The Great Wall of Louisiana
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- Опубліковано 22 сер 2024
- It’s often called “The Great Wall of Louisiana.” In this video, we show you the nearly 2-mile long surge barrier that is one of the largest flood protection structures in the world. It reduces the risk of flooding from a 100-year storm surge coming from Lake Borgne and the Gulf of Mexico.
thats awesome, i actually helped to build this project as a surveyor.
That’s not helping lol
I've fished here in Chalmette. I was at LSU and we rented Kayak from LSU Rec center and drove an hour to here. I paddled over 10 miles that day when I went to trace back on google earth. We started out catching nothing but then one boat was killing them on white lures. So I asked them for a few, my friends were too scared to ask. I ended up catching like 12 speckled trout. My friends caught nothing. I had so much weight in my kayak that you can see the opening in the gate. Well, there is a strong current that goes through it. Very strong. I couldn't paddle against it with as much weight as I had. Too strong of a current to get to other side. So I straddled the sides where the current is weaker where it had infinite barnacles all on the wall. Ended up slicing my hand in 100 different places trying to straddle that wall to get to the other side. Current was still too strong, so a boat that had a motor going through tossed my some rope and I held on as they pulled me through. Between that and paddling over 10 miles that day in a heavy kayak as well as very sunburnt out there 8+ hours with no hat, shades or sunscreen, I was so fricking tired. I then had to drive an hour after that back to BR. It was all worth it for those 12 trout though. Definitely something you only do in college but don't have patience or energy for after.
Your video brings so much interesting, thanks!
My brain ruminates on ideas like this. This is only two miles...What if we built one that went 2000 miles...from Texas, around Florida, to Maine...from San Diego to Seattle...make the barrier 100 feet wide with a highway on top and charge a fee to travel the span. It would pay for itself if you could pay 100 bucks to travel from NY to Miami in 12 hours, no traffic, and a rest stop every 100 miles or so...put strategic ports near every big city with rail lines to and from the land. Imagine the fishing industry building platforms just inside the barrier, paying a fee to be there, but able to build facilities to support their industry. Wave power generation on the outside could be implemented. Solar along the entire span...even windmills could be incorporated into the design and used to power the port facilities, the roadways and sell power back to land.
I like the way you think🤔
Imagine all the life time maintenance and construction jobs that could be created.
I've fished here in Chalmette. I was at LSU and we rented Kayak from LSU Rec center and drove an hour to here. I paddled over 10 miles that day when I went to trace back on google earth. We started out catching nothing but then one boat was killing them on white lures. So I asked them for a few, my friends were too scared to ask. I ended up catching like 12 speckled trout. My friends caught nothing. I had so much weight in my kayak that you can see the opening in the gate. Well, there is a strong current that goes through it. Very strong. I couldn't paddle against it with as much weight as I had. Too strong of a current to get to other side. So I straddled the sides where the current is weaker where it had infinite barnacles all on the wall. Ended up slicing my hand in 100 different places trying to straddle that wall to get to the other side. Current was still too strong, so a boat that had a motor going through tossed my some rope and I held on as they pulled me through. Between that and paddling over 10 miles that day in a heavy kayak as well as very sunburnt out there 8+ hours with no hat, shades or sunscreen, I was so fricking tired. I then had to drive an hour after that back to BR. It was all worth it for those 12 trout though. Definitely something you only do in college but don't have patience or energy for after.
WOW! Wooooooooow
That won't hold.
Can the government put out a 50-year massive project to backfill the coastline along the great wall?
It's flawed and sinking already
They should have listened to the Dutch engineers.
That won't hold.
@@JamesJones-cx5pk It would have hold if they build it like the Dutch did theirs.
@@Brozius2512 The dutch don't have hurricanes.
@@JamesJones-cx5pk Water defense, you understand what that means?
It protects you against rising water, not hurricanes.
It would easily work if the US would have taken the advice from the Dutch.
You do realize that the Dutch have the most advanced water defense systems in the world, right? And they are almost 80 years old.
The problem in the US is that they don't want to "waste" money on protecting people, so they do a half-assed job.
Just like dubai man made island, the coastline should be backfilled.
Katrina's threshold.
A modern marvel.
Just a matter of time now.
You’re screwed if you don’t get in in time.
Should have let Japan build it
Hmmm
So they told me
Does it keep illegal immigrants out?
Aka great wall of china
It’s made out of paper mache
Know.it.alls.you.know.nothing
I know that 1 in 100 year storm protection isn't enough to stay dry for a few years.
Like sommerset.
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