Tag Archives: new orleans
The Keeper’s 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 […]
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
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 […]
