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More on the Damage of Lawsuits

With the blame game still in full swing, its worth continuing Pat's previous theme with this:

The project faced strong opposition from the environmental group Save Our Wetlands, fishermen and the St. Tammany Parish, just north of Lake Pontchartrain, which had hoped to see a large shipyard built on a bayou. The shipyard was never built; today the area is underwater.

The crux of the suit was that the control structures would sharply reduce the natural flow of ocean water into the lake, damaging shellfish and other aquatic life. Opponents were convinced that the barriers would cause an environmental disaster. They said it would drain the wetlands, leaving it "extremely susceptible to hurricane tidal surges."

"And once a hurricane hits and floods these low-lying areas, it's the taxpayers who have to pay for the disaster loans," Save the Wetlands said a few years ago.

The principal members of the environmental group, several of whom lived in the flooded areas of the city, could not be reached for comment.

Naturally, those folks would be a bit shy about appearing on camera at this particular time. Needless to say, there are plenty of places to look for blame in this huge disaster. Unfortunately, in the current atmosphere of political foolishness, the proper places will likely be ignorred. Wizbang has more.

Beyond the hindrance of lawsuits is the nature of the problem itself. For some great background info on exactly what is going on in Louisiana, give this a read, you will see some informative tidbits such as this:

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