It always was and always will be "Entrepreneur Week"  ~Library Chronicles

Corps of Engineers to host public meeting in Butte La Rose to discuss opening Morganza Spillway

Underhill: Drew Brees, playing in extreme pain, had a masterful day that surprised many -- except 1 group

Federal judge rules against Abita Springs in fracking suit ~Faimon A. Roberts III, Advocate 

Men & Lady Rollers Second Line Parade ~WWOZ

Whether or not he returns in 2015, Drew Brees should be back in 2016 ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

New storm-surge maps from National Weather Service ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Pedestrian Brennan's leads push to close Royal Street pedestrian mall ~Richard A. Webster

Here’s what’s next after New Orleans City Council votes to remove Confederate monuments ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Attorney general investigates bone thefts at cemetery ~WWLTV

New wave of water management ~Cedric S. Grant

Orleans and Jefferson parishes pursue new water strategies ~Louisiana Weekly

Forget about tanking as the Saints play out the string; ‘We’re still hungry,’ receiver Brandon Coleman says ~N.O. Advocate

New Generation Second Line Parade ~WWOZ

Louisiana and Mississippi oyster beds, beaches closed ~Wynton Yates, WWLTV

It’s been a struggle to arrange mediation talks in Texas lawsuit pitting Tom Benson against daughter ~Ramon Antonio Vargas

Sean Payton compares officials to high school crew ~Larry Brown, Yard Barker

Nick Underhill's analysis for Saints loss

Kent ‘Frenchy’ Brouillette, New Orleans mob figure, found stabbed to death in home ~N.O. Advocate

The Startup That's Restoring Louisiana's Coast ~Craig Guillot, The Atlantic City Lab

~Two scientists believe their method of planting cypress and tupelo trees—in special rodent-resistant pods—can revive the region’s disappearing marshes.

Federal Flood helped usher in an acceptance and use of green infrastructure ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

 

N.O. blocking curbside electric car charger ~WWLTV

 

Oyster Options: from old school and late night to elegant and modern ~Ian McNulty, N.O. Advocate 

 

From Paris: Island Nations Share Challenges With Coastal Louisiana ~Tegan Wendland, WWNO

Study to examine rising suicide rates in New Orleans~Sun Herald

New Orleans public defenders ask judge to stop assigning them cases, plead for 'judicial mercy' ~Jpsie Duffy, Daily Koz

Oil company charged with four felonies ~David Hammer, WWLTV

New Orleans Saints Versus Houston Texans Gameday Review ~Who Dat Warriors

Traveling to Paris in wake of attacks, New Orleanians find camaraderie and courage ~Millie Ball, Acadiana Advocate

Rob Ryan's tenure with the New Orleans Saints: From toast of the town, to roast of the town ~Katherine Terrell

Miles tells booster group that Saturday’s game will be his last at LSU ~WWL

Entergy Louisiana slams the doors on years of progress in developing solar choices for homeowners ~WWL

Q&A with Drew Brees

Federal judge turns back Gusman’s bid to force jail expansion ~Jim Mustien, N.O. Advocate

Highway bill: Kicking the can down the road only part way ~Hembree Brandon, Delta Farm Press

Tasty Oyster Dressing Complements Holiday Meals

Millennials love Louisiana, are spreading out in New Orleans ~WWL

John Bel Edwards: Governor of Louisiana

West Jefferson kills new flood protection tax; Algiers renews one ~Mark Schleifstein

Air BNB ad ~Karen Gadbois
~Are you tired of Airbnb rental prices driving up rent in your neighborhood? Is the lip service your city pays to reigning in short-term rentals leaving a bad taste in your mouth (or on your lips)? If so, become part of the NEW OFFENSIVE and pledge to STEAL INDISCRIMINATELY from New Orleans Air BnBs.

BREAKING: Louisiana put on high alert, warned of man attempting to regain entry into state ~Neutral Ground News

Plaquemine Parish Council Votes to Kill Coastal Erosion Lawsuits Against Oil and Gas Industry ~Julie Dermansky, DESMOG

Saints fire Rob Ryan following defensive meltdown ~Conner Orr

Allen Toussaint funeral set for Friday at Orpheum Theatre

 

Saints vs. Redskins: Game Time, TV, Radio, Online Streaming, Mobile, and Odds

 

Heavy rains hit Louisiana sugar cane industry hard, reducing crop yields ~The Advocate

Neighbors seeking to create another, less-dense zoning category ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

Allen Toussaint has died

New Orleans musicians remember the legendary artist~Gambit

Allen Toussaint: The Lost Interview ~Rolling Stones

Top bid for Leonard Fournette jersey soars to $20,000; proceeds go to South Carolina flood relief ~Advocate

David Vitter - the Helis connection ~American Zombie ~Hat Tweet @skooks

Nick Saban jabs, corn dog jokes, more: Best memes, jokes you'll find before LSU-Alabama game ~Advocate

Odd Words: This Weekend in Literary New Orleans

A New Orleans gun collection holds two hundred years of battlefield history ~David Thier, Garden & Gun

Louisiana booksellers sue to block law that could make them verify ages online ~Colin Lecher, The Verge

House Committee Holds Hearing on Gulf Red Snapper Legislation ~Gulf Seafood Institute

Louisiana’s Most Well-Known Conservative Blogger Has Long History of Scamming Readers ~CenLamar~According to dozens of comments published on numerous websites and sports-related online forums between 2004 and 2009, Scott McKay, the owner and publisher of The Hayride, allegedly has an extensive track record of defrauding and scamming numerous readers, dating back to his first publication, the now-defunct Purple and Gold.

