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Andy Kopplin on Tim Kusky

November 23rd, 2005
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On Sunday, 60 Minutes broadcast the dire warnings of Prof. Tim Kusky. As described in that post, the Executive Director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, Andy Kopplin, wrote a letter to CBS encouraging balance in their reporting. A copy of that letter is here.

60 Minutes: "New Orleans is Sinking"

November 20th, 2005
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On tonight's 60 Minutes, "natural disaster expert" Prof. Tim Kusky of the Earth Sciences Department at St. Louis University will advocate a "gradual pull-out from the city". He says that in 90 years:
“New Orleans is going to be 15 to 18 feet below sea level, sitting off the coast of North America surrounded by a […]

CBS News report on Bahamonde's testimony

October 23rd, 2005
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This is an alleged transcript of the report CBS Nightly News did on Bahamonde's October 20 testimony. In case you care, the claim at the link is that NBC and ABC did not cover this:
BOB SCHIEFFER (CBS News anchor): Congress heard more shocking testimony today about FEMA's slow response to Hurricane […]