reply to post by supertrot
Hi supertrot, I live in NW Louisiana and I know what you are saying. I moved here almost 30 years ago and it was so lush and green and
beautiful...lots of woodsey, pretty areas. Slow but sure, it changed. The loggers came in and clear cut all the woods areas. Then, the fracking
companies came in and put their oil/natural gas wells all over the place...spewing harmful chemicals into the air. Harmful chemicals injected into the
wells...ground water wells becoming contaminated. Can't drink the well water anymore or water gardens with same.
The noisy generating stations are so loud...sleep is impossible! Health concerns abound because of all of the above I mentioned. The fracking is
noisy, smelly, hazardous, annoying, unhealthy. Problematic in regards to the operations possibly causing siesmic events.
Louisiana is becoming a ruined state. So many issues here. The fracking, Gulf oil spill, Camp Minden still remains an issue, (has 3 million pounds of
explosives that haven't been delt with yet, (hazardous). Two sinkholes now...Bayou Corne still growing. Erin Brockovich visited Bayou Corne...she
stated the area is in danger of explosion, needs to be evacuated and residents should be helped moneywise by Texas Brine Company. Local news didn't
mention what she said, just that she visited.
BP is investigating siesmic activity at a volcano found in the Gulf of Mexico, not too far from New Orleans. BP has an interest or have they already
been drilling into it and now wondering if they have caused another problem?
So, we have the oil spill. (still ongoing by some accounts), Corexit contamination, sinkholes, volcano, fracking, Camp Minden fiasco...still
rebuilding from Katrina. Yep, things are not looking good for this once great state.
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