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Flight Plan: KARA - KHZR - KMKV - 2L0
Summary
[From Wikipedia..]
The southern coast of Louisiana in the United States is among the fastest-disappearing areas in the world. This has largely resulted from human mismanagement of the coast (see Wetlands of Louisiana). At one time, the land was added to when spring floods from the Mississippi River added sediment and stimulated marsh growth; the land is now shrinking. There are multiple causes.
Artificial levees block spring flood water that would bring fresh water and sediment to marshes. Swamps have been extensively logged, leaving canals and ditches that allow saline water to move inland. Canals dug for the oil and gas industry also allow storms to move sea water inland, where it damages swamps and marshes. Rising sea waters have exacerbated the problem. Some researchers estimate that the state is losing a land mass equivalent to 30 football fields every day. There are many proposals to save coastal areas by reducing human damage, including restoring natural floods from the Mississippi. Without such restoration, coastal communities will continue to disappear. And as the communities disappear, more and more people are leaving the region. Since the coastal wetlands support an economically important coastal fishery, the loss of wetlands is adversely affecting this industry.
Time-zone BreakDown: Friday, July 31st, 2015 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
::Other Useful information::
Target Airspeed: [110kias -120kias]
Average Cruising Altitude: 2,500 FT - 3,500 FT AGL
Preferred Aircraft: Low-Wing aircraft! Due to posted speeds, this will generally be kept to GA aircraft.
Summary
[From Wikipedia..]
The southern coast of Louisiana in the United States is among the fastest-disappearing areas in the world. This has largely resulted from human mismanagement of the coast (see Wetlands of Louisiana). At one time, the land was added to when spring floods from the Mississippi River added sediment and stimulated marsh growth; the land is now shrinking. There are multiple causes.
Artificial levees block spring flood water that would bring fresh water and sediment to marshes. Swamps have been extensively logged, leaving canals and ditches that allow saline water to move inland. Canals dug for the oil and gas industry also allow storms to move sea water inland, where it damages swamps and marshes. Rising sea waters have exacerbated the problem. Some researchers estimate that the state is losing a land mass equivalent to 30 football fields every day. There are many proposals to save coastal areas by reducing human damage, including restoring natural floods from the Mississippi. Without such restoration, coastal communities will continue to disappear. And as the communities disappear, more and more people are leaving the region. Since the coastal wetlands support an economically important coastal fishery, the loss of wetlands is adversely affecting this industry.
Time-zone BreakDown: Friday, July 31st, 2015 at:
9PM Eastern
8PM Central
7PM Mountain
6PM Pacific
::Other Useful information::
Target Airspeed: [110kias -120kias]
Average Cruising Altitude: 2,500 FT - 3,500 FT AGL
Preferred Aircraft: Low-Wing aircraft! Due to posted speeds, this will generally be kept to GA aircraft.
Steam/Boxed/P3D users welcome.
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