Sinkhole Incidents On the Rise
"Stretch zones primarily experience sinking ground, as the support in the rock strata is stretched thin. Thus, buildings implode and gas and water mains break." ZetaTalk
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What happens to rock layers under a diagonal pull, or being pulled apart? As can be seen during recent years, this has resulted in derailing trains, sinkholes suddenly appearing, gas and water main breaks, torn roadways and separating bridges. Despite the effect on man, crawling about on the surface of what they assume to be terra firma, these changes are superficial. When the pulling starts, weak points break and thereafter the plumbing and roadways hold, giving the impression that the pulling has stopped, but this is misleading. The North American continent is giving evidence that its rock layers are separating from each other, and sliding sideways in a diagonal, thus exposing portions of these layers to vent into the air above. If rock is being stressed, then where are the earthquake predictors giving evidence of this, the frantic animals, the static on the radio, the earthquake swarms? Rock in the stretch zone, pulling apart rather than compressing, does not emit the particles flows that animals and radios sense, nor register on instruments are tension and release quakes.
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"We have repeatedly stated that the Earth changes will not diminish, but will increase going into the pole shift.
This is not a lineal matter, as the closer Planet X comes to Earth, an inevitable path, the more the torque effect and the polar wobble where the N Pole of Earth is pushed away violently on a daily basis, occur. The wobble will become more pronounced, more violent. The plates are tugged back West of the Atlantic, pulled forward East of the Atlantic, during the daily rotation of the Earth. The North American continent is allowed to roll East during rotation while the S Pole is pulled West, creating the diagonal pull likely to trigger the New Madrid fault line into an adjustment, and soon. The N Pole is pushed away and allowed to bounce back, daily, as the Earth rotates, a wobble that puts stress on all fault lines when the plates are suddenly in motion, and suddenly stopped!
"As there is no other explanation for the effect on the stretch zone, lacking any earthquakes to blame, and as these stretch zone accidents will continue to emerge, and with ferocity, this is a certain clue to those on the fence, that the influence of Planet X is the cause. Or is it Global Warming?"
ZetaTalk Chat Q&A for April 13, 2013
"Sinkholes almost invariably form in areas subject to karst limestone cavern formation. Underground water flows eat away the limestone leaving vast caverns and caves, which often give scant indication above ground that a cavern lies below. Karst limestone rock formations have been mapped and are known, however, but since one never knows just where a cavern might have formed, this provides little help in predicting just where a sinkhole might form. Sinkholes open up when the rock is fractured due to stress from being in the stretch zone, from the bending of a plate, or due to torsion."
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Comment by Howard on April 23, 2011 at 8:49pm
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Road Closed Due to Sinkhole in Shenandoah County, Virginia
Discovered April 18th
The Virginia Department of Transportation says it will be a while before a sinkhole in Shenandoah County is fixed.
The sinkhole appeared April 18 and closed down Oranda Road.
The road is still closed and officials say it will remain that way for an unknown amount of time.
Officials say a nearby quarry and recent severe weather caused the sinkhole to form.
Chaz Weaver, VDOT District Materials Engineer, says, "Limestone dissolves in water over thousands of years, which leaves voids in the rock and the soil above, and those voids tend to fail the soil above and move upward to the surface and then when they do move up to the surface and you get a hole. That's what we refer to as a sinkhole."
VDOT crews have made some progress fixing the hole but they are waiting for the ground to dry fully before they continue their work.
Weaver says this is one of the largest sinkholes he's ever seen.
He says, "Typically they are pretty small, pretty shallow. This one is a pretty big area so a lot of excavation, thus why it's taking several days to fix."
More rain affecting the area this weekend could delay work to fix the hole.
Detours have been set up so drivers can avoid the sinkhole.Update: http://www.nvdaily.com/news/2011/04/oranda-road-sinkhole-patched-up...
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Sinkhole Closes Street Near Terre Haute, Indiana
Discovered April 22nd
A large sinkhole in Brazil, Indiana has one street closed and residents waiting for action.
The hole measures around 20-feet across and 4-feet deep.
You can actually see the water from the sewer system rushing underneath the roadway.
