Thibodaux, Louisiana
Thibodaux, Louisiana
Chauvin, Louisiana
Baby Boomer
It affects me in a lot of ways. I had a turtle pond. It was one that you put in the water, just one of those rubberized pools. If the tide in bayou goes up, it used to go up in that turtle. When the tide would drop, the water would leave the turtle. That’s how close we are to the sea level. If it could raise that pool out of the water, you know that we’re not far from the surface.
We need to prepare ourselves by taking as many ways we can to work with the government agencies to minimize land loss. There are some places where they’ve tried, and they’re working on it. All the levee systems that they’ve included: the Bush Canal one, the one going right past Roberson, and the one by Boudreaux Canal. All of those eliminate the water from coming in here. We haven’t had anything real serious happen since they’ve done it.