Tag Archives: new orleans
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 […]
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 […]
A supporter’s 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 […]
