[crusty old prospector]

Blame the levees.

[blam]

[dfwgator]

Louisiana - Half under water, the other half under indictment.

[Veggie Todd]

Bush’s fault!

[fieldmarshaldj]

It never looked like that first road sign to begin with unless you count the boundary lines showing the gulf and lakes and rivers appearing solid.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Yeah and Yosemite used to be under a glacier so the point of this article is the earth changes. Get over it you global warming freakazoids
Freegards
LEX

[TexasCajun]

Google Earth View

[tumblindice]

Thailand?

[Daffynition]

FYI

[captain_dave]

Louisiana is the river delta of the Mississippi River. It was never “solid land”. River deltas have always shifted and moved and gone under water or emerged. Half of Louisiana is just not really there.

[Vendome]

“Roll on Mississippi,

Big river roll...”

[Joe 6-pack]

My shooting range is in Arnaudville. Last time I looked on Google Satellite view, my Jeep was parked at the pistol range :)

[Rusty0604]

I came across some nutria or river rats in TX and did some research on them. I read that Louisiana loses 40 miles of land because of them every year, as they eat the vegetation that helps to keep the water back.

[Trapped Behind Enemy Lines]

Great.

This will give Algore something to cackle about since his other predictions have been so way off base.

[toast]

The picture is photoshopped.
The background matches too well in both pictures.

[rstrahan]

The Gulf Coast has been SUBSIDING for decades. One subdivision in Baytown sunk below water level, while the water level remained constant. Same with some condos in the Seabrook area.

Global warming enthusiasts say it is rising waters, but the water levels have not risen significantly in the last decades. Add hurricanes and floods along the Mississippi which open up the delta and you have more open waters and mud flats.

[Da Coyote]

Wonderful article.

As a Louisiana born (New Iberia) ex-native, it saddens me greatly to see such a wonderful wetland succumb to folks who think they can change nature.

However, given the NFL grade mosquitoes, 99+% relative humidity, and politics which are close to Obama-level corrupt, I tell folks that Louisiana is a great place to be FROM.

[Scoutmaster]

Is Texas still shaped like heaven?

We should get to the important things first.

[caligatrux]

This is BS propaganda!

The shoreline has been eroding for generations, but it does NOT look anything at all like that. If it did, Interstate 10 would have replaced the Ponchartrain Causeway as the world's second longest bridge.

Check the Google image link above and see what it actually looks like. The "boot" has lost a toe or two, but this is total eco-propaganda crap.

[scramjet]

That pic has been photoshopped. The clouds are identical on both views.