Full Committee Hearing

Hurricane Katrina: Why Did the Levees Fail?

Date: November 2, 2005
Time: 9:30am
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, SD-342
Agenda:

To view the Preliminary Report on the Performance of the New Orleans Levee Systems click here.

To view Dr. van Heerden’s presentation click here.

To view Dr. Seed’s presentation click here.

To view Dr. Nichols’ presentation click here.

Witnesses

Panel 1

Ivor

van Heerden

Louisiana Team Leader

Forensic Data Gathering

Panel 1

Paul

Mlakar

Senior Research Scientist

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Panel 1

Raymond B.

Seed

Team Leader

National Science Foundation

Panel 1

Peter

Nicholson

Team Leader, Levee Assessment Team

American Society of Civil Engineers