Saturday, November 1, 2014

2014 - OCT - Land Subsidence




2014-10-31 - Sinkhole causing dam problems at Boone Reservoir near Johnson City (Tennessee), 7 nuclear plants downstream:
http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/alert-sinkhole-under-tennessee-boone-dam-7-nuclear-reactors-downstream
http://www.disclose.tv/forum/sinkhole-under-dam-in-us-7-nuke-reactors-threatened-t101087.html
http://www.knoxnews.com/business/tva-announces-early-drawdown-of-boone-reservoir_68609213
http://www.wpsdlocal6.com/story/27168843/tva-drawing-down-boone-reservoir-for-repairs
http://www.thestate.com/2014/10/30/3779317_tva-drawing-down-boone-reservoir.html
http://www.wnct.com/story/27168846/tva-drawing-down-boone-reservoir-for-repairs
http://www.timesdispatch.com/news/virginia/ap/tva-drawing-down-boone-reservoir-for-repairs/article_b80838eb-9bc3-5338-af49-ae5b22753f8b.html

Quote: "TVA announced Thursday it will complete the winter drawdown of Boone Reservoir near Johnson City five weeks early so engineers can study the source of water seepage, after a sinkhole was discovered near an earthen embankment at the dam."

2014-10-31 - Huge sinkhole opens along highway in coastal Dongguan (China), second this year:
http://www.thenanfang.com/blog/huge-sinkhole-appears-in-dongguan-second-this-year/

2014-10-30 - Sinkhole opens on road in coastal Rockport (Massachusetts):
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/rockport-police-fire-rockport-dpw-set-to-tackle-sinkhole-repairs/article_c139bcfc-f0c0-5c26-a98f-7c3a7decbe7d.html

2014-10-29 - Landslide hits the island of Sri Lanka, 140 homes buried, 20 people killed, hundreds missing:
http://news.oneindia.in/international/sri-lanka-landslide-20-bodies-found-over-300-still-missing-1548578.html
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141029-45803-LKA
http://www.colombopage.com/archive_14B/Oct29_1414571466CH.php

2014-10-28 - Landslide hits Xiaoxin (China), 9 killed:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141028-45794-CHN

2014-10-27 - Sinkhole opens on street in coastal Seattle (Washington):
http://westseattleblog.com/2014/10/west-seattle-sinkhole-avoid-45th-sw-between-alaska-edmunds/
http://www.topix.com/forum/seattle/T9SRSJU751NBKI964
http://www.westseattleherald.com/2014/10/28/news/sinkhole-forms-45th-sw-near-junction

2014-10-27 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot in coastal Port Moody (Canada):
http://globalnews.ca/news/1639356/sinkhole-forms-above-evergreen-line-tunnel-boring-site-in-port-moody/
http://globalnews.ca/video/1640997/port-moody-sinkhole-filled/

2014-10-26 - Some streets to be closed for sinkhole surveying in sinkhole-friendly Harrisburg (Pennsylvania):
http://fox43.com/2014/10/28/several-harrisburg-streets-set-to-close-temporarily-for-sinkhole-surveying/

2014-10-24 - Sinkhole opens between two homes, both homes evacuated, in Maspeth area of coastal Queens (New York):
http://www.qchron.com/editions/central/maspeth-sinkhole-displaces-residents/article_915ba254-5bc6-11e4-a8dc-cf15d1d32d51.html

2014-10-23 - Sinkhole opens on Route 146 in Sutton (Massachusetts):
http://www.telegram.com/article/20141023/NEWS/310239593/1246

2014-10-23 - Sinkhole opens and swallows cement truck in Voronezh (Russia), near the Voronezh River:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2805029/Gulp-moment-giant-cement-mixer-swallowed-sinkhole-Russia.html
http://truckyeah.jalopnik.com/surprise-sinkhole-sucks-cement-truck-straight-to-hell-1649980214
http://www.powernation.tv/post/sinkhole-swallows-cement-truck-on-camera
http://www.carscoops.com/2014/10/sinkhole-suddenly-swallows-concrete.html

2014-10-22 - Sinkhole opens on street in Clarksville (Tennessee):
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/story/news/local/clarksville/2014/10/22/sink-hole-closes-road/17738637/

