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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.
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 […]
Levees.org Responds to Omissions in George W. Bush Museum
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 […]
