Category: Liens

Lien lagniappe: DA situation makes the L.A. Times, too bad the local press seems to have forgotten about all about it. A violent tempest in New Orleans LA Times Speculating on Nola’s future Recovering New Orleans Common Ground Sometimes I go back and read this… Bush’s speech: full text Herald Tribune And hell, while we…

The Mose Project in Venice Saving Venice from High Water Italy Down Under Another good map database Index of /afs/athena/course/4/4.196/www MIT I obviously haven’t gone through this whole site but plan to spend a good bit of time here. My favorite part so far is the annual cycle of folk activities in the Atchafalaya Basin….

The Socialist State of New Orleans Private dollars leading recovery of New Orleans Christian-Science Monitor Our loss, their gain. New Orleans Sees Biggest Population Loss in U.S., Census Says Bloomberg Awwwwww… Brees feels at home in New Orleans News and Courier

Perhaps this is something on the skyline Jeffrey and I can agree on: Oak Trees! As money finally falls into place, City Park sows seeds for a slew of recovery projects, with more on the horizon Nola.com Levees can withstand a 40 year storm. Wait, what? New Orleans Levees 1,000 Times Riskier Than Large Dams…

Sewage and Water Board looking to copyright meter cover utilized by artists and T-shirt shops. Leggo our logo! S&WB asks state to protect emblem Nola.com A great page of Katrina images from Tulane Deptartment of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The diagrams are all well worth checking out as well as the images of levee scour…

National Geographic hits a home run with coverage of decrepit Nola storm protection. New Orleans’ Rebuilt Levees “Riddled With Flaws” NationalGeographic.com Herman Leonard talks shop, Katrina on NPR. Photographer Reflects on Jazz Giants, Storm Losses NPR.org Leading Dems admonish Dubya on Katrina. Clinton, Obama criticize Bush on Katrina Boston.com

Reference this next time someone says everybody here is looking for a hand out. New website customizes post-Katrina volunteerism in New Orleans The Louisiana Weekly Reference this next time someone uses the “below sea level” remark. HIGHER GROUND: A study finds that New Orleans has plenty of real estate above sea level that is being…

I’m pretty sure walking the streets of New Orleans with a gun strapped to your hip is NOT a good idea. Because, you know, you would probably get robbed FOR the gun. A Citizens’ Army Grows in New Orleans Time The Oregonians are coming! Portland wants to help revive New Orleans The Oregonian “It’s different…

I saw one of these in a planter at Riverwalk once. Beware! Watch the video! Megalopyge opercularis Wikipedia A promising Web comic. I’m looking forward to the next chapter. A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge Smith Varg’s House Hunters episode in Algiers Point reruns tonight! Buying in The Big Easy HGTV Sound familiar? Sheriff: Slain…

One of the many Yat dictionaries on the Web A Lexicon of New Orleans Terminology and Speech Gumbo Pages Another one of those, “New Orleans is different now” articles… Facing an un-Easy situation in New Orleans Pop Matters New Orleans through the eyes of a New Urbanist New Orleans: The Wealthiest City of the Caribbean…