A state emergency official said the system will be “basically meaningless” to him during a major storm because the most reliable maps can not be issued until after he must order evacuations. And a UNO researcher who is expert on the risks facing communities on Louisiana’s sinking coast worries some of the maps could give residents a false sense of security.
Should we elevate houses against worst-case floods or the statistically average hurricane inundation? It makes a big difference.
Multimedia effort lets readers take an in-depth look at rapidly disappearing coastline.
Law passed last year says public bodies can't count weekends in providing 24-hour notice to public.
Former deputy says he wasn't paid for required time before and after shift.
No one in New Orleans has had water service turned off for failure to pay trash bill.
The faculty will now be associated with the United Teachers of New Orleans.
In reality, much of the trumpeted social healing of our ancient problems amounts to little more than optics, the columnist argues.
