re: Louisiana's Disappearing Coast

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Bring on the downvotes but, really, all you can do is vote for politicians who believe that man can affect climate, both negatively and positively. As long as we refuse to even accept basic facts and commit to making fundamental changes to the way we treat our environment, the sea levels will continue to rise.

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Well, count me as numero uno, because while sea level rise plays a role, it's hardly the only one, and not even the most significant.

In Southeast Louisiana, the lack of new sediment deposited in the marshes is a major cause. Stop sea level rise, and the land will still disappear due to subsidence. Leveeing the Mississippi was the greatest blow to SELA.

In SWLA, saltwater intrusion is a major player, along with channelization (a problem across the coast for that matter). Vegetation can't compensate for the rapid salinity changes, marshes die, and before salt tolerant species can colonize, the marsh washes away. Stopping sea level rise doesn't change that.

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Definitely not. It’s all washing out into the deep gulf instead of replenishing the marshlands

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BS. We’re building island underneath LOOP. Just give it time. Sheesh.

1. The marshland that’s lost is valuable for ecosystems I’m sure, but it’s not really habitable, correct?

2. At some point, the erosion stops because the land is solid. Where is that point? Does the gulf meet the levee south of BR?

3. Is it highway 23 that heads down to Venice? Is that sliver of Louisiana solid land? I thought it was.

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I’m not a smart man, but I don’t think this is correct

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my mans hit multiply when he shoulda divided

sanity checks are always a good protocol

You have to multiply to change miles to yards

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Bring on the downvotes but, really, all you can do is vote for politicians who believe that man can affect climate, both negatively and positively. As long as we refuse to even accept basic facts and commit to making fundamental changes to the way we treat our environment, the sea levels will continue to rise.

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Well again I’m not qualified to determine what is causing climate change but anyone, and at least anyone certainly my age has to have their head in their arse to deny it is happening.

What exactly to do about it is a debate that needs to be compromised otherwise we will continue to do nothing.

I feel like I’m on acid. I literally can’t do it

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1760 yards in mile

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Here’s your problem.

There’s around 3,000,000 square yards in a square mile.

Lay it out I can’t complete the task

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1000 sq yards in football field

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Huh?

A football field is 120 yards long. For your math to be correct, a football field would be 8.3 yards wide.

A regulation football field is 120 x 53.3. That's 6396 square yards, or 0.002 square miles. So, there are approximately 500 football fields in a square mile. Since louisiana is approximately 57,378 square miles, that is approximately 28,689,000 football fields. If 1 football field is lost every 1.5 hours, that is 16 football fields in a day. That is 5840 in a year. So, 28,689,000/5840 = 4912.5 years.

Disclaimer: I'm not a math guy, so I could be wrong...lol.