LA DNR investigating worsening bubbling/foaming at Lake Peigneur

[Emily]

From the Advocate:

http://theadvocate.com/news/5247516-123/dnr-agents-see-foam-not

DNR agents see foam, not bubbles, at Lake Peigneur
By RICHARD BURGESS

Acadiana bureau

February 22, 2013

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DNR spokesman Patrick Courreges said field agents did not directly observe bubbling at Lake Peigneur on Thursday but did see foam on the lake?s surface.

?We found foaming residue on the top,? he said. ?... The foam is the result of something happening.?

Courreges said it is too early to speculate on what might be causing the bubbling and that DNR will follow up on any future reports in an attempt to determine the cause through observation and testing of gas or other substances in the bubbles.

Save Lake Peigneur President Nara Crowley said residents have observed 79 instances of bubbling at the lake since 2006....

 

[Emily]

Re: LA DNR investigating worsening bubbling/foaming at Lake Peigneur

http://www.katc.com/news/sheriff-ackal-says-lake-peigneur-could-be-worse-than-assumption-sinkhole/#_

Sheriff Ackal says Lake Peigneur Could be Worse than Assumption Sinkhole

Posted: Mar 19, 2013 6:13 PM by Chris Welty
Updated: Mar 19, 2013 6:22 PM

"If we have a collapse there, it would be a hell of a catastrophe and it worries me, it has worried me for many years. Seeing it first hand, I know what could happen," said Iberia Parish Sheriff Louis Ackal.

He vividly remembers the Jefferson Island Salt Mine Collapse in 1980 and is now asking Governor Bobby Jindal to stop AGL Resources from expanding its natural gas storage caverns at Lake Peigneur.

So far, Governor Jindal hasn't responded to the sheriff's letter. Ackal says the sinkhole in Assumption Parish would be a mud puddle compared to what he thinks could happen at the Lake...