Levee Breach Bike Tour
This file appears in: 17th Street Canal Levee Breach in 2005
On May 6, 2012, Levees.org launched its first Levee Disaster Bike Tour. Founder Sandy Rosenthal led several dozen bikers to the London Avenue Canal breach (4900 Warrington Drive) in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of Gentilly and then to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) in Lakeview before riding back to City Park.
This file appears in: 17th Street Canal Levee Breach in 2005
17th Street Canal Levee Breach in 2005
In 1965, Hurricane Betsy demonstrated that a major hurricane could overtop the earthen levees of the 17th Street Canal. So the Army Corps of Engineers recommended two cost-effective plans which were…