Viral Internet video
of a human-caused sinkhole swallowing a clump of trees whole,
in Bayou Corne, Assumption Parish, Louisiana.
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WCTV posted 22 August 2013,
Sinkhole Swallows Trees In Seconds
Assumption Parish, LA – Cameras were rolling just as a sinkhole swallowed a group of trees….CBS News reports that the sinkhole now covers 25 acres, and is expected to keep growing.
Video from NOLA.com of another tree going in: Continue reading
Staff promises evaporated, many of 13 conditions voted by elected Commissioners
didn’t get implemented: what happened at
Nelson Hill, the subdivision
County Planner Jason Davenport referred to
as the neighborhood on Val Del Road for
REZ-2013-09 Moody Housing?
Well, it has a reputation, as
someone nearby said in
opposing another development:
And we’re certainly not interested in what they built out on Val Del Road.
What happened at Nelson Hill?
As
Gretchen Quarterman mentioned to the Planning Commission,
there were supposed to be condominiums and a gated community there, but:
if you go out to Nelson Hill now you don’t find anything resembling a gated condominium community; you find ticky-tacky houses where they cut down the swamp.
So what was supposed to be there?
In the
Minutes for the Work Session of 12 February 2007 condominiums are mentioned: Continue reading