Raintree Helps Foster Children Feel Like Normal Children ~Eve Abrams, WWNO

Scott Rabalais: Saints’ wild win over Giants was an unforgettable All Saints’ Day 49 years in the making ~N.O. Advocate

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SAINTS!

NFL dream carries Hau’oli Kikaha from Hawaii to Saints with mother's support, judo's discipline~Joel A. Erickson, N.O. Advocate

Exclusive: John Bel Edwards Responds To David Vitter’s Incendiary New Ad ~CenLamar

FEMA agreement could break 10-year deadlock on rebuilding of New Orleans Municipal Yacht Harbor ~Jessica Williams, N.O. Advocate 

The Art of the Southern Obituary ~CJ Lotz, Garden & Gun

Developer Sean Cummings plans 260 apartments, retail space in Bywater with hopes of boosting population ~Richard Thompson, N.O. Advocate

T-Bob: Is Western Kentucky setting a trap for the Tigers? ~WWL

MEMA sends another disaster specialist to aid in SC flood recovery ~WLOX

Best New Orleans Restaurants: Critic's Picks ~Brett Anderson

Some candidates want you to vote for them — but don’t ask them where the polling station is ~Jessica Williams, N.O. Advocate

MILAGROS Channels New Orleans' Cool Vibes With Playful Library Mural ~Lauren Laborde, Curbed

 Ferrie, Oswald, Seal: ‘Committing Journalism’ in New Orleans ~Daniel Hopsicker

Latest projections show wetter and cooler winter for New Orleans ~WGNO

MILAGROS Channels New Orleans' Cool Vibes With Playful Library Mural ~Lauren Laborde, Curbed

Susan Spicer's new Lakeview restaurant moves closer to approval ~Tod A. Price

Violent crime in New Orleans: An explainer ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

Bombshell In Louisiana Governor’s Race: Former Mistress Alleges David Vitter Asked Her to Get An Abortion ~CenLamar

For Ani DiFranco, New Orleans a deep well of inspiration ~John Wirt, N.O. Advocate  

Herb Society of America, New Orleans Unit's annual plant sale, today until 3:pm

Saints soar past unbeaten Falcons 31-21 in the Superdome for their second win of season

Humane Society seeks funds to care for more than 40 animals seized in Bogalusa ~WDSU

National competition aims to help communities impacted by natural disasters ~WDSU

Louisiana man, imprisoned for 50 years for killing a deputy, is at center of Supreme Court hearing on youth sentencing ~Katy Reckdahl, The Lens

Underhill: Why Brandin Cooks hasn’t gotten off to the start many expected ~N.O. Advocate

Golden Band from Tigerland practicing South Carolina's plays ~WWL

2015 Voice of the Wetlands Festival!

Festivals Acadiens et Créoles!

Gentilly Fest 2015 To Kick Off on October 9th ~Noé Cugny, offBeat

Report: Saints will work out punters after Thomas Morstead strains quad ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

The Pogey Boats ~Troy Gilbert, GulfLatitudes.com

State coastal board proposes sending money left over from coastal projects to La. 1 elevation work ~Amy Wold, The Advocate

Gameday preview: Cowboys at Saints ~Nick Underhill, N.O. Advocate 

Fish tracking, oyster sustainability part of research at new UNO center ~N.O. Advocate

Joaquin Still Gripping Bahamas; #NotJoaquin Dousing Carolinas, Virginia ~Bob Henson and Jeff Masters, Weather Underground

Cruisin' The Coast participants begin arriving ~Sun Herald

New Orleans Saints: Could the ball finally be bouncing their way?~Jake White, WhoDat Dish

Weekend's fall festivals take place in actual autumn weather ~WWL

Second line Sunday: Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club ~Big Red Cotton, Gambit

Studying New Orleans to improve disaster planning ~Phys.org

Founding New Orleans, The Vagabond City ~Laine Kaplan-Levinson, WWNO  

Inhofe Opening Statement for Hearing on the Corps of Engineers’ Role in WOTUS

Landrieu, Sewerage and Water Board outline plans to prevent future boil-water advisories ~Juan Sanchez, WDSU

New Orleans will speed efforts to improve water system; goal is to avoid boil-water advisories ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

John DeShazier: Saints remaining resolute despite 0-3 start

Monkey Hill bar, patrons robbed at gunpoint ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

Meet Boudin Cook-Off contestant T-Jim's Grocery and Meat Market ~Daily Advertiser

Saints player interviews: McCown, Ingram, Browner, Murphy, Strief, Vaccaro & Kikaha

Saints back-up quarterback Luke McCown is excited about his opportunity to start Sunday at Carolina ~Joel A. Erickson, N.O. Advocate 

City tests permeable concrete to reduce street flooding ~Susan Buchanon, Louisiana Weekly

Boil-water advisory issued for east bank of New Orleans ...AGAIN!

