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1. www.aljazeera.com › features › 2023/8/11As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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   Aug 11, 2023 · There are about 500 cemeteries in Louisiana’s coastal zone, says Jessica Schexnayder, coauthor of the 2017 book Fragile Grounds: Louisiana’s Endangered Cemeteries. As a forensic anthropologist ...

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2. www.discovermagazine.com › environment › whatsWhat’s behind the swamping of cemeteries in coastal Louisiana?

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   Jan 4, 2013 · LEEVILLE, La. — As a young adult, Kathleen Cheramie visited her grandmother’s grave in a tree-lined cemetery where white concrete crosses dotted a plot of lush green grass just off Louisiana Highway 1. Now, the cemetery in Leeville is a skeleton of its former self. The few trees still standing have been killed by saltwater intruding from ...

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4. www.nola.com › archive › buried-at-sea-as-cemeteriesBuried at sea: As cemeteries on Louisiana's coast wash away ...

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   Mar 24, 2018 · Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost more than 2,000 square miles of coastal land — about the size of Delaware — according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Another 2,000 square miles could wash ...

5. www.thenewsstar.com › story › newsLouisiana cemeteries and their fate subject of new book

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   Feb 4, 2018 · Louisiana cemeteries and their fate subject of new book. Chere Coen. Coastal land loss in Louisiana is staggering, about 34 square miles per year for the last 50 years. At the rate it’s going an ...

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   Sep 22, 2017 · Recipient of a 2018 Preserve Louisiana Award and a 2018 Coastal Stewardship Award Fragile Grounds compiles stories and photographs of endangered cemeteries throughout Louisiana's coastal zone and beyond. These burial places link the fragile land to the frailty of the state's threatened community structures.

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7. www.nola.com › entertainment_life › louisianasLouisiana's endangered cemeteries are topic at author talk ...

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   Sep 9, 2024 · "Fragile Grounds" compiles stories and photographs of endangered cemeteries throughout Louisiana's coastal zone and beyond. These burial places link the fragile land to threatened community ...

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   How many cemeteries are in Louisiana's coastal zone?

   • There are about 500 cemeteries in Louisiana’s coastal zone, says Jessica Schexnayder, coauthor of the 2017 book Fragile Grounds: Louisiana’s Endangered Cemeteries. As a forensic anthropologist working in coastal resilience, she’s seen a lot of them.

   As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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   Does Louisiana have a statewide Cemetery Response Task Force?

   • “But I do.” Hebert says he has periodically reached out for assistance to Louisiana’s statewide Cemetery Response Task Force, which helps families, contractors, and other applicants apply for funds from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and directs resources after a disaster in order to collect, identify, and reinter burials.

   As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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   Are underground burials allowed in Livingston Parish?

   • After the 2016 floods in central Louisiana, Livingston Parish implemented an ordinance mandating underground burials, which are far less vulnerable to disinterment by storm surge. The mandate was met with such vitriol by the public that the parish council amended it within a couple of months to again allow above-ground vaults.

   As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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   How many graves has the Louisiana Task Force repaired?

   • The Louisiana Department of Justice estimates the Task Force has repaired nearly 4,000 graves to date. Seidmann says that repairing storm-doomed cemeteries is a Sisyphean task, nearly impossible to keep up with. “I don’t know if it’s getting worse,” he says.

   As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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   Is cremation legal in Louisiana?

   • Much of southern Louisiana is culturally Catholic, which forbids cremation. And religion aside, people are protective of their mourning rituals. After the 2016 floods in central Louisiana, Livingston Parish implemented an ordinance mandating underground burials, which are far less vulnerable to disinterment by storm surge.

   As Louisiana’s coast washes away, the dead are the first to go

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9. cemeterytravel.com › 2018/02/27 › louisianasLouisiana’s Endangered Cemeteries | Cemetery Travel

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   Feb 27, 2018 · Louisiana loses the an area the size of a football field every half an hour, as its coast is devoured by the sea. In the last 50 years, Louisiana has lost an average of 34 square miles per year. More than 500 cemeteries exist in Louisiana’s coastal zone: last resting places of Native Americans, slaves and freemen, French, Spanish, Cajun, and more.