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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http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/14/21451841-florida-sinkhol...

Florida sinkhole swallows boat and swimming pool, threatens homes

NBC News

A sinkhole formed between two houses in Dunedin, Fla., early Thursday morning.

By Elizabeth Chuck, Staff Writer, NBC News

Another large sinkhole has formed in Florida, causing parts of two homes to collapse and swallowing a boat and a backyard pool.

The sinkhole in Dunedin, Fla., erupted early Thursday morning between the two houses, and by 8:30 a.m., had grown to a size of about 30 feet wide by 30 feet deep, Dunedin Fire Chief Jeff Parks said.

"There was apparently some work being done to try to fill in what they thought was a sinkhole beneath the house the last couple of days," Parks said. "The owner woke up this morning at 5:40 when he heard noises on his back porch and went out and found the sinkhole at that point."

A screened-in porch and a 14-foot-long boat at the homeowner's property had collapsed into the hole, and next door, the master bedroom and a swimming pool had gone in.

There were no injuries, Parks said.

Six homes in Dunedin — a city on central Florida's west coast — were evacuated, and power and utility lines were cut after officials arrived on the scene of the growing sinkhole. 

A sinkhole in Tampa, Florida, has opened up near several homes, damaging one of them.

"We don't have any type of equipment. We're waiting to see what the engineering company that was working on the house suggests. At this point, it's more of a wait-and-see type of thing," Park said.

Sinkholes are relatively common in Florida, but do not always cause major disruption or injuries. In February, a Seffner, Fla., man was killed when a massive sinkhole opened up underneath his family's home.

The death of the Seffner man had prompted one of the homeowners affected by Thursday's sinkhole to hire a sinkhole prevention company to do work on his house.

Engineers had been pouring grout into the house's foundation for the past two days, Michael Dupre told BayNews9.com in Florida.

"There was a sinkhole before and we knew there was sinkhole activity," Dupre told BayNews9.com. "After the Seffner sinkhole, we were scared. We've been dealing with our insurance company and finally two days ago, they started working on our house. Now it looks like our home is gone."

[Starr DiGiacomo]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/11/massive-sinkhole-chicago_n...

Massive Sinkhole Opens Up On Chicago's South Side

Posted: 11/11/2013 1:32 pm EST  |  Updated: 11/11/2013 1:35 pm EST

This one hasn't swallowed up three cars, but another massive sinkhole opened up Sunday evening on Chicago's South Side.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, a water main break caused the sinkhole to eat a section of South Wentworth Avenue near 124th Street.

Though the sinkhole was initially small,area residents say it grew significantly overnight, NBC Chicago reports. It has now overtaken half the road.

One resident told CBS Chicago she awoke Monday to the sound of the street collapsing and went outside to see the hole was now about 20-by-80 feet.

Residents on the block in the West Pullman neighborhood had their water temporarily shut off as the city worked to repair the broken water main.

[sourabh kale]

http://wnep.com/2013/11/06/sinkhole-swallows-construction-equipment/

MONTOURSVILLE , PA— A hole opened on a property and swallowed a piece of construction equipment in Lycoming County. It happened Wednesday at a home on Monroe Road in Montoursville.

[sourabh kale]

100 sinkholes found in Bohol after quake - Nov 2

Close to 100 sinkholes have been discovered in nine towns and one city in Bohol after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that shook the province on Oct. 15.

Environment officials said not all of the sinkholes posed dangers to the public as long as no houses were built over them.

In Poblacion Uno village in the capital Tagbilaran City, however, 200 families were asked to leave their homes, as the structures were built on the roof of a sinkhole.

A sinkhole is a vacuum or cavern beneath the ground or topsoil waiting for an occurrence (earthquake or heavy rain) to rupture.

Bohol Gov. Edgar Chatto said a team from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) was assessing the sinkholes to determine which ones posed a threat to the public.

The eight-member team is using a ground-penetrating radar to map the island for sinkholes.

Chatto said the mapping would be completed by the first quarter of 2014 and then the team would decide whether there was need for engineering intervention.

“Don’t worry. Bohol is a very safe place to stay,” Chatto told reporters on Friday.

“Makinig tayo sa mga scientists and experts (Let us listen to the scientists and experts).”

The sinkholes were found by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Central Visayas (DENR-7) in: Tagbilaran City and the towns of Baclayon, Corella, Alburquerque, Panglao, Dauis, Balilihan, Batuan, Loon and Carmen.

Ed Llamedo, DENR-7 information officer, said these sinkholes had been existing as long as 5.3 million years ago but only surfaced after the strong earthquake on Oct. 15 that killed more than 200 persons and destroyed or damaged P5 billion worth of infrastructure, churches, and public and private structures.

Llamedo urged local officials to implement force evacuation, monitor the sinkholes, put up road signs for sinkholes and cordon off exposed sinkholes.

Filling the sinkholes with cement will only be advisable after the MGB team gets a complete picture of the sinkhole below, he added.

Llamedo explained that their radar can produce an image indicating the diameter, depth, cave pillar and extent of the sinkholes.