With more rain in the forecast, officials say it's only going to get worse.
"It's old and its not built to hold the water we got today due to all the parking lots and everything," said Jerry Robeson, the Waste Water Supervisor.
"There's no way for the water to get away from this place. It just stands here," said Brazil resident Jim Nelson.
Now, if you live in Brazil, city leaders say this hole should not affect your water service.
Officials say they're talking with local contractors to find a solution to this sinking hole.
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Another Sinkhole Appears at Fore Ranch - Ocala, Florida
Discovered April 22
Kim Twist, manager of the Fore Ranch community association, stands near a sinkhole that opened up Friday in the Red Hawk community.
Another sinkhole has opened up at Fore Ranch, in a retention pond into which water was being piped from an earlier sinkhole that is being repaired.
Residents said the first of two underground chimneys appeared in the Red Hawk area's retention pond on Thursday, and the new sinkhole opened up Friday morning.
Workers with Geo-Tech of Ocala and Croft Contracting Inc. of Citrus County were on scene Friday. Croft workers used sandbags and dirt to plug a culvert that was bringing water from the old sinkhole they were fixing in the Saddle Creek area.
It was not immediately clear if the new sinkhole was caused by the pumping or by rain earlier this week.
"They are pumping from Saddle Creek to Red Hawk," said Geo-Tech Vice President Dave Cappa. "But it could be the chicken or the egg since we had that rain."
At one point Friday morning, Kim Twist, manager of the Fore Ranch community association, asked Cappa if she could get anything for him.
"Yes," he said, "a helicopter."
She asked him why.
"To pick this place up and move it," Cappa said, and he laughed.
As for the next step, Cappa said: "We'll get the design engineer involved and then call Swiftmud (the Southwest Florida Water Management District)."
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Sinkhole Swallows Downtown Street - Edmonton, Alberta
Discovered April 18thA sinkhole swallowed up a portion of a downtown road near 96th Street and Jasper Avenue, after a watermain break Monday afternoon.
Two nearby apartment complexes were without water as Epcor crews worked to repair the broken main Monday evening, spokesman Scott Lundy said.
Portions of Jasper Avenue and Grierson Hill Road were closed as crews worked, Lundy said. Traffic was rerouted along 95th Street or 100th Avenue.
The water main was expected to be repaired by late Monday night. Traffic delays will continue until after the hole is filled on Tuesday and is repaved by city workers this week.
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Huge Sinkhole in Woodland, California
Discovered April 16th
The hole, located at the corner of Branigan Avenue and Fredericks Street, was first reported late Saturday when it was small enough to cover with a construction cone - not large enough for the department to schedule repairs, Woodland Infrastructure Superintendent Tim Lloyd said.
By Sunday it had grown to take up almost two-thirds of the lane, forcing the department to redirect traffic.
Officials are still uncertain what caused the hole but they have a theory, Lloyd said. About 16 feet below the ground, they think an eight-inch water pipe broke. Above that, at some 12 feet below ground level, is where the water table lies.
The groundwater may be flowing into the broken pipe and carrying earth with it, taking away the asphalt's support, he said.
"If the pipe separates, the groundwater flows into the pipe and takes the material with it, and it kind of builds on itself," he said. "The more it flows, the more it carries."
As of Monday morning the hole appeared to have stabilized but officials are expected to widen it so they can drain it and check the pipe. It was not immediately clear when Branigan Avenue will reopen.
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Sinkhole Opens in Worcester, Mass
Discovered April 12, 2011
A water main break has caused a sinkhole in Worcester, Massachusetts.
The sinkhole is about five feet by six feet on Millbrook Street between Byron Street and Merton Street.
Witnesses say one car was stuck, but it has since been towed away.
There is a police car on the scene, blocking the road. A section of the road has been closed.
Water has been shut off. People in the area may get rusty water or no water pressure while repairs are made.
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Dangerous Sinkhole Appears in Red Deer, Alberta
Discovered April 6thWarm sunshine is flushing out an ugly hazard on the streets of Red Deer.
Early Wednesday morning, as pavement began to warm, what had started as a small pothole opened into a water-filled, car-swallowing sinkhole on 43rd Avenue, about half a block north of 32nd Street.
