03:21 AM EST on August 17th, 2012 | 37 comments

General Honore: Right now ‘red zone’ established around sinkhole after concerns about quality of air coming out — Sensors placed nearby (VIDEO)

12:16 AM EST on August 17th, 2012 | 6 comments

Man near sinkhole worried after official asked him to list his next of kin on form

07:38 PM EST on August 16th, 2012 | 16 comments

Officials: Sinkhole could grow to 1,400 feet across — “Unusual” it’s on edge of giant salt dome, normally right on top

05:10 PM EST on August 16th, 2012 | 18 comments

Emergency Official: “We have no clue” — “Sinkhole has expanded 50 feet” — “We urge residents to leave to protect themselves” — “We have no idea how far it will expand or in what direction” — Concerned about massive explosion

02:53 PM EST on August 16th, 2012 | 15 comments

Workers rescued after collapse at Louisiana sinkhole — Boat swallowed by the muck — “Natural growth” expected to continue — Cleanup operations suspended

06:46 AM EST on August 16th, 2012 | 51 comments

Lousiana TV: “Growth of the sinkhole was expected and could continue”

11:17 PM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 12 comments

TV: Officials say Louisiana sinkhole has grown — Now 476 feet by 640 feet (VIDEO)

05:48 PM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 7 comments

Gov’t engineers now monitoring highway’s elevation levels in 4 areas near Louisiana sinkhole

02:53 PM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 10 comments

Local Homeland Security Director: Officials concerned cap of giant Napoleonville Dome may ‘shift’ and release butane from cavern

11:45 AM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 10 comments

Paper: Giant propane cavern also in vacinity of sinkhole — Capacity over 3 million barrels when added to butane cavern — Officials: “A lot of dynamic things” happening nearby

10:39 AM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 13 comments

Official: Reports that butane release from salt cavern could be like H-bomb explosion are “a little bit over the top” — Company Plan: Butane could damage out two-thirds of a mile… Update due by end of day

01:39 AM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 15 comments

Local TV: Concern over potential for additional collapse around Louisiana sinkhole — “More than 50 caverns underground” (VIDEO)

12:46 AM EST on August 15th, 2012 | 6 comments

Watch: More bubble sites keep appearing at sinkhole — “Something state emergency leaders are keeping a very close eye on” (VIDEO)

08:17 PM EST on August 14th, 2012 | 16 comments

Louisiana officials request ‘worst-case analysis’ of risk to cavern with almost a million barrels of butane — Concerned about ‘possible release’ — Pipeline was ‘bent’ when massive sinkhole expanded

01:56 PM EST on August 14th, 2012 | 15 comments

ABC: “Evacuation order… for fear of potential radiation” in Louisiana parish — Company Official: Sinkhole ‘could still grow’

10:25 AM EST on August 14th, 2012 | 15 comments

Sheriff “particularly irritated” he had deputies work at sinkhole while not knowing of possible radiation risk

03:35 AM EST on August 14th, 2012 | 3 comments

Details of sinkhole’s dimensions emerge: 250% size of earlier reports — One area so deep it exceeded length of measuring rope, nearby ‘bubbling’ — Official: May be ‘rabbit holes’ or cracks in earth

02:25 PM EST on August 13th, 2012 | 7 comments

Federal Lawsuit: Giant Sinkhole May Be Radioactive — Failed salt cavern “may have breached Napoleonville Dome’s outer wall”

01:35 PM EST on August 13th, 2012 | 9 comments

Report: Some investigators concluded sabotage probably triggered Three Mile Island disaster (AUDIO)

12:19 PM EST on August 13th, 2012 | 10 comments

US Gov’t: EPA specifically allows radioactive waste to be dumped in salt caverns — Exempted from hazardous waste requirements

09:58 PM EST on August 12th, 2012 | 11 comments

Analyst: They are worried about a breach of the salt dome — Chevron emptying billions of cubic feet of gas from cavern after Louisiana gov’t issues warning

12:31 PM EST on August 12th, 2012 | 2 comments

TV: Official warns Louisiana sinkhole at risk of enlarging — Other wells in area could become destabilized (VIDEO)

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