Cancer Alley Louisiana: The 'Mother of All Sinkholes'

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  • Опубликовано: 9 янв 2025
  • Cancer Alley, a stretch of about 100 miles between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, is home to some 150 petrochemical plants, making these swamplands perhaps the most industrialized (and polluted) region in the United States. The latest plague ravaging Cancer Alley is that enormous sinkhole in Assumption Parish, a burgeoning cavity that is a pestilence both real and symbolic, relentlessly swallowing land while reminding residents of the despoliation the past 60 years have inflicted on their sinuous bayous and fulsome cypress groves. As Bayou Corne's citizens abandon their homes, fleeing the specters of methane and vandals and depressed home values, they stand to become yet another Louisiana community sacrificed to the twin gods of oil and gas.

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  • @marythompson9222
    @marythompson9222 10 лет назад +48

    I lived on the edge of alabama... after bp, nearly losing my life, my husband losing his, the sinkhole.... ill never go back that way but it's beautiful to still be able to see it in your videos while catching up on the sinkhole news. Thank you for your heartfelt video. Hugs to those guys who have to leave. I know how they feel...

    • @oracleangelsshiftall2609
      @oracleangelsshiftall2609 6 лет назад +9

      Mary Thompson I am so sorry that this happened to you, us and the entire world!!! May God bless you and your family now and always!!! ❤

    • @vickythefist7062
      @vickythefist7062 Год назад +1

      Can't believe the rest of the world is only just hearing about this it's disgusting a 25 acre sinkhole and people getting cancer .I am so sorry for you .why isn't this all over the international media . Must be very sad to see those pictures I would hate that to happen to my childhood home cus I feel like it's got it's own soul cus it's got all my beautiful memories there

  • @locouk
    @locouk 6 лет назад +29

    Man made *accidental damage, then they wonder why natural fresh water supplies get tainted and become unfit for use.
    Follow the $, when company CEO’s start being held personally responsible for these *accidents, they might think before they destroy lives of people around them.
    It’s a disgrace.

  • @thomascampr
    @thomascampr 10 лет назад +90

    The trees being sucked down the hole was creepy.

  • @RM-qw2rw
    @RM-qw2rw 7 лет назад +23

    The time it takes for the people too win the lawsuit, they most likely are gonna be long gone

  • @Carolina-Girl-214
    @Carolina-Girl-214 5 лет назад +13

    25 acres in size and growing... SCARY

  • @Rs500ybd
    @Rs500ybd 10 лет назад +33

    the folk who dun this have to pay this is destroying the very land we all live on

  • @therealb888
    @therealb888 9 лет назад +14

    How deep is the void?

  • @eileeneclark9011
    @eileeneclark9011 6 лет назад +9

    5/16/18.....Cancer Alley? What a horrible change from Mother Nature to environmental nightmare/horror story of change from a beautiful natural paradise to waste/loss of habitat & animals/illness & death.
    What an absolute shame than man can destroy God's earth!

  • @juliejensen7370
    @juliejensen7370 2 года назад +3

    Tragic. It stinks along I-10 in New Orleans too. There is also too much development everywhere.

  • @ShermanBrady-r1o
    @ShermanBrady-r1o Год назад +1

    They should get more money besides for this company just to buy their homes from them. I think it would only be fair to pay for their homes 🏠 plus giving each home owner a million dollars. Even a million dollars will not cover one of those homes owners if they develop cancer.

  • @bonitawauls6274
    @bonitawauls6274 6 лет назад +4

    Why must people spend years proving the oil companies are in the wrong. The Companies KNOW it. Is there No honesty at oil companies. Pay those people and clean up the mess your company has caused!!

  • @kurtmckelvey9478
    @kurtmckelvey9478 6 лет назад +25

    Texas Brine !! Only Care's about the Color Green !!!!! 😕 😖

  • @schangzz
    @schangzz Год назад +5

    I seriously have a burning hatred for corporations and all involved with the destruction they cause. But capitalism amirite.

  • @r.i.p.totheliesr.e.a4901
    @r.i.p.totheliesr.e.a4901 6 лет назад +4

    😵😵I was fishing in Plaquemine Louisiana June 7 2018.. seen a lot of bubbles coming out the water

  • @cherylcooper1885
    @cherylcooper1885 6 лет назад +3

    What's the water quality today?