Sean Payton calls report that Drew Brees could miss several games “inaccurate”

Preview: Faux Real New Orleans ~Will Coviello, Gambit 

Orleans Sheriff’s Office to quit monitoring pretrial defendants, plans to hand program over to city ~Jim Mustian, N.O. Advocate

Burning Han? SciFi Krewe Ready to Chewburnitall ~NOLA DEFENDER

4th Annual Bogalusa Blues & Heritage Festival ~offBeat

David "Vitty-cent" Vitter Super Pac lawyer also represented Bayou Corne company ~Tyler Bridges, The Advocate

Drew Brees says shoulder was affected by hit, but he'll be OK ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

Experts foresee moving mouth of Mississippi River north as far as English Turn and abandoning towns south of there ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

New Orleans Finally Starts Addressing Its Housing Affordability Crisis ~Brentin Mock, City Lab

Denise Gallagher named 2016 Festival International visual artist

First Major Gulf Oyster Hatchery Revs Up Production on Grand Isle ~Gulf Seafood Institute

Trying to hang onto the past ~Library Chronicles

David Vitter: Dog Whistling Dixie ~CenLamar

Fundraising is steaming ahead for National Hurricane Museum & Science Center planned in Lake Charles ~Richard Burgess, The Advocate

Who stole Trumpet Black’s trumpet? Brother seeks dead jazzman’s horn, missing since funeral ~Matt Sledge, N.O. Advocate

Boas, Boys, & Booze: Southern Decadence Details ~NOLA DEFENDER

Saints CB depth a concern; Stanley Jean-Baptiste still not ready for prime time ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

New Orleans: The Week After the Week After ~Harry Shearer, Huffington Post

Acadiana boaters braved danger, arrest to rescue New Orleans residents trapped by federal floods ~Billy Gunn, The Advocate 

Louisiana Seafood Festival this weekend!

A second chance for Road Home: Who qualifies and where the money comes from ~Robert McClendon

Injuries will force tough choices for Saints: Jairus Byrd on PUP? ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

Sheriff Gusman challenges city’s refusal to issue permit allowing him to move into new $145 million jail ~Jim Mustian, N.O. Advocate 

Louisiana's vanishing coast: Before and after images show a decade's loss

Crucifixion Road
by Karl Demolay

This is for the city that care forgot...
the city that forgot to care.
This city, carelessly forgotten,
our party time's behind us now, sensual drums in the dank and virile heat. City of culinary delights, musical giants, simple pleasures, squalid splendors.
A city of dust, now shrouded in mold, forever succumbing to entropic bliss on pause.
This city of history, a living archive of revelry and regret. The past and the future collide in slow motion. This is the city that must be remembered and rebuilt, this bastion of visceral pleasures and historic decadence. All to our collective delight and nagging melancholia.

This is for the ones that evacuated...
the people who left it all behind. The ones that lost almost everything, or maybe just the one thing they cared about most of all. The ones marooned on highways for far too long, no way home, even as the storm unleashed its initial fury. Those left deserted, no place to rest their heads, thoughts still heavy with guilt or fear or resignation.
This is for the people that won't go back, can't go back, afraid of possibility and all of its attendant pitfalls.
This is for those that have nothing to return to at all, not one single thing.
This is for the ones that relocated, expatriates forced into strange lands with odd customs.
This is for the terminally restless,
the suddenly homeless,
the penniless brave.

This is for the ones that stayed...
the insane, the stranded, the curious tribes, erstwhile survivors and civic warriors alike.
Those souls who stayed calm and true despite the chaos, or lost their minds to apocalyptic fancy.
Battened down and hunkered low, sipping bottled water with hushed first glances, suspicious demeanors and flashlights at the ready.
Proud and defiant holders of the line, sometimes criminal in intent, quick movement on the perimeters, shoot to kill orders...
For all those who were trapped in makeshift shelters, replete with suicides, murders, and rapes: victimization rank and feral.
For the bitter end of salvation, acrid tastes on parched tongues dry, even as bids for escape were made.

This is for the politicians...
Federal, State and Local, at once inept and indispensable, some more than others, caught unprepared, unconcerned, unshaven---Playing cat and mouse in a city of smoldering ruins, screams from the darkness of urgent plight, atavism gone awry. Ignorance and obviousness, the slow motion train wreck broadcast for all to see and discuss, obfuscate and ignore. Declarations of me and mine, you and yours, pitted squarely against they and them. This is for too little, too late, the same old song played at precisely the wrong time, over and over. Nagin, Blanco, Brown, Bush, please report center stage to assume the mantle of scorn and blame, everyone gets their turn.
This is for the ones that try to rewrite history or deny it outright, we wish we could deny it all so easily.

