by Levees Not War | Aug 30, 2010 | Federal Agencies, NOLA, Gulf Coast, Relief/Recovery, Weather/Emergency Preparedness
Tomorrow we’ll post some comments on President Obama’s remarks at Xavier University on the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. But first, allow us to babble excitedly about the public-safety-and-disaster geek’s idea of a celebrity sighting: After all the...
by Levees Not War | Feb 18, 2010 | NOLA, Gulf Coast, Politics/Economy
Mardi Gras has come and gone, and Ash Wednesday too, and now it is Lent: “Remember that you are dust, and to dust you shall return.” Speaking of dust and repentance . . . Two years ago we endorsed John Edwards for president. That was before we realized how far...
by Levees Not War | May 15, 2009 | Federal Agencies
It is very good news that the Senate voted last week to confirm W. Craig Fugate as administrator of FEMA. Fugate knows what he is doing. He will be the “anti-Brownie”—every bit as in command as Michael Brown and other Bushies were not. Having directed Florida’s...
