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âI used to go fishing quite a bit down in Delacroix area. Me and my buddy would go out in a flat boat,â he says. Clements remembers finding âa little spot, a little islandâ where he and his friend would take breaks while fishing for redfish, sheepshead, speckled trout and flounder. When they went back to the same spot a month later, the patch of land was gone. âI actually stopped fishing because it was so depressing.â
To date, the southern coast of Louisiana has lost land roughly the size of the state of Delaware from its eroding beaches and marshes. Environmentalists now fear that the coastal erosion in the state has passed the point of no return.
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Andrew Ledford has worked at Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge, a renowned late-night bar in New Orleans, for more than 20 years. During the pandemic, he closes the bar at 11 p.m., an hour before his work shift used to begin.Credit.L. Kasimu Harris for The New York Times
A New Orleans Mardi Gras With a Different Sort of Mask
The bar scene so central to the city’s economy and allure is about to become the stage for an unusually muted and bittersweet celebration.
Andrew Ledford has worked at Snake and Jake’s Christmas Club Lounge, a renowned late-night bar in New Orleans, for more than 20 years. During the pandemic, he closes the bar at 11 p.m., an hour before his work shift used to begin.Credit.L. Kasimu Harris for The New York Times