Coast of Louisiana sinking faster than expected

[Jim Cantore]

:( Guess if I am leaving this property to the grand kids they better have gills.

it's a horrible reality, the work people build up throughout their lives will just sink into the Gulf of Mexico

I feel for you deeply but depending on its location it might last anywhere from 1-1000 years for all we know

[skysummit]

We do lose a little each and every year. Just like this year coming...if Texas gets quite a few storms, we will lose quite a bit of coastline. I drove around last week. I figure I'm about 20 miles from what I'd call the "coastline" of La. However, I'm only about 5 miles from where the water actually begins.

[HollynLA]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_Island,_Louisiana

LA is losing land at an extremely alarming rate and is definitely sinking. Anyone that doubts this has their head stuck in the mud. Read the above article. I now fish this spot that used to be called Last Island. It's a couple feet wide strip of grassy marshland.

Many of south LA's long time residents have seen for themselves how fast the land is disappearing. Almost everyone can tell you certain areas that are being swallowed by water.

Personally, I've seen the bayou in Dulac widen by about 6' in the last 20 years. The neighborhood that I grew up in Harvey, LA had homes beginning to sink due to the unstable ground, you could see it from the road. Anyone who doubts the truthfulness of the problems LA is facing needs to smacked!

[skysummit]

Hey Holly...also in Kenner just off of Loyola going toward the Lake, that subdivision on the right had side before you get to Esplanade is sinking too. You can literally see the homes going into the ground.

[Pearl River]

Slidell never flooded like it did during Katrina. If the ACOE would take what they dredge and dump it in the marshlands, instead of the deep waters of the gulf, that would be a start.