This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
New Orleans repeats Katrina era levee mistakes
The Associated Press finds New Orleans repeats Katrina Betsy era flaws in levee planning and funding. Engineers and residents warn that 100 year levee protection remains insufficient and delays, audits, and cost overruns threaten future flood safety. Public confidence wanes as the corps races to finish post Katrina work by 2011.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Associated Press
Windell Curote
Louisiana
Tyrone Marshall
Geneva Stanford
9Th Ward
Stanford
University of New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers
John Barry
New Orleans College
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Betsy
Philip Ciaccio
Katrina
Ciaccio
National Research Council
Army
Robert van Antwerp
al Naomi
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bush
Corps
Government Accountability Office
GAO
Bill Haber