Sinkhole Incidents On the Rise

[Howard]

"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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ZetaTalk

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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ZetaTalk

"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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[Starr DiGiacomo]

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San Marco Sinkhole to Keep Kings Ave. Closed All Weekend

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The sinkhole that forced the closure of a San Marco road Thursday will keep the road closed at least through the weekend.

JEA spokesperson Gerri Boyce this morning said the repair work on Kings Avenue will need at least until Monday to dry.

Late Thursday, a 48-inch sewer line broke, causing a small hole and large dimple in the road that leads to a 13.5-foot-deep hole under the road near the Nira Street intersection, also near the Kings Avenue parking garage.

Kings Avenue is closed between Nira and Manning streets.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.eagletribune.com/newhampshire/x891768488/Large-sinkhole-...

December 13, 2011

Large sinkhole forms on busy NH street

MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A large sinkhole has closed part of a busy street in Manchester, N.H.

Police say a 12-inch water main broke Monday morning and the sinkhole formed. A car got stuck in it, and police said it was difficult to remove because it was on top of a gas line.

Police and firefighters tell WMUR-TV they carried the driver out of her car as the water was coming up.

Police said about 200 feet of roadway collapsed or was undermined.

Beech Street in Manchester was closed between Webster and North streets. Police said North Street was also closed from Maple to Union streets.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Womans-Pickup-Falls-into-Sink...

Woman rescued from hole near 1018 N. Stage Coach Lane in Fallbrook

A woman called for help after her pickup truck fell into a sinkhole on a street in Fallbrook Saturday, according to San Diego County Sheriff's officials.

Our media partner, the North County Times, reported the story on Saturday.

Sheriff's deputies  were on the scene at about 4:14  after responding to a call about the incident that occurred near 1018 N. Stage Coach Lane in Fallbrook, Lt. David Gilmore said. Once there, deputies requested help from the fire department.

The incident began when the woman was driving home, reported the NCT.

The vehicle she was traveling in fell into a sinkhole which apparently had been caused by a leaking water main in the area, according to John Buchanan, a spokesman for North County Fire Protection District.

The hole was said to be about 15 feet wide and deep enough so only the rear part of the vehicle could be seen from outside the hole.

Unable to open the woman's door because of a lack of space, firefighters had to break the vehicle's window in order to free her, Buchanan said. As they did this, water spaying from the broken main only complicated the situation, Buchanan added.

The woman wasn't hurt during the incident.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20111212/NEWS07/712129961/0/FRON...

150-foot Manchester sinkhole swallows car

Manchester firefighters work to remove a car from a sinkhole at the intersection of North and Beech Streets in Manchester on Monday morning 12-12-2011. (PAT GROSSMITH) A car sits in a sinkhole at the intersection of North and Beech Streets in Manchester on Monday Morning 12-12-2011. (PAT GROSSMITH)

MANCHESTER — A red Kia was swept into a huge sinkhole at the intersection of North and Beech streets Monday morning when a 12-inch, cast iron water main let go.

Water shot 6 feet into the air and dislodged 10-pound boulders, according to Kevin Clancy of 860-862 Beech St.

“It was wild,” he said. His wife heard a “boom” and he looked out the window to see a car stuck in a sink hole, water shooting into the air and large rocks being thrown uphill.

Initially, he said, the car's front tires were in the hole, but “then the whole street fell in.”

The entire car sank a few feet into the hole, which stretched across one lane of North Street for about 150 feet. Police closed a portion of Beech Street and North Street, and about 30 homes on Beech Street were without water until mid-afternoon.

Police said the driver thought it was a puddle and drove through it, ending up in the sink hole.

“That poor woman,” said Robin Henry of 111 North St. “But they said she went to work.”

Police said the driver was not injured.

The main broke just before 6 a.m. It wasn't until close to 9:30 a.m. that the car was removed, after firefighters looped large cords around the front and back, and hooked the lines to a tow truck that lifted the vehicle out.

Care had to be taken, officials said, because the car was sitting on top of a gas line.

Near Ash Street, about a block west of the sinkhole, city workers used heavy equipment to remove debris washed downhill.

