Emmitt FitzGerald

Louisiana Sinkhole Spoils Bayou Paradise

In 2012 a salt mine collapsed on the Napoleonville salt dome in Southern Louisiana, causing a sinkhole to open up just outside the town of Bayou Corne. Today, the hole is nearly thirty acres in size, and the picturesque swamp community is almost a ghost town.In 2012 a salt mine collapsed on the Napoleonville salt dome in Southern Louisiana, causing a sinkhole to open up just outside the town of Bayou Corne. Today, the hole is nearly thirty acres in size, and the picturesque swamp community is almost a ghost town.