{"id":5277,"date":"2013-08-25T05:59:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-25T09:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2013-08-25T06:03:44","modified_gmt":"2013-08-25T10:03:44","slug":"how-big-might-a-sinkhole-be-lcc-2013-08-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/how-big-might-a-sinkhole-be-lcc-2013-08-13.html","title":{"rendered":"How big might a sinkhole be? @ LCC 2013-08-13"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/yRhesBaRCME\">\r\nViral Internet video<\/a>\r\nof a human-caused sinkhole swallowing a clump of  trees whole,\r\nin Bayou Corne, Assumption Parish, Louisiana.\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yRhesBaRCME\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<p>\r\nWCTV posted 22 August 2013,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/home\/headlines\/Sinkhole--220753751.html\">\r\nSinkhole Swallows Trees In Seconds<\/a>\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wctv.tv\/home\/headlines\/Sinkhole--220753751.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/media.graytvinc.com\/images\/Louisiana+Sinkhole+1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nAssumption Parish, LA &#8211; Cameras were rolling just as a sinkhole swallowed a group of trees&#8230;.\r\n<p>\r\nCBS News reports that the sinkhole now covers 25 acres, and is expected to keep growing.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?feature=player_embedded&#038;v=8hdCA_gEmjQ\">\r\nVideo<\/a> from NOLA.com of another tree going in:<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8hdCA_gEmjQ\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nCarlie Kollath Wells wrote for NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune 23 August 2013,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nola.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2013\/08\/assumption_parish_sinkhole_swa.html\">\r\nAssumption Parish sinkhole swallows another tree: video<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThe state of Louisiana earlier this month said it is suing Texas\r\nBrine LLC for the environmental damage and massive sinkhole that\r\nofficials say was caused by the collapse of a salt dome cavern\r\noperated by the company.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe sinkhole is in a swampy area of Assumption Parish about 40 miles\r\nsouth of Baton Rouge.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThe Bayou Corne sinkhole, discovered Aug. 3, 2012, has grown to 24\r\nacres, and 350 residents in the tiny community have no end in sight\r\nto their evacuation order because the hole continues to widen.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/category\/sinkhole-2\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7341\/9527187802_23f4c9bf3d_n.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nBut sure, let&#8217;s build Phase One of Moody Family Housing on Val Del Road\r\nright next to\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/category\/sinkhole-2\">\r\nthe Phase Two site that already has a sinkhole<\/a>.\r\nBut that one&#8217;s maybe only 2.5 acres, and\r\nunlike\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/florida-sinkholes-spreading-real-estate-effects-in-same-aquifer-as-under-lowndes-county.html\">\r\nthe one in Florida that just swallowed a resort<\/a>\r\nor\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/snake-nation-road-at-.html\">\r\nthe one that ate Snake Nation road<\/a>\r\nand cost the county half a million dolars to fix,\r\nthis one won&#8217;t spread, will it, as we pump still more water out of\r\nthe aquifer under it?\r\nThat must be why\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/traffic-study-john-page-who-pays-richard-raines-tax-exemption-demarcus-marshall-lcc-2013-08-13.html\">our county commission already voted for the rezoning of REZ-2013-09<\/a>\r\nwithout waiting for\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/geotechnical-conditions-and-maybe-sinkholes-michael-noll-lcc-2013-08-13.html\">a geotechnical study from the developers or a sinkhole study from VSU<\/a>.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viral Internet video of a human-caused sinkhole swallowing a clump of trees whole, in Bayou Corne, Assumption Parish, Louisiana. > WCTV posted 22 August 2013, Sinkhole Swallows Trees In Seconds Assumption Parish, LA &#8211; Cameras were rolling just as a sinkhole swallowed a group of trees&#8230;. 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