"The berms will take a very long time, six to nine months in some cases..."

[WeDidIt]

Thad Allen, moments ago.

There's Bobby Jindal's (DU hero) plan in a nutshell.

[Are_grits_groceries]

1. It's not just Jindal.

Jindal, Nungesser propose building barrier islands
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Gov. Bobby Jindal and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said Saturday that they have proposed a plan to BP and the Coast Guard to use as many as 12 dredges over the next few months to build up deteriorating barrier islands in an attempt to prevent oil from getting into the state's wetlands.
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"It's so much easier for us to clean the oil off this sand rather than having to deal with it in our interior wetlands and our marshes, and it would also provide a natural defense against future hurricane and storm systems," Jindal said. He estimated that the dredges could be mobilized within weeks and the project completed in four to six months.
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The plan was derived from two Dutch organizations: Deltares, a research institute studying deltas, and Van Oord, a dredging company. The governor's office and Plaquemines officials forwarded a draft plan to BP last week.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/neworleans/index.ssf?/base/news-13/127338689856190.xml&coll=1

Local officials are behind it too, and they knew how long it would take. They also found some basis in fact for it.
I said that I didn't care who found something to fix the oil spill. I meant it. I don't care if it is Jindal. I wouldn't vote for him ever, but that isn't germaine to fixing the problem.
If you mean people who said what I am saying, you are using a specious argument.

[WillyT]

4. Plus... People Want To DO Something...

This is much better than waiting around helplessly.

:shrug:

:hi:

[redqueen]

2. Substance always loses to style. (nt)

[Scurrilous]

3. NYTimes: Experts Express Doubts on Sand-Berm Proposal (5/21/10)

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"State officials here are imploring the federal government and BP to build 80 miles of sand berms and plug holes in barrier islands in a desperate effort to stop oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill from destroying marshes, sounds and bayous.

But many experts say it is not at all clear whether dredging companies could build up the barrier islands quickly enough to save the marshes. They are also concerned that the kind of sand berms envisioned in the plan might wash away quickly after a couple of storms, wasting scarce sand in the region."

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[Mojorabbit]

5. I remember after Katrina

they had helicopters dropping huge bags of sand? to plug the levies. In shallow water something like that could be done for some of the more sensitive marshes. There is no reason it should take six months to do the berms. That is pure bull.

[SidDithers]

6. Quality leadership, there...nt

Sid

[Swamp Rat]

7. You don't know jack shit. eom