The Week in Water brings you blue living news and ideas from around the web. Mother Jones takes a look at the growing sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. It's been quite active this week, with …
Louisiana Sinkhole Update 23 Aug 2013
The massive sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana continues to grow. The latest videos show trees being swallowed whole. Seismic monitoring picked up signs of a collapse in the Oxy3 cavern, so it …
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Louisiana Sinkhole Update 10 Jul 2013
It's been nearly a year since the sinkhole appeared near Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish, Louisiana. The sinkhole is now 22 acres and likely to grow more. A salt dome cavern operated by Texas Brine …
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Sinkhole Swallows Golfer
A sinkhole on a golf course in Illinois opened up underneath a golfer, ruining an otherwise lovely day. Mark Mihal noticed a shallow depression on the fairway of the 14th hole at Annbriar Golf Club. …
Louisiana Sinkhole Update 17 Oct 2012
The sinkhole in Assumption Parish is quite a bit larger. Natural gas has entered a nearby aquifer from the Texas Brine cavern. Cleanup continues, but it's dangerous because of the instability of the …
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Louisiana Sinkhole Update 27 Sep 2012
The sinkhole in Assumption Parish, Louisiana has opened up quite a bit more and the drilling has discovered the bottom of the cavern too soon. Early morning 20 September, about twenty-five feet of …
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