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Series Created By Meryl Ann Butler (32 articles.) (View How Many People Read This)

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In Spring of 2012, Louisiana's Corne and Grand Bayou residents noticed strange bubbling in the bayou for many weeks, and they reported smelling burnt diesel fuel and sulfur. Suddenly a sinkhole the size of three football fields appeared on Aug. 3, swallowing scores of 100-foot tall cypress trees. The sinkhole resulted from the failure of Texas Brine Company's abandoned underground brine cavern. The Department of Natural Resources issued a Declaration of Emergency on Aug. 6, and 150 families were evacuated. For more maps, diagrams and additional information, please see the other installments in this series.

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1 Quicklink 08/13/2012 Sinkhole: H-Bomb explosion equivalent in SE Louisiana possible (View How Many People Read This) 10 10 Comment Count
2 Article 08/17/2012 Does Sudden Sinkhole Portend a Nuclear-sized Explosion? (View How Many People Read This) 32 32 Comment Count
3 Article 08/26/2012 Dangerous Levels of Radium at Corne Bayou Sinkhole (View How Many People Read This) 2 2 Comment Count
4 Article 09/29/2012 Mysterious Bayou Sinkhole Continues to Cave In: Radiation, Hydrocarbons Detected (View How Many People Read This) 15 15 Comment Count
5 Article 10/31/2012 Alarming Sinkhole Continues to Cave In: Seismic Activity, Odors, Health Symptoms Reported (View How Many People Read This) 4 4 Comment Count
6 Article 11/02/2012 Bayou Sinkhole Site Update: Flammable Tap Water (View How Many People Read This) 10 10 Comment Count
7 Article 01/19/2013 Sudden Seismic Activity in Louisiana Bayou: Sinkhole Burps, Pad Cracks, Police Copter Arrives UPDATED (View How Many People Read This) 5 5 Comment Count
8 Article 01/20/2013 Gov. Jindal Ignores Sinkhole Disaster; Activists & Scientists Demand Assistance for Traumatized Residents (View How Many People Read This) 5 5 Comment Count
9 Article 01/22/2013 Just Released: Wildly Bubbling Gases Near Catastrophic Louisiana Sinkhole (View How Many People Read This) 22 22 Comment Count
10 Article 02/13/2013 Nightmare Sinkhole Out of Control, Cave-ins Continue at Bayou Corne (View How Many People Read This) 15 15 Comment Count
11 Quicklink 03/13/2013 Erin Brockovich takes on Bayou Corne Sinkhole Case (View How Many People Read This)
12 Article 03/13/2013 Over 90 "Micro" Earthquakes Overnight at the Bayou Corne Sinkhole (View How Many People Read This) 8 8 Comment Count
13 Article 03/27/2013 Bayou Corne Sinkhole Swallows 25 More Trees (View How Many People Read This) 7 7 Comment Count
14 Article 03/28/2013 Bayou Sinkhole Update: Increased Seismic Activity, Access Ramp Caves In (View How Many People Read This) 11 11 Comment Count
15 Article 04/05/2013 Sinkhole Update: Explosive Gases Found in Adjacent Residences (View How Many People Read This) 6 6 Comment Count
16 Article 04/13/2013 Experts Called in to Tackle Bayou Sinkhole Devastation (View How Many People Read This) 2 2 Comment Count
17 Article 04/20/2013 Haunting Video Shows Trees Descending into Bayou Corne Sinkhole (View How Many People Read This) 4 4 Comment Count
18 Quicklink 04/27/2013 Sinkhole bills clear Louisiana Natural Resources committee (View How Many People Read This)
19 Article 05/08/2013 Bayou Corne Sinkhole: Micro-Earthquake Activity Halts Work (View How Many People Read This)
20 Quicklink 05/22/2013 Court approves sinkhole class-action suit (View How Many People Read This)
21 Article 06/04/2013 Berm Collapses at Expanding Bayou Corne Sinkhole (Update) (View How Many People Read This) 2 2 Comment Count
22 Quicklink 06/06/2013 Bayou Corne Sinkhole Disaster: 15-Acre-Wide Louisiana Sinkhole Swallows Berm (View How Many People Read This)
23 Article 06/06/2013 Residents Run From Risks as Bayou Corne Sinkhole's Protective Berm Sinks (View How Many People Read This)
24 Article 08/21/2013 Relentless Bayou Corne Sinkhole Nearly 30 Times Original Size (UPDATED with Cave-In Video) (View How Many People Read This) 10 10 Comment Count
25 Quicklink 08/28/2013 An Environmental Activist-Gramma Who Fights Goliath and Wins (View How Many People Read This) 1 1 Comment Count
26 Quicklink 09/26/2013 Ground Gives Way, and a Louisiana Town Struggles to Find Its Footing (View How Many People Read This)
27 Quicklink 04/25/2014 That Sinking Feeling: NASA Analyzes Bayou Corne Sinkhole (View How Many People Read This)
28 Article 08/03/2014 Relentless Two-Year-Old Sinkhole Still Swallowing the Bayou (View How Many People Read This)
29 Article 08/09/2015 Bayou Corne Sinkhole Still Swallowing Louisiana 3 Years Later (View How Many People Read This) 8 8 Comment Count
30 Article 07/21/2016 The Never-Ending Louisiana Sinkhole: Update (View How Many People Read This) 16 16 Comment Count
31 Article 08/04/2017 The Ragin' Cajun takes on Louisiana Sinkholes, Fracking, Drilling & Coastal Erosion (View How Many People Read This) 15 15 Comment Count
32 Quicklink 03/08/2018 Sunoco pipeline shut down after sinkholes expose bare pipe (View How Many People Read This)

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