This coming August, a new article will appear in a highly reputable science journal. It should change what people say about the New Orleans Flood during Katrina.

The article is written by nationally recognized experts David Rogers and Ray Seed. It contains a retraction of statements they made in the highly cited NSF-funded levee investigation they co-chaired in 2006.

Their article, accepted for publication in Water Policy (the official journal of the World Water Council) backpedals on damning statements Rogers and Seed made, namely that local levee board officials used political ties to force the Army Corps of Engineers to build the inadequate levee system that failed disastrously during Katrina.

The paper tells the vetted story, namely that the Army Corps doomed New Orleans because:

The 14-page article is also a “one stop shop” and addresses most, if not all, of the significant issues and events relating to flooding during Katrina.

The new paper separates the facts from the fairy tale.

Finally, the people of New Orleans can throw off their "cloak of shame."

We have obtained an advance copy. You can see it here. The final will be published in August 2015.

This article, and the New York Times story about it, are proof that your time supporting levees.org is well-invested.