'There's no more land'

[ScienceRocks]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

 

[DarkFury]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

Okay so more fishing less farming. Fish are damn good.

 

[The Great Goose]

A football field per hour? We've got tides up north that move faster than walking pace.

 

[Wyatt earp]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

Good thing Fred and Barney stopped driving cars 1000s of years ago

 

[Old Rocks]

Well now, with those reply's we see the average intellect of the denier and 'Conservative' on excellent display. Sea level rise and coastal erosion are serious issues. And the only way that the 'Conservative' mindset will address them is with nonsense statements that demonstrate the depths of their ignorance.

Dark n Furry, the fishing in that area will suffer greatly from the loss of that swamp land habitat.

 

[DarkFury]

Well now, with those reply's we see the average intellect of the denier and 'Conservative' on excellent display. Sea level rise and coastal erosion are serious issues. And the only way that the 'Conservative' mindset will address them is with nonsense statements that demonstrate the depths of their ignorance.

Dark n Furry, the fishing in that area will suffer greatly from the loss of that swamp land habitat.

If you had read the OP stupid the marsh land is getting BIGGER and more water means more fish idiot. Its natural planetary evolution idiot.

 

[The Great Goose]

Well now, with those reply's we see the average intellect of the denier and 'Conservative' on excellent display. Sea level rise and coastal erosion are serious issues. And the only way that the 'Conservative' mindset will address them is with nonsense statements that demonstrate the depths of their ignorance.

Dark n Furry, the fishing in that area will suffer greatly from the loss of that swamp land habitat.

The coastline always changes. People who by ocean side property think they can control nature and indeed the tax payer has to pay for their comfortability. My whole life ive seen beaches shrink or grow and councils expend millions stopping it.

This guy should have checked out the tidal history of his land before buying. It's on stilts? Well looks like he always knew and is bullshitting .

 

[jc456]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

so lack of taking care of the community resulted in an out of control river. Hmmmmmmmmm. It's the river dummie.

 

[FJO]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land??

Obviously you have never been to Montana. Or North Dakota, Or Oregon. Or South Dakota. Or Idaho. Or Texas. Or Arizona. Or Florida. Or Missouri. Or Kentucky. Or West Virginia. Or Nebraska.

Or anywhere in your life where brains were a prerequisite to live and be there.

Neither have you been - obviously - in Venice, Italy. Otherwise you could appreciate what a new and modern Miami would look like.

 

[ScienceRocks]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land??

Obviously you have never been to Montana. Or North Dakota, Or Oregon. Or South Dakota. Or Idaho. Or Texas. Or Arizona. Or Florida. Or Missouri. Or Kentucky. Or West Virginia. Or Nebraska.

Or anywhere in your life where brains were a prerequisite to live and be there.

Neither have you been - obviously - in Venice, Italy. Otherwise you could appreciate what a new and modern Miami would look like.

DO you have the brains to accept that we might have to spend money to rebuild Miami into a Venice like set-up? Mr.Loserterian?

 

[jc456]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land??

Obviously you have never been to Montana. Or North Dakota, Or Oregon. Or South Dakota. Or Idaho. Or Texas. Or Arizona. Or Florida. Or Missouri. Or Kentucky. Or West Virginia. Or Nebraska.

Or anywhere in your life where brains were a prerequisite to live and be there.

Neither have you been - obviously - in Venice, Italy. Otherwise you could appreciate what a new and modern Miami would look like.

DO you have the brains to accept that we might have to spend money to rebuild Miami into a Venice like set-up? Mr.Loserterian?

doesn't that mean jobs?

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Wow, so building a city on land below sea level is not such a great idea after all.

 

[FJO]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land??

Obviously you have never been to Montana. Or North Dakota, Or Oregon. Or South Dakota. Or Idaho. Or Texas. Or Arizona. Or Florida. Or Missouri. Or Kentucky. Or West Virginia. Or Nebraska.

Or anywhere in your life where brains were a prerequisite to live and be there.

Neither have you been - obviously - in Venice, Italy. Otherwise you could appreciate what a new and modern Miami would look like.

DO you have the brains to accept that we might have to spend money to rebuild Miami into a Venice like set-up? Mr.Loserterian?

