Indeed....it is slowly moving into the sea. Makes one wonder if we are fighting a losing battle.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science....louisiana.ap/
http://washingtontimes.com/upi-break...1553-4981r.htm
Report: La. sinking into Gulf of Mexico
Washington, DC, Jun. 5 (UPI) -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has said much of southern Louisiana may sink into the Gulf of Mexico by the end of the century.
The administration's report said the northern Gulf of Mexico is sinking much faster than previously thought, and the Texas coastline could also be in danger, the Houston Chronicle reported Sunday.
The report said a small metal disk bolted to the ground, which provides a standard elevation above sea level for land surveying and mapping as well as determining flood-prone areas, has been sinking along with everything else. The authors of the NOAA report said geologists had previously interpreted the yardstick's readings as minimal geologic subsidence along most of the Louisiana coast, but the NOAA now believes the state's entire coastal region is sinking at least 5 feet every century.
The authors said a similar situation may be developing a few miles south of Houston.
"Subsidence doesn't stop at the Texas border," said Roy Dokka, a co-author of the NOAA report and a Louisiana State University geologist.