The DENR issued a Geohazard Threat Advisory on Oct. 28, recommending the preemptive evacuation of 200 families whose houses were built on the cave roof of the sinkhole found in Poblacion Uno in Tagbilaran City. The sinkhole already ate up an interior road.

http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/519051/100-sinkholes-found-in-bohol-af...

[SongStar101]

Sinkhole 'swallows' house, 4 dead

http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/10/27/13/sinkhole-swallow...

MANILA-- Four people died as a sinkhole "swallowed" a house in Brgy. Ubojan, Antequerra, Bohol.

Sinkholes appeared in different parts of the province after the 7.2-magnitude earthquake that hit the Visayas last October 15.

The house belonged to the Barace family.

Two members of the family survived the incident. Saturnino Barace Jr., one of the survivors, waited for six hours before he was rescued. Half of his body was trapped in the rubble left behind by the sinkhole.

Relatives of the the family started unearthing the victims' bodies.

Authorities have reportedly put the area under surveillance as there are other cracks found near the area of the sinkhole.

Despite what happened, the remaining members of the Barace family are planning to return to the area.

[Andrey Eroshin]

09.10.13. Giant sinkhole 15 hectares in Dongbao, Jingmen, Hubei, China
http://news.21cn.com/domestic/difang/a/2013/1009/17/24380142.shtml

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[Derrick Johnson]

I-85 SB lanes closed for sinkhole repairs through Wednesday

 

 

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. —

The Georgia Department Of Transportation told Channel 2 Action News that the pavement collapse on Interstate 85 Monday that shut down two lanes of I-85 south has not happened in years on major metro Atlanta highways.               

"It's been a very rare thing. I've been with the DOT for 14 years and I don't recall seeing one on the interstate collapse like this. So it's pretty rare that it happens," said DOT spokesman Mark McKinnon. 

A broken water pipe and drain structure, along with heavy rain, washed away gravel under the road, causing the pavement to sink in the HOV lane on southbound I-85 north of Clairmont Road. 

A DOT contracting crew closed two lanes and has repaired the water main and drain structure. Repaving will begin Wednesday morning and it's expected the lanes will reopen in the early afternoon. 

DOT officials are advising motorists to use alternate routes. Some drivers told Channel 2's Tom Regan that they are already doing that. 

"I already take the back roads, so for now, I'm definitely not taking the interstate,” said driver Nayana Nair.  

A driver alerted authorities to the sinking pavement. Officials said they have no reports of vehicle damage related to the road collapse.

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/i-85-sb-lanes-closed-sinkhole-...    

[Derrick Johnson]

 

Sinkhole in Council Bluffs snarls I-80 traffic

Posted: Thursday, October 10, 2013 12:00 pm

By EMERSON CLARRIDGE and ANDREW J. NELSON World-Herald News Service

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa ¯ A major stretch of a metro area’s road system is out of service for much of today,after a sinkhole opened up under Interstate 80 in Council Bluffs and portions of the eastbound lanes collapsed.

No one was injured and no crashes were reported after the lanes fell in about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to Bluffs police.

The Iowa Department of Transportation said the eastbound lanes between the Missouri River and the South Expressway exit in Council Bluffs will be closed through late afternoon as repairs are made.

The section of freeway where the sinkhole opened is also part of Interstate 29. The collapse will also affect motorists traveling to Glenwood, Kansas City and other points south.

Construction workers were digging under the Interstate to install a pipe when portions of the three eastbound lanes collapsed, creating an 8- to 10-foot-wide sinkhole that was 2 to 3 feet deep, police said. One of the workers called 911 to report the incident.

The collapse took place just east of the 24th Street exit.

Authorities turned around dozens of semitrailers and other vehicles near the site of the collapse, directing them onto the entrance ramp and then onto 24th Street. Cars and trucks backed up for several blocks at the intersection with Veterans Memorial Highway, as a long line of traffic waited to turn east.

http://www.starherald.com/news/regional_statewide/sinkhole-in-counc... 

[Andrey Eroshin]

19.09.13. Deep sinkhole depth of 20 meters in Sierra Grande, Argentina

http://pidolapalabrasg.com.ar/?p=2735

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[Mark]

Will the Dead Sea be eaten by sinkholes? Huge chasms are appearing in the region at a rate of one per DAY

The Dead Sea is drying up at a rate of one meter per year causing sinkholes

There are now over 3,000 sinkholes around the Dead Sea on the Israeli side 

This compares to 40 in 1990, with the first sinkhole appearing in the 1980s

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2424549/Will-Dead-Se...

The Dead Sea is drying up at an incredible rate leaving huge chasms of empty space in its wake.

These chasms appear in the form of large, devastating sinkholes and are increasing in number throughout the region.

Experts claim they are now forming at a rate of nearly one a day, but have no way of knowing when or how they will show up.

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The article goes on to blame the sinkholes on the fact that the Dead Sea is drying up, when the opposite is obviously the case.

Sinkholes don't appear because the ground dries up, they appear because the structure under the surface is compromised by being in the stretch zone and the water drains away!!!

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/moment/2013/09/the_...