Guy Chabot, Water Works district administrator, called the situation with the water main a “catastrophic failure” and one where a “chunk” of the 121-year-old water main blew out, undermining the soil underneath the road.

PSNH employees also were working to steady a utility pole loosened after soil washed away from around its base.

Water Works Director Tom Bowen said the break was at a cast-iron fitting where the water main makes a change in direction. Workers replaced the ruptured section, about 4 feet, with stronger, ductile iron material, he said.

Bowen said water se

[Starr DiGiacomo]

CLEVELAND, BRADLEY COUNTY (WRCB) -- A large sinkhole has tarnished the landscape along South Lee Highway in Cleveland, Tennessee for about a week now.

Recent heavy rains saturated the ground until the pipe underneath finally gave way and flooded the area. Some locals say it's a symptom of an even larger problem.

"A lot of this pipeline has been here 30, 40, 50 years," says resident, Jeff Gibson. "It's time for it to be replaced."

Gibson recalled numerous occasions of flooding, including at his old job at Cleveland Chair Company.

"One year in particular, we had four cars floating in the parking lot," Gibson says. "We had to literally push them because one of them was going in the creek line."

He says other areas flood regularly, too.

Bob Austin manages a bread store and bakery near the sinkhole. He's not concerned about damage to his business during future downpours, but he says the old pipelines are cause for concern.

"Between where it caved in and Scott's parking lot [across the street] it goes under the road," explains Austin. "How has it eroded there?"

Austin believes the city will come up with a long-term solution, but Gibson isn't convinced.

"This won't stop," Gibson declares. "This will just go back further once more rain comes in."

Besides not driving through high water next time it rains hard, Gibson doled out a piece of advice residents should follow until the problem is resolved.

"A vest and a rowboat," he says. "Might need it to get up and down the streets if it keeps flooding like this."

Cleveland Public Works Department is working on a flood plain study to reach a permanent fix, but no one there could be reached Thursday for comment.

Most of the damage from the sinkhole was to private property owned by Johnny Evans.

The cost of repairs will come out of his pocket and is expected to cost thousands.

However, Evans says he won't battle Public Works to help cover the costs and adds the department was very helpful in other regards

http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/16222702/nicks-story

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Giant sinkhole keeps residents out of homes

HANOVER TWP., Pa. - December 8, 2011 (WPVI) -- In one Lehigh Valley neighborhood, some homeowners are still hoping that crews can close a giant sinkhole that's threatening their homes.

Many of them are afraid they may not be home for Christmas. Residents of three homes in the 2200 block of Irma Drive stood outside and watched as crews filled in a giant sinkhole in what had been their front yards. They had to stand outside, because they were not allowed inside their houses. Engineers still aren't sure if they are safe, after water from an apparent water main break washed the dirt out from under their foundations Monday. Michael Smith noticed a problem when he stepped out his front door Monday morning.

"I heard the water first, and then as I am looking down towards the water, I'm seeing this hole opening up five feet aware from my front door," described Michael Smith. Wendy Almanzar, who lives next door, was at home with her 18-month-old son. She and her fiancé had just bought the house and moved in March. "They were knocking at the back door and front door, and then I opened the front door and I saw the hole, and the water guy was yelling at me to get out of the house," explained Wendy Almanzar. Wendy called her fiancé, who rushed home from work in time to watch the sinkhole grow and grow. "At first, I would say it was about 6 feet wide, and then a couple hours later, we were looking at about 10 feet wide, and then eventually it worked its way towards my property," said Christian Diaz. In a phone interview, David Brong, Director of the Bethlehem Water Department, said the main had been checked for leaks just one week ago. And when it was removed, it wasn't corroded. His theory: "There may be something going on under the earth's surface that compromised the line." For now, the plan is to continue to fill the giant sinkhole with dirt, rocks and cement to try and stabilize the houses. The hope is that residents would be able to move back into their homes by Christmas.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://thewatchers.adorraeli.com/2011/12/03/massive-sinkhole-opens-...

Massive sinkhole opens up in Sayre, Oklahoma

A massive sinkhole appears overnight at Beckham County near Sayre, Oklahoma. KFOR reports that the sinkhole is about 40 feet deep and 40 feet wide. Sinkholes are not so uncommon in western Oklahoma. Geologists at the Oklahoma Geological Survey say several things could have caused the sinkhole including salt or rock formations dissolving or a drought. They also say old coal mines are often full of water and when that water drains, there is no support causing the soil above it to collapse.

