The only bit of Louisiana's coast that isn't sinking

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On a coastline that's steadily sinking under the waves, the Wax Lake Delta is rising: which is a wonderful thing for researchers.Historically, every time humans try and mess with the Mississippi, there have been unintended consequences: and even though we can now model it fairly well, there are still surprises.
Thanks to Alex Kolker and all the team at LUMCON in Louisiana. Here's more about his research: lumcon.edu/201...
And if your institution subscribes, the paper on carbon storage in the Wax Lake Delta that he worked on is in Nature here: www.nature.com...
Other references and further reading:
How humans sank New Orleans: How humans sank New Orleans: www.theatlanti...
Retiring place names: www.nytimes.co...
Levee wars: www.propublica...
Resettling the first American 'climate refugees': www.nytimes.co...
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@TomScottGo 5 лет назад

This video involved thunderstorms, multiple microphone failures, a wet camera lens, and an hour-long speedboat trip through driving rain. I apologise for the technical errors, but frankly I'm amazed that it worked at all!

@RareEpicness 5 лет назад

Tom Scott that's okay, video will be amazing as always

@elhugo13 5 лет назад

1 month ago, wow!

@wackyroo 5 лет назад

1 month ago? Time traveler confirmed

@kosmosh 5 лет назад

how

@ItsNickFox 5 лет назад

Next video: "I'm standing here, a month in the past to examine why time travel is not all it's cracked up to be."

@yeeturmcbeetur8197 5 лет назад

Tom: is skinny. Is wearing a red shirt. Is in Baton Rouge. Tom is a Baton Rouge.

@FunScientifix 5 лет назад

Best comment

@sergarlantyrell7847 5 лет назад

Unfortunately he's not French.

@Altoclarinets 5 лет назад

this is the worst comment I've seen in a while I love it

@yeeturmcbeetur8197 5 лет назад

Ser Garlan Tyrell Britain is a part of Europe. France is a part of Europe. Checkmate atheists.

@Altoclarinets 5 лет назад

@@yeeturmcbeetur8197 I think you'll find Britain actually has plans to saw itself off of Europe and move to somewhere off the coast of Maine

@andreww5138 5 лет назад

Venice: " so you're telling me there's a chance?"

@micahphilson 5 лет назад

I think it'll be amazing in a few hundred years, when Venice has just as much city underwater as it does above it! Think of archaeologists scuba diving into the "old old city" to see how people lived when the city was founded.

@colinantink9094 5 лет назад

Urrrgghhh. Scuba diving in what basically equates to sewer water.... but yes I’m always wondering what modern archeology in a few hundred years will dig up about us.

@lred1383 5 лет назад

@@ReptilianLepton Or literally anywhere that doesn't have access to the sea. When i dive in freshwater lakes not only is there just trash laying on the bottom sometimes, but i sometimes wish i brought a shovel down there, because water at some point becomes so full of sediment that you can't even see your own arms

@justinbeath5169 5 лет назад

Dams are being built around the Venetian lagoon so sea levels rising shouldn't have much of an effect on Venice

@lordelliott42 5 лет назад

@@micahphilson I've since something like that on National Geographic or a similar program years ago. I can't seem to find it now, but they were diving somewhere with at least 2 stories of old buildings underwater and newer construction on top.

@symetryrtemys2101 5 лет назад

Those maps showing the change in coastline over time were incredible striking.

@NickleJ 5 лет назад

IKR. Now consider that the ~~Senators~~ Congressmen who represent that area are largely pro-industry, anti-science, climate change deniers.

@Reub3 5 лет назад

@@NickleJ Isn't south Louisiana mostly democrat

@NickleJ 5 лет назад

@@Reub3 It's _very_ conservative, except for New Orleans (where I currently live).

@ifbfmto9338 5 лет назад

Climate change is coming whether or not we like it. Yes the Republicans aren’t helping but the DemoRats won’t do anything either. Did you know only about 14 percent of global CO2 emissions come from the USA? And with India and China and Southeast Asia and Africa etc all rapidly expanding their CO2 emissions, realistically it doesn’t matter if we try and tank our economy to stop warming, it is barely going to make a dent. We just have to accept that we will need to deal with the consequences, which in a broad general sense means people moving inland and further north.

