Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Mercredi~Happy B'Earth Day Y'all!!!

Special thanks to Bill Thayer for ac'creating our flag.
The importance of coastal symbols, funding and mining the river~Len Bahr, lacoastpost

~The reason I’m particularly sensitive about the word coastline is not just technical or rhetorical, it’s also political. The image of a hard, fixed boundary between land and water lends itself to those who promote the idea of protecting the coast against storms by building a massive Texas to Mississippi “Cat 5″ levee, the “great wall of Louisiana.” This concept is utter fantasy.

Predicted annual rates of sinking in the Gulf coast region, in millimeters per year, based on a numerical model of Earth deformation resulting from sea level rise and sediment deposits. This model does not include sinking from other sources. Credit: NASA/JPL, LSU.

~Nationaltlas.gov Map Maker

Beneficial Use of Dredge Material~Quinta Scott


“The weeds and grass in this portion of the bayou point to the fact that, if but let alone, its entire closure is but a matter of a short time. It was noted that during a falling tide the current was very slight, and this slight current flowed towards Bayou Barataria instead of, as would naturally be supposed, flowing toward Barataria Bay, the natural outlet of the bayou. This abnormal condition of affairs must be caused by the obstructed condition of the bayou below the point where the examination terminated.”
H.R. Douglas, Assistant Army Engineer, 1881
Photo: Bayou La Loutre, Alluvial City ~Quinta Scott

MR-GO now off limts to vessels at Bayou La Loutre
in St. Bernard Parish

Photo: WikiMapia

Slabbin'MRGO, gavel to gavel!
~the issue and the order (part 1)
-Duval got ‘em told
~No one this far south has ever used the word pellucid to tell somebody off; but, Judge Duval did in the Order and Reasons he issued yesterday - and, given the significance of a pellucid telling-off, part one of this two-part post looks at the order of the reasons Duval got ‘em told.
~the issue and the Order (part 2)
- Resio v Van Heerden
~Plaintiffs filed a detailed affidavit of Dr. Ivor Van Heerden in which he opines that it appears that 3456 new COULWAVE runs have been produced in which it appears that entirely different values from the material referenced in his initial expert report of December 2008 were used. Moreover, the supplemental report “adds an entirely new analysis of front side velocities that was not presented in his original report to present the argument that frontside wave attack did not affect the levees.” Id. (Doc. 18514). Plaintiffs contend that because of the failure of the Corps to supply a proper explanation on how the hard drives were organized, to provide the format of the data, to provide any notes on the software needed to read the data, and to provide instructions on reading the data,” it is prac- tically impossible for them to evaluate the supplemental report.
~Slabbed Pretrial Composts
~Editilla gotta toll'yaz~ As this MRGO Suit gets thicker and heavier you will see lots more cross'links, over'links, double'links, downright'kinks and twisted labyrinthin'compostinks... yikes
--hopefully dat'is, hehehe... please bear wit'us, Gentle'rillas.

Did Our Government Drown Us? ~Leigh Graham

Corps of Engineers' self study of levee failures to be released
April 24~Levees.org


Storm shelters sought for levee workers~Sheila Grissett

Pools become nasty mosquito havens in foreclosure
~Pool Study from the Journal of Vector Ecology

Leader in mountaintop removal fight wins prestigious award ~Facing South



Earth Day At Your Service:
...Generation New Orleans
~Karen Dalton-Beninato


Missouri Coalition for the Environment: still growing at 40
~Erin Noble


New Jersey woman canoes from South Florida to New Orleans for a cause~Green Jersey
~On her website, she is described as an “ordinary mother of two” — a woman who has also paddled from New Jersey to D.C. and from Miami to Maine to fight for federal ocean protections.

BR bus boycott analyzed
~Allen M. Johnson Jr.


Gay New Orleans Couple Sues For Right To Wed
~Pam's House Blend


Sometimes They Paid
~We Could Be Famous


Zurich's New Orleans relationship was sealed by Hurricane Katrina
~Rebecca Mowbray


New Orleans Stories: Great Writers on the City by Various Authors~Never Without A Book

It's All About Lit in the City of Indulgence as The Saints and Sinners Festival in New Orleans Kicks Off May 14-17.
~Victoria Oldham


NoLA Rising Art Auction
~Casa de Charlotte della luna


Celebrate Festival Season & Earth Day with the New Orleans Craft Mafia
~Folk Art fellow by Unique Products

Earth Day. Crawfish Bisque. Crawfish Facts. Crab Nebula. Jack. Jancis. Lenin...
993 restaurants are open in New Orleans today.~Tom Fitzmorris


i go down to the river & there i be ~the leather canary


”New Orleans Music in Exile” Wednesday Night at the Library of Congress~Black Plastic Bag

Terence Blanchard Quintet and the Hartford Symphony Orchestra April 24th

Jazz Revelation Records Shows Some "Dedication"
~Straight No Chaser


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