http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html?hp&_r=0
So much happening under our feet. Daily collapses of roadways due to the severe bow stretch, severe rains, crunching and land subduction all predicted in Zetatalk and all happening now. Last week in Utah a fatal road collapse killed a 14 year old girl and injured 2. It's painful to watch the planet crumble but we all knew it was coming.
Buildings collapsing.........a daily happening too. With responses about what's causing all these happenings ranging from, rain, human error, poorly constructed, yada yada.....BUT, that's not going to fly with people much longer. As soon as Planet X peers out at us from the sky, people will remember all the things that have happened up to this point and finally somehow, they will connect the dots. Some will be in extreme denial, others will be so afraid and look for someone to take care of them, and still others will stand up and be counted and prepare as best we could. There's no wishing this away, there's only pushing forward to a better tomorrow. While our infrastructure crumbles around us we need to learn to be more careful, tread softly, kiss your kids, love with all your heart. We are IN IT NOW.
I live in a house built in 1850 and it isn't falling down. Age does not mean collapse.
A building in Malone that has been standing for more than a century will no longer be a sight in the town. The building on Route 11, well known to many in the community, collapsed overnight. While no one was injured, our Rachael Paradis tells us why the town is in a rush to tear it down.
MALONE, N.Y. -- Neighbors in Malone stood in surprise, took pictures and even shared stories of a once popular tavern that started to crumble early Monday morning.
County Legislator Billy Jones said, "It's an old structure, it was a structure that was obviously unsafe."
The tavern/hotel was built in the early 1900'. It has been closed to the public for about 15 years and was condemned six months ago.
Franklin County Emergency Services Director Rick Provost, "We're unsure what occurred last night at 3 a.m. What we do know is this building has been on our list of buildings with issues."
Jones said, "Old things fall down."
Police closed off part off Route 11 to traffic and to people, out of concern the rest of the building could fall down. Some in the community voiced concern over why this building, along with others like it in the area that haven't already been demolished. Officials say it comes down to money.
Provost said, "The high cost of abatement for these buildings really makes it tough for the county or the village to take those burdens on."
Jones, "We just have to come up with a plan to start taking some of these building down so we don't run into this problem going forward."
The demolition is only expected to take hours, but cleaning up the area is a different issue. Officials say it could be weeks before the site is completely cleared.
http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/551123/100-year-old-bu...
LAKE ELSINORE: Water leak causes street collapse
Temporary repairs to a section of Joy Street in Lake Elsinore are in place today after a 1-inch water line gave way, causing 80 feet of the roadway to collapse and the asphalt to buckle.
The leak, caused by a 6 to 8-inch diameter tree root, was reported late Thursday in a line that leads to several duplexes on Joy between Machado Street and Riverside Drive, and behind Machado Elementary School.
Water service was restored to the 34 customers early Friday morning, said Greg Morrison, spokesman for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.
Water district and contractor crews spent much of Friday removing the damaged asphalt on the southbound side of Joy and laying down a temporary patch. The road was opened in both directions by late afternoon.
"That way the road will be open completely for the entire weekend," Morrison said.
Crews will return Monday and trench from curb to curb to permanently repair the 1-inch line.
On Tuesday, a paving company will remove the patch, put down new base and repave one side of Joy, Morrison said. Work on the other side will take place on Wednesday.
"That way on Tuesday and Wednesday we'll be able to keep on
http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_spipe23.38e27e6...
County workers are testing for sinkholes but the work is proceeding methodically because of utility lines at the intersection, according to a Hillsborough County spokesman.
Several lanes at the intersection of Windhorst Road and Parsons Avenue in Brandon remained closed for the indefinite future as county workers tread carefully in determining what caused a section of the roadway to collapse July 19.
“We have to be really careful at that intersection because there are lots of utility lines in the area,” said Hillsborough County spokesman Patrick Murray. "We have a sewer line and a water line there and we have to make sure there are no other utilities, so we have to be careful drilling.”
At the scene, late afternoon July 22, barricades were seen at the intersection, with drilling under way.
Crew workers first believed a 16-inch sewage pipeline beneath the intersection might have caused the collapse of the 6-foot-square section of roadway on July 19, according to a county report.