@NickleJ 5 лет назад

@@ifbfmto9338 I think you are viewing climate change as a binary 'does-or-doesn't-happen' event. All CO2 has an environmental and economic cost that only goes up as CC progresses, and likewise there is positive value in reducing emissions that must be added to your calculus. Even policy that merely reduces the rate of increase is valuable. There is no dichotomy between _"tanking our economy"_ and _spending on environment._ One does not necessarily lead to the other and even if it did, we could presumably then only do half or a quarter of the actions you think will ruin our economy. There's a mountain of good, viable, market-powered ideas for reducing emissions that conservatives and dems should be able to agree on.

@FlymanMS 5 лет назад

It's amazing how you look 15, 25 and 40 at the same time.

@SayanGHD 5 лет назад

Explain.

@nightmare-nightmarenightma1147 5 лет назад

Don't explain.

@TheLucidDreamer12 5 лет назад

It's called being in your thirties

@christianbh 5 лет назад

It’s amazing how people make this same comment on every single one of his videos

@joeydoink-doink742 5 лет назад

And 60

@Leadvest 5 лет назад

"There's mud in my shoes" Ah, the Louisiana experience.

@bipitybopitybatman2146 3 года назад

225 REPRESENT!!!

@NoahGooder 2 года назад

dont forget the crawfish boil

@ageofzac1185 5 лет назад

Dear god Tom, why would you step into water with denim jeans on

@Fukitol_Forte 5 лет назад

These things were originally designed for such work

@MickeyD2012 5 лет назад

You don't expect him to jump in butt naked, do you?

@stavros3438 5 лет назад

Tom don't caare

@Sebastian-pl3xm 5 лет назад

stavros343 thog doesn’t either

@Cyortonic 5 лет назад

@@MickeyD2012 But that's what we want

@LegenDove 5 лет назад

Looks like Tom really plans ahead with his videos...

@AngelSamael 5 лет назад

Not enough to wear wellies though.

@christianwetzel2199 5 лет назад

you mean visiting during hurricane season ?

@Cillana 5 лет назад

@@AngelSamael Not so fun when you go to take a step and your boots (wellies) stay behind in the mud. 😅 I think it is best to use canvas shoes (easy to clean) and expect to get your feet wet.

@awmperry 5 лет назад

Or waders.

@chase.b2967 5 лет назад

It’s Louisiana you can go from 10% chance of rain to 100% chance in 20 minutes

@honeycombfromheaven 5 лет назад

Kind of irrelevant, but Baton Rouge might be one of my favourite place names in the world. I know it just means red stick, but the connotations of the words in the name make it sound so magically fantastically theatrical, I can't get over it.

@successmaker9258 5 лет назад

What are the connotation of Baton Rouge

@ravinrabbid123 5 лет назад

Rouge the Baton

@JNCressey 5 лет назад

And the red stick in question... is here tonight! *camera tracks to the door and zooms in

@TacticusPrime 5 лет назад

"Red Stick" was common Southern expression for going to war. See the Red Stick Creeks.

@PattyWagonYH 5 лет назад

Louisiana is full of awesome place names due to the combination of French, Spanish, and Amerindian influence - Atchafalaya, Opelousas, Houma, Thibodeaux, Mamou, Breaux Bridge, Slidell, Calcasieu, Tangipahoa, and so forth.

@Aturixios 5 лет назад

Uploaded 13 seconds ago, Tom's pinned comment from a month ago.

@TheGudsProduction 5 лет назад

What the hell. How come?!

@perfectlyfine1675 5 лет назад

Those British people are sure good at time travelling.

@joshuahawkes7218 5 лет назад

@@TheGudsProduction most likely uploaded a month ago but only made public now

@RyanKhoo 5 лет назад

Patreon?

@TheGudsProduction 5 лет назад

@@joshuahawkes7218 I see

@nathanoafc0132 5 лет назад

I remember you made a video called "The Mississippi River Wants To Move". 5 and a half years on and you're back in roughly the same place (for a part of the video) as you were in the original. You've gone full circle.

@DavidB773 5 лет назад

I came looking for this comment... For a moment I had a feeling of Deja Vu.

