[meteorite-list] OT Different of "Crater" Forms in Assumption Parish, Louisiana

[Paul H.]

For the last several weeks, natural gas has been been 
bubbling fairly steadily from Corne Bayou in Assumption 
Parish where it overlies the Napoleoville Salt Dome.

1. Could earthquakes be the cause of bubbling bayou? 
The Daily Comet, July 19, 2012
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120719/ARTICLES/120719571

2. DNR says well not causing Bayou Corne gas bubbles 
by David J. Mitchell, the Advocate, July 28, 2012
http://theadvocate.com/home/3448652-125/dnr-officials-say-well-is

Now, a giant sinkhole has formed.

1. Giant sink hole appears in swamp, WAFB, Aug. 3, 2012
http://www.wafb.com/story/19189790/large-area-of-land-collapses-near-bayou-where-bubbles-spotted

2. Bayou Corne evacuation ordered after sinkhole forms, 
Daily Comet, Aug. 3, 2012.
http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120803/HURBLOG/120809853/1223?Title=Bayou-Corne-evacuation-ordered-after-sinkhole-forms

"State Department of Natural Resources officials have 
determined that the potential failure of an inactive salt-
mining cavernnear the area, which was closed in 2011,
is likely the cause of the sinkhole and recent bubbling."

3. the earth has turned over upside down -- says 
Assumption Parish official about latest development 
near Bayou Corne
http://thedailybite.wordpress.com/2012/08/03/the-earth-has-turned-over-upside-down-says-assumption-parish-official-about-latest-development-near-bayou-corne/

4. Evacuations ordered near Assumption sinkhole by
David J.Mitchell, The Advocate, August 3, 2012
http://theadvocate.com/home/3527104-77/large-sinkhole-forms-in-swamps

Yours,

Paul H.