It should be noted that no one from the Army Corps of Engineers has been demoted, reprimanded, or fired because of the flawed design of the levees that Professor van Heerden proved was the cause of the flooding of NOLA. He is the only person being punished for proving that it was the fault of the Corp, and telling the truth about what actually happened.
(New Orleans) On February 10, 2010, Dr. Ivor Van Heerden, a world-recognized disaster science specialist, hurricane researcher, author, and former deputy director of the LSU Hurricane Center filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Louisiana state court alleging that LSU officials waged a campaign of retaliation against him that culminated with the termination of his position at the university. The whistle-blower suit alleges that Dr. van Heerden, an LSU Associate Professor and leader of the state team that conducted a comprehensive investigation into the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, was subjected to a multi-year campaign of retaliatory harassment after he made critical comments concerning the failure of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to safeguard the City of New Orleans.I hope LSU gets nailed on this one and that our "press" such as it is, follows this story. Well, I can dream, can I?
View the video HERE. Again, it is too big and will likely be distorted if I embed it.
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ReplyDeleteIf you want to shrink Youtube videos to fit your Blogger Blog, then go to the Gadgets Thingy(3rd Party)/and paste the Embed Code/then you can adjust the Size of the player in the code: Height/Width (I prefer Width:425)/IMPORTANT: make sure to Change the Sizes in Both Places in the Embed Code (it will be there in 2 places in youtube codes).
The Main Thing, is to get people to View this Video up the Youtubes!
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Good for him. He seems like a stand up kind of guy from when I've heard him. I hope he succeeds.
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Editilla: I've been doing that for a long time, but now when resized, the videos are skewed and only a part of the image is viewable. I'll keep trying to figure this out.
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Jason: I believe I made a comment on your post regarding Dr. Buzzard. I am happy to hear you are on Dr. van Heerden's side, too. He's an honorable man.
Thanks to you both for visiting.
We can keep hoping that the news media grows a pair and does its job again. We can hope.
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