re: Cancellation of Mid-Barataria Diversion project could cost Louisiana at least $700 million

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Does the land built by the diversion magically survive hurricanes??

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On a long term basis it doesn't matter. What does matter is that you are continuously adding new sediment into the basin. Storms may "wash away" land but it is really just redistributing sediment. A significant portion of our land loss is from compaction of soils without a means to replenish since building the MS River levee system. It's not from physical erosion such as wave action or storm surge.