BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) –
According to Sonny Cranch with Texas Brine, heavy rain is to blame for the four breeches that opened in the containment berm before dawn Friday. Cranch says two of the four breeches have been repaired.About three weeks ago, officials decided to extend the berm wall because the primary berm wall was not holding its proper height and subsidence problems. They were 90 percent complete on the extension when the breeches happened.”We made the decision to extend the western leg beyond that particular point to a point further west to assure that we would be in an area where there wouldn’t be subsiding,” said Texas Brine spokesperson Sonny Cranch.
Cranch says that slow sinking and Friday’s rains caused the four breaches in the berm. He says the weather kept crews from repairing it.
Categories: sink holes
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