French Quarter Fire ~Photograph: Tawnee Lynne
North Dakota Flood Sets Fargo Record, Forces Thousands to Flee<~CURRENT LEVEL: RED RIVER AT FARGO.
Provisional data from automated station.
Elev. datum 861.80'. (please click pics, always)
Below~Day pass: NOAA-15 2009 Mar 27 22:38 UT
Louisiana Help Headed To North Dakota~WDSU~"North Dakota didn't hesitate to send assistance following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and we're doing the same for them as they face devastating flooding that has caused many to be evacuated," said La Gov Jindal.
"The support we're sending will enable officials in North Dakota to streamline the evacuation and recovery process."
Rising rivers leave residents stranded~Roads in scattered areas across St. Tammany Parish became wading pools Friday, stalling vehicles and leaving some residents stranded, as river levels continued to rise.Local corps office submits budget for 2010
~Mark Schleifstein
~The New Orleans District office of the Army Corps of Engineers has submitted a 2010 budget to the White House calling for more than three times as much money for construction and maintenance than it will receive in fiscal year 2009.
From the ASCE Research Library
~Up or Out? Economic-Engineering Theory of Flood Levee Height and Setback
~Water Rationing Model for Consequence Minimization of Water Infrastructure Destruction
Spanish Lake basin under duel threats of drainage and the BR loop tollway: coastal implications ignored~lacoastpost
Spanish Lake ConservancyLevee district making Catch-22
improvements without Corps’
approval~Amy Wold
~The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has repeatedly instructed the South Lafourche Levee District to stop raising its levees without first getting corps review and approval.
But the Exquisite Corps has also informed the levee district that it doesn’t have time to review the levee district’s improvement plans.
(Emphasis and tagging all Editilla's, Y'all Honeys!)
More time for elevations
~Louisiana homeowners will have three more years to elevate and storm-proof their houses with help from the National Flood Insurance Program, and it makes sense to give them additional time to make their homes safer.
New Orleans rally draws thousands to protest violence ~Katy Reckdahl~T'n'T~ WCBF
Population Update
~Your Right Hand Thief
Liprap's Lament - The Line
Firesquito vs. The Grey Ghost!~Editilla Chin'chillas~ Firesquito will beat the rude, white'bred angry Ghost! We know this because Firesquito is Herolero, born in the Burning Swamp of our fetid, crucified city. 'Squito knows from whence our Maid weeps, where her tears have fallen, to what they return washed away upon the walls our own damn'nation.
N.O. cops accused in grisly storm story ~Laura Maggi
Senate kills Vitter’s ACORN amendment ~Gerald Shields
New Orleans submits bid to host 2013 Super Bowl
Slaaaaaabbed!
Shuttle Discovery streaks toward Earth~In this image provided by NASA the International Space Station is backdropped by the blackness of space and the thin line of Earth's atmosphere as seen from Space Shuttle Discovery as the two spacecraft begin their relative separation Wednesday March 25, 2009. Discovery and its crew of seven were due back Saturday afternoon, ending a nearly two-week mission that left the international space station fully powered with a new set of solar wings. (AP Photo/NASA)How the Nation’s Only State-Owned Bank Became the Envy of Wall Street
~Josh Harkinson ~The Bank of North Dakota is the only state-owned bank in America—what Republicans might call an idiosyncratic bastion of socialism. It also earned a record profit last year even as its private-sector corollaries lost billions.
Debut novel full of New Orleans' musical past~Susan Larson
The Diary: Michael Moorcock
~"Unable to make it to Paris this spring, my wife Linda and I, along with our cats Bill and Betty, are heading towards the Mississippi Delta, via a science fiction convention in Biloxi.
With its tall Greek-columned houses, the holiday homes of southern aristocrats, Biloxi was once a rather genteel resort: Hove to New Orleans’ Brighton. But, after Hurricane Katrina, she is taking longer to restore herself than New Orleans and, sadly, might never come back as she was."
~Editilla T'n'T to Ixolib.com
Professional Practice,
the Dirty Dozen Brass Band will receive the Big Easy Foundation Music Heritage Award
~Will Coviello
Kermit Ruffins: Livin' A Treme Life ~all about Jazz
Voodoo Fest, City Park, tourism
officials to meet Monday
~Keith Spera
Mick Fleetwood Hits Da'Road!
~Scott Simon
~The Mich Fleetwood Blues Band ain't stoppin...
fo'da City That Care Forgotten'Notten !?!?! Jeez Louie!
Somebody give the boy a call! Invite him to breakfast!
