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Swallowed Up By The Ground: Sinkholes!

kamalktk said:
I didn't find a whirlpool thread, but I guess this is probably a sinkhole that opened under the water.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqROBTVgL6A
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You may be right.

There isn't a whirlpool thread, but there's a post about Scotland's Corryvrecken here:
http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewt ... 967#546967

and a reply by me at the bottom of that page about one in Strangford Lough, NI, but both these two are caused by strong tides, not sinkholes.

The Norwegian Maelstrom is also an effect of the tide:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maelstrom
 
Woman escapes after giant sinkhole swallows her car on US street
A woman driving along a street in Toledo, Ohio found herself trapped in a 30ft wide sinkhole which suddenly opened up in the road.
[video]
8:42AM BST 04 Jul 2013

A sinkhole in Ohio swallowed a car travelling down a street in Toledo, briefly trapping the driver, who climbed out after authorities lowered down a ladder to her.

Driver Pamela Knox saw the vehicle in front of her start to slip into the hole but drive beyond it.
But she was unable to avoid falling into the hole, which measured over 30ft wide and at least 10ft deep.

A Toledo police official said a water main break beneath the road may have caused the sinkhole.
Police said Ms Knox didn't appear to be hurt but was shaken and taken to a hospital as a precaution.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... ement=rhs1
 
[Video shows aftermath]

Sinkhole causes villa collapse

A sinkhole has caused a section of a villa to collapse in a resort in Florida.
Around 30 percent of the three-storey building collapsed on Monday morning and there is concern about another section of the villa which is sinking.
About 20 people were evacuated from the building before the collapse.

Millions of dollars of damage is caused by sinkholes in Florida every year.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23669910
 
ramonmercado said:
We're all doomed, at least the US is.
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This post would have gotten high praise on Godlikeproductions. :lol:
 
Not very big, but in an unusual place:

Aberavon-Bristol: Six-foot hole halts British & Irish Cup game

Bristol's British and Irish Cup game at Aberavon was abandoned after 69 minutes after a deep hole appeared on the Talbot Athletic pitch.
The visitors were leading 24-20 when the referee halted the game.

The ground staff spent 10 minutes trying to fill the hole, which Bristol described as six-feet deep, but it was deemed unsafe to continue play.

The referee noticed the hole after 69 minutes and the ground staff and fire brigade spent 10 minutes filling it before the game was abandoned.
The organising committee will decide whether Bristol's bonus-point victory will stand or be replayed.
The decision is likely to be announced later this week.

Bristol team manager John Harrison told BBC Radio Bristol: "The referee had his attention drawn to what he thought was a divot, which transpired to be a hole which we think was going to some sort of drainage channel.
"The fire brigade provided turf and soil to fill it in but we were concerned for the safety of the players.

"The referee's decision in this competition is final and he decided to abandon the game. As far as the result is concerned, that has to go to the organising committee."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/24596616
 
Here in Kiev hot water for the heating and taps is delivered from central boilers in the city along wide diameter pipes to all the homes and offices.

Sometimes these leak and very hot water comes out washing the ground under the tarmac away.

If you happen to be the unlucky motorist driving above such a chasm when the tarmac fails then you and your car fall into a hole full of boiling water which. unless you have a sunroof can make escape impossible.

Sounds hard to believe doesnt't it?

See below, I live in Podol but I don't drive.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/in ... ling_water

Hope no one minds me resurrecting the hole in the ground thread
 
Thanks for reviving this thread, XBergMann. I didn't know it existed ...

In recent years such stories have been accumulating in the Sinkholes thread.


Do the mods think these threads should be merged?
 
Field swallowed by sinkhole in Derbyshire.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...shire-caused-by-christmas-storms-9030642.html

130-ft-deep sink-hole in Derbyshire caused by Christmas storms

Torrential rain has caused the enormous ditch to appear in the Peak District

The Independent. Kashmira Gander. 30 December 2013


Torrential rain over the festive period has caused a 130-ft deep and 160-ft-wide sink-hole to form in the Peak District.

The growing hole that was part of the old Mill Dam Lead Mine near Buxton in Derbyshire, caved in overnight after water eroded the earth underneath, causing the whole area to collapse.

According to local people, the land began falling in on Sunday.

Electrical engineers assessed the site on Monday to decide how to re-route electric cables, after two poles were left dangling either side of the gaping hole.

