I’m still thinking about Isaac. My writing hasn’t been able to keep pace. They say every storm is unique, and certainly Isaac was very different…
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I’m still thinking about Isaac. My writing hasn’t been able to keep pace. They say every storm is unique, and certainly Isaac was very different…
It’s been terribly dry here in Southeast Louisiana for a long time. In the midst of this drought, it’s hard to believe that the Mississippi…
That we even call this the post-Katrina era in New Orleans is somewhat misleading. Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast east of New Orleans, but it…
“There’s no reason for anyone to worry.” So sayeth Section Chief Brett Herr of the Army Corps of Engineers. He’s a talking about a wee…
Mike Leonard and his lovely wife Mardi were in New Orleans for Jazz Fest. On Monday, I took them on the mandatory misery tour. We…
The US Army Corps of Engineers now admits the failure of the 17th Street canal floodwalls was caused by a “design failure.” Or, put it…
Garbage has been piling up for the last couple weeks, ever since the city took back over collection. The Army Corps of Engineers had been…
According to a story in today’s paper: The heights of floodwalls and levees now being rebuilt by the corps are based on research for a…