Some post Isaac analysis on one of the essential New Orleans blogs, "Fix the Pumps". Yipes. In short, nope things ain't fixed yet, some preventable serious close calls, and if you think of the Surge & Watabode as bumbling, the ACOE who we now rely on to keep from flooding make the S&WB look like Nobel Prize winners.

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The Gulf oil slick is just the tip of the iceberg:

New York Times: Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf.

Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick.“There’s a shocking amount of oil in the deep water, relative ( Read more... )

Recent Ruling Shows True Tragedy of Katrina was Federal Government's Creation of the Disaster Itself. HuffingtonPost article by Sandy Rosenthal. You might have heard the story before, but might have missed some of the juicy details here.

Thailand is 'in network'? Employers and insurers embrace medical tourism. DailyFinance article on more U.S. ( Read more... )

Some background to illustrate a point relevent to my previous post.

New Orleans hundreds of years of history has multiple examples of floods from semi-tropical downpours, hurricanes, and levee failures.


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"It has been proven in a court of law that the drowning of New Orleans was not a natural disaster, but a preventable man-made travesty," the attorneys said in a statement. "The government has always had a moral obligation to rebuild New Orleans. This decision makes that obligation a matter of legal responsibility." -- CNN storyHere in Greater New ( Read more... )

The words "levee break" and news footage of cities under water certainly has a dread familiarity for those of us greater New Orleans. Our hearts go out to our countrymen in the Mid-West.


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Condolances to our countrymen in Wisconsin.

Made the mistake of presuming the US Army Corps of Engineers were more competent than the Three Stooges? We in South-East Louisiana can identify.

Be prepared to have your state denounced as inherently UnAmerican and the population idiots for living there.

St. Bernard Parish new levees expansion joints filled with.... newspaper

Quote: “That should be criminal”

SHOULD BE?!?

The professional organization for engineers who build the nation's roads, dams and bridges has been accused by fellow engineers of covering up catastrophic design flaws while investigating national disasters.

Local Newman High School produced a short video for Levees.org about the US Army Corps of Engineers investigation. The American Society of Civil Engineers has objected to it; Times-Picayune article.

Hm. I liked it.

Watch the 1 minute video on YouTube