Study: La. slowly slipping into gulf

[rodeodance]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070102/ap_on_sc/sinking_louisiana

Study: La. slowly slipping into gulf

By CAIN BURDEAU, Associated Press Writer 22 minutes ago

NEW ORLEANS - A new report by scientists studying Louisiana's sinking coast says the land here is not just sinking, it's sliding ever so slowly into the Gulf of Mexico.

The new findings may add a kink to plans being drawn up to build bigger and better levees to protect this historic city and Cajun bayou culture.

If the land is shifting — even slightly — engineers may need to take that into consideration as they build new levees and draw lines across the coast to identify areas that should and shouldn't be protected.

Researchers have known for years that the swampy land under south Louisiana is sinking (potholed streets and wobbly porches and floors are visible evidence of that) but a lateral movement of the land into the Gulf enters largely unstudied terrain............

The report, which appeared in December's Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Geophysical Union, says the bedrock under heavily populated southeast Louisiana is breaking away at a glacial speed — at the pace fingernails grow.

[pitohui]

1. bedrock?

i somehow doubt it said this, do you realize how far down the bedrock is in southeast louisiana?

Torbjorn Tornqvist, an associate professor of earth and environmental sciences at Tulane University, found much of the region surprisingly stable and the rate of sinking to be at least 10 times less than previously reported.

yeah

[truthisfreedom]

2. fingernails?

[barb162]

8. yuck; I wonder how that person moves his fingers

with those nails all tangled at the bottom.

[hang a left]

15. IIRC the man is from India, he is in Guiness' World Book

He is quite the local celebrity and his wife does everything for him so his nails don't break.

[lovuian]

3. If Greenland's ice melts LA coast is under water

anyway... why build???

[pitohui]

4. if you're still repeating this big lie this time of century you obviously don't care

manhattan will also be under water, maybe the 911 terrorists were heroes giving people a heads-up it was time to move forward? :sarcasm:

seriously, may everything you wish for new orleans happen to you

if you want us forever homeless, it's only fair to accept the same fate for yourself


we have the technology, apparently we don't have the heart or the american "can do" spirit any longer since even a progressive board is so infested w. naysayers and no hopers

[mitchtv]

5. Turn La. over to the Dutch

they will save it and bring a better way of life. N.O. will still rock, more so.Agriculture will be improved along with healthcare.

[pitohui]

6. i'd go along w. that EOM

.

[Tesha]

12. Have you ever *BEEN* to Manhattan?

> if you're still repeating this big lie this time of
> century you obviously don't care
> manhattan will also be under water, ...

Have you ever *BEEN* to Manhattan? Have you ever
actually looked at a topographic map of Manhattan?

Every time anyone speaks against the wisdom of
rebuilding your blessed town-below-sea-level,
you start spoutingthe same invective and dubious
facts.

You don't needto be "forever homeless", you just
need to accept the fact that NOLA will soon be toast
and get on with your life.

Tesha

[DoYouEverWonder]

13. Or at least

make sure you rebuild on stilts.

They do it down in the Keys. Most houses, the ground floor is open and is where you keep your car and your boat, and the main part of the house starts on the 2nd floor.

[Javaman]

16. Really long stilts...ones that float...and move with the tide...

prehaps telescoping ones...that can walk to dry land...

[DoYouEverWonder]

14. I think your anger

is misdirected.

Besides, attacking people isn't going to solve your problems.

[barb162]

9. When it melts? It's been melting

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3922579.stm

All coastal, low-lying areas are endangered bigtime

[thereismore]

7. sliding? Ha! That means it's getting bigger! So much for you Global Warming

fools!:sarcasm:

[Heidi]

10. Kick.

:kick:

[CreekDog]

11. slowly slipping into the Republican Party too

near as I can tell.

And that's more ominous! ;o)

[Javaman]

17. So lets fast forward 100 years shall we?

not only will NO be underwater but also Florida, a huge swath of the eastern seaboard, portions of the other gulf states and a giant section of Southern California.

So what do we do? Have a real plan of fixing NO while at the same time lobby our senators to enact real laws to be enforced to slow down global warming.

If that is not done, we can scream and yell to we are blue in the face but 100 years from now, NO will still be underwater.