We finally have the ACOE’s Flood Risk maps!
I’m glad we raised the house to 9+ feet… the map for our neighborhood shows an 8+ flood in a 1 in 500 chance event.
Whew!
June 20, 2007
June 8, 2007
The ACOE Is Killing Us
Fix the Pumps is today featuring the new internal ACOE report on the “work” the Corps have been doing to get flood protections around the city up to snuff.
Matt entitled his post: “Bombshell”. My only response to this report is “Oh Poop on a stick”.
All of this “repairing” of our mis-designed and improperly built levee systems and the new pumps should be seen as a betrayal to the folks of New Orleans and the American taxpayers. It is CRIMINAL ACT!!!
Reparations for all of New Orleans and our area NOW!!!
May 6, 2007
National Geographic on Levees
Just found this link for a good primer on what we here in SE Louisiana are facing when it comes to erosion and levees.
May 1, 2007
18 Missing Inches in New Orleans
Here’s a piece from Greg Palast concerning the release of the Trade Paperback version of “Armed Madhouse: From Baghdad to New Orleans.
As always I have snippets, and this one is a reminder of the truths of the Federal Flood and our demand for REPARATIONS:
“The White House had good reason, or at least political and financial reasons, to keep mum. A hurricane is an act of God, but catastrophic levee failure is an act of the Administration. Once the federal levees go, evacuation, rescue and those frightening words – responsibility and compensation – become Washington’s. Van Heerden knew that “not an act of God, but catastrophic failure of the levee system” would mean that, at least, “these people must be compensated.”
Not every flood victim in America gets the Katrina treatment. In 1992, storms wiped out 190 houses on the beach at West Hampton Dunes, home to film stars and celebrity speculators. The federal government paid to completely rebuild the houses, which, hauled in four million cubic feet of sand to restore the tony beaches, and guaranteed the home’s safety into the coming decades – after which the “victim’s” homes rose in value to an average $2 million each.”
Reparations to the victims of the Federal Flood!
April 5, 2007
Now It’s Pipe Poop and Rust…
From “Fix the Pumps” comes the newest information on how well the ACOE is looking after the tax dollars they are using toget NOLA’s protections up again since the failure of the Federal levee system.
A snippet:
“What is obvious, but somehow has escaped everyone’s notice until now, is that the pipes are unpainted, and have been since they were installed almost a year ago. Naturally, they’re rusting.”
We need lots of Tinker Toys and Lincoln Logs, a bunch of batteries, and rubber bands. We locals could build a better system for drainage and protection compared to the Corps’ juvenile attempts.
April 2, 2007
From Matt at Fix the Pumps: “Oh. My. God.”
Here are two pieces from Fix the Pumps: Here and here.
In the first piece, you will see some pics that I will tell you absolutely should not be happening. The second piece describes the model to be used for calculating the viability of a hydraulic system. In both scenarios we are screwed if this is what the ACoE intends to use for keeping us dry.
March 28, 2007
GAO Looks Into MWI Pump Poop
From WDSU comes this piece by Cain Burdeau-Â LINK
May the shit storm begin!
March 26, 2007
Pump Poop III: The Fire
Matt over at Fix the Pumps has a long piece concerning the failure of a pump test (MWI) that resulted in the test building badly damaged by fire and one worker dying due to his burns.
Matt tells it better than I can…
March 20, 2007
More Pump Poop
This is probably what they’ll do next for our pump situation:
Thanks to the Toledo Blade.
March 16, 2007
More on MWI’s Past Dealings
I love Facing South, from the Institute For Southern Studies. Here’s their piece on Moving Waters Industries (MWI) and some deeper info concerning their past pump deals.