Exposing the Hurricane Katrina Levee Cover-Up — How Sandy Rosenthal Mobilized the Nation
Description
In this episode, host Kristen Rocco introduces you to Sandy Rosenthal, an activist, author, and founder of Levees.org.
Sandy shares her journey of uncovering the levee engineering failures that led to catastrophic flooding in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She discusses how she became a vocal critic of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the challenges she faced in advocating for the truth.
Sandy's efforts to expose the cover-up and uncover the truth have led to significant changes in levee flood protection systems and educational initiatives to ensure such engineering failures never happen again. The episode delves into Sandy's bold move of exposing a historic cover-up, the hurdles she overcame, and her continued fight to ensure this never happens again.
Tune in to discover:
✅ Sandy Rosenthal's work and bold moves as an activist and author
✅ The levee failures of Hurricane Katrina and the government cover-up
✅ The emotional toll of Hurricane Katrina
✅ The grassroots campaign sparked by Sandy and the early days of Levees.org
✅ How Sandy rallied the community–and the nation
✅ How Sandy faced government opposition
✅ Sandy's resilience to continue fighting for the truth and change
✅ What Sandy knows today about being bold she wishes she knew earlier on
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