The median household income was $46,699 in the 2010 census (click here). It is considered an agricultural community where sugarcane is grown. It does better economically with 18% of the population is in poverty when the State of Louisiana has a 18.4% poverty rate. The national average in the USA in comparison was 14.3.
Assumption Parish, Louisiana now has a new tourist attraction. "Plant a tree elsewhere."
The orange colored booms are to mark the edge of the sinkhole. It is a scientific thing.
The Assumption Parish sinkhole is already about 24 acres wide. It is still seeking a final shape and size, scientists say.
With almost Biblical precision, (click here) the earth opened up and swallowed a clump of tall trees in Louisiana on Wednesday evening.
In just a few minutes, more than a dozen doomed trees vanished underneath the swirling dark currents of the Assumption Parish sinkhole....
Biblical? Really? God just swallowed the Earth, huh? Whatever. Is the poverty Bibilical, too? Just sayin'. Curious.
Assumption Parish is coastal and while it's economy is agricultural with an uptick from ethanol production to their median incomes, it can be suffering from the undermining of land by the petroleum industry offshore of Louisiana. It has lateral consequences these days. Coastal areas like Assumption Parish are known to have organic content in their substrate. Is the Petroleum Industry of Louisiana undermining the land integrity of the coastal plain?
That almost seems like a ridiculous question to me. I mean they do. New Orleans sinks continually because of the petroleum industry, but, the words have to be there to make it real.
See, sugarcane in the MODERN ECONOMY is more valuable than oil and gas. Where do you want your LAND USE?
Assumption Parish, Louisiana now has a new tourist attraction. "Plant a tree elsewhere."The orange colored booms are to mark the edge of the sinkhole. It is a scientific thing.
The Assumption Parish sinkhole is already about 24 acres wide. It is still seeking a final shape and size, scientists say.
With almost Biblical precision, (click here) the earth opened up and swallowed a clump of tall trees in Louisiana on Wednesday evening.
In just a few minutes, more than a dozen doomed trees vanished underneath the swirling dark currents of the Assumption Parish sinkhole....
Assumption Parish is coastal and while it's economy is agricultural with an uptick from ethanol production to their median incomes, it can be suffering from the undermining of land by the petroleum industry offshore of Louisiana. It has lateral consequences these days. Coastal areas like Assumption Parish are known to have organic content in their substrate. Is the Petroleum Industry of Louisiana undermining the land integrity of the coastal plain?
That almost seems like a ridiculous question to me. I mean they do. New Orleans sinks continually because of the petroleum industry, but, the words have to be there to make it real.
See, sugarcane in the MODERN ECONOMY is more valuable than oil and gas. Where do you want your LAND USE?
