Island Road, a person walking along a ruined flooded road leading to an island in the Gulf of Mexico.

Isle de Jean Charles is disappearing into the Gulf of Mexico. The gravel that holds the 3-mile road leading to the island has slowly eroded into the saltwater. The island is now one-third the size it was when a Frenchman first settled there in 1876 after being shunned by his family for marrying a Native woman. Today, there are less than fifty residents left on the island. Their last names are Naquin, Dardar, Verdin, Chaisson or Billiot. Family bloodlines run deep and intertwine. Angel walks down Island Road during a tropical storm. This is the only road connecting the island with the rest of Louisiana. For several years the road was so jagged that the school bus would not come to the Island to pick up children for school.