Options Few for People Displaced by Huge Sinkhole in Louisiana

After three months living in a hotel while a sinkhole near his Louisiana home grows and grows, Carl Dugas has realized he won’t be moving back. When he left Aug. 3, he was willing return, though his wife was dubious about the prospect. Dugas he feels that his two houses in the Bayou Corne area have been taken from him with no way to recoup his losses. “You know what? I feel like somebody’s robbed me. … and I can’t do nothing about it,” he said. Scientists believe a Texas Brine Co. salt cavern broke and is being filled with crude oil, natural gas and millions of cubic yards of sediment.