  • @brindlilliahslilli5775
    @brindlilliahslilli5775 10 лет назад +13

    It is real sad to see these folks so disappointed.. I looked at this area on goole earth. It looks like the swampy spill way of the Mississippi River. I'll bet it is beautiful. But I would never buy land in such an area. even if there had never been ANY sink holes. It looks like the kind o area that could flood or sink of shift at any time. This country is only about 250 years old. So this area is due for problems it seems. I think living there might always be a risk. No matter what.

    • @albundy9873
      @albundy9873 3 года назад

      They buy to be close to nature, and the low low property taxes. But there's no city water/gas, no paved streets, no street lites, cable, or sidewalks?

  • @RONJAE212003
    @RONJAE212003 6 лет назад +4

    I’m so curious where it went

  • @prakashviewsupdatesanalysi9759
    @prakashviewsupdatesanalysi9759 6 лет назад +7

    folks this is the effect of our so called development without syncing our life with nature.our ambitions aspirations r sky rocketting.unable to settle in earth searching place in other planet.hell to these development time to limit our need n greed lets build a better sustainable environment

  • @21313cord21
    @21313cord21 5 лет назад +3

    How quick sand is made.

  • @allanspino4696
    @allanspino4696 6 лет назад +5

    if that can happen from a salt mine dig in, louisiana what's going stop wyoming colvera from going with the oil dig in stony park area.

  • @billybonds2693
    @billybonds2693 5 лет назад +6

    Lord have mercy on those that big Corp has sicken and took there homes away and give big Corp ur wrath

  • @littlebit3828
    @littlebit3828 6 лет назад +4

    how did they know the salt was down there to mine in the first place?

  • @girlbonsai
    @girlbonsai 4 года назад +5

    Very Sad, May God be with them all.

  • @miniciks1115
    @miniciks1115 6 лет назад +14

    They care for the $, not human lives.

  • @juliejensen7370
    @juliejensen7370 2 года назад +6

    I saw an electric car in a museum designed in the 30's. What a different world we would have if we got rid of money and bribery in politics. Jimmy Carter tried to mandate more fuel efficient cars. He was voted out

  • @aliced4452
    @aliced4452 5 лет назад +4

    My sister use to.live close to there, so glad she is gone from that area.
    So sad, Money was the reason!!! Thats so so sad..

  • @devilred1971
    @devilred1971 6 лет назад +6

    When making money supersedes the cost of human lives!

  • @reneemckenzie8144
    @reneemckenzie8144 5 лет назад +4

    Never give up...

  • @juliamanalo9974
    @juliamanalo9974 6 лет назад +9

    that's sad--paradise' gone!!!😢😢😢

  • @1superstar855
    @1superstar855 6 лет назад +1

    How much are their houses there?

  • @debbiehorn8263
    @debbiehorn8263 5 лет назад +3

    The people and companies that have done this ; sure hope their money will help buy them out of hell . This is murder !

  • @lshepherd6137
    @lshepherd6137 Год назад +2

    That looks trrrifying

  • @kwindshawne
    @kwindshawne 5 лет назад +4

    Occidental chemical 50% responsible-anyone remember Hooker Chemical? (Love Canal) They have a history of destroying nature

  • @Hendrikhendrik-om5ys
    @Hendrikhendrik-om5ys 3 года назад

    A it is possible to calculate how large quantities in cubic meters of oil and gas people have taken up from the subsoil since 1846

  • @missairikatarot
    @missairikatarot 2 года назад +1

    He “caught a glimpse of hell on earth”
    I caught a glimpse of Mom flushing the toilet ❤ thanks Mom! Blessed be!
    Some people only see what they want to see….. only one way to take a shit honey!

  • @tallsmile28
    @tallsmile28 10 лет назад +10

    No regulation, no repercussions. Enjoy Louisiana. Keep voting republican.

    • @tallsmile28
      @tallsmile28 10 лет назад +1

      big ike I live in democratic NY, where our governor has outlawed tracking.

