Levees.Org - PRWeb Press Release Account Feed http://www.rsspad.com/rss2a/275428.xml Levees.Org - Press Releases en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 New Orleans Group Greets Gustav with Myth-Busting Movie on Katrina http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1264644.htm As Gustav crept towards New Orleans on the third anniversary of Katrina, an outspoken grassroots group, levees.org debuted a 10-minute documentary they hope will shatter the myths and rumors surrounding the failure of the federal flood protection three years ago. Levees.org has been covered by NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams, ABC.com, The Wall Street Journal and Fox News Radio. (PRWeb Aug 30, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1264644.htm Year 3 Katrina: Outspoken Group to Release Eye Popping Video http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1242824.htm Responding to the rampant rumors after Hurricane Katrina and the failure of the federal flood protection, a New Orleans-based group has produced a weapon they hope will shatter the myth goblins, and reveal that nearly half the American population is "in the same boat" as New Orleans. (PRWeb Aug 25, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1242824.htm Harry Shearer Joins National Levee Safety Campaign http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1115874.htm The Midwest flooding has awakened America to a fact laid bare by Hurricane Katrina but overshadowed by the enormity of the failed response. But once again, the magnitude of failing infrastructure, specifically civil engineered levees, is before the American people. On Friday, a flood protection group founded in New Orleans will launch a campaign to arm American citizens with knowledge on whether they are safe from flooding. (PRWeb Jul 17, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1115874.htm Midwest Flooding: Failure of the Engineering Profession? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1041964.htm Flooding due to levee failure in the Midwest happened for the same reason as the New Orleans flooding. Civil engineering mistakes, not nature is the reason that so many levees were overtopped and in many cases failed, says the national flood protection group Levees.Org. (PRWeb Jun 20, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1041964.htm US Flooding Epidemic: Natural Disaster or Sloppy Engineering? http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1036334.htm More levees in the Midwest over 500 feet above sea level breached yesterday. With over 40% percent of the American population living in counties protected by levees, the national flood protection group Levees.Org questions the widely held notion that New Orleans' levee breaches were due simply to its low lying geography. (PRWeb Jun 19, 2008)

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]]> http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/06/prweb1036334.htm Group Questions Integrity of Army Corps' Levee Report http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/10/prweb559330.htm A recent press release by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) administration accompanying a report entitled New Orleans Hurricane Protection System: What Went Wrong and Why? contains 5 falsehoods, the most obvious being the claim that 686 of the 1,118 deaths in New Orleans would have happened even if the levees had held when in fact, the report itself cited that nearly two-thirds of deaths would have been avoided if the levees had held. The language of the ASCE's press release was also misleading and vague regarding mistakes made by the Corps of Engineers. (PRWeb Oct 9, 2007)

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