This is for the ones that died...
for the loved ones, the foolish ones, the forgotten and cumbersome alike. For the elderly, the infirmed, Vera in her cobblestone grave, the unidentified ones that received no such memorials.
And our beloved household pets, loyal until the end.
The parks and neighborhood greens, flora and fauna turned to a sepia-tone static gray. The houses, once renowned for their architecture, are reborn as new testaments to the destructive coupling of Mother nature and Human Folly. To the spray-painted X's, harsh and unrelenting, omnipresent in their emergency orange hue: 1 dog dead, 1 person saved.
This is for the newest necropolis to rise, our once proud city, our interrupted way of life, breaks in the line of comfortable static. For the evidence of our empire, washed away in the eye of the storm and the turgid, toxic waters that followed.

This is for the ones that rescued...
the Firefighters, EMT's, Police Officers, National Guard. For the people from far and near that just appeared out of nowhere, just wanting to help any way they could, using anything waterborne. And for the locals brave and true, risking life and limb to save just one more person, over and over and over. For all of the endless, tireless, selfless sacrifices and tear jerking humanity. For their shining light of salvation into the boundless dark, onto rooftops, inside of hacked-out attics, out of harms way to higher ground. For beaming from all directions, these beacons of hope, springing eternal and true.
This is for all those who lent a hand, however small or large. Our gratitude, more than could ever be conveyed, is all we have to offer in return.

This is for the media...
the good, the bad, the ugly, for the rescuers and the soothsayers, the shelterers and the kind words, for the dispassionate, the doubters, the cynical and the apathetic.
The pundits and pontificators, their talking points and bad haircuts, feigning interest at all the scripted moments. For the smiles as the makeup is applied, the vacant suppression of harsh, unforgiving reality in plentiful evidence. The ones that control the present controlling the past controlled the future; as always, blissfully unaware of the consequences...
For the sidebars and scrutiny, the breaking news and tight focus close-ups, hands and mouths reacting in opposite directions, in equal amounts, all from the outside looking in. This is for updates at every quarter of the hour.

This is for the hospitals...
the nursing homes and hospices unprotected and ignored. Piling the dead or leaving them where they lay, morgues and freezers packed tight. This is for the generators that failed too quickly. No sleep or food or water or sanity or safety or hope. For our doctors and nurses, in hellish conditions, against impossible odds, this is for the ultimate and undying respect they deserve. This is for the thugs storming the gates for drugs and evil kicks on top of everything else happening, brash and ignorant of their crime...
For the hotels and hostels, kicking guest out to fend for themselves in our city gone mad. Inundation and tragedy, fragility and breakdown, the worst vacation, convention, honeymoon ever.

This is for the looters...
for the desperate, the prescient, the survivalist hordes. Scavenging and pilfering, salvaging and hoarding anything and everything of use in seemingly useless times.
This is for the business owners, opening their doors wide to allow retrieval of water, food, diapers and formula, keeping their cool and doing the right thing. And for the pharmacies, their good intentions torn asunder by destructive addicts and wasteful ignorance like so many store display shelves.
This is for the home invasions, the armed intrusions, for making a bad situation worse, for spreading the fear...
This is for the ones that made it easier even while others made it ever harder by the minute.

This is for the children...
the lost or outright abandoned, the marginalized or used, for the separation anxiety, trauma and tears on long hot nights that just got worse and worse.
The unfamiliar and the dangerous, the abusive and profane, forsaking even common sense, for the lack of decency, for the bad examples and poor supervision. This is for the countless orphaned souls, forced to bear an adults pain with no advance warning, no preparation or guidance...
This is for the countless smiles, the innocence and playfulness, the ability to make it all disappear, if only for a moment at a time. And for their will, unbreakable and resolute in its purest form and function. This is for what we owe them, first and foremost; their satisfaction will be our compensation over time.

This is for the survivors...
all of us, if any of us, also still, the huge debt owed to those who didn't. This is for all of us in our sad, sad group, no matter where we are at the moment, home or abroad. For the hopes and dreams, reborn from the ashes of the ones previous, for our Phoenix on the bayou. For the nightmares and shock and ennui, the blank stares and paranoia deep into the night. And the helplessness, constricting, paralyzing, numbing...
This is for finding a way to get out of bed in the morning to go to work, gut your houses and reassemble your lives. This is for those that mourn their dead, their missing, their damaged. This is for all of us that are left to find their way back to some semblance of normalcy and well being in these dark times.

This is for the rest of the country...
witnesses to our plight, shelters in the storm, final arbiters of our collective destiny. This is for all of the numerous benefits and donations, the concerns and the heartfelt sorrow. The letters and emails, the long talks on the phone into those September nights and beyond, the shoulders to cry on and beds to sleep in. As well as the showers and food, simple things like ice and clean clothes. For the religious intolerance, the thought that somehow, we deserved this,
that this was God's doing...
This is for the stupidity and hypocrisy, for throwing the first stone when we were down and out. This is for their fatigue, their need to move on, not towards a better understanding, but only to the next sad refrain. For helping us stand, then forcing us to walk away stronger and more assured. This is for those that are rebuilding with us, as well as for the ones that make us want to now more than ever.

