The mention about caskets popping up out of the ground. That seems to happen a lot down there during floods. Up in Michigan, the casket is enclosed in a concrete vault so that can’t happen. It is also, allegedly so that the casket and its contents won’t contaminate the groundwater. are there no similar regulations down there? It’s gotta be a lot of fun every flood season seeing the dearly departed pop up and go sailing off downstream like some macabre little regatta.
I may be 100% wrong on this, but ...
I think it's French culture to bury people above ground in stone structures. Paris cemeteries are often built like this. New Orleans cemeteries are sometimes built like this. If a flood hits a cemetery it may not be difficult to damage the structure and push the contents out through a hole in the wall.
But I'm not sure that's the case.
A lot of those floating caskets have been there a long time.
Early Halloween decorations??
I’ve seen pictures where some caskets in concrete vaults have also floated up. I am guessing that in extremely soaked ground and with newly packed dirt a vault could certainly come up.
I have been to in Louisiana several times and it seems to be basically one vast swamp. Do not take this as a criticism of the people or anything. I was down there a long time a go for job interviews and more recently business trips. Everywhere I went the water table seemed to be right at the surface of the ground. Once I remember standing in front of my hotel and stepping on to what looked like a normal professionally kept hotel lawn and it was like stepping on to a sponge. My feet immediately sank into it and water went into my shoes.
Other then that all the trips were great as were the people and the food was fantastic.