Our first Hike to Cheniere Au Tigre
Variety in vegeation, plan and section
The sandy surface on the hike.
Section through the beach at the jetties
Sketches on site with charcoal
The Control of Nature
Crawfish cage (p69)
"...the Atchafalaya young trees can't get going. So existing cypress are not- as trees are generally thought to be- a renewable resource". (p65)
"Southern Louisiana may be a house of cards,..." (p60)
The properties sink and ramps need to be built for the cars to access their carports. (p56)
New Orleans is 15ft below sea level behind the levees (p55)
"Southern Louisiana is a large lump of mountain butter, eight miles thick were it rests upon the continental shelf,...."(p54)
The 3 chamber connection between the two rivers. (p50)
The difference of waterlevel between the rivers at the gates (p45)
The levees as the Great Wall of China (p43) and how they cut off Meanders of the river.
The new 3-chamber Project (p40)
Even though the levees were 6 times higher, they still had the same effect. (p39)
"..the Mississippi was beginning to stand up like a large vein on the back of a hand."(p34)
The Atchfalaya "cojoined" the Mississippi. (p32)
The planters and sawyers in the Mississippi.
The Mississippi level is 12 ft above the Atchafalaya level.
Water pressure from the Mississippi is so strong that its coming out from the ground beyond the rivers levees.
"H" shaped connection between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya river.
The shifting path of the Mississippi throughout history, and how it started to move over to the Atchafalaya since the 1860s.
