Bayou Corne: Six years later

[@thisbushnell2012]

Blind drilling into the ground is more perilous than doing so into a live-wired wall near a fusebox.

[@KevinP32270]

I would have sold and gotten out. those caverns are huge under ground and can open up at any time.

[@tamara8908]

I couldn't imagine living with that fear.

[@KevinP32270]

@@tamara8908 agreed. that's why I would be out lol.

[@randlecarr3257]

Sold to who?

[@KevinP32270]

@@randlecarr3257 the government or any other willing bier.

[@deadpool6072]

@@randlecarr3257 Texas Brine is buying out properties if you only listen.

[@soufwesthoustontx]

I love Dennis's accent.

[@dentatusdentatus1592]

And he loves yours too.

[@outlawbob1210]

These oil and gas related companies are so smug ! And there so guilty ! The love of money is the root of all evil . The cancer causing chemicals , and the environmental damage they use and do is catastrophic , and the bigger effects of it have yet to come . Those residents deserve compensation for every dollar they've spent and every future inconvenience they may occur , weather they stayed or left . Eight hundred and some change every month is 10 thousand a year , a joke to there financial loss and more .

[@nickbreen287]

$875.00 Per week, not per month. $45,550 per year.

[@outlawbob1210]

@@nickbreen287 I'm no good ! People need jobs , jobs that create death and destruction ? Are they worth it ? I'm all for good jobs with good pay , that a man can handle his own . At what cost ?

[@rdc_bdos]

@@nickbreen287 that doesn’t replace the price of a home, and we don’t know if they are still compensated after leaving the area.

[@janetpattison8474]

Exactly. They do not care one iota for anyone or thing, they will happily destroy the entire earth for greed.

[@shirleynitka5030]

I'd never trust it for a minute. The clock is ticking. Anyone who stays is asking for it. This is what happens when people insist in living where they know they shouldn't/

[@SarahGreen523]

I wonder what the cancer rate is now. Another report said every other house had cancer in it. No mention of it here. Mr. Landry.... might wanna go to the doctor and get checked.

[@isaacstoddard2114]

His wife had cancer

[@gardenia24sugarfoot.36]

That is very scary shit & the greedy people will never know when enough is enough???? Meanwhile good honest people are going to always be out of pocket.

[@Kilroy238_]

Those good honest people voted for politicians that don't want no damn government intrusion with their business killing regulations and they got what they voted for.

[@reginaldmoore6587]

the only place was left on a map of 2030 Louisiana was Shreveport and monroe area's..the red river and the Mississippi river had became 1 and went up to the grate lakes

[@glynnjacobs9602]

Whatever happened to Camp Bayou Corne? The last time I drove from Morgan City to Baton Rouge, it looked abandoned. That was at least 30 years ago!

[@johnsavoy4784]

Some idiot bought the leas Camp Bayou Corne was on and built these homes, then more idiots bought them and think we should pay them for being fools

[@coloradolove7957]

Well... This was in 2012 so...

[@NancyRutland]

Very well written

[@raysommers2903]

This is just another example of the failure of government.

[@Kilroy238_]

You're right they didn't provide proper regulation and safety monitoring But wait this is a republican stronghold where no one wants government regulations and intrusion. Just like in the case of the unregulated Texas power grid freezing they reap what they sow.

[@specialestness]

@@Kilroy238_ so misinformed… disturbing.

[@Kilroy238_]

@@specialestness really? is it not a highly republican area? Is the republican party not the party of anti-regulation because it harms business? But hey, maybe you are from there and can enlighten me as all I can go by are statics of the place.

[@specialestness]

@@Kilroy238_ republicans are anti unnecessary regulation. I live in a super majority republican state that has more than enough regulation on stuff coming out of the ground. Would you be going around spouting your nonsense stupidity if it was a liberal state? There was clearly a number of things that caused this failure and multiple companies are at fault. There is too much regulation on a lot of things which is why most of the products we buy today are from other countries and why our government projects costs exponentially more than if they were done by private corporations. The government is obviously regulating the wrong things. Louisiana has since created stricter regulations around salt domes, even with a republican stronghold.

