Jindal's 'artificial islands' are crumbling into Gulf of Mexico

[Judi Lynn]

Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Jindal's 'artificial islands' are crumbling into Gulf of Mexico
by Chris in Paris on 7/13/2010 12:02:00 PM

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Just a guess but maybe the scientists were right in saying they would not work. For yet another so-called fiscal conservative (whatever that's supposed to mean) it sounds like a bizarre way to waste hundreds of millions of dollars. The construction equipment is being submerged as this expensive, shoot-from-the-hip program sinks. Even if the islands weren't crumbling into the sea they still would severely disrupt fish who need access to the marshes. Do Republicans ever step back and think about consequences before they rush into massive plans? Click through to see the other photos of Jindal's expensive mistake.

A dramatic series of of aerial images show that plans to build artificial islands to block oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from reaching Louisiana's sensitive marshland appear to be crumbling. Literally.

Two months ago, against the advice of many coastal scientists, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal began furiously campaigning for the construction of six artificial islands to hold back the advancing oil. The federal government quickly granted Jindal his wish, and construction on the islands has been continuing apace.

But images taken of one construction site near the northern edge of the Chandeleur islands appear to show the sea washing away a giant sand berm over the course of about two weeks.

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[saigon68]

1. He's a Clueless little Weasel

And the Morans who voted for him

Have every right to be proud of their Ignorance

[PearliePoo2]

2. Bobby...you're a dumb-ass

Did you ever build a sand castle and hang around to see what happens when the tide comes in?
Let alone a STORM/HURRICANE?
These anti-science, anti-government guys are 'freakin stupid.
dumb-ass...

[sandnsea]

3. Where are the DUers who supported him

and were screaming at Obama and the government for not letting the locals "do something".

Yeah, I know. There weren't any. Never is a DUer who has been proven wrong.

[mike_c]

4. hard to believe anyone would support such a harebrained idea....

I know a land owner who was losing some trees to erosion from a creek in winter. This is in the norcal coast range. Anyway, he pays this gypo logger to come in and scrape up a big berm to shield the outside bank where the erosion was occurring. They worked on it for a couple of weeks. It was MASSIVE, mostly gravels and sand from the alluvial flats and the extended creek bed. It was a couple of hundred meters long, probably 50 ft high. Really, really big and solid.

The first winter storm run off left no trace of it. Nothing. I'd love to have seen and photographed its demise.

Anyone who thinks they can stack sand and gravel up against the direct force of moving water is silly.

[Oceansaway]

5. K&R...n/t

[cdsilv]

6. Don't try to stem the tide, move the beach. - US Army Corps of Engineers. n/t

[thereismore]

7. He is a stupid republican asshole. nt

[OKIsItJustMe]

8. Original article here

http://lacoastpost.com/blog/?p=25001

[Blue Owl]

9. Very representative of Jindal's political career

n/t

[OKIsItJustMe]

10. We can only hope…

No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people electorate.

[JoeyT]

11. Yeah, but who could've guessed that tides erode sand?

Besides anyone that ever lived anywhere near a beach or even understands how erosion works, I mean.

Hell where I live we've got a bunch of beaches we more or less have to replace once every two or three years.

[Nihil]

12. Yep, he's even dumber than the people who "replace" beaches every 2 or 3 years ...

... oh, wait ...

:evilgrin: