We need as a Nation to plant our flag in Grand Isle, Louisiana, because if we do not do that, the tides and waves of the Gulf of Mexico will be literally lapping at the door of metropolitan New Orleans in the not too distant future.
Emphasizing the urgency of protecting Grand Isle from rising sea levels.
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