@andymcl92 5 лет назад

Would that be a water cycle, then?

@nathanoafc0132 5 лет назад

*Pud dum tiss*

@not2hot99 5 лет назад

I was watching that video earlier today...

@PaulMansfield 5 лет назад

Did I miss the mississippi video?

@corbinpeacock8722 5 лет назад

It's so weird seeing Tom in a place I've been.

@yeeturmcbeetur8197 5 лет назад

It’s so weird seeing Tom in a place I live. 😂

@Udontkno7 5 лет назад

Truly

@corbinpeacock8722 5 лет назад

@@Udontkno7 username checks out

@NickleJ 5 лет назад

Even weirder seeing in the place _I live_

@ambedextrus4794 5 лет назад

I'm up north of that

@boggybolt6782 5 лет назад

I mean, you could've also gotten rubber boots...

@JNCressey 5 лет назад

"Always wear rubbers on your feet" - BoggyBolt 2019

@WillThat 5 лет назад

Being Louisiana, there had to be plenty of white shrimp boots around.

@JaseyStudios 5 лет назад

@Trevor Philips pro comment

@Chilukar 5 лет назад

@Trevor Philips for Tom it would have been wellies (or wellington boots if you want to be formal).

@jjc5475 5 лет назад

good video, i don't mind the quality. i mind the information. and that's always excellent in tom's videos.

@Abdega 5 лет назад

Tom: I’m going to do a video on the only Louisiana coastline that’s not sinking. However I started sinking into the coastline and we came here during a thunderstorm and in the middle of hurricane season In hindsight this episode could have ended badly

@sirarchon5788 5 лет назад

Louisianan viewer her, It’s interesting how most people don’t know about the ecological disasters the state is facing. Thank you for informing.

@qmoyer 5 лет назад

Are you really telling me Tom Scott was in Louisiana and I didn't get to see him

@AKIOTV 5 лет назад

Tom Scott: uploads something water-related Me: let's scroll down to find the Dutch comments

@not2hot99 5 лет назад

Yes, it happens everytime :D

@pp7x79 5 лет назад

yes thanks for the intro! I also study geology btw. The easiest story would be to not interfere with such delta's to much but there are already people living there of course. The most important and undeniable fact however is that the Mississippy just has to make an avulsion like it should have done some 400 years ago. oh and also, the overflowing of the coastline will happen anyway just a bit faster due to agriculture. Edit: I mainly meant overflowing due to continental subsidence but that timescale might be a little out of reach.

@Buzz34 5 лет назад

Leeuwarden Captial of water technology

@willemvanoranje1533 5 лет назад

I N G E P O L D E R D

@minkuspower 5 лет назад

"i've sunk about an inch into the mud, and it's in my shoes" welcome to Louisiana :D

@thestudentofficial5483 5 лет назад

Tom, please don't go into flood with sandals. You'll get fungi infection on your feet. Wear boots, it's safer.

@ericsbuds 5 лет назад

well that's a river. its not standing water!

@RhizometricReality 5 лет назад

Or worse, introduce a foreign fungus to the environment which adapts and chokes plant life

@Cillana 5 лет назад

Really? I've never heard of this. Never gotten it either despite walking in marsh in canvas shoes.

@CasperVanLaar 5 лет назад

@@Cillana same

@davidweihe6052 5 лет назад

> don't go into flood with sandals. You'll get fungi infection on your feet. Wear boots, it's safer. Better, wear hip waders. Unless you step of a ledge, you will be safe from the muddy water and everything in it. Excepting gators, of course.

@bigbrimstone 5 лет назад

As a Baton Rouge resident, the Polar Pop cup was so perfect.

@hollowearth 5 лет назад

my socks felt wet watching the beginning

@alexfsayshi5279 5 лет назад

The juxtaposition of Tom’s red shirt and the dark green flora surrounding him is both incredible and absolutely hilarious

@RSpudieD 5 лет назад

Good job, Tom!!! Also, I enjoyed your tracking-shot of the bird from 0:55 to 1:03

@Ubernator 5 лет назад

Welcome to cajun country Tom! Hope you had some boudin and crawfish!

