~The final draft of a long-delayed Army Corps of Engineers study on how to protect New Orleans and other populous areas of Louisiana's coastline from catastrophic hurricanes remains deeply flawed, experts who reviewed the study for the corps said."The Corps of Engineers prides itself as being the nation's coastal engineers, so who better to choose the correct options, to tell Congress which is the best option, and they didn't do that,"
said Robert Dahlrymple, a civil engineering professor at Johns Hopkins. Dahlrymple chaired the National Research Council panel that conducted a peer review of the corps study nine months ago.
~Editilla say Welcome to Thunderdome!~
Dealing with the Exquisite Corps of Engineers is like Ripping the Mask off of the Master Blaster! Here they Fork Us Way Over, after so much wasted TIME and so much wasted MONEY and so much BULLSHIT. But what will you do with the Master Blaster when we discover it is just a Big Drooling Simpleton?
This is our Battle with the Corps.
Let's face it: the Corps of Engineers cannot fulfill it's Mission.
The Corps of Engineers Cannot Do The Job America Needs.
The Corps of Engineers is Only In This for The Exquisite Corps.
The Corps of Engineers Is Banking On Flooding Us Again!
More Flooding - More Work for the Corps of Engineers!
Sounds Crazy right? Yeah, because it is Crazy.
But Oh Snap There's More! There is Always More wit'da Corps....
SLABBED follows “Levees.org’s EXCLUSIVE Interview with Ivor van Heerden on recent federal judge’s decision” with case documents telling the whole story – Shame on you LSU!
~Editilla Notellas~ We had to RePost this from our friends at the slabbernation due to the Comments and how such things tend to Prevolve (new Editilla word!:) by sussing through the details like the Reaper wit'a chainsaw.
Bid protests delay hurricane protection in Kenner, Metairie, St. Bernard Parish
~Sheila Grissett
Federal flood insurance wins another renewal~Nikki Buskey
Elmwood to host meeting next week on Donaldsonville-to-the- Gulf levee project~A panel of engineering and environmental experts from across the country will hold a two-day meeting in Elmwood next week to continue evaluating five alignments for the planned Donaldsonville-to-the-Gulf levee to block storm surge from the Barataria Basin.
River issues numerous
~Any Wold
Dallas unveils $150 million plan to repair Trinity levees
~Rudolph Bush
City is $8 million behind in payments to contractor MWH
~Ariella Cohen, The Lens
Children's Hospital looking to acquire New Orleans Adolescent Hospital property~Bill Barrow
April 19 session asks: What will Central Louisiana become?
~Jeff Mathews
What is lowernine.org?
Treme's Khandi Alexander:
New Orleans Is Her Character's Blood and Bones~Adam Bryant
~"I felt their particular take from the musicians' point of view was very unique and something I understood well because of my past as a choreographer and dancer," Alexander says. "This was something I really thought to be special. This is a take on New Orleans that I've yet to see."
WWOZ GM Responds to Treme, the First Episode
“Something Called ‘Volcano Monitoring’ ”~Levees Not War
~“[The Democrats’ stimulus] legislation is larded with wasteful spending. It includes . . . $140 million for something called ‘volcano monitoring.’ Instead of monitoring volcanoes, what Congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in Washington, D.C.” —Bobby Jindal, Governorcist of Louisiana.~Also~check out the comments in their Daily Kos post!
Globe has 1st or 2nd warmest March on record; El Niño fades to weak category~Jeff Masters
~It now appears very likely that El Niño will be gone by hurricane season. None of the sixteen El Niño models (updated as of April 15) are predicting El Niño will be around during the height of hurricane season (August-September-October); six are predicting La Niña conditions for hurricane season.
The expected demise of El Niño, coupled with sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic that are currently at record levels, have prompted two major hurricane forecasting groups (tropicalstormrisk.com and Colorado State University) to predict a well-above average 2010 Atlantic hurricane season.
EARTH DAY on the Bayou in the Lower 9th Ward
~Louisiana Earth Day Sunday, April 18th Downtown Baton Rouge~Hat Tweet~EDF Louisiana
The Color of Loss
~In the series The Color of Loss, Dan Burkholder presents a powerful new way of seeing the ravaged homes, churches, schools, and businesses of New Orleans. Using an innovative digital photographic technology called high dynamic range (HDR) imaging, in which multiple exposures are artistically blended to bring out details in the shadows and highlights that would be hidden in conventional photographs, he creates images that are almost like paintings in their richness of color and profusion of detail.~Big Hat Tip to Citizen K!
Algiers RiverFest
~Old Algiers RiverFest is presented annually to celebrate the cultural contributions of Old Algiers. This growing festival, now in its sixth year, is dedicated to preserving and promoting the traditional jazz and other indigenous sounds that came of age along the banks of the Mississippi River. A FREE authentic New Orleans cultural experience that features performances by some of the top names in traditional jazz, Gospel choirs, brass bands and Mardi Gras Indians, RiverFest also offers local cuisine, local and regional arts and crafts and children's activities along the levee near the Canal Street/Algiers Ferry Landing.
Alternative Media Expo is this weekend!~Defend New Orleans
2 comments:
Tanx for da posting.......though subject matter is probably boring to most.
Seriously, I went through the grief when "mother" cut all ties from the entire family to me and they listened to her and did what she told 'em.
I've actually been an orphan since Xmas, 1980 and am now VERY used to it.
xoxoxo
I know what you mean.
As you know, I lost my father last summer, and it turns out my step-mother too when she completely turned on us his children.
It was shocking to me as I'd know this woman since 1967 --exactly 1 Year after my mother died.
I knew we had problems these past decades as a mixed family, but had no idea the resentment that had built up.
When this woman dies, I won't be going to her funeral. She didn't Say A Single Word to me at my father's funeral.
Did not even Look Me In The Eye.
So I say, joke'em if they can't take a Fuck.
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