[@Kilroy238_]

​@@specialestness See you got the rub of it in your first sentence but you fail to grasp the significance of it. What you consider to be unnecessary regulation others think are completely necessary. I don't care what state it is if a disaster ormajor incident happened because things were skewed to favor businesses and their profits over the safety of others and the protection of the homes in the community I would have an issue. As for blaming regulation for business you are not entirely wrong but what it boils down to was GREED. Pure and simple. A way for them to pay pennies on the dollar to some former farmer while having a free hand to make even more profit by not caring about creating cancer villages. It comes down to how much profit is enough. When does the scale tip from profit is king to just plain being immoral. Seems to me the answer is it's never enough. You are right about the multiple companies causing problems but you know why they were able to do it? Those pesky unnecessary regulations and oversight. As for saying but but but we are doing a good job with it now rings totally hallow.. Yeah now you do it because now you don't have a choice. People know their homes and families are being endangered. I can't help but wonder, if the new standards, were in place when they should have been do you think that Bayou Corne would still be habitable? I'd take the 90 min drive over to Harrah's and bet yes.

[@Suzanne-f4x]

How sad for the residents.

[@JustAThought155]

Texas Brine said they would like to be “good neighbors;” to whom??? Ain’t no folks left!

[@lorelei1852]

You should do another update

[@outlawbob1210]

Is what it is , it's not an excuse to kill folks

[@Kira36k]

a community lost

[@vvampz2774]

rip.

[@imagineth]

Capable of nothing but destruction smh 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Bearrrrrrrrr]

Did they fix the problem?! Only way Gubment can with buying it homes at lowest possible value. Notice they always way years to do it. Sitting on that price fall.

[@DreamPierre]

Welcome to revelation how does it feel?

[@rogermccollough8787]

you want find that anywhere .keep going

[@reginaldmoore6587]

salt domes run up to middle Arkansas

[@georgemack120]

Harrison Golden...cute boy!

[@catfood233]

How much is it to buy a house now??

[@kornofulgur]

The price of the house plus a cancer.

[@catfood233]

@@kornofulgur I mean if it's cheap enough I'll risk Cancer. I live in the top 3 most expensive states to attempt to survive in

[@kornofulgur]

@@catfood233 You say that from afar it seems

[@chrisguess4344]

im sure landrys land developments and sportsmans paradise monetary loss is his main concerns

[@crashbandit7270]

I would not bet on it, he's old school and has the money anyways. Probably really does miss the people.

[@Gryffyth_Aurum]

Same as choosing to live on an active volcano at this point. At least they were making over $3k a month, thats a lot more than most people live on.

[@balkibartokomous7290]

6 years.... 800+ a week = 240k. They have already PAID for your home. Not their fault if you spent the money on something other than a new home.

[@shiloshaffer8144]

3500 a month wasn't enough to at least help ya out.

[@Kira36k]

horrible

[@johnsavoy4784]

The salt dome facility was there long before the homes, everyone was aware of what could happen, this is not the first dome to collapse or will it be the last, so sick of hearing cry babies whine about their own mistakes but expect someone else to pay

[@BVMUSICNJ]

Lmao yeah go side with the huge corporations that do whatever they want and don't give a fuck if people like you lose their homes or get cancer. That's real intelligent.

[@johnsavoy4784]

@@BVMUSICNJ as I said the salt dome facility was there before the homes were built, don't blame some one else for your mistake

[@BVMUSICNJ]

@@johnsavoy4784 And the companies that operate them have to do so in a legal and safe manner. They continued to expand even when pressure tests showed that a collapse was inevitable.

[@johnsavoy4784]

@@BVMUSICNJ Agreed but what dumb ass would build a house on top of it, there is shared guilt here, since the domes were there first I put more blame on the home owners, Every one that built there made a living from the petro chemical industry, directly or indirectly

[@johnsavoy4784]

@@BVMUSICNJ I think you were misinformed, or maybe it's just heresay, again what fool would build a home on top a salt dome

[@janetpattison8474]

Life doesn’t move on for many. They lost their homes, neighbors, and lives, because big business was allowed in to cause irreparable damage to the area. Like the guy said, his brick home is now unsellable. Heartbreaking. 🥲❤️😢