@vhscopyofseinfeld 5 лет назад

Justin can’t wait for crawfish season, I missed out this past year; never again!

@blazereho811 5 лет назад

Went vegetarian a little over a year ago and every crawfish season that passes by just makes me sad that I can’t taste it dhejdbsksn

@mohammedshahir2816 4 года назад

0:46 if you look closely, you can see crocodiles swimming with leaves as disguise

@1980rlquinn 5 лет назад

I cannot believe you just jumped in without waders.

@KhoPhi 4 года назад

Tom: *blasting at probably 30km/hr on a boat. Same Tom: It's quite windy Me: Duh! 🤭

@VideoNOLA 3 года назад

Ironic, too, because there was literally no wind at all.

@stoneminer4464 5 лет назад

*Any folks here from Louisiana??*

@tylerhernandez5978 5 лет назад

Mais oui ⚜

@AndyGneiss 5 лет назад

Chiming in from Gretna.

@blazereho811 5 лет назад

Here from marrero :)

@peter4210 5 лет назад

heres how people are going to react: "Ooo new place to build realestate, lets drain the land and start building" *building sinks and land floods a any major weather *suprise pikachu face "oh government please help me, im failing because i built on flood lands"

@Thumbsupurbum 5 лет назад

It's more like : "Zoning laws forced me to build in a flood plain, it was literally illegal to build in a safer place"

@elektro9564 5 лет назад

king peter That's exactly what happens where I live, but here its all the rick people that build their house next to the river and then get mad at the city when it floods and the city uses the taxpayer's money to divert the river away and they get mad because the river is lower

@joeydoink-doink742 5 лет назад

Hi my name is FEMA how can I assist you... 🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂

@shawnpitman876 4 года назад

@@Thumbsupurbum Provide even *ONE* PROPERLY DOCUMENTED example where zoning laws FORCED someone to build in the way of an impending flood or shut your stupid mouth.

@b98a4c37 3 года назад

"I'm standing here in a place that nobody knows about except for a few people. Those few people that do know about it don't care about it. After learning about this place and discussing it with those few people I've decided to document this place and share it with you." Thank you, Tom. I really do love these videos, even if I hate how much I love them.

@perfectlyfine1675 5 лет назад

The Dutch can fix the problem of sinking in days.

@lalalalexie 5 лет назад

Wrong. Batavia and dos.

@vividandlucid 5 лет назад

Zeker waar makker

@yourick1953 5 лет назад

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

@ComradePhoenix 5 лет назад

Actually, I remember more than a few news reports of Dutch delegations visiting New Orleans to talk about flood control.

@user-hx1nr9ru1p 5 лет назад

*DELTAWERKEN INTENSIFIES*

@handpancakeman 5 лет назад

When you realize Tom was just in your state...

@ComradePhoenix 5 лет назад

IKR? Must've been just before Barry came along.

@monkeywrench7047 5 лет назад

Yea same here

@rend7979 5 лет назад

IKR im a Baton rouge native that was surreal seeing him downtown

@Chris-mc2dt 5 лет назад

Judging by the age of the pinned comment, this was a month ago

@NoName-cx3gk 5 лет назад

👏

@darrinbrunner6429 3 года назад

New Mexico: "I heard thunder, stay away from the trees." LA: "I heard thunder, we're going to drown."

@gordonrichardson2972 5 лет назад

I never heard anyone pronounce Atchafalaya River, though I have read the name many times.

@maidenreligion12 5 лет назад

Many Louisiana place names are French in origin or heavily influenced by French, so they don't always sound the way they're spelled in the English language.

@thomasbuckley6175 5 лет назад

and the A at the beginning of the word isn't pronounced, especially if you're from New Iberia

@MinutemanOutdoors 5 лет назад

Ah-chah-fuh-lie-yuh.

@nitehawk86 5 лет назад

It's pronounced Atchafalaya

@brohemia6575 5 лет назад

thomas buckley damn right we don’t pronounce the a

@thattrainguy 5 лет назад

0:44 I think MI7s secret scuba team area after you, I they brought their best camouflage

@TheValueInvestor123 2 года назад

I was just amazed that so much silt and sediment could actually be deposited at the river mouth over time and eventually form a delta.