This is for the world...
the governments and their citizens, for the superpowers and third-world nations alike.
For their offers and advice, their engineers and city planners, the visits of rebuilding and improved protection. This is for the feeling that we weren't alone, that this has happened before elsewhere, only much worse, that it does get better with hard work and cooperation. For the lessons learned and experience shared; the first real promises of something good in uncertain times. This is for the most that we can share, our lessons, our triumphs and defeats, our heartbreaks and celebrations. This is for an open welcome to the grand rebuilding, our glorious comeback and their involvement in all that promises.

This is for the past...
and how not to repeat it. This is for shoddy levees and interrupted communications, driverless buses and improper shelters. For the wild ride to here, the respite in its warming memories, stories and legends yet to be told.
The anecdotes and folktales, the ghost stories and the pirates' songs, for history and the curious wisdom it imparts. For the good times, the bad times, the in-between times, we all had them here in this place we called home, no matter if you're local or not. This is for why we still call it home today, even if we won't, or can't be here now. This is for the sacrifices, the sweat and blood, the personal tales of reward and loss. This is for the chance to finally get it right, to learn form our mistakes one more time, to teach others the same as well; it's that precious and rare.

This is for the future...
and the promise that it holds.
For the chances in abundance, the endless, limitless boundaries presented. This is for the process of starting over, no matter how long or tough it turns out to be.
For the ways to see beauty in the ugliness, to fashion something new and exciting out of something broken and in a state of disrepair.
This is for our city, its legacy, our neighborhoods and families, friends and foes alike.
For our scenes and cliques, parishes and wards, businesses and hangouts, for the determination to rebuild them all, damn the engines.
Our wishes for a better way are here and now, ready and waiting, the concept of building better, stronger, and more secure. All we have to do is make it happen.
This is for the here and the here from now on.

So this is for you, in your own private way. For peace, contentment, steadfast resolve in trying times. For dignity and patience, reassuring calm after the storm. This is for the knowledge that you are not alone, no matter how lonely it may seem right now. For your hopeful return to the place we call home, if not now,
then in due time...
For the knowledge that she will wait for you, she always has,
she always will...
This is for our fair lady,
our New Orleans,
Past, Present and Future...

New Nola Blog: Waking Crescent City!

Louisiana Is Falling off the Map ~Jesse Hardeman, TakePart.com

Saints' Drew Brees walks home with fans after practice ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

Superdome exceeds 'wildest dreams' of stadium savior Doug Thornton 10 years after Hurricane Katrina ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

Rising sea level threatens coastal restoration, New Orleans levees, scientists say ~Mark Schleifstein

No, Katrina evacuees didn't cause a Houston crime wave. The data doesn't support the myth ~Ryan Holeywell, Houston Chronicle

Levees.org historical marker commemorates flooding of Lower 9th Ward ~Cain Burdeau, Fort Wayne Journal

~Sandy Rosenthal, president of Levees.org, said her group wants to make sure Katrina is properly remembered. The group has long pushed to, as members have put it, "bust the myths of the flooding during Katrina." The group has sought to expose the engineering failures by the Army Corps of Engineers that led to the flooding of more than 80 percent of New Orleans.
Rosenthal said the new plaque is "both a commemoration of a pivotal moment in history and a memorial to those lost. For the past 10 years there's been nothing at the breach site to teach visitors," she said. "It's a plaque that will last more than 100 years."

The Broken Promise of the Levees That Failed New Orleans ~Douglas Brinkley, Smithsonian.com

10 Years After Federal Flood, Will California’s Capital Be The Next New Orleans? ~Josh Israel, Thin Progress

The New Broad Way, NOLA ~Rien Fertel, The Local Palate

After The Storm: General Honore reflects on Hurricane Katrina ~Stephanie Sy, Al Jazeera America

I was evacuated during Katrina. 10 years later, I’m still not over it ~Nita Ostroff-Tyson, Vox

Lower Ninth Ward Residents Remember When The Levees Failed New Orleans ~NPR

Gabrielle, a Mid-City destination, lost to Katrina ~Tod A.Price

Katrinaversary Blues: Of Resilience Tours, Carpetbloggers & Disaster Tourists ~Adrastos, First Draft

People’s hero, Corps’ villain or both? Investigator’s life upended by Katrina findings ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

Saints Look Sharp as First Teams Handle Patriots ~Jason Calbos, Pro Football Spot

The National Guard and Katrina exhibit opens

Memorial in Music: Songs of the Storm, Flood, & Recovery ~NOLA DEFENDER

The Flood Files: The Arkansas Army National Guard And The 'Shoot To Kill' Order ~WWNO

George W. Bush, Bill Clinton to mark Katrina anniversary in New Orleans ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Rebuilt levees don’t meet goal to protect New Orleans against Category 5 hurricane ~Bob Marshall, The Lens

New Orleans area's upgraded levees not enough for next 'Katrina,' engineers say ~Mark Schleifstein

Federal appeals panel votes 2-1 to uphold new trial order for cops in Danziger Bridge case ~John Simerman, N.O. Advocate

New Orleans, region much better prepared to evacuate after hard lessons of 8-29-05 ~John Simerman, N.O. Advocate

Brad Pitt: 'I feel fantastic' about Make It Right ~Doug MacCash

'Bringing Back The Home': Jon Cleary Celebrates The Soul Of New Orleans ~NPR

‘We’re forgotten’: Outside New Orleans, Gulf eats away at entire coastal towns, residents’ livelihoods  ~Cain Burdeau, AP
DELACROIX (AP) — Rocky Morales is watching his small Louisiana town of Delacroix slowly melt into the water. The woods where he played hide-and-seek as a boy are gone. It’s all water and mud back there now. So, too, is the nearby marsh where townsfolk once trapped for muskrat, otter and mink.
Many of the fishermen who once lived here — his friends and relatives — have disappeared as well, fleeing behind the intricate levee system protecting New Orleans out of fear that one more hurricane will be all it takes to send the rest of Delacroix into the sea.

