) - 1118gozoneopinion
- [Duval judgement 2009](https://levees.org/duval-judgement-2009/) - 1118gozonejudgment
- [Bumper Sticker Left](https://levees.org/bumper-sticker-left/)
- [Bumper Sticker](https://levees.org/bumper-sticker/)
- [Petition to Jim Amoss](https://levees.org/petition-to-jim-amoss/) - In December, we caught employees at the Corps of Engineers attacking citizens critics using tax payer funded computers. In June we created a page with just a small sample out of thousands of comments posted by Corps employees. We have launched petition on Twitter because we think you deserve to know the full extent to
- [How much time and how much money is needed?](https://levees.org/investigation-home/what-would-the-investigation-look-at/) - The study will cost about $5 million - one tenth of one percent of the money currently set aside to rebuild the flood protection. It will take about a year to complete.
- [Thank you!](https://levees.org/thank-you/) - Thank you for joining Levees.Org.
- [The Corps admitted they're at fault so why another study?](https://levees.org/faq/the-corps-has-admitted-theyre-at-fault-so-why-do-a-another-study/) - The Corps has admitted only to poor design of floodwalls on the 17th Street and London Avenue canals. They have not admitted to a litany of errors that they control. For example, levee walls in many areas were 2 feet too low, levees were not armored, levees mainly in eastern New Orleans and St. Bernard
- [Congress gave you $110 billion. Isn't that enough?](https://levees.org/faq/congress-gave-you-110-billion-isnt-that-enough/) - There is a myth that $110 billion was devoted entirely to New Orleans for after the levees failed during Hurricane Katrina. But according to Brookings Institution, federal allocations supported responses to three hurricanes (Wilma, Rita and Katrina) that struck the Gulf Coast in the fall of 2005. Further, the aid was to all five states
- [Why rebuild a city that's vulnerable to hurricanes?](https://levees.org/faq/why-rebuild-a-city-thats-vulnerable-to-hurricanes/) - If exposure to hurricanes were a reason to relocate people out of New Orleans, then we might as well relocate everyone who lives in an area when events can be described by a scale, be it Saffir Simpson, Richter or Fujita. Out West, the earth is spider webbed with dangerous earth quake producing fault systems.
- [Why rebuild a city built below sea level?](https://levees.org/faq/why-rebuild-a-city-built-below-sea-level/) - Half of New Orleans is at or above sea level according to the study by Tulane and Xavier universities' Center for Bioenvironmental Research. The parts of the city that are several feet above sea level include, but are not limited to: the River Bend, Audubon/University, Uptown, the Garden District, the French Quarter, Treme, Bayou St.
- [FAQ](https://levees.org/faq/) - Frequently Asked Questions
- [Other](https://levees.org/other/)
## Facts
- [Natural disaster is a distortion](https://levees.org/levees_facts/natural-disaster-is-a-distortion/) - John McQuaid: To label the 2005 New Orleans Flood a natural disaster is a distortion. And it is quite convenient for those who screwed up
- [Drive by inspections are red herring](https://levees.org/levees_facts/5/) - The reported drive-by levee inspections pre-Katrina were irrelevant in the catastrophic flooding in New Orleans.
- [Judge Duval judged guilty](https://levees.org/levees_facts/3/) - The United States District Court in Louisiana placed responsibility of the collapse of the 17th Street and London Avenue Canals squarely on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
- [Half of N.O. at or above sea level](https://levees.org/levees_facts/4/) - Half of New Orleans is at or well above sea level.
- [Corps investigated itself](https://levees.org/levees_facts/6/) - The federal government’s study of the failed levee system during Katrina was convened and managed by the agency responsible for its performance – the Army Corps of Engineers.
- [55% counties](https://levees.org/levees_facts/2/) - The majority of the United States population lives in counties protected by levees.
