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Gigantic Texas sinkhole that first appeared
in 2008 has ballooned in size since Sunday
and is now more than 1,000 feet wide and
400 feet deep

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Posted By: Imright, 4/5/2023 11:32:44 PM

A massive sinkhole in southeastern Texas that first grabbed headlines by threatening homes in 2008 began crumbling again over the weekend, ballooning to over 1000 feet across and 400 feet deep overnight. After years of stability, the rim of the sinkhole in Daisetta began crumbling again on Sunday night after residents reported hearing popping 'like a gunshot' coming from the ground hours before. Neighbors went to bed Sunday night and woke to find that the sinkhole was growing, and it has since gained about 150 feet in both width and depth.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: DVC 4/6/2023 12:02:17 AM (No. 1441957)
Yep. It happens. In central Florida where I used to live and family still lives, sinkholes happen with some regularity. There it is due to underground water over very long time periods eroding the limestone bedrock. And in some places.....it eventually collapses. Nothing at all to be done about it except get clear ASAP.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Dreadnought 4/6/2023 12:29:56 AM (No. 1441970)
Disney's woke replacement for Splash Mountain, Tiana's Bayou Adventure, is a bizarro Louisiana salt dome. I guess this is how the ride's pond formed?
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Reply 3 - Posted by: jayjeti 4/6/2023 2:25:33 AM (No. 1441990)
Perfect landfill (trash dump) that will last for decades. I mean it's not going to fill itself back in for hundreds of years.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: hoosierblue 4/6/2023 7:11:36 AM (No. 1442079)
My first thought #3. If life give you lemons, make lemonade. Fill it up and it goes down. Looks like there are garages already on the site.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: smokincol 4/6/2023 8:05:36 AM (No. 1442133)
nothing to worry about until it starts filling with water
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 4/6/2023 8:38:36 AM (No. 1442165)
Too bad these events can't be controlled. We have a whole list of cities where it would be beneficial.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: Safari Man 4/6/2023 10:25:21 AM (No. 1442289)
Its gonna be MUCH worse in a few weeks -- Sinkhole de Mayo.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: MDConservative 4/6/2023 10:26:06 AM (No. 1442290)
If one can't sleep at night out of fear, it would seem prudent to leave. And who buys a house on the edge of a sink hole thinking it has been "stablilized"? It's like buying real estate on the edge of a volcano that hasn't erupted for a while. Someday it will. Here that "vocano" has.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: LC Chihuahua 4/6/2023 12:44:08 PM (No. 1442396)
"Wow! What a hole!" - h/t Home Alone
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Reply 10 - Posted by: DVC 4/6/2023 1:46:31 PM (No. 1442444)
Re #3, nope. Very bad idea. These are typically caused because there is a substantial underground water flow which dissolves the limestone, or occasionally salt deposits. Putting waste into the aquifer by dumping in this would be very, very bad. I'm no ultra ecocrazy, but I also understand how the water system and aquifers work, having done cave diving in many since the 70s. This would be the worst possible place to but a landfill. You want a landfill in a very dry location, well above the local water table, and normally they put down several feet of impermeable clay to prevent leeching of whatever "bad stuff" might find it's way into the landfill.
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