Coast cities warned: Keep wetlands, crops for less hurricane damage

“If all these marsh regions are instead filled with water, essentially that is like the open ocean coming right to land,” Nair said. “Then you see more wind and more spread out rain, and more damage out of the storm. The storm will continue to intensify as it comes in.”

Interesting article about why we need to protect our wetlands, especially in South Louisiana. I've always been more interested in the beauty of nature and of the wetlands, but there is also the economic impact that the wetlands can have on the surrounding cities. What are the cost to the people and their property if we let the wetlands disappear? I know it's not free to save the coast, but if we don't we're also shooting ourselves in the foot in other ways......

Read the full story here......
https://www.al.com/news/huntsville/2019/12/coast-cities-warned-keep-wetlands-crops-for-less-hurricane-damage.html