Do you have the brains to realize that the doomsday scenario the asshole of all assholes, Al Gore visualized is never going to happen? Do you have the brains to realize that in the life of a planet some things are condemned to die without any appreciable effect on those who are remaining behind? Do you miss dinosaurs? Dodo birds? Passenger pigeons? Would you miss Pandas that you never ever seen in real life? Like scimitar oryx? Or Wyoming toad? Or Alagoas curassow?

Or since you are so hung up on INFRASTRUCTURE would you oppose building of a road that might extinguish black soft-shelled turtle?

Honestly, now: Are you enjoying anything in life that might have come at the expense of someone/something else?

 

[FJO]

Wow, so building a city on land below sea level is not such a great idea after all.

Venice, Italy did it.

Most of Amsterdam, Holland is in or around water. The Dutch - for the geographically challenged - Dutch is the population of Holland or aka Netherlands - built their capital city on water.

Seeing that Europe, and especially the BENELUX countries (for the typical ignorant: BElgium, NEtherlands and LUXemburg) are models, along with Scandinavia are the example for people like Bernie Sanders to follow, for economical equality and social justice, maybe Bernie and his acolytes should follow their example and prepare for the invasion of melting icebergs in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea.

Also, another socialist heaven is Venezuela. Originally, the "Venice Of South America".

Global warming and newly water logged cities should be a reason for socialists to celebrate.

 

[flacaltenn]

From the Wiki..

The island and its semi-abandoned village are located in eroding wetlands beyond the main levee systems of south Louisiana. The oil drilling, logging and the Army Corps of Engineers’ levee building on the Mississippi River have contributed to erosion of the wetlands, threatened also by sea level rise and intense hurricanes such as Katrina in 2005.[4] In the 1950s, the island was 11 miles long and five miles wide. In 2016, it has been reduced to a quarter-mile wide and two miles long, and the causeway to it is also threatened. Today, only 25 families remain on the island, with many tribal members displaced.

Recent coastal restoration measures have not been able to salvage the island. This Tribal Homeland was not included within the Louisiana State Master Plan norMorganza to the Gulf 72-mile authorized levee alignment, currently under construction for the Mexico Hurricane Protection Project.

This is a funding allocation issue -- NOT a GW issue. Building miles of levees in ONE place is gonna make erosion and flooding WORSE in others. And the Army CofEng don't seem to give a damn about a 1/2 mile long island with 25 people on it in the middle of the flood plain..

Call a whaaaambulance. Or a congress-critter..

 

[Votto]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land?

Great, that means no more taxes.

I know a few chaps who live on water to evade taxation.

 

[flacaltenn]

'There's no more land'
By John D. Sutter, CNN
Photographs by William Widmer/Redux for CNN

Updated 8:15 AM ET, Fri April 8, 2016
'There's no more land' - CNN.com

Isle de Jean Charles, Louisiana (CNN)Wenceslaus Billiot, an 89-year-old with suede-soft eyes and a bayou-French accent, asked me to follow him onto the second-story balcony of his stork-legged house here in the southern Louisiana marshland.

He held up a broom made of dried palmetto leaves and pointed way off into the distance.
See that tiny water tower? he asked.
The tower was on the horizon -- so distant that it appeared to be only about as tall as my pen was wide. Aside from a few tufts of marsh between us and the tower, there was mostly water.
All of that used to be solid land, he told me.
Now: "There's nothing but water."
This isn't some back-in-the-day, old-folks-exaggerating type of story. As Billiot knows all too well, the marsh of Louisiana's fragile coast is disappearing at a mind-blowing rate.
A football field of land, on average, falls into the Gulf each hour.
That bears repeating: A football field of land, per hour, gone.

Global warming is truly mind blowing in what it is doing. Time to take it very seriously.

No more land?

Great, that means no more taxes.

I know a few chaps who live on water to evade taxation.

Screw the $25M for relocation.. Buy them a fleet of houseboats. Cheaper and better living standards. Toss in satellite TV with HBO and freaky fast sandwich delivery from Jimmy Johns..

 

[Votto]

Washington DC will soon be under water.

Therefore, the benefits far outweigh the problems it will bring.