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 August 8, 2011 at 7:18pm
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Sinkhole in Saskatchewan, Canada
Discovered August 6
SWIFT CURRENT. City crews spent the weekend making repairs to a portion of 6th Ave. N.E. after a sinkhole developed in the middle of the street around the 300 block.
The street was blocked off around 3 p.m. on Saturday afternoon when the sink hole suddenly appeared. A Swift Current Fire Department report notes that the hole was large and deep enough that a car could have easily fell into it. Fortunately, no vehicles were over the roadway when the cave in occurred.
A large natural gas line was exposed as a result of the sink hole, but there was no apparent damage to the line.
The cause of the sink hole is under investigation, and city crews excavated the area in order to conduct a full repair of the roadway.
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Large Sinkhole Opens in Downtown Ellsworth, Maine
Discovered Aug 2
ELLSWORTH, Maine — The Maine Department of Transportation and Ellsworth city officials said Thursday that they will have to analyze video of a failed drainage system that caused a large sinkhole in a major intersection before deciding how quickly the system must be repaired.
Early Tuesday, a sinkhole measuring 8 to 10 feet deep and 4 to 6 feet wide opened near the intersection of Routes 1 and 3, State Street and Water Street after heavy rains undermined the aging drainage system. The sinkhole was repaired quickly but officials warned at the time the fix was only temporary.
On Thursday, city crews descended under the street and used a camera to help assess the extent of the damage to the drainage system. Failures in both a metal culvert and a clay pipe led to the washout that eventually caused the sinkhole.
“What we are doing now is going over the information that we got today and determining what the best course of action is,” said Mark Latti, spokesman for the DOT. “Can we wait until the fall to make the repairs or do we need to act sooner?”
The ramifications of tearing up a busy downtown intersection in the middle of the summer tourist season quickly became obvious Thursday morning as traffic in all four directions began stacking up while the crews worked underground.
In addition to sending crews with a camera into the drainage system, the DOT also re-excavated the top layer of the temporary patch, which had settled under the weight of traffic, and filled it with new asphalt.
The entire intersection was closed at 9 a.m. and traffic had to be rerouted, although some lanes were quickly reopened.
Michelle Beal, Ellsworth city manager, said if major repairs have to be made soon, the city has told the DOT that they would hope the work could be done at night to avoid hurting downtown businesses, commuters and tourists.
As for Thursday’s work, Beal said city and state officials wanted to make sure they knew what they were dealing with.
“There was a sense of urgency that we just didn’t know how bad of a situation we had with that sinkhole,” Beal said.
Latti said a decision on how to proceed likely would come within a week or two.
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Large Sinkhole Closes Street in Montreal, Canada
Discovered August 2
MONTREAL - A sewer that's more than a century old broke in east-central Montreal, creating a sinkhole about five metres deep, according to the Ville Marie borough.Ville Marie borough spokesperson Jacques-Alain Lavallée said the sewer beneath the asphalt that collapsed was built in 1889.
The sewer broke on Ontario St. E. at Plessis St. on Tuesday evening, creating the sinkhole.
Repairs began Wednesday morning but Ontario St. E. remains open, Lavallée said.
However, Plessis St. will be closed between Ontario and Sherbrooke Sts. for about a week during the repairs.
Sidewalks will stay open.
Asked if pieces of asphalt could cave in elsewhere on Montreal’s streets, Lavallée said it's possible.
“The underground network is pretty old in Montreal. With the number of trucks, that has increased, and the number of cars and the vibrations - who knows?”
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Sinkhole Almost Swallows Minivan - Cincinnati, Ohio
Discovered Aug 1
CINCINNATI -- A broken water main almost sank a minivan on Monday.Fred Blankenship said the broken main caused a sinkhole to open on 70th Street, almost directly under the parked minivan.
Hot, Dry Conditions Blamed For Water Main Breaks
The van stayed out of the hole, but will likely have to be towed to allow crews to repair the water line.
The break is the second of the day in Hamilton County. Another break closed much of Ohio 32 near Beechmont Avenue.
Cincinnati Water Works said dry conditions were a factor in the breaks, with nearly 40 last month, compared to 16 in May.
Ohio 32 remains open despite the break.
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Large Sinkhole & Gas Leak in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Discovered July 29KENSINGTON - July 29, 2011 (WPVI) -- Officials are on the scene of a sink hole in Kensington where there is a water line leak and a strong odor of gas.
Firefighters were called out to the 2000 block of Sepviva Street around 10:00 Friday morning for a large sinkhole in front of 2017 and 2019.
The hole ended up stretching 30 feet long and sinking twenty feet deep.
PGW and the Philadelphia Water Department responded to the scene.
Gas feeder lines to two homes ended up being severed by the sinkhole, explaining the odor of gas. The gas main was not damaged. PGW has since capped those lines.
According to Laura Copeland, of the Water Department, there are water leaks on two service lines that supply one home with water. Those two lines have also been capped.
11 residents, including some senior citizens, have been evacuated at this time. All but two of those evacuated should be allowed back into their homes by this evening. The remaining two are the ones whose gas meter lines were ruptured.
So far, it does not appear that the structural integrity of any nearby homes has been compromised.
So far, no word on how the sinkhole developed.
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Massive Sinkhole in Burnsville, Minnesota
Discovered July 27BURNSVILLE, Minn. -- If you doubt the power of water, try taking a drive down County Road 11 in Burnsville.
Just be ready to slam on the brakes... hard.
An apparent water main break has triggered a massive sinkhole across the southbound lanes of County 11 between McAndrews and Palomino Drive.
