Live music calls for hip shades ~Madam Lamb~Obama at the Pasadena Jazz Fest. The photographs were taken by Eric Moore, a friend of Obama's from Occidental College. circa 1980.~Editilla Krewellas~ Jus'sayin...
that is the President of the United States there.
The President, Ladies and Gentlemen, of the United States.
Get Down! Get Back Up Again! Y'all think he need a Brass Pass?
On a Wing and a Prior
~"She has not returned my money or gotten me the correct wings. My original order was placed last September. She will not return my calls." ~Tawnee Lynne
~Editilla Mo'tellas~Wings is serious business in this naked City of Living Metaphor. Not only that, but Mz Lynne has grand and benevolent healing plans for these wings, photographs my new dog, Mazy, and is a huge fan of New Orleans, the Nola Blog'O'sphere and Your New Orleans Ladder.
Hence we take care of each other Sinn Féin!
Please help locate the crook wha'took this artist's money and get her reconnected with da'real angels.
Photo Finish, Winning shots from The Gambit's Pet Photo Contest
Outstanding Article: "Why I Live in New Orleans"~Ramblings of a River City Resident
Fargo Levee Flop Not So Different from New Orleans ~Levees.org
Dear EditillaND Flood costs put at $40M
Do President Obama's most trusted advisers truly understand what caused the 2005 flood in New Orleans?
On March 4-5, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region on a fact finding mission.
That visit hosted by Senator Mary Landrieu D-LA and others was meant to demonstrate that the new Administration is committed to the Gulf Coast's recovery and understands the issues the region faces.
Yet last Friday, while answering a question about how she believes the Obama Administration will make good on their promise to assist New Orleans, Secretary Napolitano said this: "I don't know that there ever is a levee big enough to withstand a Katrina-size storm..." *
The Secretary's statement is untrue for 3 reasons:
#1 When the Industrial Canal Surge Barrier is complete in 2011, the Army Corps of Engineers reports that the main basin of New Orleans should experience zero flooding in a Katrina-like storm (400 year event) and very minimal flooding in a 1,000 storm.**
#2 Levees in the remaining metro area can easily be improved to meet 400 year protection. And there are huge cost benefits to doing so.
#3 Not only does America have the technology to build protection against another Katrina (so-called 400 year storm), the Netherlands has protection against a 10,000 year storm! Before sending this email, we chose the road of "caution and cooler heads" by speaking directly with Sean Smith, assistant secretary of Public Affairs for Homeland Security about Secretary Napolitano's statement.
"Don't be concerned," he said. "The Secretary had just been briefed on the Gulf Coast Region and she was referring to the Mississippi coast in her statement."
Nonetheless, Levees.Org remains alarmed.
Levees.org believes that if the Secretary were, in fact, referring to New Orleans, important gains over the past three years in educating federal officials and the public at-large might be lost. While the President's commitment to the recovery is laudable, it would be troubling if the new Administration were unaware of what caused the metro New Orleans flood.
Please take action!
Please click here and write the President and your Members of Congress and let them know that America DOES have the technology to protect greater New Orleans from another Katrina! And that there are many reasons to do so.
*Interview transcript, "Obama Administration Says New Orleans is Not Forgotten." Scroll to Recent Press.
**The Corps of Engineers' flooding maps can be viewed here.
Thank you,
Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.Org
~Brian Duggan
Once the butt of jokes, floodway now treasured in flood fight ~Steve Lambert
Coast Guard continues rescue operations and urges caution to boaters ~Coast Guard crews recorded their 95th rescue, March 30, 2009, after 6 days of flood response operations along the Red River.
Mississippi River to go above flood stage this week
~The Mississippi River at Cape Girardeau will rise above flood stage later this week, according to a Monday morning forecast issued by the National Weather Service.
Image:
Fisk, 1944. Map of ancient courses of the Mississippi River, Cape Girardeau, MO - Donaldsonville, LA.
See the entire set of beautiful Fisk Maps here... all brought to you by Pruned,
Editilla's new fav blog'O'rilla!
We just loves maps.
I first ran across this map here, ironically in the fields of my youth.
River flooding overwhelms homes in Washington Parish
~Doug Mouton
Homeowners group threatens to
foreclose on New Orleans Mayor
"Fey'Ray" Nagin's Dallas Palace
~Theodore Kim
After Child-Governor Jindal's
Remark, Alaska GOP Senator
Introduces Volcano Bill~BBuzz
Jarvis DeBerry: Band at anti-crime rally symbolized unity
Participatory Comprehensive Plan for New Orleans
~Planning Pool~Looking through the lens of the Caribbean, New Orleans is not among the most haphazard, poorest or misgoverned American cities, but rather the most organized, wealthiest, cleanest, and competently governed of the Caribbean cities.
Many saying New Orleans not business friendly~Eric Paulsen
New Orleans City Council to receive NOAH contractor records today~Michelle Krupa
Mideast conflict spills onto Canal St.~Valerie Faciane
'Citizens' passes on settlement in Katrina class action suit
~Rebecca Mowbray
Weather Forecast for Spring Planting~Margy Fischer
~With severe flooding in the Red River Valley and Upper Missouri River Valley, farmers are casting a weary eye to the weather for the upcoming 2009 planting season. During the Top Producer~Pre-Planting & Weather Outlook Webinar, Planalytics Senior Ag-Business Meteorologist Fred Gesser provided insights on the current weather news and outlook.
Jobelyn - a Sorghum Based Natural Product May Provide Succor for Cancer and Cardiovascular Patients World-Wide
Alaska's Redoubt volcano changes eruption pattern
~Mark Thiessen~Federal and state officials also have established a unified command to address the volcano's impact on an oil storage facility holding more than 6 million gallons of oil.
Revamp your lamp
~Karen Martin~Baton Rouge women patent, market idea for lampshade slipcovers. It’s one of those things so simple, you can’t believe no one thought of it before.
Booker T.'s New Band:
The Drive By Truckers
~Robert Levine
Mississippi Blues Festivals in '09
Amphitheater being discussed for Mandeville's Dew Drop; the country's oldest rural jazz hall
~Cindy Chang
Preservation Hall Jazz Band
at the Blue Note~NolaFunk NYC
B.B. King, Pyrates, Strawberries highlight the week ahead
~Keith I. Marszalek
If It's Tuesday, It Must Be Street Date~Burning Wood
~John Scofield's "Piety Street" and other Gem'a'rillas!
WWOZ Piano Night
Leroy Jones Reassembles the Fairview Brass Band for a Special Concert at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 2009
~all about Jazz
Voodoo Coup~Keith Spera
~"Voodoo's economic impact on the area is in the tens of millions of dollars. With such destinations as Las Vegas and Miami's South Beach competing for the same 18- to 33-year-old demographic, preserving Voodoo was essential," said Convention and Visitors Bureau President Stephen Perry.
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