Governor Bobby Jindal in his seeming attempt to give the Administration a gut punch started several weeks ago to call for “Sand Berms” to be added to our coastal area to prevent Oil from encroaching on the marshlands.Sounds good right, since the Booms are clearly not working and BP is not maintaining them – Stop the oil at all costs.The Administration took a while and then reluctantly approved them.Well now it is becoming clear as to why…No credible scientist with coastal and marshland experience can say this is a good idea… some in fact are saying it is a terrible idea.
Plans to build sand berms on islands along the Louisiana coast are another concern. Louisiana's governor, Bobby Jindal, believes the berms can keep oil from reaching the marshes, but not everyone is convinced. The $350-million project "was conceived without any serious consultation with the scientific community", says John Day, of Louisiana State University. "It almost certainly won't work."
Turns out additional information and a great interview last night on TRMS shows this could be an even bigger problem for us.
Such a well educated man as our Governor yet he isn’t paying any attention to any of his own professors here in Louisiana who know these topics.It seems to me that this must have been recommended to the Governor and the Governor never even considered CALLING experts to find out if it was a good idea or not, he just decided to plow, or dredge as the case may be, ahead with this and ultimately this could make it worse.
These sand berms could cause oil to be trapped inside the marshlands; it could dramatically affect the tides and replenishment of the estuaries, or worse.
