Louisiana sink hole size INCREASES! Are we about to witness an explosion?

[thorfourwinds]

Louisiana sink hole size INCREASES! Are we about to witness an explosion?

UPDATES FOR TODAY:

- Sinkole size increases to 475 x 640 feet.. 

Initial size was 200x200, then grew to 372 feet by the 11th.

Added 20 feet in all directions on 13th.

Grew again 14th and 15th.

Measured on 15th at 475 x 640.


- Propane ALSO has been confirmed in the vicinity.

- Crosstex has two underground storage caverns for butane and propane in the vicinity of the sinkhole with a combined capacity of more than 3.1 million barrels, according to financial filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

- Residents are still reporting tremors

[Littleenki]

Worrisome, Thor, indeed, and what else can La endure?

Heres the examiner story with links to the Assumption Parish blogs and news channels.

http://www.examiner.com/article/louisiana-sinkhole-locals-jittery-over-ordered-drilling
Hope my waterfront property doesnt get farther away when it swallows the gulf of Mexico.

I do think that this may have something to do with the spill a few years back and its now coming to a head, but hey, what do I know?

Cheers
Le

[sky otter]

wow that is scary... in this news blurp the other scary is they had residents list next of kin
whoa

http://www.examiner.com/article/louisiana-sinkhole-locals-jittery-over-ordered-drilling






Salt Dome used to store oil and gas-related materials
Credits:  Assumption Parish Police Jury

Bubbling bayou locals want notification before drilling begins

Some of the more than 300 people in Assumption Parish under a mandatory evacuation order have expressed concern to officials about the drilling of a relief well that the Department of Natural Resources ordered Texas Brine to begin in the area, 1500 feet from a butane-filled well with continued seismic signals recorded, to ease pressure underground.

As scientists try to learn what caused a massive sinkhole in Louisiana's swamp community, Bayou Corne, the company with an abandoned salt mine near the site is about to start drilling a relief well to ease pressure underground and locals want to be notified when that drilling is to commence in the area where seismic signals are being recorded and only 1500 feet from a butane filled well.

"Also, we've received some phone calls from residents about being notified prior to the drilling starting," officials said in a written statement Tuesday on their Word Press blog they have been maintain to keep the public abreast of the disaster news.

"Please know that residents in the immediate area will be notified via phone call, text message, email, blog post, press release and news media in advance of any drilling," the officials state. "More details of what you can expect as drilling commences will be available to you this week."

"By August 3, the swamp started to swallow itself," WWL TV out of nearby New Orleans reported
Tuesday about the sinkhole.

Mark Cartwright, president of United Brine Services, a subsidiary of Texas Brine Co., said last week that they never thought their salt cavern, plugged and abandoned in 2011 and not used to store natural gas, would be behind the gas bubbles and tremors.

According to a recent interview with seismologist Dr. Stephen Horton, Cartwright might be right.

Horton says that seismic readings from the U.S. Geological Survey team at Memphis University have shown there are still seismic signals at the western edge of the dome, where the Texas Brine salt cavern lies, according to an Examiner interview with him Monday.

The gas bubbles in Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou, however, have been percolating for years and became more prolific after the sinkhole slurry area imploded. One area of bubbling over pipelines belonging to other companies also became more prolific after probed, according to local Dennis Landry on Tuesday.

On Aug. 9, parish Office of Homeland Security officials went door to door to have locals who did not evacuate complete forms, including providing next of kin contact details.

To assist in providing information to the public, the Assumption Parish Police Jury issued a statement Tuesday to provide the following Office of Homeland Security portals that provide additional information about the declared State of Emergency:

Assumption Parish Blog: http://assumptionla.wordpress.com/

Assumption Parish Police Jury Site: http://assumptionla.com/bayoucorne

Assumption Parish Photo Site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/assumptionoep/

Assumption Parish YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/assumptionla

Assumption OEP Site: http://www.assumptionoep.com/

Louisiana DEQ: http://www.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/

Louisiana DNR: http://dnr.louisiana.gov/

Louisiana GOHSEP: http://www.gohsep.la.gov/

[Littleenki]

Yep, thats the link...
Le

[COSMO]

Hopefully it is not the start of this! 

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Bayou Corne is approx. 200 miles from my house and 30 miles from Bayou Choctaw, one of the sites for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

[deuem]

Crosstex has two underground storage caverns for butane and propane in the vicinity of the sinkhole with a combined capacity of more than 3.1 million barrels, according to financial filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Thor, or anyone, do you happen to know how long this much gas would be good for if and when used. Is it a days usage or a year, that type of thing. It sounds like a lot but maybe not. If that blows, it will be seen from space for sure! If I lived in the area I thinl it would be time for a vacation.
Deuem

[zorgon]

wow that is scary... in this news blurp the other scary is they had residents list next of kin
whoa

Ah yes   Louisiana and Sink Holes...

Those darn salt domes collect oil and gas....  but sometimes things go wrong... you need to see this to believe it 

VERY WRONG

Lake Peigneur sinkhole disaster

[ShotInTheDark]

Ah yes   Louisiana and Sink Holes...

Those darn salt domes collect oil and gas....  but sometimes things go wrong... you need to see this to believe it 

VERY WRONG

Lake Peigneur sinkhole disaster

I remember seeing this before and just being completely shocked at the absolute devastation this caused. It just kept getting worst that one man says "I thought it was The End of The World!!!"
The man says he will not return to go fishing. An interesting note the lakes fishing has Salt Water fish and Fresh Water fish which you never see.
When it comes to drilling for oil I have read that the state of Louisiana and the gulf have more oil then the whole middle east !!! This is probably true!! When the middle east runs out of oil then what ?? Great post by the way I think I had seen that video on "Worlds Worst Disasters" or something like that. 

[thorfourwinds]

Bayou Corne is approx. 200 miles from my house and 30 miles from Bayou Choctaw, one of the sites for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve.

Greetings:

One best hope that those 'holding tank caverns' are not connected...

Watch your six, Sarge.

Peace Love Light

tfw   

Liberty & Equality or Revolution

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Thanks, i work for the Spr so we know when crap happens!

[Littleenki]

Greetings:

One best hope that those 'holding tank caverns' are not connected...

Watch your six, Sarge.

Peace Love Light

tfw   

Liberty & Equality or Revolution

Man, it seems like Louisiana is always getting the brunt of oil in one form or another, eh?

Best to you Sarge, as Thor says watch your downriggers, mate!

Dave

[Sgt.Rocknroll]

Yeah Louisiana does seem to get its share. Now we have salt water backing up the Mississippi river past the fresh water intake pumps. Bottle water is the name of the game for the lower end of Plaquemines Parish!

[robomont]

im glad you know how to spell that parish.i was down there the year before katrina.beefing up towers.next door to the two story telephone company.we ate regularly at a restaurant that the female owner was running for sheriff.it was the first time i had seen those vietamese people with the witch hats.mong maybe? did anything survive down there?the major networks wouldnt say a thing.i always thought it strange those towers being beefed up a year before katrina.i still think haarp did it.

[Littleenki]

Robo, your sense is telling you the truth..katrina was steered.cut and dry!
Le