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Mayor Landrieu stands up for New Orleans in Chris Myers incident
Last Monday, Chris Myers (host of FOX Sports’ NASCAR coverage) mocked the victims of Hurricane Katrina while comparing them to the victims of the recent Nashville flooding. Without naming names, Myers described other flood victims as “standing on a rooftop trying to blame the government” while the citizens of Nashville were “hardworking, tax-paying, legal American […]
The First Ten at New Orleans Times Picayune
Today Levees.org awarded its tenth “Seal of Approval” to a New Orleans Times Picayune reporter. Levees.org awards a Seal of Approval (SOA) whenever reporters accurately describe the 2005 flooding in metro New Orleans. We believe in journalists and the media, and so we work very hard to help them understand the true root cause of […]
Pennsylvania high school student holds fundraiser for Levees.org
Everyone has the power to make a difference. A great example is Lilli Geltman a Pennsylvania high school student who – entirely on her own – organized and held a fundraiser for Levees.org as an ‘application’ for her Senior Class Project. In addition to raising awareness about the metro New Orleans levee failures, Miss Lilli […]