Although there has not been any official reason for the ground collapsing yet, according to the British Geological Society, mining can be a factor in causing sinkholes. The process can cause the ground to fall in either by de-watering and lowering the water-table, or by intercepting clay filled voids which go on to collapse.

Several sinkholes in Norwich have been caused by old chalk mines intercepting otherwise stable sediment-filled voids.

Most areas in the UK susceptible to sink-holes are relatively small or are in upland rural locations, with the Peak District having a relatively small population of 37,905. Other areas include areas the Mendips, parts of Wales, and the northern Pennines including the Yorkshire Dales.
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Aerial drone films sinkhole damage
Aerial footage shows a huge sinkhole that appeared in Derbyshire after heavy rain
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7:51PM GMT 24 Jan 2014

YouTube user TeamSkyOpsUK posted a video shot from a flying drone, showing the damage done to a field in Derbyshire when a sinkhole appeared.

Villagers in Foolow in the Peak District said the huge hole appeared after heavy rain battered the area in December.
It is thought the rain caused part of the old Mill Dam lead mine to cave in, creating the 130ft deep crater.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... amage.html

Good quality, watch full-screen.
 
Family car disappears down 30ft sinkhole in driveway
[Video: The sinkhole appeared in the driveway and swallowed the family car]

A sinkhole measuring 30ft (9m) deep has opened up on the driveway of a house in High Wycombe and swallowed a car. :shock:
Nobody was inside the VW Lupo when the ground on Main Road in Walter's Ash gave way.
The vehicle is still at the bottom covered in rubble.

Firefighters said the hole was about 15ft (4.5m) diameter but left the scene after discovering no-one was inside. Wycombe District Council will now have to decide what steps to take next.

A Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: "Firefighters were called to a sinkhole which swallowed a parked car in the driveway of a house in Main Road, Walter's Ash.
"Firefighters placed a cordon around it and gave safety advice.
"The incident was handed over to building control at Wycombe District Council. Firefighters were at the scene for about an hour."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... s-26010192

Is there a history of mining there? Or is the country rock limestone? I'll be interested to get to the bottom of this (so to speak ;) )
 
I worked in Walters Ash for five years. RAF Strike Command is about half a mile down the road and presumed to sprawl out widely underneath the surrounding area.
 
Driveway sinkhole: Conran family speaks about VW Lupo hole shock

A family has told how their daughter could have been "buried alive" if she had been in her car when a 30ft (9m) sinkhole swallowed it up.
Nobody was inside the VW Lupo when the ground on Main Road in Walter's Ash, High Wycombe, gave way on Sunday.

Liz Conran, who lives in the house with her husband Phil, said the car belonged to their daughter Zoe.
"She was in absolute hysterics," she said. "It didn't dawn on us what had happened until after about an hour."
The vehicle is still at the bottom of the 15ft (4.5m) diameter hole and covered in rubble.
It is thought the hole has been caused by a mixture of mining tunnels beneath the ground and heavy rain.

The car is so far down that it cannot be seen from the house.
Describing the moment Zoe Smith realised her car was missing, she said: "I went to walk out the front door and obviously my car wasn't there and I thought 'Oh my that's a bit strange'.
"So I went back inside, looked out of the window thinking someone has stolen my car.
"There was just a crater at which point I screamed the house down.
"I'm quite lucky I've got parents who are good in a crisis and said its okay, its just a car and you weren't in it."

Mrs Conran said she was "very worried" about their family home.
"We are expecting the house insurance people to instruct engineers to come and have a look.
"The police would not let us stay here last night so we stayed with our neighbours.
"We are not sure whether they will try and get the car out because heavy machinery on the driveway is not a good idea.
"If my daughter had been in it at the time, she would have been buried alive. We are counting ourselves very lucky this morning."

Mr Conran said: "The initial shock was very quickly overtaken by relief.
"The car is completely full of earth, it could have been horrendous."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... s-26014076
 
Coincidentally, Tonight's Horizon is "Swallowed by a Sinkhole"!

2100 - 2200
 
50ft-deep hole appears on M2 in Kent

A 10-mile (16km) section of motorway has been closed in both directions after a 50ft (15m) deep hole appeared in the central reservation.
Long tailbacks built up after the M2 in north Kent was shut between junction 5, near Sittingbourne, and junction 6, south of Faversham.
The Highways Agency said the hole measured 16ft (5m) by 6ft (2m).

