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Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:16 pm to Jester
Are there more recent pics? Is it changing/growing/sinking?
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:18 pm to hardhead
Actually it holds 270cf (or 10cy) so its only 11,627 truckloads... No big deal...
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:20 pm to Jester
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ole, but that earth is almost certainly not done settling.
fix the other problem first then the sinkhole may fix itself, or fill it with spoil or enviromentalists or something to raise mititgation money
This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:20 pm to AlxTgr
Check out the blog that LSURoss linked a few pages back. I'll link it in the op.
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2:38 p.m. Update from LA National Guard It has been reported to OEP that the Louisiana National Guard helicopter pilot/crew, using infrared equipment, flew over the slurry/sinkhole site last night and observed a 10-20 foot growth to the North & South.
This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:21 pm to Jester
Jester, what is your profession? Just curious as you seem to have a pretty good handle on the situation.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:23 pm to Coon
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No big deal...
frickin decimals
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:26 pm to hardhead
Looks like todays pics are showing more water on the surface. Not surprising.
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This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:27 pm to Nodust
Where is this blog?
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:29 pm to AlxTgr
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:45 pm to hardhead
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cement is cheaper than the mud thay would need.
This is where you definitely know more than I do. I understand the science fairly well, but I don't know anything about cost. I'm just throwing out ideas.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:48 pm to sloopy
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Jester, what is your profession? Just curious as you seem to have a pretty good handle on the situation.
I'm a mechanical engineer. I've actually never worked directly with mining, but I work close enough to it to get a good understanding of it. Like I said earlier, I did destroy the curve in my low level geology classes.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:49 pm to hardhead
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fix the other problem first then the sinkhole may fix itself,
The sink hole won't be fixing itself. I think we'd be better served spending our time debating names for the new lake.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:51 pm to Nodust
I'm pretty sure that irregularity to the bottom-right corner is the hole spreading. I think the immediate hope is that it doesn't spread far enough to breach the banks of Bayou Corne or any other natural waterways in the area. That could unleash some really nasty stuff into the swamps.
This post was edited on 8/9/12 at 3:52 pm
Posted on 8/9/12 at 3:58 pm to Jester
For the record, I am by no means an expert on this situation. I have no direct involvement, either. I am just sharing my somewhat educated thoughts on the situation.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 4:03 pm to bayoudude
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I am no geologist or petroleum engineer but it seems like there would be very little if anything you could do to fix a leaking salt dome.
You could at least tell the parish Emergency Preparedness director about it, which wasn't done, per the article. I hope the news media keeps digging (SWIDT?)
Posted on 8/9/12 at 4:14 pm to hardhead
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frickin decimals
THIS IS NOT SOME MUNDANE DETAIL, MICHAEL!!!
Posted on 8/9/12 at 4:46 pm to Jester
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I think we'd be better served spending our time debating names for the new lake.
Lake Hoisting FTW
Posted on 8/9/12 at 5:01 pm to Nodust
All the big wigs are being pretty hush hush about what's going on under the ground out there.
Posted on 8/9/12 at 5:09 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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All the big wigs are being pretty hush hush about what's going on under the ground out there.
The biggest wig has been jetting around to fundraisers all summer and the others are playing CYA
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