Join us live to discuss whether we’re safer, with flood authority member Paul Kemp
Oceanographer serves on consolidated levee board for the east bank.
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Paul Kemp to discuss whether area is safer 10 years after Hurricane Katrina (video)
He'll speak at our Breakfast with the Newsmakers event at 8 a.m. Aug. 20.
Post-Katrina reforms make levee, floodwall inspections a daily job
If local levee boards had followed inspection rules before Hurricane Katrina, they may have known about weaknesses before parts of the flood protection system collapsed in the storm. Now 11 employees work full-time inspecting and testing levees, floodwalls and equipment around New Orleans.
Katrina fact-check: Guesstimate of Katrina’s flooding in New Orleans was correct
For years we've heard that 80 percent of New Orleans flooded in Katrina. Is it true? Yes, if you include flooding from the storm surge and the levee breaks.
The BP settlement is only a downpayment on the massive coastal restoration bill
The settlement provides assured, quick money, but far less than advocates hoped.
BP settlement: Tens of millions for lawyers, not nearly enough for the coast
Why did BP's stock rise after the settlement was reached: payments are low and slow — except to lawyers.
Water and subsidence: “You can’t manage what you don’t measure”
Sections of new, best-ever levee system are sinking and are likely to be raised
Environmentalists worry that first RESTORE grants focus on just small efforts
Kill House Bill 779! End of solar leasing credit would darken prospect of wider access to cheap power
Lt. Gen. Honore urges citizens to contact state senators in fight over solar legislation.
