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BACKGROUND
The tremors began on August 3rd, Assumption Parish, LA about 50 miles south of Baton Rouge and northwest of New Orleans. Residents of the area had noted for some time that there were gas bubbles coming from various areas of the bayou, however no one expected a huge and still growing 400 foot deep sinkhole to open up.
Geology and Commercial Mining
The geology in the area and the history of geological exploration is thought to be the ultimate cause of the formation of the sinkhole. The sinkhole has formed on top of a series of salt caverns which are part of a larger formation called the Napoleonville Salt Dome. Salt domes are large formations of salt in the ground. These salt formations are used commercially to mine salt and sometime other materials such as petroleum and sulphur. These caverns once hollowed out (either through conventional mining or slurry) can then be used to store petroleum products and radioactive waste.
In this case the sinkhole is just 100 feet from a cavern mined by the Texas Brine Company for salt slurry. The cavern closest to the sinkhole was known to officials to be unstable since January of 2011 and this was kept from the residents. It is not known definitely if the sinkhole is the result of the failing cavern, however tests are ongoing. Also in 1995, local residents report Texas Brine was given the go ahead to store radioactive chemicals in the empty mine, however officials are saying the only radioactive materials are actually from natural occurring radioactive substances, of which none have been found. (seems fishy)
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Just to be clear, anyone from anywhere can sign up and write an article for them. Examiner currently has 55,000 contributors more than any other news source because they allow anyone to sign up and write for them!!!! This is what the executive editor had to say when one article went too far, "They're blogs. They don't get edited. We don't give any direction to people on what to write in their blogs. And that's standard operating procedure."
Originally posted by DaRAGE
I just noticed that the source: The Examiner, is not a verified source in this thread.
The Examiner is a blog web page.
Examiner - Unverified Blogs
Just to be clear, anyone from anywhere can sign up and write an article for them. Examiner currently has 55,000 contributors more than any other news source because they allow anyone to sign up and write for them!!!! This is what the executive editor had to say when one article went too far, "They're blogs. They don't get edited. We don't give any direction to people on what to write in their blogs. And that's standard operating procedure."
Originally posted by KaiserSoze
I haven't had a chance to verify details yet, but news is coming out that there was a shooting at a Valero refinery about ten miles away from the sinkhole. Shooting was at a subcontractors parking lot with 4 sheriff's deputies involved 2 dead, 2 wounded. 2 shooters dead as well I believe.
May or may not be related, I don't know. But with what is happening down there it could well be.
Several shooters are not a "disgruntled former employee". so this is obviously something else. Could they be current employees trying to stop something catastrophic from happening? Perhaps bad guys that got caught trying to make something catastrophic from happening? Any other ideas?
Added link:
Here is a link to a current ATS thread regarding the shooting.
Two Louisiana Police Officers Died After Early Morning Shooting
edit on 16-8-2012 by KaiserSoze because: I can count to potato
edit on 16-8-2012 by KaiserSoze because: My favorite color is marbles
Originally posted by ofhumandescent
reply to post by kupoliveson
Who knows what the hell the evil top echelon in our government has done and is doing to us.
Never thought of that but makes sense.........where in sam hell is all this nuclear waste being stored and what happens if the containers burst open?
Or something else is going on?
Evilness knows no limits at present and is being allowed full reign.
Wonder how far it will all go?