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Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:57 pm to Slippy
I guess you're not aware that NASA recently reported that sea levels have actually fallen over the past 2 years?
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:57 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
quote:
Blow all the levees south of Laplace and everything will be built back up in no time
That will slow things dowm, but you still lose. Theres more soil erosion and subsiding than soil flowing down river.
The only way to fix the problem is to blow all the dams, weirs, and water control structures upstream of New Orleans and release all of the trapped soil/turbidity.
Eta:in other words, it'll never happen, and New Orleans becomes an island in a generation or 2.
This post was edited on 8/7/17 at 10:09 pm
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:59 pm to Slippy
quote:Nah. NOLA is a great city, well protected by dykes and happily serviced by fairies.
I suppose you could include metro NOLA in this discussion as well, since a city kept dry only by levees is sorta worthless, and won't last long.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 9:59 pm to HeadBusta4LSU
Probably not too unrealistic to think that in the next 20-30 years, if the diversions and state's current coastal master plan doesn't work, that the government may buy out people in Plaquemines Parish and blow all the levees south of the intercoastal
Posted on 8/7/17 at 10:49 pm to Slippy
quote:
How long do we have?
Hopefully, not too long. I could go for some beachfront property around here.
Posted on 8/7/17 at 10:59 pm to Jake88
I remember in the late 80's, many scientists, coastal specialists, etc predicted much of the areas would be under water today but all presently dry and is under no immediate threats. In some areas, some of the costal Parishes are having success with revitalizing their coastal marshes right along the gulf . I think the government will have to eventually blow up the levees south of Belle Chase. I might be wrong but I think that will happen during our lifetime
This post was edited on 8/7/17 at 11:26 pm
Posted on 8/7/17 at 11:22 pm to Slippy
Straight up, the USA needs to drop some bunker buster or something similar on the levees just below the joint airbase in Belle Chase and across the river in Braithwaite and let the river take over from there instead of letting it blow off the continental shelf
Posted on 8/8/17 at 4:10 am to SuperSaint
bye bye Buras... 
Posted on 8/8/17 at 6:28 am to tickfawtiger
Before the floods my son and I found the LSU ag map ( that's impossible to find now) that stated I'd have waterfront property by 2035, and it was dead on about how I would flood in Shenandoah. I do not plan on being here past 2021.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 6:36 am to Slippy
I go run our boat with my stepdad out of bienvenue twice a year and out of Lafitte 2-3 times a year and I can see the amount of land being lost each time we go in those areas. Depending on how many more big hurricanes come this way to speed things up, probably in my child's lifetime.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 6:46 am to Ba Ba Boooey
There is no reason for anyone to have a permanent residents south of Bell, only camps and industry support should be down there. Same goes for a lot of the costal areas to the west. Build an elevated roadway like in Fouchon and blow the levees.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:27 am to Slippy
No one knows.
Huge variables.
Volcano spew into air slows warming. Mt Tuba supposedly killed off most humans. Dna trail says only few thousand human couples survived.
Position of sun and earth in galaxy is supposed in cool cycle.
Coal use in china and india on the rise.
Sudden change due to methane in siberia is a possible game changer.
You dont really need to permanently submerge l.c. and laffy. Just heat up northern gulf enough that a series of hurricanes destroys Houston, tampa st pete, mobile, pensacola and l.c.
That will happen long before alex is beach town.
Huge variables.
Volcano spew into air slows warming. Mt Tuba supposedly killed off most humans. Dna trail says only few thousand human couples survived.
Position of sun and earth in galaxy is supposed in cool cycle.
Coal use in china and india on the rise.
Sudden change due to methane in siberia is a possible game changer.
You dont really need to permanently submerge l.c. and laffy. Just heat up northern gulf enough that a series of hurricanes destroys Houston, tampa st pete, mobile, pensacola and l.c.
That will happen long before alex is beach town.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:31 am to fr33manator
The dutch announced long tern plan is to give up western 1/4 of country.
Frisian language will be no more.
Frisian language will be no more.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:39 am to LSUsmartass
Coastal LA, might as well take it all the way up to Ascension.
100 years
Major hurricanes will determine New Orleans fate.
I can't see how New Orleans survives another Katrina and you could have 4 of those in the next 50 years.
100 years
Major hurricanes will determine New Orleans fate.
I can't see how New Orleans survives another Katrina and you could have 4 of those in the next 50 years.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:43 am to ellishughtiger
quote:
White Castle beach may be a hot tourist destination in 50 years
My camp will be on the gulf! guess I need to start looking at center consoles now since the camp will be worth 10x's what it is now.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 7:56 am to nicholastiger
quote:
Major hurricanes will determine New Orleans fate.
I can't see how New Orleans survives another Katrina and you could have 4 of those in the next 50 years.
Or you may not have another Katrina at all, right? No one can say for sure. NOLAs fate will be determined by the voters who have a much bigger role in destroying that city than nature. If they keep electing officials like Mitch the Bitch, there won't be anything left to worry about.
I grew up in Houma. I've been being told for 40 years that the coast is vanishing and "within the next 2 decades" most of Terrebonne & Lafourche parish will be gone. Yet its still there. Grand Isle, Cocodrie, etc are all still there. NOt denying the land loss, but it sure as hell isn't as dire as its alleged to be.
Posted on 8/8/17 at 8:32 am to Slippy
How long has Venice, Italy been around? They aren't under water yet
Posted on 8/8/17 at 9:37 am to Martini
Looks like I can catch some reds and specks out of my backyard in a few years!
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