2014-10-22 - Sinkhole opens on the Greenway in North Augusta (South Carolina):
http://www.nbc26.tv/story/26868336/north-augusta-set-to-repair-sinkhole-on-greenway

2014-10-21 - Sinkhole opens on street, traps delivery truck, in Marine Park area of coastal Brooklyn (New York):
http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2014/43/mm-marine-park-sinkhole-2014-10-24-bk__2014_43.html

2014-10-21 - Sinkhole opens on street in West Frankfort (Illinois):
http://www.dailyamericannews.com/article/20141021/NEWS/141029882/-1/sports

Quote: "Street commissioner Tara Fasol-Chambers said the sinkhole is one block north of one that developed in May, and she confirmed that both sinkholes are related. The city has applied for a $200,000 grant to replace two blocks of tile on North Taft. Fasol-Chambers said the grant application was made after engineers ran a camera underground in that area and found that the concrete tile used has been eroded by sewer gasses."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is commonly called 'sewer gas' and it is indeed corrosive to steel and concrete...

2014-10-20 - Five landslides hit Hiroshima (Japan), at least 8 killed, 13 missing:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141020-45705-JPN

2014-10-20 - Landslide hits area in Kuala Kubu Bharu (Malaysia), 2000 people evacuated:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141021-45715-MYS

2014-10-20 - Huge sinkhole opens on private land in Wahiawa on the island of Oahu (Hawaii):
http://www.video11.com/world/a-giant-sinkhole-found-in-wahiawa-h151658.html
http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/watch/a-giant-sinkhole-found-in-wahiawa/vp-9bb14675-46de-4c42-89d7-8bb9ee9055a3
http://www.kitv.com/news/a-giant-sinkhole-found-in-wahiawa/29247592

2014-10-18 - Sinkhole opens on Pennsylvania Avenue in coastal Washington DC:
http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/Sinkhole-Repairs-to-Slow-Pennsylvania-Avenue-Traffic-279659902.html

2014-10-17 - Sinkhole almost 20 feet deep opens on Maple Road in Redhill (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/sinkhole-appears-in-redhill-road-7956727
http://www.haslemereuk.com/sinkhole-appears-in-redhill-road/

2014-10-16 - Sinkhole opens on road in coastal Waihi (New Zealand), cyclist falls in and breaks his neck, paralyzed:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11344041
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/10629882/Fall-into-Waihi-sinkhole-seriously-injures-man
http://www.msn.com/en-nz/news/national/bikers-sinkhole-pain-avoidable-brother/ar-BB9w7D5

Quote: "...he heard his neck break when he hit the ground."

Quote: "Then when the lights went out he knew he was there for the night."

Note: Apparently the sinkhole had been there for three weeks, but he didn't know, and he didn't see it...

2014-10-16 - Sinkhole opens on road, partially swallows SUV, in Manorville (New York), near the coast:
http://www.newsday.com/long-island/suffolk/suv-falls-into-sinkhole-in-manorville-police-say-1.9512192

Note: Pickup took out a hydrant first (unknown reason), but still, people turn the hydrants on (illegally) here in my city in the summer, to cool off, and water on the street doesn't usually collapse the street like that...

2014-10-15 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot in Asheville (North Carolina):
http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2014/10/15/huge-sinkhole-emerges-county-owned-site/17301147/

2014-10-15 - Sinkhole opens inside building, collapses chunk of floor, in coastal Kozhikode (India), 6 injured:
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Six-Injured-as-Canteen-Floor-Caves-In/2014/10/15/article2478170.ece

Quote: "According to canteen employees, around 100 persons were there when the incident occurred. 'I was catering food when the surface caved in with a thunderous sound. I could only see a big hole with people and a dining table in it,' said Shyamala, a staff."