But the sewer line was dug up and found to be intact. Now the county is testing the intersection for sinkholes — but carefully, as Murray noted.
Additional detours and lane closures are possible as crews dig up the line for inspection and any necessary repairs.
Motorists who must travel through the intersection are warned to expect delays.
http://brandon.patch.com/articles/windhorst-parsons-roadway-collaps...
At least one eastbound lane of Road near Etley Avenue and Cave Hill Cemetery will be closed during Thursday morning’s rush hour after a 48-inch brick sewer collapsed Wednesday evening.
Crews noticed a depression in the road before discovering the sewer had collapsed, and the area will be excavated Thursday morning, said Metropolitan Sewer District Executive Bud Schardein.
He said it was too early to tell what caused the collapse, but age was a likely factor. That part of the sewer was built in the 1880s and could have been weakened from an unusually wet spring.
“With all the wet weather we’ve had this past spring, that has a tendency to undermine the mortar,” Schardein said.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/307200099/Se...
Road collapse might have killed Colorado family
CARBON COUNTY (wpr) - Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths might have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes.
It had been raining for hours Monday night when local authorities warned the Constantinides family, among others, about potential flood conditions near North Brush Creek Campground around midnight.
Not long afterward, the family's van drove into a washed-out portion of Wyoming highway 130 and was swept about 75 yards down Brush Creek. Laurel Constantindies and her three daughters died.
The husband and father, Alex Constantindies, who had grown up in Laramie, survived and escape the vehicle. He and a passerby later rescued Carbon County Emergency management Coordinator John Ziegler, whose car washed out while he was trying to assist in flood protection efforts.
Ziegler said he was "very fortunate" to have survived.
Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to the roadway early Tuesday morning. He says preliminary assessments indicate the creek swollen with rain and snowmelt may have undermined the roadway over some hours and then gouged a 25-foot-wide, 9-foot-deep hole in a matter of minutes.
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain/article/1/0/183...
8, Yunnan” in the history of the most short-lived highway “a serious collapse destroyed sections of the site. After investigation, the highway there in time duration and other issues. Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Hai and Ning She
Recently, Yunnan Province, Internet users post, said the new Xinping county secondary road test three estuary opening day collapse occurs, resulting in 2 dead 2 injured. Internet users have questioned this “the most short-lived highway” Why just fix it collapsed, was “too much rain” or “bad way”?
After the incident, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were dispatched to investigate a group of experts, the group that really belongs to all “natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall.”
collapse of the vehicle crash on
recently, Internet users “pass,” said Post, June 27, Xinping County of Yuxi City, three city secondary road test the opening of the estuary collapse occurred the next day, resulting in a vehicle passing through here turn under the cliff, killing two people died inside the car and two others injured, highway interrupted. For the cause of the accident, the local government is a single point of heavy rain caused by a natural disaster.
7 8, correspondent along the new road to the scene three, the road there are construction workers on the highway guardrail, drainage and other construction, from time to time some sections of earth and rock rolled down from the hills.
close to the scene of the accident, the construction set up roadblocks on the road side. In the new three road K25 +450 to K26 +480 road, the reporter saw a total of three road damage, including two collapsed, a surface crack. Road accident at the hillside, two-way four-lane have collapsed, a lot of rocks, soil and concrete was rushed into the street of the valley.
“red water collapsed roadbed”
Zhang Xinping County Department of Transportation Secretary BU has introduced three new roads through villages and towns in Xinping County 8 19 village committees, with a total mileage of 90 kilometers . Road along the fragile geology, disasters, floods and geological disasters have been more serious.
accidents mainly due to heavy rains led to a single point of soft roadbed, road ditches and culverts to be above the blockage, and finally the formation of water as a waterfall of impact, resulting in collapse of highway roadbed.
