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Corps of Engineers rewriting history on flooding and levee breaches
Journalist Georgianne Nienaber recently wrote on the coordinated effort immediately after the Midwest flooding by spokespersons with the US Army Corps of Engineers to deflect responsibility for flooding away from the Corps. Just like in New Orleans after Katrina. I will add to the fray and highlight some falsehoods coming from Eric Halpin, Special Assistant […]
Corps of Engineers’ PR in high gear on Midwest Flooding
Updated June 29, 2014. In many cases, the Midwest flooding was a failure of the US Army Corps of Engineers to properly predict and control flooding. That explains why PR masters from the Corps of Engineers are very busy this week doing apparently coordinated interviews with major news sources. Journalist Georgianne Nienaber covers this topic […]
Favorite photos of the Midwest Flooding
AccuWeather has posted their three favorite photos of the Midwest Flooding. The Number One photo is a submerged farm in LaGrange, Missouri, a whopping 314 feet above sea level. So much for the theory that New Orleans was doomed because parts of the city were below sea level. What happened to the Midwest is the […]
