Most of what you think of as the sole of the boot of Louisiana is a lie. It’s largely been reclaimed by the sea, and just some wispy bits of land remain. But we don’t update the political map because… well, politics.
The familiar boot shape of Louisiana would look very different if maps depicted only its solid land, highlighting how much of the state is in a precarious position between watery ground and open ocean (below) (ref. 4).
https://earth.org/data_visualization/louisiana-shrinking-coastline/
Most of what you think of as the sole of the boot of Louisiana is a lie. It’s largely been reclaimed by the sea, and just some wispy bits of land remain. But we don’t update the political map because… well, politics.
Maybe we should all go coal rolling so the entire state is just ocean? Louisiana can’t be a state if nobody lives there.
I am joking, for the record.