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levee-failure

N.O. Needs an Ecological Management Plan (or 3)

by NOLAmotion October 27, 2009

This is my first post here at Humid City. So I guess a little introduction is in order. Like Loki and many others, I’ve been blogging since before the coining of the word. While at the now-functionally defunct Louisiana Music Commission, I began a news page (blog) in August 1997. Since then I’ve maintained a [...]

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Remember

by Loki August 29, 2008

Remember the promises to rebuild infrastructure, promises that three years later remain unfulfilled. Remember us in your thoughts as Gustav and Hanna approach. 7AM CDT — KATRINA MAKES LANDFALL AS A CATEGORY 4 HURRICANE [CNN] 7:30 AM CDT — BUSH ADMINISTRATION NOTIFIED OF THE LEVEE BREACH: The administration finds out that a levee in New [...]

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Listen to Loki….

by Loki August 22, 2008

On WTUL FM’s Community Gumbo tomorrow morning at 9am. I’ll be talking about Katrina, media democratization, and the social web. Go here and click “listen live” in the morning.

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Hey People: It’s Not Just Us

by Loki August 16, 2008

Go figure, people are people warts and all no matter where you go. This one is the first of many dedicated to those who continue to excoriate us rather than assist. It is not a hand out that we want or need. It is a hand up. In that spirit allow me to shout about [...]

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Y3K Blog Carnival- Kick Off

by Loki August 16, 2008

Its almost three years since the day Katrina hit our shores. Three years of government ineptitude, three years of the “new normal,” three years in which voices from New Orleans have been handed the virtual megaphone here on HumidCity. This year I would like to commemorate the occasion by bringing in a variety of voices [...]

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Rising Tide III Schedule Released

by Loki August 7, 2008

Ladies, Gentlemen, and Undecided, The schedule of events and speakers for Rising Tide III is now available! In this third year of our “blogger conference” there is much of interest, as can be seen below. More details and online registration are available at the Rising Tide Conference Blog. Come on down and get the skinny [...]

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8/29 Commission, Why? Well, Lets See….

by Loki June 4, 2008

The video shows why we all need the 8/29 Investigation – a truly independent and complete analysis of the Katrina levee failures on August 29, 2005. Best if done by NOON THURSDAY JUNE 5. Help launch Levees.Org to the top of the YouTube charts! Want to do more? You can also: 1. Register at YouTube [...]

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Demand an 8/29 Commission

by Loki June 3, 2008

A bill to find the truth about the levee failures is stalled in Homeland Security and YOU can kick this bill into action! If you haven’t yet, please make two (2) important phone calls today: 1. Call Senator Landrieu at 202-224-5824 and tell her we need hearings on the 8/29 Investigation Act. 2. Call Senator [...]

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Bad News: Its Not Just New Orleans

by Loki May 13, 2008

This post is dedicated to all of the soulless cretins who denigrated my neighbors and I for moving back to New Orleans. This ones for you! Most of America has “Katrina Fatigue.” They’re sick of hearing about the minor issues that have displaced half our city. It almost makes me wish I was sadistic enough [...]

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Corps Can Be Sued For MR-GO, Judge Rules

by Loki May 3, 2008

In the midst of the Jazz Fest Daily Deluge the following article snuck through between the raindrops: A federal court judge cleared the way Friday for the Army Corps of Engineers to face trial on claims that defects in its Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet destroyed wetlands and turned the navigation channel into a funnel for storm [...]

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like todd bridges over troubled water

by PH Fred August 26, 2007

in the most inane govermental scientific report to date, scientists now blame pigeons for the recent bridge collapse in Minnesota. WTF? WTFFF? well, it appears that the acidic content of pigeon excrement is strong enough to rust through the bolts that help hold the bridge together… AND this ubermensch-like poop caused or at least contributed to [...]

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Oh Happy Day!

by Loki February 2, 2007

NEW ORLEANS – Residents whose homes were flooded during Hurricane Katrina can sue the Army Corps of Engineers over claims the agency ignored warnings about defects in a nearby navigation channel, a federal judge ruled Friday. The ruling, one of the first significant decisions in a set of cases over what caused the flooding, may [...]

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Levee Failure, When Will We Have Some Responsibility?

by Loki May 30, 2006

Forensics report on Levee Failures A group of forensics experts led by some professors from UC Berkeley released a damning 738-page report on the levee failures during hurricane Katrina. They found a system that was “pervasively flawed” (surprise, surprise), and said that the failure was at all levels of government, including the Feds, the local [...]

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