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re: What ever happened with that Bayou Corne sink hole that was going to kill everyone?
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:29 pm to Walt OReilly
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:29 pm to Walt OReilly
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Isn't the sinkhole over 37 acres now
I was reading about it earlier this year and it was at 45 or so acres
Shouldn't we be calling it "Lake Corne" now?
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Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:30 pm to poochie
Jordy Hultburg blew a huge load into it
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:42 pm to poochie
What happens is I go to sleep every night concerned my house will be swallowed by the earth
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:46 pm to poochie
they bought everyone out and that's the end of it. Will be a sink hole forever or maybe we can just call it a lake now.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 9:53 pm to poochie
Epic wake boarding. Don’t even need a boat brah.
Posted on 2/25/19 at 10:38 pm to LSUFanHouston
The sinkhole will eventually stop as the cause was a failure in the wall of a salt cavern. Once the cavern fills up it will stabilize.
The problem isn’t a threat of swallowing up nearby homes. It’s the gases released into the air and water aquifer
The problem isn’t a threat of swallowing up nearby homes. It’s the gases released into the air and water aquifer
Posted on 2/25/19 at 10:41 pm to deltaland
We drilled a well to stabilize it in 2013 I think. Total failure 
Posted on 2/25/19 at 10:56 pm to deltaland
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The sinkhole will eventually stop as the cause was a failure in the wall of a salt cavern. Once the cavern fills up it will stabilize.
The problem isn’t a threat of swallowing up nearby homes. It’s the gases released into the air and water aquifer
This. All the homes in close vicinity where bought, the home owners moved and and the houses are just sitting there rotting away. Sad sight because some of the closest houses were very nice.
Posted on 2/27/19 at 12:53 pm to Relham10
It is just over 50 acres and has been stable for a while. As deltaland stated the problem was trapped hyrdocarbons under the salt dome now being released to the surface.
Normally it still isn't a big problem unless enough collects under a house slab or concrete road, then gets released all at once near someone cooking outside on an open fire such as bbq'ing or boiling seafood.
Normally it still isn't a big problem unless enough collects under a house slab or concrete road, then gets released all at once near someone cooking outside on an open fire such as bbq'ing or boiling seafood.
Posted on 2/27/19 at 12:54 pm to poochie
Still in litigation. Lawyers getting paid for years to come.
Posted on 2/27/19 at 12:59 pm to poochie
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Far as I can tell we’re all still alive
are we? maybe it was a black hole and we're now living in an alternative universe. stranger things have happened.
Posted on 2/27/19 at 1:44 pm to deltaland
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The sinkhole will eventually stop as the cause was a failure in the wall of a salt cavern. Once the cavern fills up it will stabilize.
So is this lake now a salt water lake? Did it kill all the fresh water fish due to the salt water getting in the lake? Not sure how it all works was just interesting to me.
This post was edited on 2/27/19 at 1:46 pm
Posted on 2/28/19 at 7:12 am to poochie
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What ever happened with that Bayou Corne sink hole that was going to kill everyone?
Well, nobody with any sense at all thought it was going to "kill everyone." There is probably a fairly stable brine layer separating the salt dome from the surface water, so the bottom of the sinkhole is probably equally stable. Now, the surface of the sinkhole is probably still slowly moving as the slopes reach their angle of repose.
Posted on 2/28/19 at 7:26 am to FLObserver
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So is this lake now a salt water lake? Did it kill all the fresh water fish due to the salt water getting in the lake? Not sure how it all works was just interesting to me.
It's in a swamp, not a lake. As long as the pool it created is isolated from moving water, a salinity gradient should form. The water nearest the surface will probably have a significant salt content. Hopefully the collapse soil became saturated with brine, and will form a pretty good seal as it compresses into the cavity.
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