    • @tallsmile28
      @tallsmile28 9 лет назад +1

      big ike My democratic Governor prevents Fracking in my state.(New York). Republican governor allows fracking in PA. Now the drinking water is flammable in PA. I rest my case.

  • @donny9078
    @donny9078 4 года назад +2

    Hope these folks were compensated at a high rate.

  • @Hendrikhendrik-om5ys
    @Hendrikhendrik-om5ys 3 года назад

    M what gets into the ground when oil and gas are taken up? what material has the ability to stabilize the subsoil as good as oil and compressed gas nothing can replace Oil and Gas so subsoil worldwide is and will be unstable.

  • @lobosolitario-j4c
    @lobosolitario-j4c 2 года назад +2

    It's not nice to mess with mother nature.

  • @furryface1057
    @furryface1057 4 года назад +1

    wow ! never saw that before

  • @lkanan3869
    @lkanan3869 4 года назад +1

    I was born in Louisiana down south of plaquemines parish. Many people have died of cancer and will continue. I now live in Spokane Washington now and glad I left. Yeah I miss my home town but as far as I know I'm glad to be away from all the man made distraction. So said.

  • @carryjgful
    @carryjgful Год назад +1

    Im sorry but I had to pause after hearing "150 refineries in a 100 mile stretch of the Mississippi river"...excuse me!!?? Are ya'll smokin crack on the daily?! This is simply incomprehensible. And reckless. So sad it was allowed to get so out of hand because of our need & lust for oil products after the invention of the combustion engine.

    • @pruneclair7ChristianforTruth
      @pruneclair7ChristianforTruth 24 дня назад

      @@carryjgful BUT A MAN NAMED RUDOLPH? DIESEL I THINK,INVENTED THE DIESEL ENGINE TO RUN ON ANY KIND OF VEGETABLE OIL,YOU COULD USE HEMP OIL, CORN OIL,PEANUT OIL,PALM OIL,PINE OIL OR USED VEGETABLE OIL FROM RESTAURANTS OR HOMES OR ANY KIND OF SEED OIL.AND IF WE USE OLD ORGANIC TYPES OF FARMING AND AVOID PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES AND USE GOOD BACTERIA IN THE SOIL TO HELP PLANTS GET THE NUTRIENTS THEY NEED, WE COULD HAVE LOTS OF DIESEL ENGINE CARS OR TRUCKS AND NOT HAVE TO RETURN TO HORSE DRAWN WAGONS OR OXEN OR DONKEYS UNLESS WE PREFER THOSE LIKE THE AMISH DO. AND IF WE HARVEST OIL OR GAS OR COAL OR WHATEVER, THERE SHOULD BE REGULATIONS TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR KEEPING WELL WATER AND UNDER GROUND WATERS CLEAN FOR HOMES AND FARMS TO USE WITHOUT SO MANY CANCERS. ALSO AVOID CHEMO CURES THAT DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD BECAUSE THEY ARE TOXINS THAT MAKE PEOPLE TOO SICK TO EAT AND THEY DIE OF MALNUTRITION! INSTEAD USE NATURAL CURES AND WORK WITH IMMUNE SYSTEMS TO CURE CANCERS OR POOR HEALTH. I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN BE DONE ABOUT SINK HOLES OR OLD OIL WELLS THAT ARE BIG EMPTY SPACES? IN LA CALIFORNIA THEY FILLED UP AN OLD OIL WELL HOLE WITH LOTS OF CEMENT BUT IT COST A MILLION DOLLARS ,AND WITH SO MANY OLD EMPTY SPACES IN THE GROUND IT MIGHT BE TOO EXPENSIVE TO FILL THEM ALL UP? WE SHOULD ASK CERTAIN EXPERTS OR ASK PROPHETS OF GOD IF THERE ARE THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE THE WORLD AND NOT ALLOW THE MOST RUTHLESS, GREEDIEST OR MOST POWER MAD PEOPLE OR PSYCHOPATHS OR DICTATORS TO HOG ALL THE WEALTH AND POWERS SINCE THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE WHAT THEY DO, EVEN START A NUCLEAR WAR THAT COULD END ALL LIFE ON EARTH!!!! UNLESS GOD SHORTENS THOSE DAYS OF EXTREME TRIBULATION!!! AND WHAT IF HE DOES NOT???? LET'S USE MORE ANTI MISSILE SHIELDS TO PREVENT NUCLEAR WARS, NOT FASTER AND FASTER MISSILES!!! TOO FAST TO TURN THEM AROUND!!!! IN CASE OF ERRORS !!!!ALSO MORE PEACE TREATIES, MORE TRADE.AND SPREAD THE GOOD NEWS OF GOD'S PARDONS FOR SINS IF PEOPLE WILL TURN FROM THEIR SUICIDAL MURDEROUS WAYS AND HUMBLY WORK WITH CREATOR GOD TO MAKE A BETTER EARTH FOR MANY LIFE FORMS ,NOT JUST A FEW SUPER RICH SHORT SIGHTED FOOLS AT THE TOP TURNING EARTH INTO ANOTHER DEAD PLANET!!!! IT COULD BE THAT THE EARTH IS ALREADY SO POLLUTED OR RADIOACTIVE OR POISONED THAT GOD WILL HAVE TO MAKE A NEW EARTH FOR PEOPLE OR SPIRITS TO LIVE ON AND WHERE HE CAN SET UP HIS KINGDOM ON BUT WE SHOULD DO WHAT WE CAN TO MAKE LESS POISONS SO PEOPLE CAN BE MORE HEALTHY AND SO WE CAN HAVE MORE OF A TRIUMPH OF LIFE OVER DEATH,GOOD OVER EVIL,HEALTH OVER TOO SICK TO DO MUCH ,AND THE ENERGY NEEDED TO DO OUR PART IN THE GREAT AWAKENING AND LIVES WORTH LIVING!!!