## Categories
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- [National](https://levees.org/category/national/)
- [Levees](https://levees.org/category/levees/)
## Tags
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- [youtube](https://levees.org/tag/youtube/)
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- [times picayune](https://levees.org/tag/times-picayune/)
- [St. Bernard Parish](https://levees.org/tag/st-bernard-parish/)
- [ACOE](https://levees.org/tag/acoe/)
- [New Orleans katrina levees](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-katrina-levees/)
- [mary landrieu pentagon](https://levees.org/tag/mary-landrieu-pentagon/)
- [Matt Faust](https://levees.org/tag/matt-faust/)
- [levee breach](https://levees.org/tag/levee-breach/)
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- [corps internet scandal](https://levees.org/tag/corps-internet-scandal/)
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- [Gordon Heddell](https://levees.org/tag/gordon-heddell/)
- [Jon Donley](https://levees.org/tag/jon-donley/)
- [Becky Bohrer](https://levees.org/tag/becky-bohrer/)
- [John McQuaid](https://levees.org/tag/john-mcquaid/)
- [shorthand](https://levees.org/tag/shorthand/)
- [Minneapolis bridge](https://levees.org/tag/minneapolis-bridge/)
- [Holland](https://levees.org/tag/holland/)
- [office of special counsel](https://levees.org/tag/office-of-special-counsel/)
- [New York Times](https://levees.org/tag/new-york-times/)
- [Bloomberg](https://levees.org/tag/bloomberg/)
- [Army Corps](https://levees.org/tag/army-corps/)
- [Brian Schaffer](https://levees.org/tag/brian-schaffer/)
- [Gorden Heddell](https://levees.org/tag/gorden-heddell/)
- [DOD](https://levees.org/tag/dod/)
- [Georgia flooding](https://levees.org/tag/georgia-flooding/)
- [17th Street Canal](https://levees.org/tag/17th-street-canal/)
- [MRGO](https://levees.org/tag/mrgo/)
- [MSNBC](https://levees.org/tag/msnbc/)
- [Katrina shorthand](https://levees.org/tag/katrina-shorthand/)
- [New Orleans City Council](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-city-council/)
- [Arnie Fielkow](https://levees.org/tag/arnie-fielkow/)
- [man-made disaster](https://levees.org/tag/man-made-disaster/)
- [I-35 bridge](https://levees.org/tag/i-35-bridge/)
- [Minnea](https://levees.org/tag/minnea/)
- [Catastrophe in the Making](https://levees.org/tag/catastrophe-in-the-making/)
- [Boston Globe](https://levees.org/tag/boston-globe/)
- [Joe Bruno](https://levees.org/tag/joe-bruno/)
- [Pierce O'Donnell](https://levees.org/tag/pierce-odonnell/)
- [Lower Ninth Ward](https://levees.org/tag/lower-ninth-ward/)
- [Judge Stanwood Duval](https://levees.org/tag/judge-stanwood-duval/)
- [Flood Control Act of 1928](https://levees.org/tag/flood-control-act-of-1928/)
- [John Barry](https://levees.org/tag/john-barry/)
- [Mike Grunwald](https://levees.org/tag/mike-grunwald/)
- [St. Bernard Paish](https://levees.org/tag/st-bernard-paish/)
- [floodplains](https://levees.org/tag/floodplains/)
- [Ezra Boyd](https://levees.org/tag/ezra-boyd/)
- [Pam Dashiell](https://levees.org/tag/pam-dashiell/)
- [Ed Legg](https://levees.org/tag/ed-legg/)
- [Scott Cowen](https://levees.org/tag/scott-cowen/)
- [National Press Club](https://levees.org/tag/national-press-club/)
- [Tulane University](https://levees.org/tag/tulane-university/)
- [Ann Wright](https://levees.org/tag/ann-wright/)
- [H.J. Bosworth Jr](https://levees.org/tag/h-j-bosworth-jr/)
- [Garland Robinette](https://levees.org/tag/garland-robinette/)
- [Huffington Post](https://levees.org/tag/huffington-post/)
