Tuesday, July 1, 2014

2014 - JUN - Land Subsidence




2014-06-30 - Sinkhole opens on road in Marietta (Georgia):
http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/marietta/2014/06/30/sinkhole-blocks-one-lane-on-austell-road/11807803/

2014-06-30 - Sinkhole study delayed again in Harrisburg (Pennsylvania), after more than 24 sinkholes in 3 months:
http://www.abc27.com/story/25911256/sinkhole-study-delayed-again-in-harrisburg

Quote: "South Harrisburg residents will have to wait even longer to find out what's happening underneath their homes where more than two dozen sinkholes have formed over the last three months."

Note: 'Hey, where'd Harrisburg go?!'

2014-06-30 - Large sinkhole opens up along Highway 754 in Alberta (Canada), highway closed:
http://www.albertapolicereport.ca/2014/06/30/sinkhole-developing-on-highway-754/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/sinkhole-closes-northern-alberta-highway-1.2692588

2014-06-28 - Sinkhole opens on street in West Pittston (Pennsylvania), near the Susquehanna River:
http://citizensvoice.com/news/sinkhole-slows-traffic-1.1711005

2014-06-27 - Ground collapses, swallows and kills man, at construction site in Pembroke Park (Florida), near the coast:
http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2014-06-27/news/fl-worker-trapped-20140627_1_rescue-team-construction-work-express-lanes

Quote: "A worker was killed at a construction site Friday when the ground caved in beneath him and dropped him about 12 feet into a hole, leaving his body covered in sandy dirt with only his feet exposed..."

Note: A sinkhole opened in the middle of the night under a home in Seffner (Florida) and swallowed a man, who disappeared with a scream and was never seen again, mentioned in the 2013-02-28 update. And now here's another man getting sucked into the ground and killed in Florida. Things that make you go 'Hmmmm'...

2014-06-26 - Sinkhole opens, partially swallows pickup truck, in Rochester (New York):
http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20140627/sinkhole-causes-problems-for-drivers-in-rochester

2014-06-25 - Huge sinkhole opens on South Simms Street in Littleton, Jefferson County (Colorado):
http://www.9news.com/story/traffic/2014/06/25/jeffco-sinkhole/11361817/
http://kdvr.com/2014/06/25/sinkhole-forces-closure-of-south-simms-street-in-littleton/
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/06/25/sinkhole-closes-simms-in-jefferson-county/

2014-06-25 - Huge sinkhole opens on Kling Street in Akron (Ohio):
http://www.ohio.com/news/break-news/large-sinkhole-forces-closing-of-kling-street-in-akron-1.499091

2014-06-22 - Sinkhole opens and partially swallows car on street in Omaha (Nebraska), 1 injured:
http://www.wowt.com/home/headlines/Sinkhole--264150691.html
http://www.jrn.com/kmtv/news/Sinkhole-Nearly-Swallows-Car-in-Omaha-264184611.html
http://www.omaha.com/news/woman-injured-after-driving-into-sinkhole-on-st-mary-s/article_6a47657a-fa11-11e3-ab34-0017a43b2370.html

2014-06-22 - Sinkhole opens in carpark at casino in coastal Perth (Australia):
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2014/06/23/06/01/sinkhole-swallows-car-at-perth-casino

2014-06-21 - Giant sinkhole opens and swallows homes, businesses and cars in coastal Natal (Brazil), near 2014 World Cup stadium:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-27954163
http://www.inquisitr.com/1311282/giant-natal-sinkhole-brazil/
http://www.weather.com/news/sinkhole-grows-world-cup-stadium-natal-20140621
http://gazette.com/video-sinkhole-widens-in-village-near-world-cup/article/1521815
http://washingtonexaminer.com/huge-sinkhole-near-world-cup-stadium-brazil/video/bc-3635063093001
http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/21/giant-sinkhole-swallows-homes-just-miles-from-world-cup-2014-stadium-4770607/

Quote: "Footage from the edge of the crater shows houses on the verge of collapse, while some other local businesses have been destroyed, along with cars and bikes."

2014-06-19 - Sinkhole partially swallows transit bus on street in Cincinnati (Ohio):
http://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/sinkhold-traps-metro-bus-in-university-heights
http://www.local12.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/bus-caught-sinkhole-avondale-13301.shtml
http://www.wlwt.com/news/sinkhole-swallows-part-of-metro-bus-in-corryville/26580248
http://www.fox19.com/story/25825178/metro-bus-falls-into-large-sinkhole

2014-06-18 - Sinkhole opens on expressway in DeKalb County (Georgia):
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/sinkhole-closes-northeast-expressway-lanes/ngNDG/

2014-06-17 - Sinkhole opens at assisted-living center in Hopkinsville (Kentucky), building evacuated:
http://www.kentuckynewera.com/web/news/article_716b2cda-f695-11e3-aa8b-001a4bcf887a.html
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25813387/sinkhole-forces-senior-living-facility-evacuation
http://www.fox17.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/sinkhole-leads-evacuation-residential-facility-meagan-ohalloran-21907.shtml

Note: Hmmm, do we now have self-digging graves?! Thanks, Earth!

