WWL-TV’s David Hammer interviews Sandy Rosenthal on June 17, 2026 In 2024, Governor Jeff Landry decided he wanted to select the levee board members who serve on the Flood Protection Authority East. Since then, Landry’s hand-picked people ha…
Empty lots at the 17th Street Canal breach site in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans Governor Jeff Landry’s actions are putting New Orleans at risk of disastrous flooding. In the past two years, the governor has interfered with the l…
Founder Rosenthal was Dr. Rob Verchick’s first guest post on his popular Substack blog titled “Blue Tomorrow.” Dr. Verchick is a climate law scholar who designed climate-resilience policies in the Obama administration. He teaches at Loyola
Bob Ebeling with his daughter Kathy and his wife, Darlene, in 2016. All three have since passed away. Photo/Howard Berkes NPR Here at the 40th anniversary of the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, NPR did an in-depth story about the three e…
Sandy Rosenthal will reign as Queen Yolande of the 2026 Krewe of Jeanne d’Arc in New Orleans The 2026 Krewe of Jeanne d’Arc will roll on Twelfth Night (Jan 6th) in New Orleans in the French Quarter. January 6th is also the birthday of Joan
A fault in the altered design of skywalk bridges inside the Hyatt Regency in Kansas City brought them down on a crowd below on 7-17- 1981. Photo/Melissa Mairs, KSHB Engineering Failures Education (EFE) is a public safety campaign to require…
In February 2013, Levees.org realized that the only civil engineers who blamed local New Orleans officials for the 2005 flooding during Hurricane Katrina were the authors of the very first levee investigation––a report completed on a shoest…
On August 10, 2011, the Associated Press (AP) issued a style guide for reporters when writing about September 11, 2001 and the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York City. The reason was sound: to assist journalists in devel…
LA State Rep Stephanie Hilferty Any property owner in Orleans, Jefferson, or St. Bernard Parish, if they turn over their tax bill and look on the backside, they will see where the money goes. A large portion goes to the local levee district…
(listed in reverse chronological order by publish date) Interaction between the US Army Corps of Engineers and Orleans Levee Board preceding the drainage canal wall failures in New Orleans – March 2015 J. David Rogers, Paul Kemp, H.J. Boswo…
Sandy is quoted in this story about Trump’s dismantling of disaster defenses. Click for story. Sandy discusses green infrastructure in this Hurricane Katrina anniversary story. Click for story. Jake Bittle speaks with Sandy in this Hurrican…
Home at 6926 Bellaire Drive, before and after the 17th Street Canal floodwall breached in August 2005. Photos/Roy Arrigo CLICK TO ENLARGE Levees.org is an investigative public education nonprofit founded in 2005 by Sandy Rosenthal and her t…