California's slowest natural disaster is a wandering mud hole

In Southern California, near the Salton Sea, there's a bubbling mud hole called the Niland Geyser that's staging a slow-motion takeover of local infrastructure. Roads, rail lines, and pipelines are all in its way, and this geological anomaly is claiming them one inch at a time. According to Boing Boing, it's California's slowest natural disaster—a roadside curiosity that's equal parts geological wonder and public works headache. It's the kind of uniquely Californian problem that somehow manages to be both apocalyptic and slightly amusing.

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