The role included requirements definition prior to construction, operation, and ongoing maintenance. Over the years the Board also took on various activities relating to land use on and around the levees. In the wake of the catastrophic engineering failures sustained by New Orleans' levee and floodwall system in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, two new regional flood protection authorities were created to supersede multiple parochial levee boards, including Orleans Parish's Levee Board. The purpose of the agency governed by the Orleans Levee Board, the Orleans Levee District, was to protect New Orleans from flooding, and to protect and operate the equipment placed and assigned for that purpose. The aftermath of Katrina concluded in investigations that revealed the design of the levee and floodwall system, contracted and overseen by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, to have been profoundly inadequate, and that the annual inspections of completed projects by the Orleans Levee Board were perfunctory at
The main area of concerns is the EPA findings and the disaster planning. The EPA superfund find was cleaned by general motors as per order, but there are concerns for long term ramifications. This company continues to operate in Lawrence County and there is some concern regarding new violations. The second area of concern is the disaster planning. Last fall when a state of emergency was declared due to tornado damage, there was a total failure of communication between responding units.
Scotlandville community is bounded to the west by the Illinois Central Railroad (now Canadian National) and the Kansas City Southern Railroad on the east, Central Road to the north and Harding Boulevard to the south. The larger Scotlandville community got its name from Scott Plantation and Scott’s Bluffs. It was these bluffs rising out of the Mississippi River that attracted the first Spanish settlers to what is now Baton Rouge. Southern University, which sits on these bluffs, was established in 1880 in New Orleans and moved to Baton Rouge in 1914. Although the town of Scotlandville was well established long before Southern University moved to the bluffs, you cannot describe one without including the other.
On paper one month before the collapse of the 35w Bridge, The Stillwater Bridge was rated worse. This inspection was done by the very same firm, URS a multi-million dollar engineering company, which was responsible for the inspection of 35W; MnDOT has said the bridge is safe otherwise it would be shut down. Galarnyk saw the same conditions the report documented unfortunately with the same urgency. It will only take one critical part to fail and the whole structure will tumble into the river. Hopefully no one will be injured or killed at the time this event happens.
Fred Clark 03 April 2013 Contemporary Environmental Issues Write-up/Video Troubled Water: Mississippi River Story The mighty Mississippi curves and flows through much of America’s central heartland and southern states. Starting its journey in northern Minnesota, this vast river meanders itself south into the delta region of America’s central southern states, before exiting into the Gulf of Mexico. Because of its vast size and location, it’s the largest drainage system in America. Nearly all of North America's central states, and a few Canadian provinces, can thank this American river for its expansive watershed and the benefits it returns. Sadly, the Mississippi’s history as America’s great river is being replaced with America’s great drainage ditch.
The capitol houses the Louisiana State Legislature, the governor’s office, and parts of the executive branch. At 450 feet (137 meters) tall, with 34 stories, it is the tallest capitol building in the United States, the tallest building in Baton Rouge, and seventh-tallest building in Louisiana. It is located on 27 acres, the Louisiana State Capitol building is a National Historic Landmark. The Louisiana State Capitol has been around since the 19th century, the building features sculptures depicting scenes from Louisiana and U.S. history. Engraved into the stone around the main entrance is the quotation “We have lived long but this is noblest work of our whole lives…..The United States take rank this day among the first powers of the earth, said by Robert Livingston on signing of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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Scenario 1: Cost Club Memo Lynetta Stonewall HRM546 December 22, 2014 Denise Brown Scenario 1: Cost Club Memo MEMORANDUM TO: Pat Brown FROM: Lynetta Stonewall DATE: December 22, 2014 SUBJECT: HR Concerns – Dealing with the Problems This memo is to address the five email messages concerning various human resources related problems included in the emails. Each question will be answered and will include references to the legal principles or statutes as it related to the question. Message 1: Discharges at the Anderson Cost Club store In response to the general manager (GM) firing two employees without providing a reason and the possibility of a wrongful discharge lawsuit, the state of Georgia is an at-will state. Under
Public Administration Errors and Lesions to Learn From How a City Slowly Drowned Case Study Analysis on Grunewald and Glaser’s “How a City Slowly Drowned” detailing the various government failures in the years preceding the Hurricane Katrina flooding in New Orleans Terry Badey-Mcclelland November 21, 2013 MPA 5400 Public Administration Theory Capella University School of Public Service Dr. Bordner Table of Content Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………..4 Conceptual Overview………………………………………………………………………….5 Public administration theory …………………….…………………………………………...6 Public administration process ………………………………………………………………..7 Internal and external environmental relationships …………………………………………8 Implications for the future of public administration …………………………………………9 Organizational overview………………………………………………………………………10 Settings…………………………………………………………………………………………11 Current situation……………………………………………………………………………….12 Action alternatives…………………………………………………………………………….13 Final analysis………………………………………………………………………………….14 Reference list………………………………………………………………………………….15 Literature Review……………………………………………………………………………..16 Abstract This analysis examines and reviews Grunewald and Glasser’s case study, “How a City Slowly Drowns as it relates to public administration theory and
This is the town in which he grew up in and worked as a deck hand on the river. After working as a veteran on the river by the age of nineteen, he made the switch to being called ‘Mark Twain’ because it meant “safe water”. After the Civil War, many African- Americans struggled for respect in most southern states. Around the publication year of the novel, freedom was limited to African Americans. Education was very limited to this race, thus providing a background to the uneducated Africans in the novel, The