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://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/05/21/5-die-in-33-foot-sinkhole-tha...

5 die in 33-foot sinkhole that opened up in China

By Agence France-Presse Tuesday, May 21, 2013 11:09 EDT

                                                

                                       

Topics: china ♦ Shenzhen

 

Five people died when a 10 metre (33 feet) wide sinkhole opened up at the gates of an industrial estate in Shenzhen, the southern Chinese boom town neighbouring Hong Kong, local authorities said Tuesday.

The Shenzhen Longgang district government said on its verified page on Sina Weibo, China’s version of Twitter, that five people had died and added that it was investigating the incident.

The sinkhole formed just outside the Huamao Industrial Park in Shenzhen on Monday evening, at a time when many factory workers would have been changing shifts, according to the website of Beijing-based newspaper the Guangming Daily.

The state-run Shanghai Daily newspaper said that rescuers saved one man.

Reports said it was unclear how many people had fallen into the hole in total, but the search was continuing on Tuesday.

Sinkholes in China are often blamed on construction works and the country’s rapid pace of development.

Surveillance cameras in March captured images of a security guard being swallowed by a sinkhole, also in Shenzhen.

Two months ago a man was killed when his bedroom was swallowed by a eight metre (25 feet) sinkhole in Florida, in the US.

[Howard]

Indoor Sinkhole Swallows Man on Forklift in New Jersey (May 20)

A forklift operator was swallowed by a 10-foot-deep sinkhole when the floor of the New Jersey warehouse where he was working gave way underneath him.  The hole was described as being about 40 feet by 40 feet wide.

Officials said the man was rescued and taken to a hospital with minor injuries after the fall into the hole in East Rutherford Monday afternoon.

The warehouse, which stores nonperishable food, was evacuated after the floor collapsed.

Rescuers said the forklift helped protect the man, shielding him from being crushed when he fell.

Sources

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Man-Sinkhole-East-Rutherford-N...

http://www.northjersey.com/news/208158721_Sinkhole_allegedly_swallo...

[Howard]

Another Car Swallowed By Sinkhole - China (May 15)
The Chinese family had been driving in Hetian, western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, when the road suddenly collapsed and the front of the car fell in.

This is the bizarre moment a family of five got the shock of their lives when a giant sinkhole opened up and swallowed their car.

The Chinese family had been driving in Hetian, western China’s Xinjiang Autonomous Region, when the road suddenly collapsed and the front of the car fell in.

Father Alimu, whose wife and three children were also in the car, was unable to open the door as the sinkhole got bigger over the next 30 minutes until their vehicle almost completely disappeared.

Unable to open his door, Alimu and his wife were forced to clamber into the back and escape that way with their children.
It was eventually pulled out using a crane, covered in mud and with a crumpled front.

Sources

http://www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/world-news/item/121...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4930274/Monster-sinkhole-...

[Howard]

Maryland Sinkhole Almost Swallows Car (May 14)

A Maryland driver was just trying to run to the store but instead got stuck in a gaping mud hole.

City crews say a water main break is to blame but they are not sure how it happened.

The driver says he was just pulling out of his driveway and started to sink into the ground.

He was able to get out safely.

"The car was... it was level at one point; then it just started to crumble, I mean, fall into the road," said Quency Bynum, lost car in a sinkhole. "It's a wash. Once all the electronic components get wet, it’s a wash."

The car has since been pulled out of the sinkhole.

Nearly 100 neighbors are without water while crews work to fix the pipes.

Source

http://www.abc57.com/news/national-world/Maryland-sinkhole-almost-s...

[Derrick Johnson]

Winnipeg, Sinkhole shuts down Garden City streets

 

A large sinkhole has created a dangerous situation for drivers and people walking in the Garden City area.

The hole opened up Sunday afternoon at the corner of Ashbury Bay and Airlies Street.

It’s around 10 feet wide and about five feet deep.  It is filled with water.

Sunday afternoon telephone companies and Manitoba Hydro were assessing the situation.

Police have shut down a block in every direction.

http://globalnews.ca/news/555845/sinkhole-shuts-down-garden-city-st...     

[KM]

http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2013/05/huge_north_londo...

Huge North Londonderry Township (Pennsylvania) sinkhole stymies local, state, federal officials

Nobody knows what to do about a huge sinkhole that opened in North Londonderry Township following Tropical Storm Lee (Monica von Dobeneck)

By Monica Von Dobeneck | Special to PennLive

on May 10, 2013 at 10:20 AM, updated May 10, 2013 at 10:21 AM

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Beth Steffan was terrified the night Tropical Storm Lee let loose its deluge on her North Londonderry Township home in 2011.

She watched from her window as her yard disappeared into a sinkhole, just feet from her house. She listened as her home cracked and creaked and tilted toward the gaping hole in what was once a storm water retention pond.

Her husband Brad eventually made it home from Hershey through the flood waters, and they made their escape. But it was two months before their home was deemed safe enough to enter so they could retrieve their belongings.

Every wall in the home belonging to Brad and Beth Steffan has cracksMonica von Dobeneck

 The house will be torn down soon, too damaged to repair, but the sinkhole remains, and no one knows what to do about it.

The Steffans are not the only ones who are worried. So are their neighbors in their Windsor Crossing development. 

The damage is spreading, and neighbors worry about their property values. A home next to the Steffans on Pajabon Drive, owned by Joann Grimm, has already been torn down. Sinkholes are creeping under the fence of property belonging to neighbor Gerald Dougherty.