The Katrina Files: Robert McCoy, NOFD Captain, On Rescuing A Man Trapped In His Home ~Mark Cave, WWNO

Chicago Tribune columnist: "What I was thinking" ~Kevin Allman, Gambit 

Final hospitalized victim from Lafayette theater shooting released Friday ~Danielle Maddox, The Acadiana Advocate

Return to the 'City That Care Forgot' ~Todd Leopold, CNN

$5.5M tax hike for flood protection slated for West Jefferson ballot Nov. 21

New Orleans' future depends on coastal restoration, but where's the money? ~Mark Schleifstein

Details continue to emerge about the New Orleans flooding during Katrina ~Levees.org

Clash on Neutral Ground: Bicycles face Alien Culture ~Wayne Curtis, The American Scholar

A Matter of Black Lives: Mitch Landrieu, the mayor of New Orleans, is on a crusade to stop the killing. ~The Atlantic

Cooking for a Cause: Q&A with Chef Jamie Simpson ~Andrew Amelinckx, Modern Farmer

Why $53M Wasn’t Enough to Scale Good Eggs ~Danielle Gould, Food Tech Connect

Sean Payton's Monday Review

How to Save a Sinking Coast? Katrina Created a Laboratory ~John Schwartz, NYTimes

Study: Corps decisions, not Orleans Levee Board, doomed canal walls in Katrina ~Mark Schleifstein

Fontainebleau State Park Waterfront Cabins to Reopen ~Curbed NOLA

Fontainebleau State Park Waterfront Cabins to Reopen ~Curbed NOLA

Hurricane Katrina is Coming…Back ~Jan Ramsey, offBeat

Good Eggs, an online farmers market, pulls the plug in New Orleans ~Ian McNulty, N.O. Advocate

Heroes of the Recovery ~Laura Claveri, New Orleans Magazine

Planned Parenthood - Gulf Coast responds after state ends Medicaid contract ~WDSU

Bobby Jindal Could Save Louisiana and His Legacy, But He Won’t ~CenLamar

Is New Orleans Safe? The state’s master plan could avert a watery demise. But it would cost many billions ~John Barry, New York Times

New Orleans Saints Morning Break for Sunday, Aug. 2

Charity Hospital Replacement Opens Saturday in New Orleans ~AP

Drew Brees will carry the 2015 Saints & Here’s Why ~Jason Calbos, NolaNationRising

Saints player interviews from Thursday

Drew Brees: 'I always feel like there's something to prove' ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

President Obama signs Steve Gleason Act into law ~WDSU

Marigny residents want security district of their own ~WWL

Levees vs. logic: Rigging federal flood insurance rates is dumb and dangerous ~K.C. King, The Lens

On a gentrifying corner of New Orleans, celebrity vs. neighborhood fight emerges ~Katherine Sayre

Wednesday Reads: Like the Dormouse said, feed your head ~Sky Dancing Blog

She ‘made Lafayette the cool town’

Helis doing only permitted work at drill site, Tammany officials say after inspection ~Sara Pagones, New Orleans Advocate

Corps paid $4 million to firm that challenged contracting for New Orleans pump stations ~Mark Schleifstein

City Park construction destroys wetlands, violates Clean Water Act ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Proposed ‘living wage’ ordinance draws support at New Orleans City Hall hearing ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate

Mississippi River expected to crest below flood stage ~WWL

'Tiny House' craze hits New Orleans

A look at the first video after the devastation from the Federal Flood and Hurricane Katrina 10 years ago ~WWL-TV

Zurik: Feds investigate huge mess at Tangipahoa Parish landfill ~WVUE

A peek into Jindal’s inner sanctum ~Forgotston.com

Young alligator snapping turtles released in SW Louisiana ~AP

Work has to stop at proposed St. Tammany fracking site, parish says

In Make it Right neighborhood, recovery is still a work in progress ~Stephanie Bruno

N. Rampart-St. Claude streetcar line construction 'hurting' local businesses ~WWL

Mysterious bacteria sickens Hancock County shrimper

UAS drone proves value in U.S. Fish & Wildlife pelican survey

Mississippi River reaches 15 feet at New Orleans, triggering more Corps levee restrictions ~Mark Schleifstein

Holding Onto the Bayou (Gravy Ep. 18) ~Tina Antolini, Southern Foodways Alliance

House passes Steve Gleason Act

Rising Tide X conference to be held Aug. 29 at Xavier University ~Gambit

Locals lobbying for Pope Francis visit for Katrina / Federal Flood Anniversary ~WWLTV

