Toon: Friend of the court (Medina)

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("Rosenthal" is the disgraced former Harris Co. DA.)

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1. "Sinkhole"

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2. "The earth just wallered up"

I've had my head buried in phone banking so I haven't had a chance to keep up with the world. We really have a freaking sink hole in Texas. Hot Damn!!!

AAS 5/10/08
A look at the East Texas sinkhole
Sinkhole threatens, entertains East Texas former oil town

'The earth just wallered up,' Daisetta mayor/fire chief says.
Saturday, May 10, 2008

What: A sinkhole opened suddenly Wednesday morning near the Deloach Vacuum Disposal Co. in Daisetta, about 60 miles northeast of Houston. Estimates vary, but the hole is reported to have grown to as much as 900 feet in diameter and 260 feet deep. It gobbled up trucks, grain tanks, utility poles and pine trees but appeared to have stabilized by late in the week. A Deloach maintenance shed was on the edge of the hole and could fall in. The main road through town, FM 770, homes and the high school have been spared so far. Guided tours were offered to residents Friday to 'give them a little peace of mind,' said Mayor Lynn Wells, who is also the fire chief.

Why: Daisetta (named for two early residents, Daisy Barrett and Etta White) sits atop a large salt dome formation, part of which collapsed, said Carl Norman, a geologist. The sinkhole, Norman said, could have developed naturally or been hastened by injections of oil companies' saltwater wastes into the dome.

More at story link above.

:wow:

Sonia