Rust and corrosion threaten levee metal pumps and helps
Twenty years after the catastrophic failure of the federal levees defending the New Orleans space, some consultants imagine that corrosion remains to be a serious vulnerability inside the remade flood-control system. The U.S. Military Corps of Engineers accomplished the $12…
Crimson flags on the levee board
Be aware: After this op-ed was submitted, Gov. Jeff Landry eliminated his chosen board chair, Roy Carubba, and changed him with Peter Vicari, who Landry appointed to the board simply final month. The author hopes that the brand new chair…
Levee board members haven’t any sway over Military Corps design
I’ve been following, with some amusement, the controversy over the nominations system for members of the Southeast Louisiana Flood Safety Authority-East. Throughout my eight-year tenure on SLFPA-E, the members of the board had been one of the best of one…