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Louisiana's first line of defense against hurricanes is disappearing


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On a blue-sky February day, Renfro along with a team of scientists and conservationists gave me a tour of the barrier islands, sitting about 10 miles by boat from Cocodrie. On our way, we come upon the Lake Pelto Sulphur Mine Island. A photo from 1988 shows a large building on it and satellite imagery from around the same time shows most of the Island still visible. Today, the island is submerged with a few feet of water. A handful of abandoned structures remain and only a small strip of land is peaking above the surface. 
“We think a lot in New Orleans about “ain t dere no more” and this literally an island where there were buildings and people working and now there is hardly anything left of it,” said James Karst with the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.  ....

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