2014-06-17 - Sinkhole opens on I-91 in Lyndon (Vermont):
http://www.wptz.com/news/vermont-new-york/burlington/sinkhole-opens-on-highway/26533686

2014-06-14 - Sinkhole opens on street in Montreal (Canada):
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/sinkhole-opens-up-in-downtown-montreal-1.2676314
http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/sinkhole-opens-up-on-mountain-st-1.1869035
http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Downtown+sinkhole+closes+Mountain/9940258/story.html
http://news.yahoo.com/video/sinkhole-opens-la-montagne-street-235535532.html

2014-06-13 - Cliff falls away, mansion teeters at edge, mansion burned for safety, at Lake Whitney (Texas):
http://www.statter911.com/2014/06/13/watch-live-burning-crumbling-texas-home-lake-whitney-cliff/
http://www.star-telegram.com/2014/06/13/5898072/lake-whitney-home-hanging-over.html
http://www.firerescue1.com/fire-attack/articles/1928750-Fire-crews-burn-house-teetering-on-Texas-cliff/

Note: They burned it so that it wouldn't junk up the lake with house wreckage if it fell off the cliff. I can't recall ever seeing a pretty decent-looking lakeside mansion being burned on purpose like this...

2014-06-13 - Sinkhole opens on street in High Point (North Carolina):
http://www.wxii12.com/news/sinkhole-closes-street-in-high-point/26484108
http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/06/13/sinkhole-closes-parts-of-east-lexington-avenue/10503847/
http://www.news-record.com/news/local_news/article_cfe54908-f343-11e3-9956-0017a43b2370.html

2014-06-12 - Sinkhole opens on street near the Crystal Lakes apartments in Chesterfield (Virginia):
http://wtvr.com/2014/06/13/chesterfield-sinkhole-shuts-down-road/
http://www.nbc12.com/story/25768692/15-foot-sinkhole-closes-meadowdale-boulevard-overnight-road-back-open

2014-06-12 - Sinkhole opens on street in London (Canada):
http://london.ctvnews.ca/sinkhole-closes-highbury-avenue-in-south-london-1.1865700

2014-06-12 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot in coastal Dubai (UAE):
http://www.emirates247.com/news/emirates/sinkhole-in-dubai-community-what-caused-it-2014-06-12-1.552584

2014-06-10 - Sinkhole opens in parking lot in Johnson City (Tennessee):
http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/article/118075/police-respond-to-sinkhole-next-to-baileys-sports-bar-and-grille
http://www.wjhl.com/story/25742685/sinkhole-spotted-in-johnson-city-parking-lot

2014-06-09 - Sinkhole opens on street in Lancaster (Pennsylvania):
http://www.wgal.com/news/sinkhole-spotted-on-andrews-street-in-lancaster/26401366

2014-06-06 - Sinkhole opens on street in Indio (California):
http://www.desertsun.com/story/news/traffic/2014/06/06/indio-monroe-street-closed-sinkhole/10106985/
http://www.kesq.com/news/sinkhole-growing-in-indio-street-traffic-affected/26370336

2014-06-06 - Sinkhole opens on Riverside Avenue in Federal Hill area of coastal Baltimore (Maryland):
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-sink-hole-20140606,0,2277758.story

Note: A massive landslide wiped out a block-long chunk of street in Baltimore in late April, mentioned in the 2014-04-30 update. Another landslide washed over a cemetery a couple of days later, mentioned in the 2014-05-02 update...

2014-06-06 - Sinkhole opens on street in Tunbridge Wells (Britain):
http://www.courier.co.uk/Sinkhole-shock-Tunbridge-Wells-village-Bidborough/story-21200503-detail/story.html

2014-06-05 - Sinkhole opens beneath man's mobile home in Zanesville (Ohio):
http://www.thenewscenter.tv/home/headlines/Zanesville-Sinkhole-Threatens-Mans-Home-262032191.html

Note: Looks precarious. Time to GTFO...

2014-06-03 - Sinkhole opens on street in North Jackson (Tennessee):
http://www.wbbjtv.com/news/local/Sinkhole-closes-portion-of-North-Parkway-261724681.html

2014-06-03 - Sinkhole opens on street in Sharon (Pennsylvania):
http://wkbn.com/2014/06/03/sinkhole-opens-up-in-sharon/

2014-06-03 - Sinkhole opens on G Street in coastal Washington DC:
http://dcist.com/2014/06/a_sinkhole_appears.php
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dr-gridlock/wp/2014/06/03/sinkhole-closes-street-in-northwest-washington/

2014-06-03 - Sinkhole opens on Neponset Avenue in coastal Dorchester, Boston (Massachusetts):
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/06/03/sinkhole-shuts-down-street-dorchester/ArsG4e5YXNxWqvuqelOgUP/story.html

2014-06-02 - Huge sinkhole opens at home in Eden Prairie (Minnesota), home to be demolished:
http://www.jrn.com/nbc26/news/Sinkhole-near-home-forces-demolition-261643001.html
http://www.wisn.com/news/Sinkholes-open-near-Minnesota-homes/26309992

2014-06-02 - Sinkhole opens near bank in Jonesville (Florida):
http://english.wunderground.com/news/sinkhole-jonesville-florida-20140602
http://www.news4jax.com/news/7-sinkholes-open-near-gainesville/26295516
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20140602/ARTICLES/140609957?Title=Large-sinkhole-opens-up-in-Jonesville
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=LS-20140603-44012-USA

2014-06-02 - Huge sinkhole opens in Somerset (Britain):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/giant-16ft-sinkhole-uncovered-highways-3636681

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