Mayor Landrieu spits on Algiers Point citizens over his rezoning extortion at town hall

Wednesday Reads: Stolen Head, Captured Cow and Rufus T. Lightning Bug? ~Sky Dancing

Thursday Evening Concerts in City Park ~St. John Boogaloo

Another Round: The Remiss Management of the St. Roch Market ~Andru Okun, Antigravity

After Hurricane Katrina, a look at New Orleans’ uneven recovery among its neighborhoods ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Hurricane Katrina transformed New Orleans, the region's makeup after unrivaled exodus in U.S. ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate 

Levees.org Exhibition and Garden opens at London Avenue Canal ~Katy Rechdahl, N.O. Advocate 

Creole Tomatoes ~The Raging Pelican

Hiring problems plague efforts to reform Orleans Parish Prison ~Jim Mustian, N.O. Advocate

Friday budget meeting with sheriff offers preview of next week’s citizen meetings ~Charles Maldonado, The Lens

Honoré: BP deal like an oyster — raw, no pearl

New Orleans City Council begins process for removing Confederate monuments ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate

Confirmed: Fort Polk to lose 388 troops ~WWL

French Bliss: Bastille Day Storms NOLA by Lucy Leonard ~NOLA DEFENDER

Family and friends mourn bicyclist killed in hit-and-run on Elysian Fields Avenue ~Jonathan Burlington

Katrina / Federal Flood 2005: The Debris // Houston  ~Kate Richardson, WWNO

National Weather Service declares New Orleans 'storm ready' ~WWL

NOAA predicts below-average season for commercial harvest of brown shrimp in western Gulf of Mexico

Lil Wayne Announces Lil Weezyana Fest in New Orleans ~Billboard

Sensing ambush, Sheriff Gusman says fuck off to New Orleans lawmakers on special jail meeting

Deadline set for submitting teacher wishlists ~The Advertiser

Levees.org Levee Breach Exhibit Hall and Rain Garden Ribbon Cutting!

 Is the BP settlement enough for environmentalists?

Photos: Krewe of Kolossos Boat Parade 2015

Audubon Society: America's oldest bald eagle lived to see resurgence in species

Brees: Saints' O filled with future 'household names' ~Marc Sessler, NFL,com

Katrina scattered New Orleans’ entrenched social networks far and wide; some managed to regroup, others remain separated ~Katy Reckdahl, New Orleans Advocate 

Fishermen, outdoor enthusiasts advised to watch open wounds near water ~WVUE

Uber Sketchy in JP ~NOLA DEFENDER

City issues stop-work order on new Orleans Parish Prison, citing ‘flagrant violations’ ~Jim Mustian, N.O. Advocate

Entergy working with local government, residents during hurricane season ~WDSU

Dear Editilla,

This Saturday, we will plant the beautiful native flowers and plants in the rain garden of the Open Air Levee Exhibition and Garden!

We need volunteers!

WHEN: Saturday, June 27 from 8:30 am-noon
WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive, east breach of London Avenue Canal

We recommend bringing gloves, shovels, pitch forks and folding chairs.

We will provide water, ice and shade. A nice neighbor is also providing her bathroom for your comfort!

Please RSVP by replying to this email so we know how much supplies to bring.
Don't do "dirt and worms?" Please consider a financial contribution to help build and maintain the exhibit and garden. Click here.

The Open-air Levee Exhibition and Garden will educate visitors about the New Orleans Flood. It will be a memorial to the souls who were lost, a commemoration of a pivotal moment in American history and a symbol of the residents’ resilience and determination to return home.

The rain garden is designed to hold rain water to nourish native plants and prevent rainwater from entering the city's drainage system. The Peggy Martin/Katrina rose bush will be the focal point of the rain garden along with Louisiana Irises.

Sandy Rosenthal
Founder, Levees.org

From Piyush to Bobbly: How does Louisiana Governorcist Jindal feel about his family’s past? ~Annie Gowen and Tyler Bridges

Pho Festival comes to Gretna ~Helen Williams

Mental health experts warn that the stories and images from the federal flood can be harmful ~Jeanie Riess, Gambit

Rebuilding debate post Federal Flood carried hard choices ~Gordon Russell, N.O. Advocate

Saints' Sean Payton expands on offseason culture change ~Mike Triplett, ESPN

New Orleans Saints Morning Break for Saturday, June 20

10 Years After The Flood, New Orleans Public Housing Still in Limbo ~Katy Reckdahl, Next City

Harold Battiste, New Orleans saxophonist, composer and educator, dies at 83 ~Keith Spera

LPBF Assesses Upgraded Hurricane Protection System for Greater New Orleans Eastbank~Dr. Ezra Boyd, Restore Mississippi Delta

National Flood Insurance Program rate-setting should be overhauled, National Research Council says ~Mark Schleifstein

LPBF Assesses Upgraded Hurricane Protection System for Greater New Orleans Eastbank - See more at: http://www.mississippiriverdelta.org/blog/2015/06/18/lpbf-assesses-upgraded-hurricane-protection-system-for-greater-new-orleans-eastbank/#sthash.Qm021BkB.UihzV6UK.dpuf

