About Author: Erin.McKinley

Grand Isle and other Louisiana Gulf coast communities are worried about their future-- worried that a ghost still lurks out in the water. But there is a bigger, long-term problem that threatens their very existence.
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What has taken thousands of years to build has taken mere decades to destroy.
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Not all of the oil that spilled into the Gulf is accounted for.
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Kenneth Feinberg faces angry Gulf coast residents in Grand Isle.
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They help residents rebound time and time again through hurricanes, oil spills and economic hardship.
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With sustained winds of 127 mph, Katrina was one of the strongest storms ever to lash the United States coast.
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Angry Lafitte families and fishermen lined up to confront BP “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg.Angry Lafitte families and fishermen lined up to confront BP “pay czar” Kenneth Feinberg.
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Just north of the port town of Venice stands the remains of Fort Jackson.
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The oil spill could not have come at a worse time for sea turtles.
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Many seafood-related business workers blame the media for exaggerating the problem.
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As important as the fishing industry is to the Louisiana economy the oil industry is equally important.
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There has long been a saying that you should fight fire with fire, but what about oil?
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Boothville-Venice Elementary has survived more in the past five years than most schools face in decades.
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