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It's acknowledged all over the world residents of the New Orleans region were enormously affected by the Federal Levee Breaches six years ago.
But few are aware that the breaches prompted nearly a dozen changes to national policy and practices. Those changes include the first ever nationwide Levee Safety Program and the first ever nationwide Levee Data Base (NLD).
While the New Orleans region was still drying out after the federal levees failed in 2005, the Corps of Engineers awarded an elite engineering group a large grant to conduct what was basically a PR show to repair the Corps’ damaged reputation.
The grant steered money to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to present dozens of powerpoints nationwide and abroad apparently designed to mislead the American public on what caused the flooding during Katrina.
(Levees.org discovered the details about the multi million grant in a request under FOIA.)
Interconnected sheet piling at the east side north breach site of the Industrial Canal looks like a giant metal grosgrain ribbon. Photo/Francis James
Here’s what happened.
Over a month ago, the Louisiana State Office of Historic Preservation (SHPO) notified the Corps of Engineers that its property, the Industrial Canal breach site, was being considered for nomination to the Register. This is required.
