"Looks like a town that was literally built on the beach."
Most countries around the world do NOT allow anyone to live near a beach. It is called common sense.
Americans are sadly lacking in common-sense since FDR and his socialist friends took over the nation's "education" and converted it over to re-education propaganda centers - no need to actually LEARN anything.
Maybe this would actually teach a lesson? I doubt that many have the intelect to realize that it was THEIR fault they were 'devastated'.
knee-jerks ... turn on you tears now about - "it aint there fault ' "yada yada yada" as your hero would say.
Untrue. It’s also called freedom. (And flood and windstorm insurance.)
Historically, these homes weren't this close to the beach. Years of mismanagement of the Mississippi delta have led to tremendous coastal erosion and subsidence issues.
The Louisiana coast used to be an ecological paradise with some of the most productive fish and game resources to be found anywhere. Now its a disaster.
By the way, I'm still waiting to see if our house in Hackberry, LA is still there. Sorry no beaches nearby. The storm surge has gone 30 miles inland.
What did those folks not on the beach do wrong?
Americans are sadly lacking in common-sense since FDR
It's terrible here in America. People are free to build anywhere they can afford. It's called a democratic republic!
You travel much? You see how many that Tsunami killed? This is as odd a statement as I have ever seen on FR.
Who is "our hero?"
Holly Beach was more of a summer camp/winter duck hunting community. After Hurricane Audrey wiped it out the people did not rebuild it with beauty in mind. It was simply functional camps where you could get out of the sun, sleep, shower and have a fridge to keep the beer cold for the most part. Half of those buildings were hole in the wall bars. It was only in the last few years that people actually started building really nice summer houses there. Let's just say it's called the Cajun Riviera. It was a redneck vacation paradise.