Words Whispered in Water is a rare story about how a tiny woman prevailed against a mammoth federal agency and won. When steel flood-walls built with inherent engineering mistakes broke in New Orleans, the responsible party, the Army Corps of Engineers, went into full-time damage control mode, but in the chaotic aftermath, Sandy Rosenthal uncovered evidence that the Army Corps had made egregious design mistakes in their steel floodwalls fifteen years before they buckled and failed, causing hundreds of deaths!
Words Whispered in Water is a rare story about how a tiny woman prevailed against a mammoth federal agency and won. When steel flood-walls built with inherent engineering mistakes broke in New Orleans, the responsible party, the Army Corps of Engineers, went into full-time damage control mode, but in the chaotic aftermath, Sandy Rosenthal uncovered evidence that the Army Corps had made egregious design mistakes in their steel floodwalls fifteen years before they buckled and failed, causing hundreds of deaths!Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Sandy Rosenthal is an American civic activist and founder of Levees.Org, an organization dedicated to educating the American public about levee failures and flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. Most recently, Rosenthal was awarded Outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the Year from Tulane University for her efforts. She is a founding member of the mentoring program Laurel Eagles. When she's not advocating for safe levees, she's practicing with her Mardi Gras parading group, the Divine Revelers of Terpsichore. She currently lives in New Orleans with her two dogs, Twinkie and Cupcake.
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Major Levee Studies Prologue Chapter 1: Good-bye New Orleans Chapter 2: The Flood Chapter 3: The Fairy Tale Chapter 4: The Face of the Monster Chapter 5: The Force to Be Reckoned With Chapter 6: Figuring out the Allies Chapter 7: Foiling the Ruse Chapter 8: Facing Off with the Army Corps Chapter 9: Bayoneting the Wounded Chapter 10: A Major Coup Epilogue List of Acronyms Acknowledgements About the Author Endnotes
Major Levee Studies Prologue Chapter 1: Good-bye New Orleans Chapter 2: The Flood Chapter 3: The Fairy Tale Chapter 4: The Face of the Monster Chapter 5: The Force to Be Reckoned With Chapter 6: Figuring out the Allies Chapter 7: Foiling the Ruse Chapter 8: Facing Off with the Army Corps Chapter 9: Bayoneting the Wounded Chapter 10: A Major Coup Epilogue List of Acronyms Acknowledgements About the Author Endnotes
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