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> Louisiana melts that much coastline (20 acres) into the Gulf of [Whatever] every hour. From [0], "The coast here loses a football field of land every 90 minu
by zimpenfish 2y ago
> Louisiana melts that much coastline (20 acres) into the Gulf of [Whatever] every hour.
From [0], "The coast here loses a football field of land every 90 minutes." An American football field is about 111% of an acre[1] which means, unless there's been a radical spike since 2021, you're off by ~19.2 acres or ~17.3 football fields an hour (if my calculation hasn't gone wrong.)
[0] https://earth.org/data_visualization/louisiana-shrinking-coastline/ https://earth.org/data_visualization/louisiana-shrinking-coa...
[1] https://huffsports.com/football/how-many-football-fields-in-an-acre/ https://huffsports.com/football/how-many-football-fields-in-...
- bpodgursky 2y agoOK. Sure. Louisiana melts that much coastline into the Gulf every day. I don't think this changes my thesis.