A spokeswoman said the road would be reopened "when it is safe to do so".
She said: "The road has been closed while urgent safety checks are made following a large hole opening up in the central reservation.
"Agency staff and contractors are working hard to inspect the hole and make the necessary repairs and lanes will be reopened when it is safe to do so."

She added that there were delays both east and westbound in the area of the closure and urged drivers heading to and from the port of Dover to use the M20 instead.
The agency said it was investigating what had caused the hole.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26143100
 
Eight Corvettes plunge into sinkhole at National Corvette Museum in the U.S.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/02/...ge-into-sinkhole-at-national-corvette-museum/

Eight vintage Corvettes — one of them the only one in existence — plunged into a giant forty-foot sinkhole Wednesday morning at the National Corvette Museum after the floor collapsed.

The accident occurred sometime around 5:30 a.m. Wednesday morning at the Corvette museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The hole began to form around 5:30 a.m., according to museum officials; power was lost at 5:39 and police were called to the scene.

When they arrived, personnel discovered a 40-foot sink hole between 25 and 30 feet deep.

“It’s pretty significant,” executive director Wendell Strode told the local Courier-Journal.

Staff removed one car, a 1983 Corvette, but others will remain in the ground until the structure surrounding the hole has been assessed.

Photos of the sinkhole and surrounding scene follow.



The following Corvettes dropped into the hole, according to WBKO News.

1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors

The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:

1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

The Courier-Journal reports sinkholes are frequent in Kentucky, where the museum is located.

“Bowling Green — about 60 miles northeast of Nashville, Tenn., and 100 miles southwest of Louisville, Ky. — is at the edge of a karst region where caves, springs and sinkholes are common,” the paper’s Mark Boxley wrote. “The main entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park is about 30 miles northeast of the city, but that cave system has more than 400 miles that have been explored.”
 
Very dramatic, it looks as if the cars were parked on cardboard with nothing underneath.
 
A quiet suburban street in Hemel Hempstead.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...hole-opens-up-in-hemel-hempstead-9130618.html

Homes evacuated after giant sinkhole opens up in Hemel Hempstead

Police say chasm is 20ft deep and 35ft wide

The Independent. Lizzie Dearden. 15 February 2014


Police have evacuated more than a dozen houses after a giant sinkhole opened up in a residential street in Hemel Hempstead.

Hertfordshire Constabulary said people were moved out of 17 homes in and around Oatridge Gardens for safety, although it has "mainly affected" the road.

The chasm, which is approximately 35ft wide and 20ft deep, could have been caused by rainwater washing away soil underneath the tarmac.

Police are assessing the situation with Dacorum Borough Council, specialist structural engineers and utilities companies.

Meanwhile, Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are urging people to avoid the area.

The hole opened up after a night of gales and torrential rain from the latest Atlantic storm to hit Britain.

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New sinkhole find: Croxley Green homes evacuated
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A house and three flats were evacuated on Sunday night after another sinkhole appeared in Hertfordshire.
The hole was found in a back garden in Croxley Green, near Rickmansworth.
The sinkhole is about 5ft (1.5m) by 5ft (1.5m) and 20ft (6m) deep. Residents were allowed back into their homes in the cul-de-sac on Monday.

On Saturday, 17 homes were evacuated in Hemel Hempstead as a sinkhole about 35ft (9m) wide and 20ft (6m) deep opened up in Oatridge Gardens.

Dr Vanessa Banks, of the British Geological Society, said heavy rain had led to a rise in sinkhole numbers.

Max Green, who lives in a flat in Oatridge Gardens, said it was a "bit of a shock" to be told about what happened on Saturday morning.
"At the moment we are stuck," he said.
"The road is closed, we can walk out a side gate, but can't get out by car. I think we'll be stuck for a couple of days."

Mr Green said the hole opened up in the front garden of one of the houses that fronts on to the main road.
"When I looked out of the window... all I could see were lots of police and gas engineers," he said.
"They were worried it could have caused damage to the gas pipes."

Rob Wheatley, who also lives nearby, said he believed the house on the corner, near where the hole had opened up in Oatridge Gardens, would have to be demolished.
"A tree has also fallen in to it," he said.

Dr Banks said: "Sinkholes have not been caused by the weather, they are triggered by the weather.
"The cause is the existence of a cavity at depth, be it artificial or natural. The trigger is water passing through the ground."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-be ... s-26224207
 
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