- [Directions Magazine](https://levees.org/tag/directions-magazine/)
- [levee county map](https://levees.org/tag/levee-county-map/)
- [St. Bernard Project](https://levees.org/tag/st-bernard-project/)
- [The Katrina Myth](https://levees.org/tag/the-katrina-myth/)
- [Leslie Carde](https://levees.org/tag/leslie-carde/)
- [America Betrayed](https://levees.org/tag/america-betrayed/)
- [Joe E. Callaway Award](https://levees.org/tag/joe-e-callaway-award/)
- [John Hill](https://levees.org/tag/john-hill/)
- [Mark Scheifstein](https://levees.org/tag/mark-scheifstein/)
- [map](https://levees.org/tag/map/)
- [Gerry Galloway](https://levees.org/tag/gerry-galloway/)
- [8/29 Review](https://levees.org/tag/829-review/)
- [FEMA](https://levees.org/tag/fema/)
- [Mark Schleifstein](https://levees.org/tag/mark-schleifstein/)
- [Homeland Security](https://levees.org/tag/homeland-security/)
- [National Geographic](https://levees.org/tag/national-geographic/)
- [GNP](https://levees.org/tag/gnp/)
- [Insurance Journal](https://levees.org/tag/insurance-journal/)
- [levee statistics](https://levees.org/tag/levee-statistics/)
- [Breach of Faith](https://levees.org/tag/breach-of-faith/)
- [Jed Horne](https://levees.org/tag/jed-horne/)
- [civil engineering disaster](https://levees.org/tag/civil-engineering-disaster/)
- [Saints](https://levees.org/tag/saints/)
- [FOIA](https://levees.org/tag/foia/)
- [OPP](https://levees.org/tag/opp/)
- [Fran Campbell](https://levees.org/tag/fran-campbell/)
- [Tony Ligi](https://levees.org/tag/tony-ligi/)
- [federal levee failures](https://levees.org/tag/federal-levee-failures/)
- [counties](https://levees.org/tag/counties/)
- [Outreach Process Partners](https://levees.org/tag/outreach-process-partners/)
- [Rachel Maddow](https://levees.org/tag/rachel-maddow/)
- [Harry Shearer](https://levees.org/tag/harry-shearer/)
- [Sean Varano](https://levees.org/tag/sean-varano/)
- [Roger Williams](https://levees.org/tag/roger-williams/)
- [Houston](https://levees.org/tag/houston/)
- [Joseph Trainor](https://levees.org/tag/joseph-trainor/)
- [James Carville](https://levees.org/tag/james-carville/)
- [Independent Lens](https://levees.org/tag/independent-lens/)
- [Leonard Pitts Jr](https://levees.org/tag/leonard-pitts-jr/)
- [Warren Buffet](https://levees.org/tag/warren-buffet/)
- [Mitch Landrieu](https://levees.org/tag/mitch-landrieu/)
- [Flood Protection and Coastal Restoration](https://levees.org/tag/flood-protection-and-coastal-restoration/)
- [John Goodman](https://levees.org/tag/john-goodman/)
- [Treme](https://levees.org/tag/treme/)
- [Ashley Morris](https://levees.org/tag/ashley-morris/)
- [home](https://levees.org/tag/home/)
- [Big Easy](https://levees.org/tag/big-easy/)
- [AAUP](https://levees.org/tag/aaup/)
- [Army Corp of Engineers](https://levees.org/tag/army-corp-of-engineers/)
- [HBO](https://levees.org/tag/hbo/)
- [Scott Fujita](https://levees.org/tag/scott-fujita/)
- [Gulf Restoration Network](https://levees.org/tag/gulf-restoration-network/)
- [Judge James Brady](https://levees.org/tag/judge-james-brady/)
- [Creighton Bernette](https://levees.org/tag/creighton-bernette/)
- [Task Force](https://levees.org/tag/task-force/)
- [Aaron Viles](https://levees.org/tag/aaron-viles/)
- [British Petroleum](https://levees.org/tag/british-petroleum/)
- [BP](https://levees.org/tag/bp/)
- [Greg Brock](https://levees.org/tag/greg-brock/)
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- [federal flood](https://levees.org/tag/federal-flood/)
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- [oil disaster](https://levees.org/tag/oil-disaster/)
