Posted
5/08/2008 05:36:00 PM
by Douglas
Sometimes we mess with the planet, and sometimes she
strikes back.The nervous vigil at a huge sinkhole that mysteriously opened in this Liberty County town on Wednesday -- and grew rapidly throughout the day -- is continuing today as county officials hand off oversight of the emergency to the Texas Railroad Commission.
Well fuck, if the Texas Railroad Commission is on it, I'm sure they can fill it with sunshine, gumdrops, and puppy dogs in no time. Ok, maybe not:
Carl Norman, a geologist and professor emeritus at the University of Houston and a consultant with specialty in active faults and sinkholes, estimated that the sinkhole is about 900 by 600 feet wide and 260 feet deep.
That's pretty big. Almost big enough to swallow Rick Perry's ego. Or at least his hair.