Comment by kds1223 on 07/03/2023 at 03:39 UTC

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View submission: Deepwater Horizon oil spill caused structural damage to Louisiana shoreline by killing its marsh plants — making the coast more vulnerable to storms that may intensify due to climate change

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Why people are living there now is beyond me.

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Comment by [deleted] at 07/03/2023 at 04:54 UTC

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Moving is expensive and a lot of people living near the coast are dirt poor. Last I went that way there were even hurricane debris just lying around from possibly years before. They aren’t well served communities.

Comment by YourLifeCanBeGood at 07/03/2023 at 21:33 UTC

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Why it's not obvious shows how little-understood we South Louisianians are. Go research Bayou Cajuns, for one thing, and you might see the reasons.