- [oil spill](https://levees.org/tag/oil-spill/)
- [BP oil disaster](https://levees.org/tag/bp-oil-disaster/)
- [Chris Myers](https://levees.org/tag/chris-myers/)
- [nashville](https://levees.org/tag/nashville/)
- [Fox Sports](https://levees.org/tag/fox-sports/)
- [cyanide](https://levees.org/tag/cyanide/)
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- [Gulf](https://levees.org/tag/gulf/)
- [Kevin Brady](https://levees.org/tag/kevin-brady/)
- [Anderson Cooper](https://levees.org/tag/anderson-cooper/)
- [BP oil crisis](https://levees.org/tag/bp-oil-crisis/)
- [Robert Gilbert](https://levees.org/tag/robert-gilbert/)
- [Project Censored](https://levees.org/tag/project-censored/)
- [Steve Ellis](https://levees.org/tag/steve-ellis/)
- [The Big Uneasy](https://levees.org/tag/the-big-uneasy/)
- [National Register of Historic Places](https://levees.org/tag/national-register-of-historic-places/)
- [Industrial Canal](https://levees.org/tag/industrial-canal/)
- [engineering disaster](https://levees.org/tag/engineering-disaster/)
- [Sean Payton](https://levees.org/tag/sean-payton/)
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- [John Jay College of Criminology](https://levees.org/tag/john-jay-college-of-criminology/)
- [NOLA](https://levees.org/tag/nola/)
- [5th Anniversary](https://levees.org/tag/5th-anniversary/)
- [pelican](https://levees.org/tag/pelican/)
- [Susan Guidry](https://levees.org/tag/susan-guidry/)
- [Levee breaches](https://levees.org/tag/levee-breaches/)
- [Touro Synagogue](https://levees.org/tag/touro-synagogue/)
- [Historic Plaque](https://levees.org/tag/historic-plaque/)
- [Historic Marker](https://levees.org/tag/historic-marker/)
- [Garret Graves](https://levees.org/tag/garret-graves/)
- [Maria Garzino](https://levees.org/tag/maria-garzino/)
- [NPR](https://levees.org/tag/npr/)
- [Louisiana State Museum](https://levees.org/tag/louisiana-state-museum/)
- [Mtumishi St. Julien](https://levees.org/tag/mtumishi-st-julien/)
- [1000 year protection](https://levees.org/tag/1000-year-protection/)
- [Jennifer Day](https://levees.org/tag/jennifer-day/)
- [New Orleans Convention Center and Visitors Bureau](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-convention-center-and-visitors-bureau/)
- [Jake Tapper](https://levees.org/tag/jake-tapper/)
- [ABC News](https://levees.org/tag/abc-news/)
- [Bob Herbert](https://levees.org/tag/bob-herbert/)
- [Edward R. Murrow Program for Journalists](https://levees.org/tag/edward-r-murrow-program-for-journalists/)
- [New Orleans Citizen Diplomacy Council](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-citizen-diplomacy-council/)
- [Foreign language 14](https://levees.org/tag/foreign-language-14/)
- [Dominique Homberger](https://levees.org/tag/dominique-homberger/)
- [Tom Bagwill](https://levees.org/tag/tom-bagwill/)
- [WWNO](https://levees.org/tag/wwno/)
- [NRDC](https://levees.org/tag/nrdc/)
- [Chernobyl](https://levees.org/tag/chernobyl/)
- [Gwen Filosa](https://levees.org/tag/gwen-filosa/)
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- [Disaster Resilience Leadership Academy](https://levees.org/tag/disaster-resilience-leadership-academy/)
- [Dennis Woltering](https://levees.org/tag/dennis-woltering/)
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- [The Huffington Post](https://levees.org/tag/the-huffington-post/)
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- [Donald Powell](https://levees.org/tag/donald-powell/)
- [Levee Board Reform](https://levees.org/tag/levee-board-reform/)
