Tag Archives: new orleans
Levees.org launches book review series starting with Catastrophe in the Making
Levees.org today released its first in a series of book reviews on books that address the metro New Orleans flooding. The series debuts with “Catastrophe in the Making: The Engineering of Katrina and the Disasters of Tomorrow” (Island Press, 2009). The opinions expressed below are those of Sandy Rosenthal on behalf of Levees.org. Authors William […]
Times Picayune food editor gets Levees.org seal of approval
Judy Walker, food editor for the New Orleans Times Picayune gets the Levees.org “seal of approval” for her characterization of the metro New Orleans flooding on August 29, 2005. In describing how a house behind hers flooded, Ms. Walker wrote, “…after the levees failed and four feet of water washed in and out of the […]
Councilman Fielkow to Blakely: despite worst man-made disaster in country, New Orleans has bright future
New Orleans, LA – Below is a statement from New Orleans City Council President Arnie Fielkow issued on Nov. 3 regarding the comments by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely to a West Coast online television station. “I find the recent public comments made by former New Orleans Recovery Chief, Dr. Ed Blakely […]
