Tag Archives: new orleans
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
