Bragg, Rick.
As the Sea Swallows, the Islanders Hang On. / Rick Bragg. - New York Times, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 17. Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: As the Sea Swallows, the Islanders Hang On, June 30, 2002; pp. 1+.
"Isle de Jean Charles is being swallowed by the water that surrounds it. A ridge of dry ground that rises just a few feet above the brackish water of Terrebonne Parish, it is slowly sinking--along with the rest of coastal Louisiana--into the Gulf of Mexico. The people who live here, most of them poor, have watched it shrink year by year, seeing gardens, baseball sandlots and backyards vanish and shade trees wither into gray stumps from the infusion of saltwater." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes the erosion that is forcing people to vacate their homes.
1522-3205;
Beach erosion.
Coast changes.
Islands.
Sea level.
Louisiana.
Mexico--Gulf of.
AC1.S5
050
As the Sea Swallows, the Islanders Hang On. / Rick Bragg. - New York Times, 2002. - SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Article 17. Environment, 1522-3205; .
Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: As the Sea Swallows, the Islanders Hang On, June 30, 2002; pp. 1+.
"Isle de Jean Charles is being swallowed by the water that surrounds it. A ridge of dry ground that rises just a few feet above the brackish water of Terrebonne Parish, it is slowly sinking--along with the rest of coastal Louisiana--into the Gulf of Mexico. The people who live here, most of them poor, have watched it shrink year by year, seeing gardens, baseball sandlots and backyards vanish and shade trees wither into gray stumps from the infusion of saltwater." (NEW YORK TIMES) This article describes the erosion that is forcing people to vacate their homes.
1522-3205;
Beach erosion.
Coast changes.
Islands.
Sea level.
Louisiana.
Mexico--Gulf of.
AC1.S5
050