Should We Abandon Louisiana? In some ways, we already have, by Zack Kopplin included many great points and ideas, but I disagreed with one of the details mentioned. The author mentions that Louisiana loses a football field of land each hour. This was news to me, and it makes me worry about the future of Louisiana. Because of our location, there wasn't an appropriate amount of media coverage over the flooding in our state. I do not understand why our location impacts the news stories about our natural disasters, but it caused me to feel like the rest of the country doesn't care about my home state. Many critics want people to leave Louisiana and give up on trying to rebuild according to this article. I personally don't think that we should abandon our community in hope for a better life someplace else.
The author blames the flooding on climate change. That is the one statement in the article that I disagree with. There was another huge flood in Louisiana in the eighties that was topped by this one. It was viewed as a natural disaster, just like this flood should be depicted as. The temperature of the world does change; this happened when the ice age ended. Climate change isn't caused by the overuse of fossil fuels because it is a natural occurrence. I do agree that most of the people that moved out of Louisiana did because they couldn't afford to stay. The author makes a great point when he states that people didn't leave Louisiana by choice. Louisiana should be rebuilt instead of ignored and abandoned.
I can feel the level of care that you hold for this state, and we both live in a tightly knit community. This post was well written.
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