Monthly Archives: October 2010

Welfare and Coastal Adaptation

by jmcaul1 • October 28, 2010 • 3 Comments

Cases dealing with changes in Welfare regulation are helpful in determining exactly what rights coastal residents have if changes in regulation negatively affect their property. This post discusses one of these Welfare cases and its effect on coastal rights.

by mhill11 • October 28, 2010 • 1 Comment

Continuing my research as to what Louisiana would look like if it didn’t take federal dollars, I have decided for this week to focus on levees and coastal restoration. I have always advocated for states to try to be self-sufficient…

by sjone81 • October 27, 2010 • 3 Comments

Attached is a recent article in the Times-Picayune about the possibility of using the money from the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and using it for Diversion projects. The discussion highlights some of the underlying issues. Not only does it bring…

by dphelp2 • October 27, 2010 • 0 Comments

Attached is an interesting story about how the reinsurance industry in Bermuda, the primary reinsurer of Florida insurance companies, did a little (or a lot, I guess) of profiteering after the 2004-05 hurricanes in Florida. Essentially, they jacked up their…

by dphelp2 • October 27, 2010 • 0 Comments

The premise of the Rand report is spot on: the hurricanes of the last decade have highlighted the critical need for insurance reform. (Shocking: Eight named storms in 2004-05 caused $88 billion in wind damage alone. More shocking: $45 billion…

by richards • October 27, 2010 • 0 Comments

http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdcp/dcp/PDRP (archive) This looks surprisingly good. It even recommends including storm modeling and allowances for sea level rise due to global warming. It recommends that communities develop plans for rebuilding that include not allow rebuilding in high risk areas. Realistically,…

by wnelso2 • October 26, 2010 • 1 Comment

Half a decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, the United States remains unprepared for nature’s worst. Given that future mega-disasters are inevitable, this presents a major problem. The challenge doesn’t stem from a lack of financial commitment (Congress…

by richards • October 22, 2010 • 0 Comments

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/2010/RAND_RB9558.pdf

by sjone81 • October 22, 2010 • 1 Comment

Nutria “rats” (myocaster coypus) were introduced to Louisiana from Argentina for their fur. Apparently in the 1930s the little furry rodents began to escape from fur farms and wreak havoc on the Louisiana Marsh Grass. Originally the nutria had great…

by sjone81 • October 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

After Nearly A Decade, Elmer’s Island Reopens To The Public By S. Beaux Jones for LA Sea Grant Law & Policy Program The State of Louisiana has recently reopened the popular Elmer’s Island to land traffic after nearly a decade…

by mhill11 • October 21, 2010 • 0 Comments

I thought it would be interesting to look at what Louisiana would look like if we stopped taking federal money. To begin this analysis it is best to start with how much we pay in vs. how much we get…

by sjone81 • October 21, 2010 • 3 Comments

One of the more well known projects of the Breaux Act was the West Bay Diversion (MR-03) and as evidenced by its name it was a freshwater diversion project. Lets recap what that means… Freshwater Diversion Uses gates or siphons…

by richards • October 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

http://www.ifad.org/events/apr09/impact/pacific.pdf Interesting reading – this report finds that the Asia/Pacific region most vulnerable to climate change and ocean rise. If you read the report, there are many commonalities with Louisiana.

by khelo1 • October 21, 2010 • 2 Comments

Perhaps in Louisiana we should try to open our doors to casinos and hope that they respond similarly to a certain casino in Mississippi. A casino in Mississippi has donated a million dollars to purchase coastal land for preservation in…

by sjone81 • October 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

CWPPRA aka Breaux Act Overview In 1990, the John Breaux-sponsored Coastal Wetlands, Planning, Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush(Public Law 101-646, Title III CWPPRA). CWPPRA was/is designed to identify, prepare, and fund…

by khelo1 • October 21, 2010 • 1 Comment

http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2010/10/louisiana_oyster_task_force_se.html To harvest or not to harvest? This apparently seems to be a question on the minds of numerous public oyster harvesters in the State of Louisiana. One side claims that the oil spill has caused the industry to face…

by dphelp2 • October 20, 2010 • 0 Comments

Before we get to the introduction of the new CEO of Citizens, we must look back to the dark days of 2003 and the first CEO, Terry Lisotta. You may remember from an earlier post that Mr. Lisotta is currently…

by dphelp2 • October 20, 2010 • 2 Comments

Saw a few stories in the paper over the last few days, not sure whose topics they fit but thought I’d throw them out there: This first story is from the Picayune today, saying there could be $350 billion worth…

by richards • October 18, 2010 • 2 Comments

http://www.nola.com/katrina/index.ssf/2010/10/steep_costs_driving_push_for_l.html Even built to the higher standards, the lower delta levees have little chance of surviving a Katrina or Rita. Built to these lower standards, they will be easier to fund, almost completely useless, and will still destroy the levees…

by khelo1 • October 16, 2010 • 3 Comments

Being from a small city in Southwest Louisiana, I am not a stranger to the vast amount of agriculture produced in the state of Louisiana. I can remember being a small boy and my father handing me a sugar cane…

by jmcaul1 • October 14, 2010 • 2 Comments

FEMA-funded buyback might be working on a barrier island off the coast of Alabama. Could this be a means of making New Orleans a sustainable place to live, or are New Orleanians simply too stubborn?

by richards • October 14, 2010 • 0 Comments

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,721846,00.html#ref=nlint

by richards • October 14, 2010 • 0 Comments

Sometimes watching ice melt can be exciting: http://www.extremeicesurvey.org/ (Extreme Ice Survey site)

by dphelp2 • October 14, 2010 • 0 Comments

This is Amy Wold’s piece in today’s Advocate about the conflict between freshwater diversions that are “needed” to save the coast and the existing oystermen/fishery businesses that might be impacted by it. It reads as a pretty standard “we need…

by sjone81 • October 14, 2010 • 2 Comments

The Office of Coastal Protection and Restoration explained Dredged Material/Marsh Creation projects as follows Dredged material/marsh creation projects involve the beneficial use of sediment that is frequently dredged for maintenance of navigation channels and access canals, or material may be…

by richards • October 14, 2010 • 0 Comments

http://sites.law.lsu.edu/coast/2010/10/13/floridas-beaches-caught-between-the-ocean-and-a-hard-place/

by richards • October 14, 2010 • 1 Comment

http://www.iii.org/media/hottopics/insurance/reinsurance/ Good introduction to reinsurance.

by richards • October 13, 2010 • 2 Comments

http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=27421 Len Bahr, who is generally a believer in coastal restoration makes a very interesting point on his blog: even if it is physically possible to restore the coast, is it politically possible?

by mhill11 • October 13, 2010 • 3 Comments

In this article “Federalizing Disasters Weakens FEMA –and Hurts Americans Hit by Catastrophes,” Matt Mayer and Mark DeBosier point out a plethora of federalism problems arising out of disasters, and how the federal government’s subsidization of all disasters has…

by dphelp2 • October 13, 2010 • 1 Comment

An earlier post went through the 2009 final report, comparing a lot of the numbers to the prior year. The biggest difference in a good year for Citizens (2009) and a bad one (2008) is, not surprisingly, the absence of…

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