~Errors in land-elevation data used by federal agencies are overstating the flood risk in some communities while understating it in others, an LSU scientist said Tuesday.
FEMA is using the inaccurate data to draw new maps that assess communities’ risk of flooding, said Roy Dokka, executive director of the LSU Center for GeoInformatics. And the Corps of Engineers is relying on the data to build levees and other structures aimed at protecting communities from hurricane storm surges. Dokka spoke during the 2010 Central Gulf of Mexico Hurricane Conference, an assembly of national hurricane specialists, scientists, academics and state and local emergency officials. The two-day conference brings together federal hurricane experts, academics, emergency officials and local government representatives to discuss issues facing the state during the next hurricane season.
~Editilla says Wait A God Damn Minute Here!~
~First Off~ We do love that word: Geoinformatics!
~2nd Off~We thought that FEMA, and any other Stake Holder got all this information from the Corps of Engineers! But yet here they say: "And the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is relying on the data to build levees and other structures aimed at protecting communities from hurricane storm surges."?
Oh Yeah? Well, where in Hell did or does FEMA get this Primary Engineering Data, before they pass it over to the Corps of Engineers? If the Corps "relies on FEMA", then upon who's engineering does FEMA rely? For Pity's Sake, this is such a Good-Cop-Bad-Cop-He-Said-She-Said-Protection Racket by the Corps of Engineers (to get out of liability) and FEMA (to get out of liability) for rolling the American Taxpayer.
We find such Insurance Hubris damn near constipating.
Who'z on 1st. What'z on 2nd. I don't know'z on 3rd.
Who'z on 3rd? I don't know. Who'z on 1st.
I wasn't axin'bout Who'z on 1st!
We was axin'bout who'z on these levees!
Sooo we axed the Reporter.
Ms Buskey informed us that the Data the Corps refers to consist of a "data pool" wherein is deposited many different "studies" from different locations over time. Sounds plausible, but it also sounds disturbingly like the Shell Game happening across the country to municipalities confronted with having to pay the extortion money to this Corps/FEMA NFIProtection Racket
---or Else! I mean, if the Corps is getting it from FEMA, and FEMA is getting it from the Corps, and they're both getting it on in this "Data Pool"... then WTF is Going Down Here?
Who ya'gonna Call? Who'z on 1st?
For example, The Great Levee Study by geographer Ezra Boyd, commissioned by Levees.org, blew the doors off of just who in this country lives behind levees --over half the population! Well, he got much of his Data from FEMA.
Where did FEMA get its Levee Map Data? Is it me? Are we having nightmares of playing games of Keep-Away with an 800 pound syphilitic gorilla sitting right here in our living room?
~Also~Experts say storm modeling needs improvement
~And just to remind'yaz...
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Help In Ike Recovery Has Been Slow~Jim Blackburn
Folks race against nature
~Minneapolis Star Tribune
~Bill Meister waved to a woman on the Stillwater lift bridge after they chatted briefly before he passed under in his '65 Amphicar.Heated meeting of Jefferson Parish Personnel Board with Parish Attorney has “Aha Moment” ~slabbed
Property insurance industry 'cherry-picking' targeted in draft legislation
Louisiana Gets $244M From Stimulus For Schools ~BBuzz
In case you were feeling exceptionally important today
~American Zombie
South American rainforest activist to speak at Temple Sinai on Sunday
Higher oil prices pave the way for a robust sale of Gulf of Mexico drilling tract leases
Inside the City of RVs
~Nate Berg, Planetizen
Senators who opposed jobs bill come from states hit hard by unemployment~Facing South
It’s Infrastructure Decision Time
~John Simourian
Rebuilding New Orleans, Block- by-Block~Quilting Gallery
~Quilting is my idea on helping rebuild New Orleans board by board.Years ago I bought the book "Quilts! Quilts!! Quilts!!!" by Diana McClun and Laura Nownes.
I became enamored of a block with the name "swamp angel."
Maybe I liked the block because its name made me remember the Louisiana of my childhood. I want to invite all quilters to help rebuild the city of New Orleans. My proposal is that groups, guilds, and individuals make quilts using the swamp angel block. The quilts do not have to be large. The colors of Mardi Gras are gold, green, and purple so it would be fun to use those colors, but any color would do. The quilts could then be auctioned and the money raised could be donated to help rebuild homes in the city.
Recipe: Chef Keny Veron's Crawfish Etouffe
Odd Words
~Odd Bits of Life in New Orleans
"Sleeping Winter Willow", acrylic on canvas, 18 x 36" Polly JacksonWhat'Up?
Uber Creepy Tour: Abandoned Six Flags New Orleans 69 Pics
Long after Hurricane Katrina, Isleno Fiesta in St. Bernard Parish to enjoy refurbished museum complex~Bob Warren
Alex Chilton Dead at 59
~Rolling Stone
~Dave Itzkoff, NYT ~Karen Dalton-Beninato
~We are greatly saddened by the death of our longtime fond acquaintance. We often used to have lunch together way back, at the Babylon Cafe in Memphis --before he moved back to New Orleans, bought his house, gutted his house, rebuilt his house, and stayed in his house when the levees failed 8/29/05.
He was trapped during the flood 1 day longer than me.
As well, Alex Chilton was one of the first people I recognized upon my own 1st Return. He had returned almost immediately after the Flood Waters receded. He was having drinks at one of the few uptown bars, wearing a Seersucker Suit and a wide hat for crying out loud, and smiling. Alex Chilton truly loved New Orleans.
Our heart goes out to Alex's family, sister C and fans.
*Thank You, Friends: A Tribute to Alex Chilton
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