- [Stanford Rosenthal](https://levees.org/tag/stanford-rosenthal/)
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- [Hunter College](https://levees.org/tag/hunter-college/)
- [levee system](https://levees.org/tag/levee-system/)
- [Charles Figley](https://levees.org/tag/charles-figley/)
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- [National Levee Safety Act](https://levees.org/tag/national-levee-safety-act/)
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- [Robert Lynn Green Sr](https://levees.org/tag/robert-lynn-green-sr/)
- [National Levee Database](https://levees.org/tag/national-levee-database/)
- [Levee Safety Action Classification](https://levees.org/tag/levee-safety-action-classification/)
- [LSAC](https://levees.org/tag/lsac/)
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- [natural disaster](https://levees.org/tag/natural-disaster/)
- [Whitehouse.gov](https://levees.org/tag/whitehouse-gov/)
- [The Atlantic](https://levees.org/tag/the-atlantic/)
- [counties protected by levees](https://levees.org/tag/counties-protected-by-levees/)
- [Walter Isaacson](https://levees.org/tag/walter-isaacson/)
- [Steve Jobs](https://levees.org/tag/steve-jobs/)
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- [breach sites](https://levees.org/tag/breach-sites/)
- [HIllary Clinton](https://levees.org/tag/hillary-clinton/)
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- [Iconathon](https://levees.org/tag/iconathon/)
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- [Stop Online Piracy Act](https://levees.org/tag/stop-online-piracy-act/)
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- [Pam Breaux](https://levees.org/tag/pam-breaux/)
- [Glenna Kramer](https://levees.org/tag/glenna-kramer/)
- [Louisiana Office fo Historic Preservation](https://levees.org/tag/louisiana-office-fo-historic-preservation/)
- [Terrence Salt](https://levees.org/tag/terrence-salt/)
- [Ed Link](https://levees.org/tag/ed-link/)
- [CPRA Master Plan](https://levees.org/tag/cpra-master-plan/)
- [American Whistleblower Tour](https://levees.org/tag/american-whistleblower-tour/)
- [Department of State](https://levees.org/tag/department-of-state/)
- [Jo-Ellen Darcy](https://levees.org/tag/jo-ellen-darcy/)
- [Assistant Secretary of the Army Civil Works](https://levees.org/tag/assistant-secretary-of-the-army-civil-works/)
- [Paul Rubenstein](https://levees.org/tag/paul-rubenstein/)
- [Federal Preservation Officer](https://levees.org/tag/federal-preservation-officer/)
- [Chris Edwards](https://levees.org/tag/chris-edwards/)
- [Cato Institute](https://levees.org/tag/cato-institute/)
- [flood control](https://levees.org/tag/flood-control/)
- [Michael Grunwald](https://levees.org/tag/michael-grunwald/)
- [Kevin Allman](https://levees.org/tag/kevin-allman/)
- [Leslie March](https://levees.org/tag/leslie-march/)
- [Holy Cross](https://levees.org/tag/holy-cross/)
- [Bayou Bienvenue](https://levees.org/tag/bayou-bienvenue/)
- [Louisiana State Historic Preservation Officer](https://levees.org/tag/louisiana-state-historic-preservation-officer/)
- [Keeper of the National Park Service](https://levees.org/tag/keeper-of-the-national-park-service/)
- [Jane Jacobs Walk](https://levees.org/tag/jane-jacobs-walk/)
- [levee breach disaster](https://levees.org/tag/levee-breach-disaster/)
- [New Orleans Times Picayune](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-times-picayune/)
- [Orleans Levee Board](https://levees.org/tag/orleans-levee-board/)
- [Levee inspections](https://levees.org/tag/levee-inspections/)
- [Lee Clarke](https://levees.org/tag/lee-clarke/)
