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Gives you pause. >> morgan chesky, please stay safe. we have to bring in general russel honore, who was the commander of the task force katrina, and a native of louisiana. good to talk with you. we heard the governor the louisiana just a few minutes ago on our air saying, overtopping isn't the same thing as leveed failure. can you explain what he mean by that? >> yeah, that means the levee maintains its beity and the water flows over. when it fails, you have a hole in it, and that's what you saw in katrina. it overtops because of surge or rainfall, whereas levee failure there's a hole in the...

Louisiana native famous for Hurricane Katrina response is back in the national spotlight Louisiana native famous for Hurricane Katrina response back in national spotlight By Jillian Angeline | May 10, 2021 at 3:27 PM CDT - Updated May 10 at 3:27 PM WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Nicknamed the “Ragin’ Cajun” by some, Louisiana retired Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré became famous for his no-nonsense leadership after 2005′s Hurricane Katrina. Now, he has a new mission. A week after the January 6 Capitol riots, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Honoré to review the security and i...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Reuters Photographer/Reuters Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant-General Russel Honoré is a man known for bootstrapping himself up from humble beginnings into the highest echelons of the world’s most powerful fighting force while overcoming the racial chasms that divided his country. Now the 73-year-old with a salty vocabulary is ba...