Troubled Cajuns: My Distant Cousins Face Difficult Decisions

Holding Out, to Last Tiny Isle, as Cajun Land Sinks Into Gulf (New York Times)

Much like their forefathers, Cajuns down in southwest Louisiana are being forced from their homes. But this time its not the British army doing the pushing. 

I've written here before about foreign shrimp markets, namely Taiwan and Thailand, flooding U.S. supermarkets with cheap foreign seafood and the devastating effect that its had on North American fishing communities. 

And the above link to the New York Times article tells the same story, only this time the specter of an eroding homestead is added to the economic woes.

The Mississippi Delta, home to generations of families of French descent after their expulsion from Canada by the British, is eroding away due to the effects of levees and other shrapnel from the battle between man and nature.

If anyone reading would like to share their stories of life in fishing communities or any similar stories of hometown upheaval due to economic or environmental changes, I'd love to hear them.