Sinking feelings in Louisiana

Sinking feelings in Louisiana

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In a battle of man against nature, residents in Louisiana hope to stem the erosion of land by the seas of the Gulf of Mexico. However, the project, costly in the extreme, cannot be guaranteed to succeed and nature may win again.


Donald Bourg shows how high the water can rise at his small boatyard in Dulac. ©Carol Guzy/Washington Post
French to blame
Main supply route

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