- [Jaquetta White](https://levees.org/tag/jaquetta-white/)
- [Levee Disaster Bike Tour](https://levees.org/tag/levee-disaster-bike-tour/)
- [City Park](https://levees.org/tag/city-park/)
- [University of New Orleans](https://levees.org/tag/university-of-new-orleans/)
- [levee breach sites](https://levees.org/tag/levee-breach-sites/)
- [Carol Shull](https://levees.org/tag/carol-shull/)
- [National Register](https://levees.org/tag/national-register/)
- [American Association of University Professors](https://levees.org/tag/american-association-of-university-professors/)
- [Fukushima Daiichi](https://levees.org/tag/fukushima-daiichi/)
- [Great New Orleans Floood](https://levees.org/tag/great-new-orleans-floood/)
- [Sacramento Bee](https://levees.org/tag/sacramento-bee/)
- [Sean Cockerham](https://levees.org/tag/sean-cockerham/)
- [Martin Cohen](https://levees.org/tag/martin-cohen/)
- [Katrina Canal Breaches Consolidated Litigation](https://levees.org/tag/katrina-canal-breaches-consolidated-litigation/)
- [Africa](https://levees.org/tag/africa/)
- [E-99 Study](https://levees.org/tag/e-99-study/)
- [Carl Strock](https://levees.org/tag/carl-strock/)
- [Don Riley](https://levees.org/tag/don-riley/)
- [John Schwartz](https://levees.org/tag/john-schwartz/)
- [Hurricane Isaac](https://levees.org/tag/hurricane-isaac/)
- [National Wildlife Federation](https://levees.org/tag/national-wildlife-federation/)
- [Melissa Samet](https://levees.org/tag/melissa-samet/)
- [Convio](https://levees.org/tag/convio/)
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- [Iraq](https://levees.org/tag/iraq/)
- [Robert Verchick](https://levees.org/tag/robert-verchick/)
- [Facing Catastrophe](https://levees.org/tag/facing-catastrophe/)
- [Washington Group International](https://levees.org/tag/washington-group-international/)
- [LSU Hurricane Center](https://levees.org/tag/lsu-hurricane-center/)
- [academic freedom](https://levees.org/tag/academic-freedom/)
- [Associated Press](https://levees.org/tag/associated-press/)
- [AP](https://levees.org/tag/ap/)
- [PFM Group](https://levees.org/tag/pfm-group/)
- [Hurricane Sandy](https://levees.org/tag/hurricane-sandy/)
- [Mayor Michael Bloomberg](https://levees.org/tag/mayor-michael-bloomberg/)
- [LaPlace](https://levees.org/tag/laplace/)
- [Rick Santorum](https://levees.org/tag/rick-santorum/)
- [evacuate](https://levees.org/tag/evacuate/)
- [Midland Beach](https://levees.org/tag/midland-beach/)
- [Staten Island](https://levees.org/tag/staten-island/)
- [Most influential](https://levees.org/tag/most-influential/)
- [Cain Burdeau](https://levees.org/tag/cain-burdeau/)
- [drive by levee inspections](https://levees.org/tag/drive-by-levee-inspections/)
- [Lt Gen Carl Strock](https://levees.org/tag/lt-gen-carl-strock/)
- [deficient levees](https://levees.org/tag/deficient-levees/)
- [Neighborland](https://levees.org/tag/neighborland/)
- [Roy Dokka](https://levees.org/tag/roy-dokka/)
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- [Hurricane Center](https://levees.org/tag/hurricane-center/)
- [Titanic](https://levees.org/tag/titanic/)
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- [bike tour](https://levees.org/tag/bike-tour/)
- [scientific american](https://levees.org/tag/scientific-american/)
- [federal levees](https://levees.org/tag/federal-levees/)
- [New Orleans Flood](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-flood/)
- [Stephen Nelson](https://levees.org/tag/stephen-nelson/)
- [Fix the Pumps](https://levees.org/tag/fix-the-pumps/)
