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re: Louisiana Coastal Erosion.
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:42 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 5/29/14 at 9:42 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
quote:sooner than later i'm afraid
One day the Old River Control Structure will fail
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Posted on 5/30/14 at 7:50 am to jimbeam
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Almost happened about 40 years ago.
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ooner than later i'm afraid
Almost happened about 40 years ago.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 8:10 am to rlebl39
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Basically what happens is they create fresh water intrusions carrying a lot of nutrients from fertilizer run off. The nutrient rich fresh water causes marsh grasses to have shorter roots and weakens there protection from storm surge. Then you also have salt water intruding with fresh that kills fresh water plants and essentially having the same effect. There really seems to be no correct way to fix it right now.
This is not quite correct
Posted on 5/30/14 at 8:10 am to cosmicdingo
I remember writting letters to President Bush (the 1st one) in like 3rd grade regarding Louisiana's coastal erosion. I'm now 29 going on 30. Sad that he and every President afterwards have failed to put the situation on their list of 5,000 things to do while in office. It won't be until cities start eroding and disappearing (starting with Larose and Houma) that anyone takes notice and actually does something about it. By then, it'll be too late. 
This post was edited on 5/30/14 at 8:12 am
Posted on 5/30/14 at 8:50 am to NOFLyZ0ne28
I just want La to start getting their fair share of offshore oil and has royalties NOW.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 9:04 am to jbgleason
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Like global warming, I wonder how much is man made and how much is normal nature progression. Thoughts?
It is both. The current levee systems decreases the sediment load in the river. This prevents the river from depositing enough sediments to replace what is naturally lost.
Also, the river tried to change course and push on through the Atchafalaya. The Army Core stopped this many years ago. This has further contributed to these problems.
It isn't exactly debated on why we are losing wetlands in Louisiana.
Posted on 5/30/14 at 9:09 am to notiger1997
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I just want La to start getting their fair share of offshore oil and has royalties NOW.
This will ultimately have zero impact on Louisiana. Louisiana gets around $5 to $10 billion in extra funding a year from the Feds but the O&G revenues will only bring the state $3 or $4 billion.
I'm sure the Feds will simply send less money to the state, so it'll offset. It's good from a long-term security standpoint because then you don't have to worry about it being taken away.
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