Neighbors approached Lebanon County Commissioners in April to ask for help. Commissioners said they would contact state and federal officials to see if anything can be done, then convene another meeting.

View full sizeThe retention pond was on private property, but drained storm water from the whole Windsor Crossing developmentMonica von Dobeneck

 They held that meeting Wednesday. North Londonderry Twp. supervisors, state representative Mauree Gingrich, and representatives of state senator Mike Folmer and U.S. Representative Charlie Dent were there.

Commissioner William Ames opened up the meeting by telling the audience what they had learned: Nothing.

“I have heard nothing new and refreshing,” he said. “There are no new discoveries or anything.”

The government officials said there is nothing they can do to help because the retention pond is on private property, and is therefore the responsibility of the property owner.

“We have hundreds of sinkholes in Lebanon County,” commissioner Jo Ellen Litz said. “If every tax payer asked for help for sinkholes, it would bankrupt the county.”

Although the pond is on the Steffans' property, it drained storm water from all 35 homes in Windsor Crossing and the streets.

Brad Steffan said he knew when he bought the property that he would be responsible for maintaining the retention pond. He thought that meant mowing the grass, not spending a quarter million dollars to repair it. He had already repaired smaller sinkholes from earlier rains at his own expense.

“A retention pond is built to accept the water of the township,” he said. “I unknowingly bought into this. Now I'm caught in this, the neighborhood is caught in this. We're looking to our government to help us.”

Steffan said his insurance company paid to build them another home elsewhere, but would not cover damage to the yard. FEMA, which provided money for flood damaged homes after Lee, would also not cover the sinkhole, he said.

Keith Kilgore, solicitor for North Londonderry Twp., suggested forming a homeowners' association and getting everyone to pitch in to repair the sinkhole, and then take over ownership of the property.

Steffan said it could be a hard sell to convince residents farther from the sinkhole to pay thousands of dollars each when there is no guarantee the fix would last.

Loli Thomsen, whose property abuts the Steffans', asked why the development and its storm water management system were approved by the township and county to begin with. She pushed the officials again and again for help.

County officials said the plans met code when they were approved in 2002, so they could not legally reject them. Regulations have become more stringent since, they said. 

Litz said the pond was developed for a 100 year flood, but Lee was considered a 500 year flood. It was “an act of God” and not government's responsibility, she said.

She said maybe the state should pass new legislation so this doesn't happen in the future, maybe by making sure the developer or a homeowners association maintains ownership of storm water retention ponds.

[KM]

http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/con...

Sinkholes are causing a big headache for Hernando County leaders (Florida)

A report Hernando County’s property appraiser put together for county commissioners is full of some sobering information about sinkholes.

By Ferdinand Zogbaum, Reporter
Last Updated: Friday, May 10, 2013, 9:15 AM

HERNANDO COUNTY -- 

Sinkholes are causing a big headache for Hernando County homeowners and officials.

A report Hernando County’s property appraiser put together for county commissioners is full of some sobering information about sinkholes.

County leaders like it when sinkhole damage to a home is fixed, but according to the property appraiser, many damaged homes are not getting fixed. That’s costing the county a lot of tax money because the values of the houses are cut in half.

Commissioner Dave Russell says it comes out to about $1 million of tax revenue lost a year.

“Everything is on the table at this time," Russell said. "We can’t just throw our hands up, roll over and except what’s happening. We need action.”

A few ideas are being tossed around like contacting FEMA to see if some relief is available, checking in with other counties to see how they’re dealing with the problem and sending letters to homeowners.

County leaders say they are going to keep things legal but they need to do something to fix the problem.

According to Hernando’s property appraiser there are 6,106 homes in the county with confirmed sinkhole activity. Only 2,726 have been fixed.

[Howard]

Road Collapses in Greene County, Mississippi (May 2)

(Courtesy of bill)

Stringfellow Road is disappearing and county officials aren't sure what's causing the collapse.

It's the second time in less than a year that the road has collapsed.

Greene County District 4 Supervisor Wayne Borrow and Emergency Management Director Trent Robertson are working with other agencies to pinpoint the source of the problem. until they get some answers, the entire road is closed.

Source

http://www.wlox.com/story/22156296/rain-causes-road-collapse-in-gre...

[Andrey Eroshin]

26.04.13. Sinkhole depth of 30 meters and 4500 sq m opened on mine of Ezhou, Hubei, China

www.huaxiazhisheng.com%2F2013%2Fbgzx_0426%2F3127.html 

[KM]

http://fox13now.com/2013/04/27/sinkhole-closes-roads-may-disrupt-wa...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — A sinkhole that opened in a road in Taylorsville could cause water service disruptions in the area, and it will close nearby roads until at least Monday.

The sinkhole opened near 5400 South and 3200 West after an old metal pipe connecting drainage lines under the road collapsed.

The hole is about 6 feet wide on the surface, but under the asphalt it’s about 20 feet deep.

All northbound and southbound lanes on 3200 West and 5400 South in the area will be closed until at least Monday. Residents can expect disruptions to their water service as crews work to repair pipes and refill the sinkhole.

Taylorsville City Spokeswoman Aimee Newton said they are working to solve the problem as quickly as possible.

“Taylorsville city officials are doing everything they can to assist UDOT in taking care of this,” she said. “We have our emergency personnel out here to make sure that the traffic flow isn’t hampered too greatly, and [they’re] doing a great job on trying to keep things moving.”