Bu there are rules that highway design, construction and supervision units are selected strictly in accordance with the bidding system, procedural compliance and found no serious design flaws, quality of construction or supervision of omissions.
collapse occurred Sections of the construction unit project manager Jiangzu Long introduction, the unit will subcontract work to the successful construction services company, the project head of engineering equipment and materials, and is responsible for management and technical guidance, service company only the labor force, which is not labor sub-subcontract, the state permitted by law.
he said, in strict accordance with design drawings for construction, engineering, quality is no problem, Lu Jisong soft infiltration and erosion is mainly caused by the floods.
no quality problems, experts say
afterwards, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were sent experts to the scene. The Group believes that: section of the incident transverse slope steep terrain, poor geological conditions, heavy rainfall increased the hydrostatic pressure, the formation of collapse, is a heavy rainfall-induced natural disasters.
Yunnan Provincial Communications Department who participated in the survey, experts say, from the survey of the situation, roadbed, retaining wall strength and so meet the requirements and found no quality problems.
subsidy investigation in time duration for the fight
accused of the most short-lived road not approved the first building, not the acceptance that the opening test
Reporter learned that the investigation, three new road opened in October 2009 to build, and design in May 2010 before the Provincial Communications Department has been approved, there is “not approved prior to construction” and “time duration” issue. Not hand over the road in case of acceptance of test traffic violations, and plans to be held on 30 June the opening ceremony, canceled after the accident.
construction personnel, three new road along the geological environment is complex, time is short, heavy task in building a post, Xinping shouted “make a big quick-drying 60 days,” the slogan of the progress of the projects Forced , post workers overtime work.
what makes engineering so catch it? Reporters learned that, in addition to travel to meet the requirements of the masses, more important reason is that for national road toll for the abolition of two grants. According to the policy, the new secondary roads shall be June 30 this year, opened to traffic, or can not enjoy the state’s two highway toll abolition of subsidies.
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JERUSALEM, October 3, 2011 (WAFA) – A Palestinian building in Wadi Helwa area, in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan, suffers from serious cracks in its walls which could lead to its collapse as a result of the Israeli digging of tunnels under the neighborhood to connect it to the old city, Monday said a member of the Committee for the Defense of Silwan, Fakhri Abu Diab.
He said many serious cracks appear in the building, as a result of the ongoing digging by Israeli authorities down the road of Wadi Helwa and near a recently opened tunnel, putting the life of the Palestinian family in danger.
The family said that it used to hear the sound of drilling machines around the clock, particularly at night.
Abu Diab said an Israeli engineer visited the building and was astonished when he saw its state, saying immediately that its foundations must be reinforced. The building, which belongs to Abu Rmeileh family, is still in bad condition and poses a real threat to the lives of its residents
Night video recording on landslide on Armenia-Georgia border (video)
October 03, 2011 | 14:57
YEREVAN. – Armenian News-NEWS.am submits video from the site of road collapse, which occurred on Vanadzor-Bagratashen road near the Ayrum station. According to the Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations, seven people are missing as a result of the landslide.
Rescue works continue at the accident site, Emergency Situations Ministry informed Armenian News-NEWS.am.
Hotline is available at the Ministry: + 010-52-96-90, 010-36-02-97, 060 44 02 38.
As Armenian News-NEWS.am reported earlier, by the decision of Armenian PM, an operative team is formed to eliminate the effects of the landslide in Tavush Region. According to recent reports, 36 vehicles are under the landslide. Instead of the landslide-affected section of the Vanadzor-Bagratashen road of M6 Interstate Highway, the Vanadzor-Dilijan-Ijevan-Bagratashen bypass is currently in operation. Relevant governmental bodies ask drivers to refrain from traveling via Vanadzor-Bagratashen road.
The road is cleaned up, but landslide hazard continues.
At least 11 people were injured this morning after a sound tower mounted in the City neighbourhood of Palermo collapsed during a marathon awards ceremony.
The structure collapsed at 10.40 am during the awards ceremony for those who participated in the 4 and 10 kilometers categories. The tower was mounted near the intersection of Figueroa Alcorta and Monroe avenues.
All injured people were immediately taken to hospitals Pirovano and Juan A. Fernández. Among the injured were two minors of 1 and 11 years old.
http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/80520/sound-tower-collapse...
September 27, 2011
A stretch of Leeds Road, Bradford, has been closed after a building partially collapsed tonight.
Emergency services were called to the Lux Lighting Ltd building, close to the Shell filling station shortly after 6pm.
