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?
Daily Archives: October 13, 2010
Why FEMA needs a new gameplan
by mhill11 • • 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…
Comparison: Fla Citizens Getting Its House in Order
by dphelp2 • • 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…
Mitigation Strategies
by sjone81 • • 2 Comments
This blog/class has discovered two clear truths when it comes to Coastal Louisiana. The Louisiana coast is in a whole heap of trouble geologically, hydrologically and environmentally speaking. (Feel free to name your poison from the illustrative list of rising…