Coastal experts have estimated that every mile of coastal wetlands that a storm travels over diminishes its surge by as much as a foot and point to the ongoing loss of Louisiana’s coastal wetlands (currently 25 square miles per year) as a primary reason that New Orleans’ federal levees failed during Katrina.
Williams has organized a campaign called “Please contact Obama and McCain and ask them why they are afraid to come and face us. Have they written us off? Are we an embarrassment?” This link allows you to just push a button to send a message to both campaigns to commit to this debate.
“We’ve got to make them feel like they’ll look bad if they do snub us…again. We were supposed to be awarded one of the three official debates,” Williams said.And before, this writer is outed as an “activist,” I signed the letter also—as should anyone who reads this and cares about New Orleans.
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Voice of the Wetlands (VOW) is an organization that is made up strictly of volunteers who dedicate their talent, time and resources to bring global attention to south Louisiana and the world’s coastal erosion problem. Based in Houma, Louisiana, VOW is organizing their 5th annual Voice of the Wetlands Festival October 10-12 at the Southdown Plantation in Houma.
Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) is a network of groups and individuals committed to restoring the Gulf of Mexico to an ecologically and biologically sustainable condition. Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, the GRN is the only organization solely focused on uniting and empowering people to protect and restore the natural resources of the Gulf. On the web.
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