PHOTOS from On Wings of Care taken yesterday reveal huge activity in the middle of Lake FUBAR.
OWOC downplays the bubbling as light reflection though – “the lighting on some ripples near center of the sinkhole gave an unusual foam-like appearance”.
Another view of same thing by Lower Miss. Riverkeepers.
May 8 – ENE-News reports it is bubbling nearby too.
They give prominent mention to Lake FUBAR.
[preamble about misc. Florida sinkholes ] . . . “Though some states have a greater risk of sinkholes than others — and not all sinkholes are the work of nature.
Louisiana is one of those states. Ask Nick and Brenda Romero about a sinkhole’s impact. In 1997, they moved full-time to Bayou Corne, a mix of working families and retirees 45 miles south of Baton Rouge.” . . .
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-3445_162-57582888/sinkholes-the-hole-truth/
The source for most of the story =sigh= is Veep, Bruce Martin.
[snip] . . . “I understand why the homeowners are upset; I would be upset if that was my home over there, too,” said Martin. “The response has been very challenging. It’s been an all-encompassing, full-frontal assault for the past eight months, and I think we’re starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel that it’s coming to an end.”
But Martin also admits the sinkhole could continue to grow for another year or two. (!!!)
The Office of Conservation and Assumption Parish Incident Command are advising the public that Fugro is flying its helicopter-borne EM survey equipment this morning, beginning with a test pass to make sure the area is clear of navigation hazards and conduct equipment calibration. That test will be followed by the EM survey flight, intended to provide information on shallow subsurface in the Bayou Corne area.
Videos from last night's community briefing have been uploaded at:
The Blue Ribbons' 
slide show is here. It will go on the documents page too, at the bottom in the '2013' section.
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It is jam packed with 62 big pages of science like this:
The Advocate – Sinkhole commission tells crowd it needs more data
“This presentation later provoked criticism from some residents who said flatly they did not trust Texas Brine.”
WBRZ – Crack found in levee during routine check < video
Senator Mills’ statement about the bill passing and the next phase.
Bill concerning expanding salt cavern at Lake Peigneur clears Senate committee < related - Sheriff: Lake Peigneur Could be Worse than Assumption Sinkhole
Lake Peigneur protection bill advances to Senate
Mills said the company has two caverns in the Jefferson Island salt dome and “each of the facilities is the size of one of the Twin Towers.”
Local paper, The Bayou Journal published an editorial by Lonny Cavalier that says more than Texas Brine want you to know. Read it before the meeting.
The DNR put out a new Inspection Report that doesn’t mention water level drop. So maybe it all rose back : )
Texas Brine has an update (4-29) with a lot of activity listed. And a compliance letter to DNR to go with it.
The new helicorder outsourcees, Nanometrics (who don’t know how to manage an e-mail account) have a press release about Lake FUBAR – Bayou Corne Sinkhole Monitored with High Performance Seismometers
MORE here later . . .
- – ’til Thursday evening. More on river stages – see Monday post (scroll down)
P.26 - “…the rate of MEQs appears moderate with 10+ events per 24 hours with a similar number of VLP events. The rate does not appear to be increasing at this time. Code level remains at 2″
NO MENTION OF HOME BUY-OUTS
DNR has a new Situation Report (April 29 date)
There’s a big meeting tomorrow.
Forgotston has news about the Louisiana Public Records Law.
Strange Sounds - Mystery Booms and Loud Rumbling Noises in South Carolina are Related to Earthquakes – April 26 and 27
Salt Dome tid-bit – in Texas those Aussies are buying up more tracts - Australia-based oil and gas company Titan Energy has further increased its acreage holding on the eastern side of the Allen Dome oil field in Texas, US.
New DNR Inspection Report says water level inside the berm is dropping. See end of report.
Thanks to Freedomrox for tip - 
Crosstex came out with a batch of updates(!). The latest one is for April 23rd. Now they are only a WEEK behind with the “daily” updates 
For APRIL 23:
Well #1 – 48,533 barrels of normal butane
Well #2 – 28,862 barrels of lpg mix
So propane was sold off or moved out? LPG mix … what’s that?
Liquefied Petroleum Gas = LPG.
This example is 60% C3H8 Propane / 40% C4H10 Butane but we can’t say what “mix” Crosstex has down there. Propane is now a “mix” with butane! That sounds real safe next to a collapsing salt dome! Let’s look some more!
LPG Material Safety Data Sheet < oh! It’s highly flammable and is explosive if mixed with air!
CLICK ON IMAGE FOR FULL SIZE
The Advocate – A bump of water coming down the Mississippi River has prompted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to start conducting twice-a-week levee inspections along the lower Mississippi River.
A standing river flood warning is continued -
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN
LOUISIANA...
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT RED RIVER LANDING AFFECTING EAST BATON
ROUGE...POINTE COUPEE AND WEST FELICIANA PARISHES . . . . (more)
The rivers are on this map Donaldson forecast (not far from Lake FUBAR) and Baton Rouge:
Lake FUBAR is in PANEL 50, section 22007C0050D in this flood risk map
Panel 50 map But it’s a 1975 map. FEMA is using old maps.
2.3 quake in Triana, Alabama < MAP
1. Where is the updated website promised in January under Directive 1? Is Ceri it, because if so..it isn’t updated with the additional Geo Wells?
2. At what microvolt is each geophone set at, in all locations, LA10-16, and where are the large deep geophone readings.. GEOPHONE WELLS 1,2, and 3? They are in operation, yet the public is not receiving any readings…why?
3. Can the e-mail given at the top of the page get fixed? No one getting answers back.
< from LA11
Assumption sinkhole’s containment wall gets extended
Amy Wold of The Advocate writes on coast erosion in Louisiana – Washed away – Locations in Plaquemines Parish disappear from latest NOAA charts
Newspaper trivializes multiple sinkholes that opened up in Zachary, Louisiana. Golf course finds more holes than 18
“BREC Golf Director Jeff Marks, who took over the post earlier this month, said heavy rains in the first part of the year exacerbated the problem.
“Because we have had so much rain, the water pools up there,” he said.
Marks said he has seen similar problems at other courses.
“I have seen it at new courses, I have seen it at old courses,” Marks said. “With new courses, after time, the land kind of settles in.”
Crosstex has not given out a “daily” update since April 17. Why not?
