Thursday, March 12, 2009

Jeudi

Corps' estimate of pump costs assailed~Sheila Grissett
~Redesigning New Orleans' three big outfall canals and outfitting each with a single all-purpose pump station as local officials prefer would cost $3.4 billion, according to a new report and cost estimates from the Army Corps of Engineers.
That is four times as much as the $800 million corps officials plan to spend on their less-ambitious plan to improve drainage and hurricane-fueled flooding along the 17th Street, Orleans Avenue and London Avenue canals.

Corps prepares to link West Bank levees~Paul Rioux

Emergency levee repairs are
under way in Terrebonne
~Nikki Buskey


Louisiana Gov. Jindal: Go To
India, Not Iowa~Jim Brown


Rising sea level means huge Bay Area impacts~Jay Thorwaldson

Walking Through New Orleans - Zatarain's~Slashfood

A March Madness vasectomy
special? Only in New Orleans
~Chris Rose


Interview with Reggie Scanlan of The Radiators (Part 2)
~Citizen K

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