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These fuels were formed from the remains of ancient jungles and swamps ; it took them eons to absorb the CO2 that we release in a few seconds by burning them . In Roanoke , Wilson found a lushness of verdure , " without the usual summer garishness and coarseness - - meadows , feathery locus groves and swamps a bright yellow-green , with the hills blued under a gray sky of light and shade beyond . " The neighborhood organized and swamped the Army Corps of Engineers with comments . " By redirecting the flow of water into the Everglades , which includes Everglades National Park , the legislation aims to resuscitate the 12 million acres of saw grass and swamp that cut across southern Florida and revitalize its dying plants and animals . " It was Tuesday , October 4 , and almost five weeks since the howling winds of Katrina pushed Lake Pontchartrain over the city ’ s levees and swamped the Big Easy .