Crews were at the site, getting ready to start repairs when another hole opened just metres away.
Estimated at four metres or more deep and big enough around to swallow a car, the first hole had started as an innocent-looking pothole, near a maintenance cover in the middle of the street.
An underground hole had started with a water line leaking underneath the street, said Darren Hilsendager, an operator in the water distribution department of Environmental Services.
The leak, caused by fatigue in the pipe, had softened earth and gravel around the water main while filling the space with water, said Hilsendager.
Frost at the surface had held the pavement in place as the hole developed.
As the frost began to thaw, the pavement gave way, he said.
Water service has been shut off to 18 homes in the immediate area until the leak can be fixed.
Hilsendager hopes to have repairs completed by 9 p.m., including fixing the leak, filling the hole and patching the pavement.
It can take six to 24 hours to fix this type of hole, depending on what the crews find when they get in there, said Hilsendager.
“It’s a bit of a treasure hunt.”
A more permanent repair will be performed in summer, when there’s no more frost in the ground.
It is not uncommon for sinkholes to develop from underground leaks, said Hilsendager. There’s no way to find them until the pavement fails, said Hilsendager.
“It’s just pipe fatigue that, over time, it just happens. This is not a normal appearance, but I’ve seen some like this before. We’ve had a few this winter that have been holes this size.”
Fortunately, no vehicles have been caught, he said.
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30-Foot Deep Sinkhole Opens in Bartow, Florida
Discovered April 1st
Crews are filling in a sinkhole that opened in Bartow after storms pounded the city last Thursday.
The sinkhole opened Friday morning in a fenced water retention area in the Summerlin Oaks apartment complex at 980 E. Church St.
Some residents were curious about it and interested in the efforts to fill it, but said they didn't see it as much of a threat.
"It's not near any of the apartment buildings are anything like that," said Carolyn Simmons, who has lived at Summerlin Oaks for two years. "The only thing that concerns me is the chance that it might happen somewhere else in the complex."
One resident said she didn't know about the sinkhole, and another said she was worried about the potential for other problems because she's seen small cracks in her walls around the windows.
"I wondered if that could be happening because there are sinkholes under the building," said Stephanie Williams, a resident at Summerlin Oaks since 2008, "but the geologists looked at it and said it was just the building settling."
Phillip Madrid, a civil engineer and sinkhole specialist with Madrid Engineering in Bartow, said heavy amounts of water flowing through an area designed for stormwater retention can lead to a sinkhole.
"If there's a void in the limestone, and water is flushing through the sandy soil above that, the sand and water can wash into that void," he said.
The sinkhole measures 25 feet wide and stretches about 30 feet deep, in the gully of a long, narrow stormwater retention area along the western boundary of the apartment complex.
Summerlin Oaks has a trash compactor and a storage building near the sinkhole site, but none of the apartment buildings appears to be in danger.
Crews with Certified Foundations Inc. in Lakeland, which has been hired to remediate the sinkhole, began filling in the hole Monday.
Officials said the process must be approved by the Southwest Florida Water Management District because the sinkhole lies in a watershed area, according to a news release.
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Large Sinkhole Opens in Atlanta, Georgia
Discovered late March 2011
A sinkhole large enough to scare away the boldest economy car reopened on Mary Street in Southwest Atlanta on Saturday.
Neighbors told CBS Atlanta the hole has been there about a week, and that city crews came out and covered it with two metal plates.
Saturday, one of the plates fell into the hole, and crews came back out and blocked the street off in both directions until it could be repaired.
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Sinkhole Opens Up in Tarpon Springs, Florida
Discovered April 2nd
A sinkhole has opened up along a street in Tarpon Springs. Witnesses say it's about about five to six feet deep and about 10 feet wide and it keeps growing.
South Disston Avenue was waterlogged in the storms earlier this week and now the sinkhole has opened up.
Jessica Canary's mother lives in the neighborhood and says it's the first time she's seen a sinkhole up close in person. Canary says, "I would have never expected it here in Tarpon. I live in Holiday. Holiday - New Port Richey sure - but not here."
Canary says she's never seen the neighborhood flood like it did this week either.
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