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Governor refuses to rethink rationale for risky sand berms
Back-of-the-envelope 'engineering design plan' for sandy oil barriers by Len Bahr, PhD* The sordid saga of Gov. Jindal’s coastal sand plan During...
Build business, not berms with BP bucks!
Figure 1. A three headed sea level rise, storm surge and sediment deficit monster approaches Grand Isle. by Len Bahr, PhD* Lessons learned – or...
Anticipating Jindal’s second act: “Too much of a good thing?”
Bobby Jindal playing Touchstone the court jester in As you like it (graphic modified from Oxford Classics) by Bill Nuttle* All the world’s a stage, And all...
Coastal stars, passed over by the ‘Louisiana Luddites,’ drafted by the ‘BP Blowouts.’
Why is the state letting BP draft the 'Lebron's' of coastal science? by Len Bahr, PhD Misbegotten war games against oil in the Mississippi River delta In...
Obama’s Louisiana Purchase
Editor’s Note: Once more I’m very happy to publish a guest post by Bill Nuttle, my friend, Canadian coastal engineer, and Mississippi River delta authority. by...
Silence of the Eco-lambs
by Len Bahr, PhD* Since founding LaCoastPost.com I’ve invested considerable thought and time promoting seemingly reasonable proposals to offset the permanent flooding...
Expanding the weekly readership of LaCoastPost
by Len Bahr, PhD* I’m old enough to remember discussing My Weekly Reader in elementary school classes. I was presumably reading editions 11 or 12 years newer...
Bobby Knows Best!
by Len Bahr, PhD* I’m old enough to remember the late Robert Young, (1907-1998) star of a popular fifties black and white TV show called Father...
Science be damned; Bobby, Buddy and Billy draw a states’ rights line in the sand!
Buddy Caldwell, Billy Nungesser, and Bobby Jindal proudly storm onto Grand Isle, sloshing though BP oil by Len Bahr, PhD* This post was intended to expand...
BP B.S. (part 2)
Alfred E. Neuman and his twin Tony Hayward now reunited to solve the BP blowout, after being separated at birth. My apologies for associating the iconic and lovable...