The sinkhole is more than 30 feet deep and at least 30 feet across. Crews worked through the night on the problem and hope to have the road open sometime on Thursday or Friday.
Motorists called 911 just after 6 p.m. Wednesday night reporting water shooting up from the broken pavement. Eventually the road caved in, revealing the giant sinkhole.
The cause was a breech in a 50-year-old cast iron pipe located approximately 20 feet deep below County Road 11. Due to the depth and location of the main, southbound County Road 11 was closed to all traffic as crews dug to reach it.
The location of the break is about one block off Interstate 35E. Approximately a dozen area businesses were hooked up to a temporary water supply after losing service.
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Sinkhole Closes Interstate Off-Ramp - San Diego, California
Discovered July 27
SAN DIEGO — A sinkhole forced the closure of the Taylor Street off ramp from eastbound Interstate 8 early Wednesday and repairs could take most of the day, officials said.
A motorist reported to the California Highway Patrol at 1:24 a.m. that there was a hole in one of the off ramp lanes, the CHP website said.
The CHP closed both lanes and Cal Trans workers began repairs later in the morning. A worker at the scene said the dirt and pavement collapse may be related to recent installation of sewer lines nearby.
The hole was about three feet in diameter and four feet deep as of about 8 a.m., before workers began excavating the begin repairs, Cal Trans spokesman Steve Saville said. He said crews hope to fix the problem and open the ramp in time for the afternoon commute, perhaps about 3 p.m.
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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on July 27, 2011 at 1:12am
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Large Sinkhole in Carman, Manitoba
Discovered July 25This was more than just a regular pothole.
Town of Carman work crews were called out to 2nd Ave SE near the corner of First Street SE after receiving a call about a large sinkhole approximately six feet by five feet and about five feet deep, on the street.
Sonja Morrison, who lives near the site with her family, said they heard a "thump" and then a second louder one when they went outside their home to take a look at around 5:15 p.m. on Monday (July 25).
Collapsed
"By the time we came out it had fully collapsed," Morrison said. "It was fairly deep as well."
And after viewing the scene they were concerned about more damage underneath the street.
"I was a little worried about the amount of support under the road and if it would collapse further," she said.
Morrison said someone had called town work crews and they were on the scene "within minutes". The town workers closed off the road and remained at the scene overnight until construction crews arrived.
She added the construction crews have since torn up a larger part of the street for a major repair.
Over A Galvanized Sewer Pipe
The town's chair of works and operations, Coun. Brad Johnston said from their initial investigation, the part of the road that sank was over top of a galvanized sewer pipe.
"It would appear that sometime in the past they tried to repair it before with a galvanized pipe but those things just don't last as long," Johnston said. "There's a great big hole there this morning (Tuesday)."
He said from their initial reports a vehicle went over the area and softened the surface a little and then another vehicle went over it and sank a little further with some minor damage to the vehicle.
However, there were no injuries.
Johnston noted the town has a camera system and will be checking out other streets for potential problem areas.
He said while they didn't have an exact time when the street would be repaired and open to traffic again, the construction crews are experienced at doing these types of major repairs.
"It's too soon to tell but it's always amazing what they can do with their equipment."
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20-ft Sinkhole in Palatine - Chicago, Illinois
Discovered July 23The northbound lanes of Hicks Road in Palatine remained closed Monday because of a gaping, 20-foot sinkhole.
The hole, right below Hicks Road, was caused by a sewer line that collapsed following storms on Saturday that brought flooding and a record amount of rain.
The fire department told Palatine residents it could be nearly a week before the sinkhole is repaired, saying the sewer line needs to be fixed before construction starts on the road.
Hicks was closed from Rand to Dundee Road, and traffic was reduced to one lane in each direction.
A flood warning remained in effect Monday as flooded roadways continued to be cleaned up.
On Sunday in Wheeling, neighbors were back out with sandbags, dealing once again with an overflowing retention pond that ruined basements recently remodeled from the last flood.Hicks Road Sinkhole Could Take Another Month To Fix
The damaged sewer line and sinkhole that has closed part of Hicks Road will likely not be fixed for three or four more weeks.
Sergio Serafino, an engineer with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, said the damage to the sewer line was much worse than first thought.
Workers lowered a video camera into the sewer line Friday and discovered that more extensive work will be needed to repair the line. The damaged sewer line created a sinkhole that extended under the southbound lanes of Hicks Road near Dundee Road.
Hicks is down to one lane of two-way traffic in the area.
The sinkhole formed after 5.5 inches of rain fell in about a three hour period July 23. Previously, Sanjay Patel, north plant manager for the water district, said an evaluation of what caused the damage to the sewer line was ongoing.
Originally, officials believed that the sewer line and sinkhole could be repaired by Aug. 8. The plan was to repair the sewer line, fix the sinkhole, and then replace the part of Hicks Road that the sinkhole formed under.
The sewer line is located about 30 feet underground and is 69 inches in diameter.
Repairs have proved challenging from the start, Serafino said, adding that soil in the area was not good for the work they were doing. Early on officials realized they would need to install I-beams which slowed things down for several days, Serafino said.
The village of Palatine does not have jurisdiction over the sewer line. Also, the road is the jurisdiction of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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Huge Sinkhole Swallows Road in Louisiana
Discovered July 22
An open joint in a sewer pipe is to blame for the formation of a huge sinkhole in Jefferson Parish.
The opening in the ground formed on Friday, when the dirt beneath the asphalt shifted and left a void beneath the surface of the street near the intersection of Clearview Parkway and West Napoleon.
Crews spent the afternoon filling in the giant hole and traffic was expected to return to normal by Friday evening.
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