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Every Map Of Louisiana Is A Lie — What It Really Looks Like Should Scare you
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:32 pm
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:32 pm
Ok so if you live in Louisiana you probably have seen this a few times.
LINK
Now I don't like how our coast is eroding, should we spend billions of dollars to try and protect it probably not. (if a billionaire wants to fund a project to protect our coast go ahead, we are obviously talking about government money)
But why I posted this article is because well I hate when people mislead people.
This article mainly the article on medium, misleads people to believe that practically New Orleans in the gulf coast.
This is what frustrates me
really? barren land is not water, sure maybe no-one lives there but it's not water.
Now some questions
What should be done about our coastal erosion, as much as I hate this article it is still pointing to a problem on our coast?
Are you ok with what this guy did? Pretty much making barren land look like water, it really isn't.
Is this just another Global warming scare tactic, our coast really isn't in that much danger?
edit: here is the USGS map of the coast and it's land loss.
LINK
LINK
Now I don't like how our coast is eroding, should we spend billions of dollars to try and protect it probably not. (if a billionaire wants to fund a project to protect our coast go ahead, we are obviously talking about government money)
But why I posted this article is because well I hate when people mislead people.
This article mainly the article on medium, misleads people to believe that practically New Orleans in the gulf coast.
This is what frustrates me
quote:
Using publicly available data, Galinski created a map on which areas that commonly appear as land on government issued maps—woody wetlands, emergent herbaceous wetlands, and barren land — were re-categorized to appear as water:
really? barren land is not water, sure maybe no-one lives there but it's not water.
Now some questions
What should be done about our coastal erosion, as much as I hate this article it is still pointing to a problem on our coast?
Are you ok with what this guy did? Pretty much making barren land look like water, it really isn't.
Is this just another Global warming scare tactic, our coast really isn't in that much danger?
edit: here is the USGS map of the coast and it's land loss.
LINK
This post was edited on 10/8/14 at 5:34 pm
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Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:35 pm to catholictigerfan
Glad I live 1,000 feet above sea level.
Man, that's terrible.
Man, that's terrible.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:37 pm to catholictigerfan
Looks like they're representing the Atchafalaya Basin as being costal erosion - that's dishonest.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:38 pm to catholictigerfan
quote:Indeed!
I posted this article is because well I hate when people mislead people.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:51 pm to catholictigerfan
O
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My house shouldn't exist. Does it? How? How am I here... standing...on dry land....do I exist?
What a shite show of an article.
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My house shouldn't exist. Does it? How? How am I here... standing...on dry land....do I exist?
What a shite show of an article.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:55 pm to Pinecone Repair
quote:
My house shouldn't exist. Does it? How? How am I here... standing...on dry land....do I exist?
I read dead people!
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:55 pm to cwill
quote:
Looks like they're representing the Atchafalaya Basin as being costal erosion
Yes they are.
I want an explanation of how they consider the basin, which is constantly filling with sediment, to be eroding away to become a bay of the GOM.
When they opened the Morganza several years ago, the Atchafalaya started building a small delta below Morgan City.
That article contains enough BS to discredit it.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 5:56 pm to Pinecone Repair
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:01 pm to catholictigerfan
Controlling the river is one thing I don't think there is really anything we can do about an entire coastline.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:04 pm to catholictigerfan
What scares me, is the future of Louisiana's water supply. As in, being pipelined out. If shite gets bad enough, it probably will be.
What LA must recognize and push, is the fact that the river is (was) keeping LA's boundaries and if we lose that, we lose LA for good. So not only consumption and industrial needs, but simply rebuilding our coast should be listed as a primary need in order to keep our own water
What LA must recognize and push, is the fact that the river is (was) keeping LA's boundaries and if we lose that, we lose LA for good. So not only consumption and industrial needs, but simply rebuilding our coast should be listed as a primary need in order to keep our own water
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:04 pm to reverendotis
The Basin should be the model for rebuilding large swaths of the coast....it's really just a giant diversion project and is the only growing delta on the LA coast.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:09 pm to reverendotis
quote:
I want an explanation of how they consider the basin, which is constantly filling with sediment, to be eroding away to become a bay of the GOM.
It's like they don't know the levee system exists.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:17 pm to catholictigerfan
quote:
Is this just another Global warming scare tactic, our coast really isn't in that much danger?
No. There's no relation between the two (even assuming the former exists), imo. Want a real culprit? Look at the MRGO.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:20 pm to BlackHelicopterPilot
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:32 pm to Pinecone Repair
Letting some of the Miss. river out of the levees to refill the land mass is the only answer. I heard this a lot in the 80's when I was in B.R., but nothing has been done. The Vicksburg Corps of Engineers has a map and a plan, but, flood protection has prevailed. La. politians show revisit this problem and start to refill the land loss. Some fishing camps, some houses, etc. would be lost, but we need to save La.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:38 pm to TupeloTiger
The sad part is that they KNEW this would happen when they built the levees, but basically said screw it we'll let future generations deal with it
Posted on 10/8/14 at 6:48 pm to jimbeam
I don't see any problems here. I'll just build a dock right where the road is right now and elevate my house 35 feet in the air. Need to go buy some crab traps though and some lights to catch shrimp and trout.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 7:21 pm to Jagd Tiger
Phew. There I am!
Posted on 10/8/14 at 7:27 pm to catholictigerfan
The map isn't accurate. But the point is well taken. The thing is, this state's politicians don't give a flying shite about the future of the state's geography. All you have to do is watch Billy Nungesser's political actions.
It's all about cronyism, and less about turning things around.
I'm 40 and I've been watching people do "studies" my whole life.
It's all about cronyism, and less about turning things around.
I'm 40 and I've been watching people do "studies" my whole life.
Posted on 10/8/14 at 7:51 pm to Fontainebleau Dr.
quote:
All you have to do is watch Billy Nungesser's political actions.
Such as?
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