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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 […]
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
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 […]
