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Words Whispered in Water, Anniversary Edition: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina

Words Whispered in Water, Anniversary Edition: Why the Levees Broke in Hurricane Katrina - Paperback

by Sandy Rosenthal
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Availability:In StockContributor:Sandy Rosenthal, Jordan Chariton (Foreword by)Publish date:8/26/2025Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tma PressISBN-13:9798887981437UPC:9798887981437Book Category:Social Science, Nature, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Disasters & Disaster Relief, Natural Disasters, CivilBook Topic:Flood ControlSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCA1VZEWEZ

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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Tma PressISBN-13:9798887981437UPC:9798887981437Book Category:Social Science, Nature, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:Disasters & Disaster Relief, Natural Disasters, CivilBook Topic:Flood ControlSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCA1VZEWEZ

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.


Publisher: Tma Press

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2nd Edition

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Sandy Rosenthal, Jordan Chariton (Foreword by)

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Sandy Rosenthal

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