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re: Corps permits.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:11 am to Mudminnow
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:11 am to Mudminnow
This is as much a issue of standing up to the oil companies as the Feds. The oil companies have plundered and looted the Louisiana marshes and left them a complete and utter mess. A mere shell of what they were. If you dont believe me look at any google map and check out all the sight canals that have mangled the marshes.
If Louisiana makes a stand to either fix our marshes or stop any and all oil related activity the oil companies have no choice to fix the marshes. They definitely have the money.
If Louisiana makes a stand to either fix our marshes or stop any and all oil related activity the oil companies have no choice to fix the marshes. They definitely have the money.
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Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:18 am to Oyster
- Cutting canals alone has accounted for 11% of the wetland loss according to GIS images
- In the earlier days, piling up dredged sediment on banks, restricting flow to the marshes. The marshes dried up and compacted then became open water
- The mosquito effect - drilling out oil underneath land then the land sinks. Most of the wetland loss in terrebonne basin is a result of this.
Many here do not realize that Louisiana wetlands were in such a vulnerable state prior to this oil spill. Many fear this may be the last blow.
- In the earlier days, piling up dredged sediment on banks, restricting flow to the marshes. The marshes dried up and compacted then became open water
- The mosquito effect - drilling out oil underneath land then the land sinks. Most of the wetland loss in terrebonne basin is a result of this.
Many here do not realize that Louisiana wetlands were in such a vulnerable state prior to this oil spill. Many fear this may be the last blow.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:34 am to Mudminnow
I know it's shallow to say, but I'd feel more comfortable and confident if some of this shite washed up on Galveston beach. Texas would get their attention. QUICK.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:36 am to T Ba Doe Tiger
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shite washed up on Galveston beach.
Beach might be the key word. Its much easier to clean up oil on a beach than in wetlands.
Louisiana coast is so irregular and mainly wetlands which makes this issue even more difficult.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:41 am to Mudminnow
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Beach might be the key word. Its much easier to clean up oil on a beach than in wetlands.
Louisiana coast is so irregular and mainly wetlands which makes this issue even more difficult.
Not to mention how vulnerable the marsh is to oil. Once the grass dies it only a short time until its open water. There is almost no coast line left in the empire area. The Miss. River level will be gulf front soon. When Barataria Bay, Terrebonne Bay and Lake Borgne are fully opened to the gulf its all over for the Louisiana marsh lands.
This post was edited on 5/21/10 at 8:48 am
Posted on 5/21/10 at 8:49 am to Oyster
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Once the grass dies it only a short time until its open water.
That's the biggest problem. In some ways, it's over already.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 9:00 am to ntrcptr
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That's the biggest problem. In some ways, it's over already.
If you listen closely you can hear the Fat British Lady singing.
Posted on 5/21/10 at 11:51 am to Oyster
this is so sad. We are on the verge of losing a complete way of life and our security, well what was left for hurricane protection really compromises our situation going forward.
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