Cassi Creek: The
earth remains solid here. There is
evidence of man’s abuse throughout the region.
There are underground coalmines, which promise to make good on Mr.
Peabody’s plan. There are mountains
nearby that have no defining shape. They
have been scraped down to bare dirt and ugliness.
The practice
of Fracking is invading the area and will undoubtedly contaminate more of our
aquifer and streams.
But what we
see happening with some regularity in Florida reminds me of “No Name City” In “Paint
your Wagon” the lust for gold led the greedy to tunnel beneath the town,
leaving only scarcely-placed timbers supporting the surface of the earth.
Eventually, they removed too much dirt and provided too little support.
Florida is
emptying an aquifer that is no longer capable of holding up the surface of the
ground beneath the roads, stores, houses, and resorts that followed Disney into
the Orlando region. The collapse of a 60-foot
wide sinkhole last night is frightening.
Had the collapse occurred in the early morning hours, the human toll
might have been different.
I’d be quite
reluctant to stay in a Florida resort now, particularly a resort building
taller than one story.
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