- [Lee Zurik](https://levees.org/tag/lee-zurik/)
- [Sal Perricone](https://levees.org/tag/sal-perricone/)
- [online commenting](https://levees.org/tag/online-commenting/)
- [H.J. Bosworth](https://levees.org/tag/h-j-bosworth/)
- [Jr.](https://levees.org/tag/jr/)
- [David Vitter](https://levees.org/tag/david-vitter/)
- [pump station](https://levees.org/tag/pump-station/)
- [Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East](https://levees.org/tag/southeast-louisiana-flood-protection-authority-east/)
- [Coastal erosion lawsuit](https://levees.org/tag/coastal-erosion-lawsuit/)
- [George W. Bush Museum](https://levees.org/tag/george-w-bush-museum/)
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- [Master Map](https://levees.org/tag/master-map/)
- [Mississippi Consortium for International Development](https://levees.org/tag/mississippi-consortium-for-international-development/)
- [Tim Doody](https://levees.org/tag/tim-doody/)
- [Greater New Orleans Business Council](https://levees.org/tag/greater-new-orleans-business-council/)
- [Citizens for 1](https://levees.org/tag/citizens-for-1/)
- [One Levee Board](https://levees.org/tag/one-levee-board/)
- [Johnstown](https://levees.org/tag/johnstown/)
- [Dale Morris](https://levees.org/tag/dale-morris/)
- [Marylee Orr](https://levees.org/tag/marylee-orr/)
- [Russel Honore](https://levees.org/tag/russel-honore/)
- [Pakistan](https://levees.org/tag/pakistan/)
- [Restore Louisiana Now](https://levees.org/tag/restore-louisiana-now/)
- [GreenARMY](https://levees.org/tag/greenarmy/)
- [oil and gas extraction](https://levees.org/tag/oil-and-gas-extraction/)
- [Louisiana Water Festival](https://levees.org/tag/louisiana-water-festival/)
- [General Honore](https://levees.org/tag/general-honore/)
- [David Maurstad](https://levees.org/tag/david-maurstad/)
- [NFIP](https://levees.org/tag/nfip/)
- [Gladstone Jones](https://levees.org/tag/gladstone-jones/)
- [Angela Hill](https://levees.org/tag/angela-hill/)
- [Bureau of Governmental Research](https://levees.org/tag/bureau-of-governmental-research/)
- [Robert Adley](https://levees.org/tag/robert-adley/)
- [Bret Allain](https://levees.org/tag/bret-allain/)
- [Governor Jindal](https://levees.org/tag/governor-jindal/)
- [Robert R.M. Verchick](https://levees.org/tag/robert-r-m-verchick/)
- [Buddy Caldwell](https://levees.org/tag/buddy-caldwell/)
- [Corps comment scandal](https://levees.org/tag/corps-comment-scandal/)
- [Jim Amoss](https://levees.org/tag/jim-amoss/)
- [Al Cahall](https://levees.org/tag/al-cahall/)
- [MR-GO](https://levees.org/tag/mr-go/)
- [MOOC](https://levees.org/tag/mooc/)
- [Levee Exhibit and Garden](https://levees.org/tag/levee-exhibit-and-garden/)
- [U.S. Department of State International Visitor Leadership Program](https://levees.org/tag/u-s-department-of-state-international-visitor-leadership-program/)
- [Lime Agency](https://levees.org/tag/lime-agency/)
- [Levee Exhibition and Garden](https://levees.org/tag/levee-exhibition-and-garden/)
- [Laurie Kaman](https://levees.org/tag/laurie-kaman/)
- [Laura Paul](https://levees.org/tag/laura-paul/)
- [Robert Green](https://levees.org/tag/robert-green/)
- [Growning Green](https://levees.org/tag/growning-green/)
- [New Orleans Redevelopment Authority](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-redevelopment-authority/)
- [Hike for KaTREENa](https://levees.org/tag/hike-for-katreena/)
- [Connie Uddo](https://levees.org/tag/connie-uddo/)
- [Open Air Levee Exhibition and Garden](https://levees.org/tag/open-air-levee-exhibition-and-garden/)
- [Levee Exhibit Hall](https://levees.org/tag/levee-exhibit-hall/)
