Holly Beach by Air
Oct 9, 2023 16:00:52 #
These images are of a tiny community on the Gulf of Mexico that was totally destroyed by Hurricane Laura a few years ago. Not much regrowth since then.
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PAR4DCR wrote:
Good ones Ken. Kinda reminds me of Grand Isle.
Don
Don
Thanks, Don. Grand Ilse has blue/green water. This water is sorta murky/muddy.
Oct 9, 2023 22:44:31 #
Who in their right mind would live in a low lying area like that next to a body of water subject to hurricanes?? I bet they brag about how many times the federal government has bailed them out!
But a cool photo anyway!
But a cool photo anyway!
Oct 9, 2023 23:40:55 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Who in their right mind would live in a low lying area like that next to a body of water subject to hurricanes?? I bet they brag about how many times the federal government has bailed them out!
But a cool photo anyway!
But a cool photo anyway!
Actually, Chief, most of them did not return after the last hurricane. Cajuns are resilient, but there is nothing left down there to bring them back. It's no different than living in tornado alley or in an earthquake zone or in a place that is snowed in for most of the year. One learns to adapt. Thanks for looking and for commenting. PS, they got very little assistance from FEMA or any other agency as was the case with us a little farther north.
Oct 10, 2023 01:12:40 #
kpmac wrote:
Actually, Chief, most of them did not return after the last hurricane. Cajuns are resilient, but there is nothing left down there to bring them back. It's no different than living in tornado alley or in an earthquake zone or in a place that is snowed in for most of the year. One learns to adapt. Thanks for looking and for commenting. PS, they got very little assistance from FEMA or any other agency as was the case with us a little farther north.
Understood, Ken. But there are a lot of people who get bailed out by FEMA time after time, year after year to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars of tax payer money all over the country when just a little common sense would go a long way. I would love to live ON the beach somewhere. But I would live a ways back from the beach with retaining walls, etcetera and/or be willing to pay for the high priced insurance so as not to burden federal or local agencies with the expense of known consequences of my choices.
In fifteen years living in the Pacific Northwest, I have heard people bragging about getting a new house through FEMA every six or eight years because they thought they had the right to live in flood zones along the many rivers that were known to flood on a regular basis. My money and your money subsidizes their living choices.
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Love it! Only time I saw Holly Beach by air was right after Hurricane Audry when a few of us Boy Scouts were lucky enough to get on and Air Force flight out of Lake Charles and fly along the coast in '57.
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Oct 10, 2023 10:47:18 #
Retired CPO wrote:
Understood, Ken. But there are a lot of people who... (show quote)
I agree. However; I don't know of one person who got a new house from FEMA. Not one. And most had a nightmare of a time getting their insurance to pay fairly. Some people and businesses are still battling with them almost five years later.
Oct 10, 2023 10:47:40 #
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