[StBernard] La. parish tries new approach to fending off hurricanes | HoumaToday.com | The Courier | Houma, LA

[Westley Annis]

I wonder if something like this is feasible for SBP?

JY
 
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	The ridge idea came from Earl Armstrong, a 65-year-old cattle farmer
in
	southern Plaquemines who lost all but 100 of his 1,800 head of
cattle during
	Katrina. The surviving cattle had been standing on a natural ridge.
"They
	came from five to 10 miles away until they hit that high place," he
said.
	"Then they saved themselves."
	
	The new plan tested much better, bringing down storm surge by as
much as 6
	feet in some places, said Ty Wamsley of the research center. And by
leasing
	a long-term dredger to draw sediment from the Mississippi, parish
officials
	could lower the cost of the overall project by $500,000, Parish
President
	Billy Nungesser said. Parish officials said they could build the
entire
	project in about 15 years, about a third of the time it would likely
take
	the Army Corps.
	
	
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