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Query to Admiral Allen: what about tapping, rather than capping Macondo?
by Anonymous Contributor Beer keg being lofted a mile high in 2009, before being tapped after gravity had done its job. Don’t cry over spilled oil, sell...
What’s the point of sand berms along the Chandeleur Islands? A project supporter weighs in.
Figure 1. Anatomy of the E4 Chandeleur sand berm segment (photo taken on 7-31-10) by Len Bahr, PhD* By now, regular readers of this blog are probably weary of...
Which is harder on coastal marshes, crude oil or crude engineering?
Fig. 1. This containment dike at Grand Terre Island is apparently on hold while hydraulic dredges are busy elsewhere building sand barriers against (non-existent)...
Scientists sign letter to Admiral Allen on Louisiana’s response to Deepwater Horizon blowout.
To: Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (Ret.) National Incident Commander Unified Command for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill Re: An open letter from the community of...
Chandeleur sand berm segment shrinking like a wool sweater in hot water!
by Len Bahr, PhD* If a single picture is worth 1,000 words this 3-picture 378-word post is short on verbiage but long on information. Regular readers of LaCoastPost...
The ‘Great Wall’ of Holly Beach
Editor’s note: This guest post by Paul Conover from Lafayette was originally posted on LABird, a bulletin board for Louisiana birding enthusiasts. He was...
Like sand through the hour glass, so are the dunes of our lies.
by Len Bahr, PhD* My apologies to NBC-TV for 'modifying' the logo for their popular 45 year old soap opera Bobby Jindal’s coastal barrier project...
Science is losing the coastal sand wars ‘game’ amid calls to “dredge, baby, dredge!”
State and federal team coaches discuss rules prior to the Sand Wars games. The silhouette of an imaginary science coach is shown to symbolize the impotence of...
Jury still out on sandy Band-aid project (part one).
Governor Jindal proudly points to a chain of manmade sand berms envisioned to keep BP oil out of marshes (photo shopped from a photograph and a graphic published...
The (flawed) 2011 coastal plan will be rubber-stamped in June. Then what?
by Len Bahr* Without question, the most important legislation being debated during the ongoing legislative session is Senate Bill 1, which will, one way or another,...
