Posted on 20 November 2009. Tags: Army Corps, federal government, Hurricane Katrina, Joseph Cutrer, Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet, New Orleans, Pierce O'Donnell, St Bernard Parish, Stanwood Duval, U.S. District Judge
The harshly worded legal ruling this week that held the Army Corps of Engineers responsible for much of the flooding during Hurricane Katrina could have far-reaching effects on national flood control policies and on the federal government’s long-held refusal to take responsibility for its errors.
U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval issued the stinging rebuke to the Corps late Wednesday for its failure to properly manage the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet and its levees. He ruled that those failures were directly responsible for much of the flooding that devastated New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish. Read the full story
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Posted on 19 November 2009. Tags: Charles Miller, Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi River, New Orleans, St Bernard Parish, Stanwood Duval, US Army Corps, US district judge, US Gulf coast, US justice department
The court upheld complaints by six residents and a business against the Corps over its maintenance of a navigational channel.
They were awarded damages totalling $720,000 (£431,000), and the ruling could lead to thousands more claims.
About 80% of New Orleans was flooded by Hurricane Katrina.
More than 1,800 people died on the US Gulf coast in the devastating storms. Read the full story
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Posted on 08 November 2009. Tags: $1 billion warship, 12th Avenue at West 46th Street, 7.5 tons of steel, 9/11 memorial, 9/11 victims, 9/11/2001, amphibious assault ship, Arkansas, ceremony, commissioning, debris, first responders, Ground Zero, hudson river, Hurricane Katrina, Intrepid, Intrepid Sea. Air. and Space Museum, iraq, Marine Cpl. Aaron Mankin, museum president Bill White, Navy officers, New Orleans, New York Governor David Paterson, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, North Tower, Pier 86, rubble, sailors, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, steel, twin towers, U.S. Navy, United States, USS New York, warship, World Trade Center, World Trade Center steel
NEW YORK – The USS New York, built with steel from the rubble of the World Trade Center, was put into Navy service yesterday as a symbol of both healing and strength. The $1 billion warship was built near New Orleans by workers who survived Hurricane Katrina. Read the full story
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Posted on 21 September 2009. Tags: Adam Sandler, Barack Obama, California, CNN, Dave Matthews Band, Ed Murrow, Greek Theatre, GrooGrux King, Hurricane Katrina, Jimmy Carter, LeRoi Moore, Los Angeles, Mongolia, Neil Young, President, saxophonist, South Africa, Walter Cronkite, Washington, Willie Nelson
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Watching the Dave Matthews Band moments before they take the stage is like watching a football team bursting out of the locker room before a big game.
They slap hands. Bump fists. Jump up and down, exclaiming “Feel the love, feel the love!” The energy in the air is electric. Read the full story
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