image: http://lasinkhole.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/trailers_on_the_edge.jpg
I haven’t been following this story, but it may be that this collapse is the worst case scenario. On the other hand, it’s difficult to see or understand anything about the scale of the disaster. Here’s the dutchsinse video that went viral this morning:
Here’s the location of the sinkhole re: Highway 70.
Here’s a map showing it’s location in Louisiana.
Here’s a map of the Louisiana aquifer system.
Image: www.latech.edu/tech/liberal-arts/geography/courses/310/text/completed%20maps/not%20mine/aquifer2.jpg
YOU try putting all this together. I sure can’t. Another recognition that the map is never the territory.