@alpinweiss 5 лет назад

Hey Tom, really like your videos. You should come to Finland to see the earth rising after the last ice age. For example in my hometown the sea is now 20km further where it was originally.

@genli5603 4 года назад

Whole of the Baltic sea!

@genli5603 4 года назад

@James Sloan Dude, people started measuring it in the 18th century.

@kendavis8046 5 лет назад

This was a great video! Thanks, Tom, and hopefully you had some of the wonderful regional food from Louisiana while you were there! (I'm a Texan, but my late father was born in a small town in Louisiana, I still have relatives there, and we are soon to have a family reunion (though WAY north of the delta), up near Many, LA. (Pronounced "Man-E", for those not from this area.) Thumbs up.

@nikaluss5946 5 лет назад

Baton Rouge resident here. Great video. I actually live near false river in Pointe Coupee, a part of the Mississippi in the past that was cut off and became a lake.

@genli5603 4 года назад

Oxbow lakes

@nikaluss5946 2 года назад

@@genli5603 yes indeed. An oxbow

@mxg75 5 лет назад

2:54 Was that an All the Station reference, or is that just what all British people do when filming on a windy boat ride?

@durhamdavesbg4948 5 лет назад

That is a typical example of the classic British understatement and our tendency to state the obvious. Would have only been topped if he'd said something like "a bit breezy".

@andymcl92 5 лет назад

@@durhamdavesbg4948 Of course the confusing thing here for Americans is that in the UK we use "quite" to mean "less than normal" but in the US they use it to mean "more than normal". I.e. "quite windy" in the UK means a little breeze but in the US means a gale. So Tom saying "quite windy" is him being sarcastic by saying it isn't that windy when it really is, but to a US ear it might just sound like he's saying it's very windy when it's obviously very windy...

@durhamdavesbg4948 5 лет назад

@@andymcl92 I would say the meaning of quite is technically the same, but we use it for sarcastic understatement so much it's blurred most of the meaning from it.

@JacquesDufrene 5 лет назад

So glad that tom is covering this subject. Coastal erosion is such an issue in southern Louisiana, and im fascinated to see oddities such as the delta forming off of the bottom of terrabonne parish. Another one that could be briefly shown at 2:20 but not covered is the town of Chenere and Grand isle. Right under the bridge now is a large sandbar that seemingly built up out of nowhere after the BP oil spill and is now supporting bird and sea life. I personally have no idea how the sand built up in the spot that it did but i would love to know how sediment from the Mississippi flowing through the Barataria bay could help regrow Grand isle, Grand terre, and surrounding barrier islands.

@Someone-cd7yi 5 лет назад

Tom, I really want to thank you. My grandpa passed away last week and your videos have helped me to get a little bit of distraction from the whole sad mess, even if it's just a couple of minutes. I really loved my grandpa and I really can't describe in words the level of sadness I experience. Once again I really want to thank you for making these cool little videos!

@Someone-cd7yi 5 лет назад

@LaBelle424242 Thank you very much

@ludus1135 5 лет назад

Louisiana gang wya

@iainstenhouse8399 5 лет назад

Wonderful and interesting video as always, and hey the technical issues spice things up a bit... I suppose

@fred7861 5 лет назад

I’ll be honest I had no idea this channel would completely blow up, I’ve always loved it but I’m shocked it’s become as popular as it is. Brilliant. Good video.

@mukrifachri 5 лет назад

"How am I supposed to run in these marrowy clogs ?"

@Sam-gf6ue 3 года назад

0:11 British explorers in the 17th century colourised

@ymirishere7108 5 лет назад

Dude, I'm glad you're back in my home state; you went to my home city the last time you made a video here.

@killercaos123 5 лет назад

Louisiana is such a wonderful environment. Shame it's not being taken care of.

@peppermintmiso4341 3 года назад

4:10 Wait-- 'burying carbon'? Tom tell us more about this-- that's definitely something I don't know! I looked it up and it's about capturing the carbon, sequestration, emitted from industries and burying them deep underground? Something about making them unable to escape back into the atmosphere, but it also has the risk of generating earthquakes due to the added pressure? I'm not sure but I def want Tom to talk about this

@marcezs08 5 лет назад

this is one of those youtube channels where every video is wholeheartedly interesting, and worth your time to watch, great job Tom!.

