What they don't tell you about FL sinkholes. In 2010 growers pumped a billion gallons a day

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29. here it is. not florida, louisiana. corporation = texas brine company

A nearly 400-foot deep sinkhole in Louisiana has swallowed all of the trees in its area and enacted a mandatory evacuation order for about 150 residences for fear of potential radiation and explosions.



The gaping hole has a diameter of 372 feet. It is in Assumption Parish, La., about 50 miles south of Baton Rouge. The sinkhole sits in the middle of a heavily wooded space where it has consumed all of the soaring cypress trees that had been there. Flyover photos show some of the treetops still visible through the mud.

Authorities enacted a mandatory evacuation for between 100 and 150 homes in the area, but most people have chosen to stay, according to the Mayor's Office of Emergency Preparedness. If any of the dangers seem to become more imminent, the order will be escalated to a forced evacuation. While officials are not certain what caused the massive sinkhole, they believe it may be have ben caused by a nearby salt cavern owned by the Texas Brine Company.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/mysterious-louisiana-sinkhole-raises-concerns-explosions-radiation/story?id=16978072

Texas Brine Company, LLC is the largest independent brine producer in the United States.
Brine is water, fully saturated with sodium chloride - common table salt - and is the sole raw material used in the manufacture of chlorine and caustic soda (chloralkali). The production of brine in industrial quantities to meet the needs of U.S. industries requires a substantial investment of capital and expertise, and Texas Brine is a leader in this field.

Texas Brine is a family-owned business based in Houston, with a proud heritage in salt-related businesses since 1926. Texas Brine pioneered the commercial production of brine through solution mining in Texas salt domes, developing its first well in 1946...

http://www.texasbrine.com/company.html


Texas Brine is owned by a family that also own United Salt, a major salt producer, also Houston-based, and both are subsidiaries of the holding co. "Texas United". They all have the same personnel:

Texas United and United Salt are companies in the business of mining, manufacturing, and selling salt and related activities. Texas United is a holding company with six shareholders, and United Salt is its wholly owned subsidiary. Webre is a 24% shareholder in Texas United, and he serves on the boards of directors of both companies. Sneed is the President and CEO of Texas United, Tichenor is the Senior Vice President of Texas United and also serves on the board of directors for United Salt, Wolgel is the General Counsel of both United Salt and Texas United, and O'Donnell is the President and CEO of United Salt. The individual appellees also serve as officers for various related companies. Sneed, Wolgel, and Tichenor are officers of a company referred to by the parties as "Texas Brine," and Sneed is an officer of Texas Brine Company—Saltville, LLC. Although Texas United and United Salt hold separate board meetings, the same people serve on the board of directors for both companies: Lloyd Webre (appellant); his siblings Camille (Webre) Tichenor, Roberta (Webre) Rude, Mary I. Webre; and spouses and unrelated people, James Tichenor, Arnold J. Webre, and Robert D. Duboise.

http://www.leagle.com/xmlResult.aspx?xmldoc=In%20TXCO%2020110728738.xml&docbase=CSLWAR3-2007-CURR

A sister company of Texas Brine Corp., United Salt Corp. owns the six-floor office tower at 4800 San Felipe and employs about 225 people...

United Salt Corp. began with the salt mine In Hockley. A salt dome was discovered there by Texas Co., an oil firm, when drilling on Warren Ranch in 1916. The company hit salt, but never oil, and entrepreneur Lloyd Webre Sr. acquired the mine. Webre family involvement can be linked back to Camille "C.J." Webre, who was a mine manager. A third-generation member of the Webre family now owns United Salt Corp., and though they don't manage the company, family members continue to sit on the board.

While the average Houstonian probably is only vaguely aware of the salt industry in Texas, geophysicists are keenly interested in salt. Where there's a salt dome, there's a strong likelihood of hydrocarbons, which translate to oil... United Salt Corp. is the fourth largest salt producer in the country, which actually means its the smallest salt producer in the nation...

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1999/10/04/story2.html?page=all

and there's some kind of oil connection. Lloyd webre senior was in the oil business and a bigshot in the houston republican party...


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