#levees hashtag - Bluesky

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

3 months ago

#Dams, #locks, and #levees are critical to U.S. navigation, safety, and commerce.

Our new report looks at how innovative materials could help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers maintain, repair, and modernize aging #WaterInfrastructure: https://ow.ly/PmlO50XMEte

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NewYork

@newyork.activitypub.awakari.com.ap.brid.gy

5 months ago

What New York Can Do to Survive Flooding Adaptation is a matter of survival, and the city may have to throw every solution available at a worsening situation.

#New #York #City #Floods #Coastal #Areas #Rain #Hurricane #Sandy #(2012) #Levees

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beachgoods.com

@beachgoods.bsky.social

7 months ago

A look at the meteorology behind Hurricane Katrina 20 years later Katrina, one of the deadliest hurricanes on record to hit the United States, first formed as a tropical wave off the coast of Africa.

20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, www.cbsnews.com/news/the-met... #buras #eyewall #fema #hurricane #hurricanekatrina #hurricanekatrinaanniversary #katrina #katrina20 #levees #louisiana #neworleans #powerful #stormsurge

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Tim Ruppert

@tmruppert.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

7 months ago

Original post on universeodon.com

Louisiana law says the governor makes appointments to the levee authority from names provided by the nominating committee. Landry didn’t do that: he appointed someone else.

Louisiana law says each member of the levee authority must meet exacting criteria. Landry didn’t do that: his unauthorized […]

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FactRage

@factrage.bsky.social

8 months ago

New Orleans Subsidence: A City’s Costly Defenses Are Sinking Beneath Its Feet "New data reveals New Orleans is sinking at an alarming rate, undermining its $15B flood defenses. An in-depth analysis of the causes and impacts."

A Fortress on Shaky Ground: New Data Reveals New Orleans and Its $15B Floodwalls Are Sinking

#NewOrleans #Subsidence #SinkingCity #CoastalErosion #Levees #FloodProtection #ClimateAdaptation #FactRage #FactRageNews

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Pure Science

@purescience.news

9 months ago

New Orleans’ $15 Billion Levees Are Sinking Up To 7 Times Faster Than Sea Levels Rise Nearly $15 billion bought New Orleans what many believed was the gold standard in hurricane protection: 350 miles of state-of-the-art levees and floodwalls designed to withstand the worst storms nature...

New Orleans’ $15 Billion Levees Are Sinking Up To 7 Times Faster Than Sea Levels Rise #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #NewOrleans #ClimateChange #Levees

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Countdown to Extinction

@countdown2ext.bsky.social

9 months ago

New Orleans’ $15 Billion Levees Are Sinking Up To 7 Times Faster Than Sea Levels Rise New research shows parts of New Orleans’ $15 billion levee system are sinking up to 28 mm a year. That's over seven times faster than sea level rise, raising flood risks.

New Orleans’ $15 Billion Levees Are Sinking Up To 7 Times Faster Than Sea Levels Rise #Science #EarthSciences #Geology #NewOrleans #ClimateChange #Levees

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Tim Ruppert

@tmruppert.universeodon.com.ap.brid.gy

9 months ago

Original post on universeodon.com

Gov. Landry is hell-bent on ruining the levee board that keeps #NewOrleans safe. Post #Katrina, #Louisiana created a non-political board to control the money and direct the construction and maintenance of a world-class system. By all accounts it’s working great. But Landry wants to undo all that […]

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MaríaElena

@mariaelenazuniga.bsky.social

9 months ago

Louisiana's levee system is a complex network of earthen embankments, floodwalls, and pumping stations designed to protect the state, particularly the New Orleans area, from flooding caused by rivers and storm surges. #louisiana #neworleans #flood #floodwalls #fyp #naturaldisasters #storms #levees