@williamheayn3760 5 лет назад

Isnt' that the same levy you used in your last video about the Mississippi?

@lukemire8478 5 лет назад

He's a few hundred feed north/up river, but yea, same levee, same city

@mojosbigsticks 5 лет назад

Thank you for sacrificing your shoes for us Tom!

@Jerbod2 5 лет назад

Why reinvent the wheel when you can just look at the Dutch expertise on the matter...

@SheerDrop 5 лет назад

Big old America doesn't need to take tips from puny states in the Euro country. /s

@IvanSN 5 лет назад

Very very different causes.

@SheerDrop 5 лет назад

@@ng3898 Hence the /s at the end of my comment

@michaelsommers2356 5 лет назад

The Mississippi and the Rhein are not comparable. The average discharge of the Rhein is 2,900 m^3/s while the average discharge of the Mississippi is 16,800 m^3/s, almost six times as much. The M. discharges about 145 million metric tons of silt per year, while the R. discharges only about 4 million (if my calculations are correct). Silt is partially controlled by dams on the R. The M. can't be dammed that way, because the land it runs through is too flat; the water will just go around the dam. At any rate, I'm sure the American engineers are well aware of relevant work all over the globe, not just in the Nederlands.

@autobootpiloot 5 лет назад

Michael Sommers it’s not only about knowing and understanding the Mississippi. The dutch just know water in general, that’s why the dutch are the go to people to solve all the difficult water related problems world wide. It’s just foolish not to ask the duch for help, thats why there are a lot of duch people working to solve water related problems all over the us.

@edwinburton5846 5 лет назад

Hi Tom! I'm really curious how you hear about issues like these being English. Your sources of information must be fascinating; I find it interesting the sort of topics you decide to film and present when they seem so innocuous and out of the way (imagine caring about an issue in Louisianna when you're from the UK!).

@Lacombe57 5 лет назад

Hopefully this time they will keep the oil companies from digging straight canals, as opposed to naturally occurring meandering waterways, through the reclaimed land.

@natyalim 5 лет назад

All I'm thinking during this video is "...alligators...?!"

@dannybeeson5084 5 лет назад

Nah... with all that rain the gators will be hiding out waiting for the sun to reappear.

@whuzzzup 5 лет назад

@@dannybeeson5084 Why do they hide because of rain?

@TheP3NGU1N 5 лет назад

@@whuzzzup cools them down too much so they conserve energy

@whuzzzup 4 года назад

@James Sloan I see, thank you.

@kairon156 5 лет назад

Those helipads are huge! Also swamps and deltas are very useful eco systems to maintain. Edit: Damn spell check doesn't know what Lily-pads are. :*(

@Cillana 5 лет назад

Helipads? Where? Watching the video again...

@Apoc2K 5 лет назад

@@Cillana I'm guessing autocorrect butchered "lilypad".

@dehydratedwater4803 3 года назад

Elephant ears

@kairon156 3 года назад

@@dehydratedwater4803 are Elephant ears a spelling error you seen?

@dehydratedwater4803 3 года назад

@@kairon156 what you called lilypads are elephant ears. At least that's what we call them in south Louisiana. They're not actually a lily, they're a tuber.

@rajanrao 4 года назад

0:55 Who else noticed the gorgeous Snowy Egret in the background?

@Vinxian1 5 лет назад

America and water management. *Laughs in Dutch*

@genli5603 4 года назад

We do more flood management and dam building. Less land-making!

@alyssagriffin5781 2 года назад

LUMCON! One of my favorite group of scientists! If anyone can donate to LUMCON, please do! These people provide us Louisianans excellent knowledge and ways to protect our wildlife and coast!

@Thisath100 5 лет назад

this is one of the coolest videos I've seen in a while. something so entirely mystical about the river eroding uncontrollably yet giving birth to more land. I don't know how the heck you keep giving such pristine, top tier content, honestly.

@BeastOfTraal 5 лет назад

The transition from water to mud is so gradual that there is not a definite bottom. I have over topped my boots many times. And thanks for coming back to my hometown.