LPBF Assesses Upgraded Hurricane Protection System for Greater New Orleans Eastbank - See more at: http://www.mississippiriverdelta.org/blog/2015/06/18/lpbf-assesses-upgraded-hurricane-protection-system-for-greater-new-orleans-eastbank/#sthash.Qm021BkB.UihzV6UK.dpuf

Saints, Pelicans owner Tom Benson legally competent ~WWL

More staff cuts ahead for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune ~Kevin Allman, Gambit

U.S. cities running out of water ~Thomas C, Frohlick

Animal Rescue: High heat can harm pets’ health ~Tracy D. Howerton, The Advocate

Longer Red Snapper season? ~WWL

Special report: An unprecedented $71 billion price tag for recovery after Hurricane Katrina ~Jeff Adelson, N.O. Advocate

Bill to add landlord to HANO board passes Legislature ~Jaquetta White, N.O. Advocate 

La. business community and film industry unhappy with final session results ~WWL

Saints sign veteran Kevin Williams ~Kevin Williams, ESPN

Behold Adolfo Garcia's New Central City Gem, Primitivo ~Nora McGunningle, EaterNOLA

Is there a plan to fix the roads in New Orleans? ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

Chef James Cullen, formerly of Trèo, hired for NOCCA Institute's Press Street Station ~Tod A. Price

In Katrina's aftermath, New Orleans truly chaotic, but what reports were fact -- and fiction? ~Gordon Russell

Katrina: The Debris - Green Dot ~WWNO

Opening of new Orleans Parish Prison postponed again ~N.O. Advocate 

Equity, transparency undercut by holdouts against OneApp school admissions process ~Jacob Landry, The Lens

Kids in Louisiana are reading from the Book of Genesis in science classes ~Zach Kopplan, Slate

NWS: Red River just above 37 feet; likely to stay there ~AP

Cyril Neville: Lifetime Achievement in Music Award Honoree ~John Swenson, offBeat

Setting the Record Straight — or Getting Scared Straight — on Our Recent Flood ~Jim Schutz, Dallas Observer

Ninth annual Louisiana Cajun-Zydeco Festival

Tell us about that awful pooka ~Library Chronicles

Bobby Jindal’s hatred won’t spread: The governor’s right-wing illness can’t destroy New Orleans ~Chris Rose, Salon

Children’s Hospital seeks city approval for expansion to NOAH site this week ~Robert Morris, Uptown Messenger

You Say Tomato...Creole Tomatoes From the Roots Up ~Lucy Leonard, NOLA DEFENDER

Purchased Slaves Exhibit Helps New Orleans Come to Terms With Domestic Slave Trade ~Eve Abrahms, WWNO

Bud’s With a Twist ~Errol Laborde

The Lens loses public records lawsuit against city of New Orleans ~Marta Jewson

Brad Pitt non-profit ‘Make it Right Foundation’ sued by recipient of new home claiming it is unlivable ~Louisiana Record

Rusty pumps keep rusting, Corps yawns ~Matt McBride 

Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority to discuss flooding issues in Kenner ~WDSU

Corps to begin armoring levees with high-tech mesh ~Ryan Naquin, WAFB

Flood authority talks hurricane readiness, levee sinkage plans ~WVUE

Katrina: The Debris // Incredible By Modern Standards ~Eve Troeh, WWNO

Former New Orleans Saints player Steve Gleason nominated for George Halas Award ~Christopher Dabe

Bobby Jindal wants to do to America what he did to Louisiana ~Egberto Willies, Daily Kos

Con-Profit Group Continues To Insist Louisiana’s Creationism Law Isn’t About Creationism ~CenLamar

Residents urged to take hurricane season seriously despite flood protection upgrades ~WVUE

Coastal plan moves forward ~HoumaToday.com

Barataria Land Bridge, Large-Scale Barataria Marsh Creation Project Underway ~Restore MS River Delta

Barataria Land Bridge, Large-Scale Barataria Marsh Creation Project Underway - See more at: http://www.mississippiriverdelta.org/blog/2015/06/02/barataria-land-bridge-large-scale-barataria-marsh-creation-project-underway/#sthash.c9eL6uON.dpuf

Large sections of New Orleans’ new Corps of Engineers levee system sinking ~Tom Hall
~Large sections of the $14.5 billion levee system constructed around the New Orleans area after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 are sinking and will have to be raised by 2025 in order to keep the areas inside the levees qualified for federal flood insurance, according to a report published May 20 by The Lens, a local investigative journalism outfit.
The poor design of the pre-Katrina levee system, installed piecemeal over the course of many decades, led to their breach in 2005, resulting in catastrophic flooding in over 80 percent of the city.

Welcome to 2015 Hurricane Season! Heavy rains flood businesses and strand drivers across New Orleans ~WWLTV

The flip side of years of no hurricanes: Good luck runs out ~Seth Borenstein, AP via WVUE

St Tammany building best hurricane communication system in the state ~Curt Sprang, WGNO