- [diaspora](https://levees.org/tag/diaspora/)
- [J. David Rogers](https://levees.org/tag/j-david-rogers/)
- [Raymond Seed](https://levees.org/tag/raymond-seed/)
- [National Science Foundation](https://levees.org/tag/national-science-foundation/)
- [Water Policy](https://levees.org/tag/water-policy/)
- [World Water Council](https://levees.org/tag/world-water-council/)
- [David Ferguson](https://levees.org/tag/david-ferguson/)
- [Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden](https://levees.org/tag/levee-exhibit-hall-and-garden/)
- [Chuck Perkins](https://levees.org/tag/chuck-perkins/)
- [Al "Carnival Time" Johnson](https://levees.org/tag/al-carnival-time-johnson/)
- [California](https://levees.org/tag/ca/)
- [Louisiana](https://levees.org/tag/la/)
- [Ted Jackson](https://levees.org/tag/ted-jackson/)
- [Lynne Jensen](https://levees.org/tag/lynne-jensen/)
- [worst civil engineering disaster](https://levees.org/tag/worst-civil-engineering-disaster/)
- [5000 Warrington Drive](https://levees.org/tag/5000-warrington-drive/)
- [Mike Huckabee](https://levees.org/tag/mike-huckabee/)
- [U.S. Department of State](https://levees.org/tag/u-s-department-of-state/)
- [New Orleans Diplomacy Council](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-diplomacy-council/)
- [American Crime Story](https://levees.org/tag/american-crime-story/)
- [Red October](https://levees.org/tag/red-october/)
- [Danziger Bridge](https://levees.org/tag/danziger-bridge/)
- [ENR](https://levees.org/tag/enr/)
- [Bellaire Drive](https://levees.org/tag/bellaire-drive/)
- [worst civil engineering failure](https://levees.org/tag/worst-civil-engineering-failure/)
- [Jared Brossett](https://levees.org/tag/jared-brossett/)
- [Louisiana Flooding](https://levees.org/tag/louisiana-flooding/)
- [Stephen Estopinal](https://levees.org/tag/stephen-estopinal/)
- [Montford Point Marine](https://levees.org/tag/montford-point-marine/)
- [Chicago Field Museum](https://levees.org/tag/chicago-field-museum/)
- [Austin Appleton](https://levees.org/tag/austin-appleton/)
- [free speech zone](https://levees.org/tag/free-speech-zone/)
- [Dakota Access Pipeline](https://levees.org/tag/dakota-access-pipeline/)
- [Gulf Oil Spill](https://levees.org/tag/gulf-oil-spill/)
- [Cardno Chemrisk](https://levees.org/tag/cardno-chemrisk/)
- [Coolley LLC](https://levees.org/tag/coolley-llc/)
- [SLFPAE](https://levees.org/tag/slfpae/)
- [SLFPAW](https://levees.org/tag/slfpaw/)
- [SLFPA Nominating Committee](https://levees.org/tag/slfpa-nominating-committee/)
- [Oroville Dam Spillway](https://levees.org/tag/oroville-dam-spillway/)
- [Patrick Connick](https://levees.org/tag/patrick-connick/)
- [term limits](https://levees.org/tag/term-limits/)
- [Levee Breach Bike Tour](https://levees.org/tag/levee-breach-bike-tour/)
- [Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority](https://levees.org/tag/southeast-louisiana-flood-protection-authority/)
- [HB266](https://levees.org/tag/hb266/)
- [Elizabeth Reed](https://levees.org/tag/elizabeth-reed/)
- [John Snell](https://levees.org/tag/john-snell/)
- [Tropical Storm Cindy](https://levees.org/tag/tropical-storm-cindy/)
- [John Bel Edwards](https://levees.org/tag/john-bel-edwards/)
- [hurricane evacuation](https://levees.org/tag/hurricane-evacuation/)
- [S&WB crisis](https://levees.org/tag/swb-crisis/)
- [New Orleans pumps](https://levees.org/tag/new-orleans-pumps/)
- [pumps crisis](https://levees.org/tag/pumps-crisis/)
- [S&WB](https://levees.org/tag/swb/)
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