@CrushaKRool 5 лет назад

I got an Ecosia ad before this video. Checks out.

@stahppls2293 4 года назад

1:15 the cement looks like he's got a giant watermelon slice behind him

@hebl47 5 лет назад

You always take us to such amazing places, Tom!

@pathtobillions8070 5 лет назад

I'm now curious what the most balanced solution would be to both protect cities and towns that are already there while letting the river flow more naturally.

@Telsion 5 лет назад

So you want to reconquer land on the sea? Should just call the Dutch, we'll fix it in a heartbeat.

@NJ-uh6hz 5 лет назад

Fascinating. Wish the video was longer. As a conservationist here in the US, the sinking of Louisiana has been very concerning. Knowing that there is a place where land is being added is nice to hear.

@onebackzach 3 года назад

It's great that there's a lot of work to build diversions and areas where the river can "flood" safely. We just need to find ways to strategically place those sort of diversions in areas experiencing the worst erosion.

@Kafj302 4 года назад

You could call this an "in depth" report.

@its_me-nikki 5 лет назад

Me: *waits* Guy: Morgan City. Me: AYEEEEEEE!!!!

@GS-zx1kk 5 лет назад

Hey, that interview with the guy was in cocodrie!

@adrianbik3366 4 года назад

0:00 - 0:10 *I think Alex is trying to eat my soul*

@najrenchelf2751 5 лет назад

Hey Louisiana, good luck with your coast recreation efforts! Greetings from a European soon to be Water Manager! 😊

@WarBerJr02 5 лет назад

I wish I had known when you were visiting, I would have loved to meet you and show you around...

@International72521 5 лет назад

That feeling when you're shin-deep in water despite wearing socks, shoes, and jeans.

@scotthughes7440 2 года назад

No wonder we have no top soil left....Stop fertlizing and using all those crappy soil modifers. Use cover crops instead. DUHHH people.. Big DUH..

@hisss 5 лет назад

As a Dutchman (so from a culture based upon battling water) with a girlfriend from Louisiana, I found this very interesting. Cheers Tom! Also, if Louisiana needs help with that battle...just ask us how to do it ;)

@tylerhernandez5978 5 лет назад

Wij hebben de hulp van de hele wereld nodig, vooral van Nederland. Help alsjeblieft. Amerika zal ons sterven laten.

@Tajimothy 5 лет назад

Tom , when you made a video on the Baton Rouge Levee a few years ago, in nearly the exact same place, I had always hoped you would come back. I know the place you stood may not mean much to you but my high school was only a block away if you managed to see it with the bright mural on the side! That levee holds so many memories, even though some of them were a good 12 feet underwater while you were there. It made me unbelievably happy to see you make a video in our stomping grounds and give this issue the thought and attention it needs :)

@backtoklondike 5 лет назад

"Mississippi river, so muddy that I laid railroad tracks on it"- "Pothole" McDuck. Sorry had to do it when you talked about how murky it was, Tom.

@StanVanGundy1 4 года назад

Tom needs to wear a red supreme tshirt instead

@rinhd1977 5 лет назад

Kind of surprised by this, thanks for sharing

@liamshelley496 4 года назад

1:28 That looks SO much like Batemans Bay in NSW, Australia

@VexWythe 5 лет назад

that's so cool! i remember camping out at LUMCON with my boy scout troop when i was in high school! we didn't specifically learn about wax lake but we learned a lot about louisiana's coastal subsidence and erosion! it's cool to see you transmitting those lessons across the internet for everyone else to see as well!

@k.rizz. 4 года назад

The sound of Tom hoping onto the land gave me the urge to play mine craft.

@taaamas7785 5 лет назад

Thought that said "The only brit..."

@JNCressey 5 лет назад

Turns out this Brit _is_ sinking. 5:03

@SaveThePurpleRhino 5 лет назад

I'm more concerned with things living under the cover Tom. I guess I watched too much Anaconda

@DovidM 5 лет назад

It is said about the Missouri River that “it is to thick to drink, but too thin to plough.”

@DanielVerberne 4 года назад

Avulsion... Love learning new words and concepts. New to your vids today and subscribed - great presentation, excellent explanations and brilliant diction!