A stretch of highway about an hour north of New Orleans traces a community along Old Highway 51, a road running north to south through a fragile landscape. In this region, a quiet apocalypse is unfolding. Within the next few decades, it is predicted that the area will be completely submerged due to rising sea levels.

Some homes are already built on stilts in response to the geography, while flooded sewers and conversations shaped by seasonal inundation are part of daily life. This work takes the form of a diary of a place that may soon cease to exist, it is a form of archiving and a cautionary reflection on a much larger crisis at play.

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