Published: September 25th, 2012 at 11:41 pm ET
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Title: 3:00 p.m. Flyover videos posted
Source: Assumption Parish Police Jury
Date: September 24, 2012
It was brought to our attention that a video has been circulating online stating another sinkhole had formed. This footage is taken of the area that the video described. As you can see, this property is still in tact and statements made in that video are false.
Perhaps someone has a link to the online video mentioned in the Parish’s post above.
Until that link is posted, view a comparison of the ‘in tact’ property and the sinkhole here
Published: September 25th, 2012 at 11:41 pm ET
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Is anyone here familiar with this immediate region (Bayou Corne) and ground conditions from hurricane or rain? I have no idea looking at this video or stills what "normal" usually looks like. I've seen a fair amount of water on the surface outside sinkhole since the hurricane. — info or comments anyone? Thanks!
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The Hurricane did not cause much changes. I live about 60 miles east of this area as the crow flies and I really feel the damage is coming from the compromised salt dome. It will only grow and get worse.
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Thank you much! sugr37 and Anne – I assume species that handle "wet feet" and there are many dead trees scattered about!
A forester told me years back that mature trees under "killing stress" take several years to actually look dead. We were discussing web worms and drought re aspen (northern poplar) forest but I understood him to mean 'as a general rule'.
As many dead trees as are present suggests an extended time, some years, of "killing" conditions – toxins I guess – unless this is happening throughout the larger region on bayou land less compromised by industry – and there are non-human caused explanations for tree die-off.
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I think that the huge area of dead trees shows that it is not just water from the hurricane, but also death causing chemicals and/or butane and/or methane and/or some form of radioactive waste.
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That is true Anne and the dead trees is what stuck out for me too. Dead trees in our area is not the normal at this time of year. Most all foliage in the area is still green.
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Those trees are sensative to both drought..and flooding or extra water..so could be one or both of those situations. The swamps, for all their vigor are very easily distrubed by too much water over the tree roots, or too little water which dries them up. I theorize, For the toxins from the sinkhole..unless it fried the vegetation, would take a while to show up in trees.
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Keep in mind that salt will kill trees, and bald cypress are very sensitive trees. It doesn't have to be nasty chemicals.
There is a distinct possibility of subsidence, but the platform with rails seems to indicate that water in the area is not unknown. After all, it is lowlands between bayous, and areas where vehicles travel is built up to avoid sinking cars and trucks. The water in the area is not necessarily from the sink hole. It could be seepage from the bayou.
Lots of unknowns at this point.
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Lush green trees in the other sinkhole stories, such as:
http://enenews.com/new-collapse-at-sinkhole-took-many-trees-and-part-of-road-1500-square-feet-lost
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