ncdowneast wrote:TSmith274 wrote:Grand Isle and Port Fourchon are out there to fend for themselves, that's for sure. We must reverse this... the sooner the better. I hope it gets more attention.
no we shouldn't reverse this this is what mother nature decided to do with this piece of land and if we reverse it then what are we going to start cutting down forest to prevent forest fires?I live in a coastal area and i see the million dollar houses on the beach but why should the average joe that cant afford that continue to pay for them to be knocked down by hurricanes?
The entire premise of your argument is flawed. Reversing the damage isn't going against nature. Creating the problem of a dissapearing coastline was going against nature in the first place... something that took place decades ago by leveeing the river without providing diversions for river sediment. What is happening to coastal Louisiana IS NOT NATURAL... it is a direct result of human activity, and it CAN and SHOULD be reversed by mimicking natural processes.