  • @jasonjordan5391
    @jasonjordan5391 5 лет назад +2

    Things will never be normal look at the lives you’ve ruined the wildlife that’s lost!!!!

  • @jdcoffey6
    @jdcoffey6 6 лет назад +3

    Corporations are the real cancer here

  • @gatsbylight4766
    @gatsbylight4766 Год назад

    Me and a friend of mine were swimming in this lake once, and then all of sudden I saw MORE BUBBLES COMING OUT OF THE WATER THAN I HAD EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE! I got real nervous and scared, but my friend stayed calm. I thought it was odd that he didn't get scared, then it hit me: That wasn't a sink hole.... my friend had White Castle for lunch. #BuyEmByTheSack

  • @TheKhanhhoa
    @TheKhanhhoa 4 года назад +2

    bet there are several local officials that got some real good ( unaccounted for ) bank accounts....probably in some family members name. This just didn't get started recently , think about all those civic minded donations to the community from the chemical plants.....all them ultra high dollar jobs that seemed to go to certain local families , cousins ect. ...good old local boys ......i used to deliver chemicals down there once every 10 days or so from Sauget Il. / St. louis chemical plants . Used to park by that little casino / dump . Gotta say most of the people i meant down there were the best you would wanta meet . So sorry for what has happened....puts me in the mind of agent orange that we guys had to deal with ( still are ) in the nam . Don't trust nobody any more , specially them local officials you got down there . Respect to the good people , you know who you are , and you know who ain't !

  • @gatsbylight4766
    @gatsbylight4766 Год назад

    HO . LY . SH%T!!! THE WORLD SWALLOWED UP THEM TREES!!! I woulda sh%t my pants, borrowed my friend's pants, and then sh%t his pants too!!! #StephenKingLouisiana

  • @felixcat9318
    @felixcat9318 2 года назад +3

    This is nothing compared to what Union Carbide did to the people of Bhopal...

  • @kristinebailey6554
    @kristinebailey6554 9 месяцев назад

    I cannot believe anyone ever saw that area as paradise to begin with. Giant, mosquito laden swamp.

  • @mayooooo6977
    @mayooooo6977 10 лет назад

    Where did the tress go?

    • @cedricbottom2932
      @cedricbottom2932 10 лет назад +3

      Down the hole and now in Australia

    • @mayooooo6977
      @mayooooo6977 10 лет назад +1

      Seriously...

    • @craigresponds6610
      @craigresponds6610 7 лет назад +2

      Mario Gonzalez
      it was a salt mine. the water and trees were sucked down until the cavern filled. I saw a documentary on it. It was about 100 feet deep.

