Swallowed Up By The Ground: Sinkholes!

[RaM]

We have salt mines round here the place is scattered with flashes from collapses,
lovely blue color, at least one farm as been swallowed up, they were closed a few
years back but now they want to store gas in the salt.
One thing puzzles me is that these blue flashes must be salty but are the home to
fresh water fish, and they must be incredibly salty as they have been allowed to
reach saturation point to stop further collapses, one cavern was said to be high
enough for one and a half Blackpool towers till they flooded and went over
to brine extraction.
This link is to a article in the local rag about the mines.
https://www.lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/dangers-beneath-lancashires-fields-191116

 

[escargot]

We have salt mines round here the place is scattered with flashes from collapses,
lovely blue color, at least one farm as been swallowed up, they were closed a few
years back but now they want to store gas in the salt.
One thing puzzles me is that these blue flashes must be salty but are the home to
fresh water fish, and they must be incredibly salty as they have been allowed to
reach saturation point to stop further collapses, one cavern was said to be high
enough for one and a half Blackpool towers till they flooded and went over
to brine extraction.
This link is to a article in the local rag about the mines.
https://www.lep.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/retro/dangers-beneath-lancashires-fields-191116

Scary!

Salt mines in Cheshire are used for storage of government documents. There are videos on YouTube of the mines. They are truly immense.

Cheshire flashes aren't blue, just the normal muddy lake colour, but are well-used for angling and boating.*
I learned to row and family members sail yachts there.

According to the flood projection maps I came across a while ago, most of Cheshire will be back under seawater in 20 years anyway.

*There is a caravan park near one where a toddler drowned a few years ago. He'd got up early, gone for a walk to the flash and drowned.
He was seen on way by a staff member who took no action.
Reading about that gave me a couple of bad nights. I'd've bloody well stopped him and have indeed done similar.

 

[RaM]

I was told we would be under water in 10 years 30 years back, and Preston would
be the seaside, Cheshire will be dry enough for us to be buried under it when old
age eventually wins over the NHS,
Been to the Cheshire mines a few times for truck loads of salt but it's so long ago
I cant remember what it was like but it will have changed many times since I would
think.

 

[escargot]

I was told we would be under water in 10 years 30 years back, and Preston would
be the seaside, Cheshire will be dry enough for us to be buried under it when old
age eventually wins over the NHS,
Been to the Cheshire mines a few times for truck loads of salt but it's so long ago
I cant remember what it was like but it will have changed many times since I would
think.

The projection maps show half of Chester under water, or at least 'below annual flood level' by 2030.

 

[RaM]

That’s only 7 years it better get a move on, bet you 50p it doesn’t happen

 

[Tigerhawk]

Snail talking about salt....

I like to live dangerously.

We were married?

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