The building is undergoing renovation but no casualties have been reported.
The road is expected to stay closed until the building can be made safe with police diverting traffic.
http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/9274402....
A broken water line in Fallbrook caused flooding and water damage to an alley on Sunday morning.
The flooding was first reported at 8:05 a.m. in an alley near the 2500 block of Olive Hill Road, according to the California Highway Patrol and the Fallbrook Public Utilities District.
The flooding prompted water service to be turned off in the area, which mainly affected nurseries, according to Chris Miller, spokesman for the Fallbrook Public Utilities District.
Officials said no homes were without water and businesses were notified.
A 10 by 20 foot area of asphalt in the area began to collapse due to the flooding, said Miller. "The pieces are slowly falling in,” he added.
The repairs were expected to be finished later in the day on Saturday.
Source: Pavement Collapses After Flood Damage in Fallbrook | NBC San Diego
http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Pavement-Collapses-Flood-Dama...
Some people will wake up to damage Friday morning after winds of 30 to 35 mph with gusts of up to 50 mph hit parts of the area overnight.
Strong winds overnight could be the cause of a building collapse in Little Village and a fire in Glenview, among other local damage.
Winds of 30 to 35 mph with gusts of up to 50 mph hit parts of the area overnight, knocking out power to about 27,000 ComEd customers. As of Friday morning, 6,200 were still without power, including 3,000 south of the city and 2,100 in the western suburbs.
Bricks from a Little Village home's second floor fell down to the sidewalk, exposing the attic. The bricks littered the sidewalk and smashed two cars parked near 23th and California. No one was injured. The homeowners are responsible for cleaning up the debris on the sidewalk.
The gusts also brought down a power line in Glenview. The wire started to spark and arch on the ground, starting a fire. No injuries were reported.
Out on the Indiana toll road, all triple trailers and some long doubles have been banned from the western part of the highway. The ban is expected to last until 2 p.m.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Wind-to-Blame-for-Building-Col...
A water main burst Friday afternoon along Sherwood Avenue, between Rumble Road and Woodrow Avenue, near Birchwood Court in Modesto.
The water quickly flooded the street and made it nearly impassable.
Police were called in to handle the traffic as city crews worked to repair the ruptured pipe.
But crews reportedly were still on site late Friday because the high volume of water apparently weakened the soil and caused a portion of the road to collapse.
http://www.modbee.com/2011/09/30/1884969/crews-fight-flood-in-modes...
September 30, 2011 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- High winds and strong waves created a dangerous situation along the Lake Michigan shoreline from the city to northwest Indiana Friday.
Sections of the path along the lake have been closed.
Joggers and bicyclists had to dodge high waves. Some people were knocked down and nearly dragged into the lake. The path is now closed between Oak Street and Fullerton because of the dangerous conditions.
New closures along the lakefront paths seem to be changing by the hour. The main message is to stay away. The wind whipped up the waves, causing hazardous conditions. Dangerous waves crashed over Oak Street Beach.
Emergency crews descended to prevent team from getting hurt.
"It was out of control. You couldn't walk. It was pushing you to the side," said Carmen McNealy.
Police say people are intentionally disregarding barricades. Some runners say they came out to the lake just to see the unruly waves.
"We came out here on purpose because of the wind today, because we knew it would be beautiful on the lake," said runner Lee Langill.
Police say the waves are pushing up concrete near North Avenue Beach, and boaters are being warned about the rough conditions.
Powerful winds overnight are being blamed for the falling of the facade of a vacant home(There's that word again...the house fell down) onto a street, throwing bricks onto parked cars on West 23rd Street in Little Village near California Ave. No one was injured.
The wind is also being blamed for snapping power lines around the city and suburbs. A downed power line in Glenview crackled and sparked on the ground, starting a small fire. No one was hurt there.
"I was just sleeping and heard the wind was hard, and it just blew it over. I heard the wind and afterwards heard the big bang," said Joel Roman,
The wind also pushed a shopping cart through the parking lot at a Target store in Niles. In some places, the wind reached 50 miles per hour.
On the roadways, the Indiana Toll Road has temporarily banned some big rigs from the western part of the toll road.
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=8373745
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