See video and read the original story at KFOR.com

For those wondering why it is so round: this is a common geometry for these type of “cover-collapse” sinkholes, also called “dropout” sinkholes. Fine-grained sediment often has enough cohesion that it will hold itself together. When a void develops, the sediment that collapses into the void will form a soil arch, resembling a dome in 3-dimensions. This is a stable geometry and will hold up the walls of the void, much like an arch holds up walls of a building over a doorway. The hole will progressively grow upward over time, but will maintain its arch-like cross section, until it ultimately breaks the surface and we see a circular hole.

An earthquake connection?

The huge sinkhole in Beckham County near Sayre, Oklahoma, which residents say appeared overnight (Credit: KFOR)

A string of small earthquakes have been rattling Oklahoma over the past month and residents are wondering if the natural disasters are to blame for an emerging sinkhole. This sinkhole formed just two days after Oklahoma’s last earthquake about two weeks ago. And the shaking has continued since then. There have been a string of small quakes over the past week; the strongest was a 3.7 on Thanksgiving. There was a 2.7 on Tuesday morning. On 5 November an earthquake measuring 5.6 rattled Oklahoma and was felt as far away as Illinois. Until two years ago Oklahoma typically had about 50 earthquakes a year, but in 2010, 1,047 quakes shook the state. In Lincoln County, where most of this past weekend’s

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Worker dies when sinkhole swallows back hoe

http://www.thenewsstar.com/article/20111129/NEWS01/111129022/Worker...

A D&J Construction worker was found dead after his track hoe got caught in a sinkhole off Louisiana 3033.

The body of Kenny Robinson, 53, of West Monroe, was found around 5:30 p.m. Monday, but responders were not able to recover the body until 4 a.m. Tuesday.

Maj. James Purvis of the Ouachita Parish Sheriff’s Office said Robinson was building access roads into the sand pits at 629 Louisiana 3033, West Monroe, when his track hoe became caught in a sinkhole.

Purvis said the equipment, with Robinson trapped inside, was almost completely buried.

The incident is still under investigation.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

A sinkhole opened this morning under a tractor-trailer

http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/bethlehem/index.ssf/2011/11/tractor...

Tractor-trailer drops into sinkhole at Sheetz in Bethlehem

Part of a tractor-trailer was swallowed by a sinkhole about 8 o'clock this morning in the parking lot of the Sheetz mini-market in the 3200 block of Schoenersville Road in Bethlehem.

No one was hurt, but the driver, Joe Lech, was in the truck when the sinkhole opened.

"The ground shook once. The ground shook twice," Lech said. "It was like an earthquake."

The gas pumps at the market have been closed and the store remains open. Schoenersville Road and City Line Road remain open.

The truck is from JL Transportation Co. Inc. in Larksville, Pa. Lech said he was hauling soda from a plant on City Line Road. He had just picked up the load and pulled into Sheetz.

"I stop for coffee and smokes," Lech said. "I do this everyday."

He said in his 31 years of driving a truck, he's never dropped into a sinkhole.

"It's unique," Lech said. "I've never had an experience like this."

Firefighters and tow truck operators are working to move the semi and began pumping out the truck's fuel tanks at 10:30 this morning. 

Police said the truck would need to be unloaded before wreckers could right it and haul it away. Police estimated the depth of the sinkhole at 10 to 12 feet. Lech said the rescue effort would take all day.

"It's gonna be an all-day affair," he said.

[Starr DiGiacomo]

Sinkhole closes road on southwest side

Posted: Nov 29, 2011 

 

 

TUCSON, AZ (KOLD) -

A large sinkhole is slowing traffic at Camino De La Tierra and Avenida Isabel on the Southwest side.

The Tucson Water Department tells KOLD News 13's David Gonzalez a 24-inch water main broke overnight, causing the road to crumble near Miller Elementary School.

The school is open.

About eight homes don't have water service.

Crews say the road will be closed for most of the day while they do repair work.

http://www.kold.com/story/16142727/sink-hole-slowing-traffic-on-the...