Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing

Giant sinkholes near West Texas oil patch towns are growing Dallas TX (SPX) Jun 17, 2016 - Residents of Wink and neighboring Kermit have grown accustomed to the two giant sinkholes that sit between their small West Texas towns. But now radar images taken of the sinkholes by an orbiting space satellite reveal big changes may be on the horizon. A new study by geophysicists at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, finds the massive sinkholes are unstable, with the ground around them sub ... more

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