A lengthy, fascinating, and terrifying essay on the growing inaccuracy of the traditional Louisiana "boot" shape, as land sinks from petrochemical extraction, shoreline wetlands wash away due to levees, and the water level rises.
Louisiana Loses Its Boot
The boot-shaped state isn’t shaped like that anymore. So, we revised its iconic outline to reflect the truth about a sin…
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States can erode? Holy crap! Why aren't we doing something about this?
Oh. Right. Forget I asked.