Comments on: Daisetta Texas Sinkhole

By: jaclyn moore

jaclyn moore — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:04:47 +0000

i lived where this sinkhole was and it has damaged a lot
it was near the hull-daisetta fire dept
the sinkhole was very very very big!!!

By: matthew

matthew — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:53:28 +0000

i am a oilfield truck driver in this area i have hauled mant loads of oilfield brine to the deloach
facility unless you have seen this hole yourself you would not believe this i stood in awe thinking to myself i may have contributed to this now growing problem.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:52:22 +0000

I’m a senior at Hull-Daisetta high school. It won’t affect anyone in Dayton, Hardin, or Liberty. (atleast it shouldn’t.) Pretty scary knowing it’s right down the road from our school. God bless anyone that is afraid, and God bless our HD community. We may be needing it.

By: Barry

Barry — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:51:06 +0000

Yes, settling Nick. When the oil is removed and a void is created, it can cave in like this.

This vacuum truck service (trucks that pick up spills at refineries) is pumping things (they probably won’t say what) into the ground that can contaminate the groundwater, so it’s not just a nuisance pothole.

By: Peggy

Peggy — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:40:05 +0000

Everyone was saying this would happen 32 years ago when my family lived in Hull-Daisetta.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:26:08 +0000

Settling, do you know anything about geology. A salt doem isn’t a big open void it’s permiable rock that the oil is in.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Thu, 08 May 2008 19:21:49 +0000

Can this affect Dayton? My realative is incarrcerated in
Dayton and I was just worried if it is close to there.

By: Phil Stokes

Phil Stokes — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:02:25 +0000

My wife’s uncle worked in Daisetta when it was a booming oil town. He told his sister over 25 years ago not to build a house in Daisetta, because “It’s a time bomb waiting to go off.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 08 May 2008 04:02:38 +0000

My family is from Daisetta (and Hull) as well. My Aunt says it is on the other side of town from her, but if she’s anything at all she is getting in the car and leaving. I can just hear this in her thick Texas accent and it is funny to me.

The whole place is a big salt dome with all the oil underneath it pumped out. Settling should be expected.

By: Vannessa

Vannessa — Thu, 08 May 2008 03:01:54 +0000

Gosh Can’t believe this…
My Mom is from Daisetta and we used to go there when we we kids. We still have some family that is from there. This is a crazy thing. My Brother and Mom called me tonight to ask if I seen it on the news yet, well no I haven’t. Well to let you all know I am now watching this, it is very unbelievable…… You all are in our prayers, and hopefully this will not get any bigger. Love you guys……. Go Bobcats……………