Ivor Heerden
Ivor Heerden
lost people plate security step trusted
People trusted the security of the levee system. More than 100,000 people lost everything. The government's at fault, and they should step up to the plate to give people some semblance of dignity.
asian damage equivalent experience numbers people recognize terms
We need to recognize we may be about to experience our equivalent of the Asian tsunami, in terms of the damage and the numbers of people that can be killed.
bothers died people
What bothers me the most is all the people who've died unnecessarily.
people sort willing
It's going to take people being willing to take a chance, to be bold, to sort out Louisiana's levee problems.
informed people warned
They should have been monitoring this and informed people all the way to the top, then they should have warned people.
coming confident people rebuild
For people to feel confident about coming back again, they're going to have to rebuild the levee system.
asian disastrous lose orleans people potential thousands total witness
This has the potential to be as disastrous as the Asian tsunami. Tens of thousands of people could lose their lives. We could witness the total destruction of New Orleans as we know it.
basically lobbyists plan
I was basically shocked. What do lobbyists know about a plan for the reconstruction and restoration of Louisiana?
due families flooding lost orleans owes society
Most of the flooding of New Orleans was due to man's follies. Society owes those who lost their lives, and the approximately 100,000 families who lost all, an apology.
leaving orleans undertake vulnerable
If we don't undertake the levee reconstruction and coastal restoration, we're just leaving New Orleans more vulnerable than it was before.
concern focus protecting
My concern was that the focus was not on protecting Louisiana.
bill lobbyists louisiana scientists together
This was a bill put together by lobbyists without any involvement from scientists from Louisiana who know the situation.
days water
It's going to be days before they get all that water out.
miles
We're doing repairs on the breaches, but there are many, many, many miles of levee that we don't have any idea of.