Then & Now: Louisiana’s Bayou 🌎 Smithsonian Channel

[@janmarchand7294]

My parents had a camp on Grande Isle for years and we loved going as much as we could. After their death I hadn't been there in 15 years and when I brought my daughter and her friends for a weekend I didn't even know where I was on the drive there. Every landmark I could remember was simply gone! Just completely wiped out. It's amazing that we let cherished things die, I have so many wonderful memories of that time in my life and that's where they'll stay because that's all that's left, memories.

[@paulb1140]

That lady in the beginning has that classic New Orleans Yat accent. Sounds like something you'd expect to hear in Jersey and not in Louisiana. First time I heard it from my professor in Houston it blew my mind. I think it's a somewhat rarer accent to hear these days

[@noneofyourbeeswax01]

The diversion sluices seem to be an effective way of mimicking the natural evolution of the river in building new land. The problem of course is that they will inevitably use that new land to build on, thus necessitating new "defences" and the same consequent problems and thus continuing the whole crazy cycle

[@boson2916]

A daunting task against the harsh Mother Nature, there's still chance of preserving the bayou before it's totally gone.

[@emmy182]

It’s not against Mother Nature it’s against capitalism/global warming

[@boson2916]

Yes and no, the paradigm of today's Mother Nature conflates with capitalism and global warming....

[@reginafontenot600]

Wish it was mother nature but since rhe 40's man has been manipulating rhe weather.

[@striderman-]

I love the louisiana accent so much

[@everydayhero5076]

This is a problem the whole nation needs to get behind. Louisiana's wetlands provide a lot for the nation not to mention wearing down hurricanes before they do more damage inland. Once it's gone it's gone forever.

[@timothywalker4563]

This is news, i knew a little about. However this feels closer not that tv phrase looking down from 30.000 feet. Keep doing what your doing!

[@oogletbooglet6909]

saturated in oil....

[@galerauschenberger9411]

I probably would have made a big difference if the Corp of Eng. had not straightened out the Mississippi River.

[@Ukie_Hags_World]

Sad to watch the death of an ecosystem.

[@mikeschumacher9715]

Do the gators ever get your bird dogs?

[@trumpsaid3550]

🦐 SHRIMP 🦐

[@lisaharrington6488]

Very sad!

[@djisgud]

Glory Sunshine State🌞

[@colin661]

lawsyannuh

[@lucassaueressig1411]

Sad

[@gnanaraj5621]

தமிழ் வாழ்க அஆ இ ஈஉஊ எ ஏஐஒஓஔ க

[@user-gx2mg9yf6r]

More climate change propaganda

[@lucassaueressig1411]

nothing to do with climate change mate. watch it again, please

[@Sampsonoff]

@D nice single digit IQ response

[@MrMustangMan]

🐔🍭

[@naggedd]

This has been happening in Louisiana for decades. Long before anybody was talking about climate change.