FEMA adminstrator gets look at local levees ~Jeff Adelson, New Orleans Advocate

Fight heats up against potential huge flood insurance rate hikes ~Scott Satchfield, WVUE

ProPublica: FEMA Flood Maps Fraught with Error ~WWNO

New Orleans to Host Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council Meeting ~Dredging Today

Exquisite Corps to Consider Elevating Entire Jersey Shore *Seasonal Get-A-Way* Town of Highland? Well, Yeyuuuh???
~"The good news is the proposal we put forth after Sandy to consider raising the town is now being considered by the Corp."

Real estate frenzy near soon-to-be biomedical district ~WWLTV

Thin Skin: Jindal aide to bloggers and tweeters — shut your traps! ~Robert Man, Something Like The Truth

Barbie celebrates Mardi Gras style in New Orleans ~Stacey Plaisance

Magic in the Moonlight: dine under the stars at the New Orleans Botanical Gardens!

 Red Dress Run paints the town on Saturday ~Margeret Quilter

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