  • @BiancaFlowers-pf7kh
    @BiancaFlowers-pf7kh Год назад

    Ssdi does NOT pay this out to the average person plz do NOT give your information to these scammers

  • @jefferyschirm4103
    @jefferyschirm4103 6 лет назад +1

    How are the fish wildlife their out in the water and enirv.all the time make your choice to stay or leave.

  • @IgnacioAgramonte
    @IgnacioAgramonte 10 лет назад +2

    THE ONLY WAY SAVE TO LIVE IN FLORIDA IS INSIDE A BOAT.

  • @mwdca7810
    @mwdca7810 5 лет назад +2

    As Sarah Palin said "Drill baby Drill"....as so goes the planet.

  • @ladynorman1
    @ladynorman1 6 лет назад +1

    I hope the company loses so much that they have to close down. For good!

  • @jjranger5022
    @jjranger5022 6 лет назад +1

    People are just stupid .... fucking leave u fucking idiots u where the fool that moved there.... dumb asses

  • @inkblot131
    @inkblot131 6 лет назад +1

    The People's Party (the GOP) will fix everything.

  • @yousifatobiya7279
    @yousifatobiya7279 4 года назад +1

    Three theories or forces dominate or control upon the planet of the earth...
    Firt: The forces or the theory that dominates upon the atmosphere is the end of the first theory of climate change and global warming (dynamic horizontal movement)...
    The occurrence of storms,rains,snow, and floods at times, and in unexpected places ,because of the end of the this theory,which needs to balance...
    Second:The force or theory that dominates upon earthquakes, sinkholes,cracks on earth , volcanic eruptions, dry lakes and rivers, flow of sweet water from the side of dead sea,the formation of new islands, or hills and mountains, and collapse of mountains, & , & ,&...
    These phenomenons because of the end of the second theory of climate change and global warming(dynamic vertical movement)...
    This theory becames out of control or balance...
    Third: The water is revolving or orbiting the earth...
    Note 1:The earth has a new orbit...
    Note 2:The earth has tilted 2 degrees...
    These studies had completed and sent on 26th July 2000...
    Yousif A Tobiya
    Forcibly displaced

    • @fred1690
      @fred1690 Год назад

      earth is a plane bro, not a spinning ball. magical spinning ball. lol

  • @isabelkelly7717
    @isabelkelly7717 5 лет назад

    Conditions causing global warming. It is a sad state we have put this planet in.
    We forgot that we pray on Earth as it is in heaven. Then we blame God and say it's wrath from.

  • @ocean1233
    @ocean1233 Год назад

    "BACK TO NORMAL"🤔😭👿

  • @seesfractals2462
    @seesfractals2462 6 лет назад +1

    Welcome to the Anthropocene!

  • @Benny-dv7xm
    @Benny-dv7xm 5 лет назад

    False image for area

  • @lordieshepherd
    @lordieshepherd Год назад

    A glimpse of hell on earth.... c'mon it is a natural event, nothing to do with hell.

  • @daro2262
    @daro2262 5 лет назад

    All they car about is money & lot's of money . I would sue them for all the money they have so they have to close

    • @PaulMalone-pm8qk
      @PaulMalone-pm8qk Год назад

      Yeah all they car not care about but your saying car so they car about is money car,????

  • @jhongauntt4918
    @jhongauntt4918 Год назад +1

    Omygodwheristhehelpgodmighty

  • @donaldmills9874
    @donaldmills9874 4 года назад +1

    It's Gods plan...collect dollar bills at all cost...collect dollar bills.

  • @ocean1233
    @ocean1233 Год назад

    HUMANS KILL

  • @bearmorningsun5092
    @bearmorningsun5092 6 лет назад

    Wtf ?

  • @em1osmurf
    @em1osmurf 5 лет назад +1

    looks like another Trump investment gone bad.

  • @PaulMalone-pm8qk
    @PaulMalone-pm8qk Год назад

    I live in the United Kingdom and we have sink holes too I think that the world is sinking

  • @billybonds2693
    @billybonds2693 5 лет назад +2

    Lord have mercy on those that big Corp has sicken and took there homes away and give big Corp ur wrath