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To: i-node who wrote (568750)	5/29/2010 10:34:18 AM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579899

The great CJ - among his other superlatives, he's an expert on marsh protection. Combjelly, the Great, the All-Knowing. We are not worthy to question his wisdom .... or thats what he thinks anyway.

To: i-node who wrote (568750)	5/29/2010 11:16:38 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1579899

"This is stupid. Jindal is working with people who know this territory better than any people on the planet." Well, once you start changing things with berms and booms and such, they no longer know it. There is a significant chance that the change in currents could channel the oil into the marshes. Since no one has actually modeled the changes, it is just guesswork on Jindal's part. Such things have happened on the Gulf before. At Bolivar, they put in a rock groin to prevent sand erosion on a beach. The result? Not only did erosion increase, the eddy currents deposited mud and silt. You don't have to depend on my expertise. I am just going on the opinions of experts on the subject. I don't know the area in question to even begin to guess. All I know is that such things can, and have, happened. Which is why you can't just fire up bulldozers and hope it all works out in the end.