This mysterious sinkhole, which was later dubbed the "Great Louisiana Sinkhole," has been gradually gaining in size now for about seven months, and it appears to be picking up speed, having reportedly swallowed up an entire acre of land in just one day, and three acres of land in under a week.

The situation is made all the worrisome because the hole is believed to be close to a well containing 1.5 million barrels of liquid butane, a highly volatile liquid that turns into a highly flammable vapor upon release. A breach of that well, Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack has said, could be catastrophic.

Originally posted by Happy1
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There's a thread that many of us have been following for the last 7 months about the Bayou Corne sinkhole - it's just like the earthquake 2013 thread - really - they're big - I, and a lot of other people check in daily - this isn't new news.

Massive Sinkhole In Louisiana Baffles Officials

Louisiana officials are grappling with a giant sinkhole that's threatening a neighborhood. A salt mine collapsed last year, creating a series of problems regulators say they've never seen before, including tremors and oil and gas leaks and a sinkhole that now covers 9 acres.

Residents have been evacuated for more than seven months now and are losing patience.

Ernie Boudreaux lives in a trailer on Jambalaya Street in Bayou Corne, La. Strange things have been happening to his home, he says.

"It cracks. You can hear it. The doors pop open by themselves," Boudreaux says. - NPR

Forbes
Need I remind you there is a sinkhole in Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou, which was declared a State of Emergency by your office on August 3rd, where 150 households were forced to evacuate from the area and are living in campers, hotels, rent houses, etc. There are mini earthquakes, methane, benzene and hydrogen sulfide being released into the community.

Erin Brockovich has been called in.

Houston-based Texas Brine LLC, that has been mining salt and storing materials for other companies near the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou communities for OVER 40 years

Houston-based Texas Brine LLC pays residents under mandatory evacuation $875 a week to cover temporary housing costs.

The crude oil has now expanded at least two miles further from the sinkhole into the Cajun land.

based on a sharp uptick in seismic activity throughout the area in recent days, some experts believe an explosion is imminent, or perhaps the complete destabilization of the New Madrid Fault Line, which could result in a major earthquake stemming from the area where Arkansas, Missouri, and Tennessee all meet one another. Learn more: www.naturalnews.com...

A loud crash, then nothing: Sinkhole swallows Florida man