Levee Exhibit Hall And Garden: Levees.Org To Host Press Conference At 16th Anniversary Of New Orleans' Levee Breach Event

Press release from Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden:

August 21, 2021

WHAT: Outdoor press conference
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. August 25, 2021 (close to 16th anniversary of the worst civil engineering disaster in US history)
WHERE: 5000 Warrington Drive, New Orleans (site of Levee Exhibit Hall)

Levees.org has, in writing, recent remarks made by the incoming president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) that are alarming.

The remarks made by the incoming ASCE president, who is currently chair of the Civil Engineering Dept at the University of Mississippi, seem to indicate he does not know why the levees broke in Hurricane Katrina. He feels the US Army Corps of Engineers was 100% not at fault and that blame belongs to the state of Louisiana and to Congress.

Levees.org considers this an example of a larger problem, namely that

1) engineering professors in the US are not aware of the true cause of the worst civil engineering disaster in US history, and

2) civil engineering students are not being taught that civil engineering mistakes can be deadly.

Fact: Nearly two-thirds of our nations’ population lives by levees.
Fact: The ASCE issues an Infrastructure Report Card for each state every four years.

On Wednesday, August 25 at 10:00 a.m., Levees.org will reveal the remarks, and will also announce its plan to address this insidious and alarming problem.

There will be a TENT for shade and a PODIUM for microphones. The public is welcome to attend.

This press release was produced by Levee Exhibit Hall and Garden. The views expressed here are the author’s own.