2014-10-14 - Sinkhole opens, traps car, on Ashley Road in Walton (Britain):
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/car-trapped-sinkhole-opens-walton-7936966
http://www.haslemereuk.com/car-trapped-as-sinkhole-opens-in-walton/

2014-10-13 - Sinkhole growing and causing problems near road in DeKalb County (Georgia):
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/sinkhole-opens-along-busy-dekalb-road/nhhmJ/
http://www.myajc.com/videos/news/sinkhole-opens-up-along-busy-dekalb-road/vCxMym/

2014-10-11 - Sinkhole opens in commercial area in Tucson (Arizona):
http://www.nbc12.com/story/26745713/large-sinkhole-opens-in-commercial-area

2014-10-10 - Landslide hits Yan'an (China), at least 19 killed, 2 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20141011-45597-CHN

2014-10-08 - Large sinkhole collapses section of road in Holiday (Florida), near the coast:
http://www.wate.com/story/26741627/possible-sinkhole-opens-up-in-holiday-road
http://www.wsls.com/story/26741627/possible-sinkhole-opens-up-in-holiday-road
http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-pasco/holiday/neighbors-concerned-after-a-large-30-foot-deep-sinkhole-opens-up-on-blue-marlin-boulevard-in-holiday

2014-10-08 - Sinkhole opens on street in Denver (Colorado):
http://kdvr.com/2014/10/08/sinkhole-to-continue-snarling-traffic-on-colorado-at-exposition/

2014-10-07 - Sinkhole opens, swallows 10-point buck, near Decorah (Iowa), deer rescued:
http://www.kcci.com/news/10point-buck-rescue-from-iowa-sinkhole-is-caught-on-video/28989534
http://whotv.com/2014/10/07/deer-rescued-from-northeast-iowa-sinkhole/
http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/life/living-well/adventure-iowa/2014/10/07/decorah-friends-save-distressed-deer-from-sinkhole/16879005/

Note: The buck stops here!

2014-10-07 - Sinkhole opens at intersection in Glendale (Colorado):
http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/2014/10/07/sinkhole-may-take-24-hours-to-repair/16879099/

2014-10-06 - Sinkhole opens, partially swallows SUV, in Al Ain (UAE):
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/sinkhole-nearly-swallows-land-cruiser-in-al-ain-2014-10-07-1.565326
http://www.veooz.com/news/cHXvpn0.html
http://dailymail.org.uk/news/2420048/Sinkhole-nearly-swallows-Land-Cruiser-in-Al-Ain.html

2014-10-04 - Sinkhole drives woman from home in Ocala (Florida):
http://www.ocala.com/article/20141004/ARTICLES/141009861/1454?Title=Woman-leaves-her-home-due-to-sinkhole
http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20141005/ARCHIVES/410051067/
http://www.wopular.com/woman-leaves-her-home-due-sinkhole

2014-10-03 - Parking lot caves in on underground parking garage, truck swallowed, at business in Hillsdale (New Jersey):
http://www.northjersey.com/news/dump-truck-partially-falls-through-hillsdale-parking-lot-into-underground-garage-1.1102232
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2014/10/dump_truck_collapses_onto_hillsdale_parking_garage.html

2014-10-02 - Sinkhole found in Manheim Township (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wgal.com/news/large-sinkhole-found-during-stormwater-repair-in-manheim/28376278
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/sinkhole-shuts-down-manheim-intersection/article_11e179aa-4a95-11e4-853d-0017a43b2370.html

2014-10-02 - Cliff collapses into the North Sea along the Cleveland Way between Whitby and Robin Hood's Bay (Britain):
http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11507962.Popular_walking_route_collapses_into_the_sea/
http://www.newsyorkshire.co.uk/news/popular-walking-route-collapses-into-the-sea

2014-10-01 - Sinkhole opens, trout stream disappearing, near Ephrata (Pennsylvania):
http://lancasteronline.com/news/local/trout-stream-north-of-ephrata-disappears/article_6e60b4ec-4992-11e4-adec-001a4bcf6878.html

2014-10-01 - Sinkhole opens on Highway 321 in Gaston County (North Carolina):
http://triadnc.twcnews.com/content/headlines/607885/sinkhole-clogs-traffic-along-highway-321/

2014-10-01 - Sinkhole opens on road, swallows 4x4, in Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine):
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2776491/Flaw-floor-Lada-4x4-falls-giant-pothole-road-collapses-driver-came-halt-Ukraine.html

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