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US: 45' deep sinkhole appears in Pittsburgh parking lot

Jewels Phraner
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:38 UTC
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The manager for Norwin Hills Shopping Center expects that parking lot damage from recent storms should be repaired by this weekend.

Late Saturday night, 30 feet below the parking lot, a storm drain broke, causing the asphalt and soil to crumble, and form a sinkhole 25 feet in diameter.

The storm water system then clogged, flooding Barnes Lake Road.

"We wanted to see that Barnes Lake Road was open for traffic," said Mike Turley, North Huntingdon Township interim manager. "But the shopping center is private property."

North Huntingdon and Westmoreland County officials worked through Sunday and Monday to pump water off of Barnes Lake Road, while the shopping center has hired a company to fix the sinkhole.

"It was just an anomaly," said Philip Schneider, the Lamar Co. asset manager for the shopping center.
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Sinkholes - A Sign of the Times?

Jörg Klinger
Sott.net
Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:00 UTC
Bizarre reports of gaping holes in the ground continue to come in from all over the place - in cities, on the open roads, in the countryside. Many of the 'sinkholes' you'll see below have been individually explained away as happening due to heavy rainfall during storms, old leftover constructions from mining and subsidence caused by some nearby disturbance - either natural or man-made. The cause of others, however, remain mysterious. I think the important thing to consider is why so many of these sinkholes are appearing at once.

If you consider that the universe speaks to us in symbols, then perhaps there may be a deeper meaning behind their appearance at this evolutionary crossroads for humanity? With all the other Earth Changes going on before our very eyes, I think sinkholes provide more evidence that an old stable system -- namely, Earth's surface -- is breaking up. Have a look at this collection of images gathered on SOTT from recent years and months (days even!) and see what you think.

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2006. After a 6.7 tremblor struck Hawaii.
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Rift more than six miles long and three miles across opens near Puyehue volcano, Chile


Associated Press
Sun, 05 Jun 2011 05:09 UTC
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© Unknown
There are no reports of injuries so far, but more than 3,500 people have evacuated their homes near an erupting volcano in southern Chile.

Authorities say a rift more than six miles long and three miles across was torn in the earth's crust about 2½ miles from the peak originally thought to be erupting. The violent eruption sent smoke and ash billowing into the sky.

About 600 people were evacuated when the first alert went up and hundreds more left their homes after the eruption began.

Wind carried ash across the Andes to an Argentine tourist town, which had to close its airport. Officials in the town warned residents to take precautions against a possible prolonged ashfall.

The eruption is nearly 620 miles south of Chile's national capital, Santiago.
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US: Untold Thousands of Dead Worms Plague Ohio


Modern Survival Blog
Fri, 03 Jun 2011 05:03 UTC
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From Louisville to Cincinnati to Dayton to Cleveland, beginning yesterday afternoon there have been thousands upon untold thousands of earthworms coming out of the ground which have subsequently 'fried' on the surface from the rays of the sun.

Some local mainstream media outlets are reporting that the cause of the earthworm die-off is from heavy rain or acidic soil. The problem is, some of the reported areas have been dry, and certainly not all of Ohio soil has suddenly become 'acidic'.

Another explanation is that it is mating season for earthworms (the Spring), when they often come out of the ground and get trapped on the concrete or hard surfaces, and eventually die from the sun's rays.

The thing is, I don't recall having heard of this kind of mass earthworm doom-and-gloom occurring on such a wide scale, and found it interesting given the fact that so many other animal die-off's have been reported during this past year.
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US: 3.6 Earthquake in Channel Islands Area Felt in Ventura County, Westside

Rong-Gong Lin II
Los Angeles Times
Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:43 UTC
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A magnitude-3.6 earthquake that shook the Channel Islands area in the Pacific Ocean was felt 30 miles away in Ventura County and the Westside of Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake occurred about 1:17 a.m. Saturday, and was centered about 30 miles south of Malibu's Leo Carrillo State Beach. The epicenter of the quake was only about 2 miles beneath the surface.

According to the USGS' "Did you feel it?" website, which allows users to report if they felt shaking, the quake was felt in Oxnard, Newbury Park, Westlake Village, Thousand Oaks, and Calabasas, and also as far away as Brentwood, Encino, Van Nuys, Culver City, El Segundo and Westchester. The shaking was described as weak.
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Hundreds of Penguins and other species Wash Up On Uruguayan Shores


Kinetic Truth
Fri, 10 Jun 2011 21:15 UTC
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© Unknown

As many as 600 Magallan penguins have been found dead on Uruguayan coasts; scientists are investigating why so many penguins have died on their way to Brazilian waters.

Authorities said they also spotted turtles, several albatros, and dolphins, in addition to the large amount of penguins.

Scientists are baffled; though it is not unusual to have dead sea life in the area, as large boats do their maintenance in the vicinity, it is very unusual to have such large numbers, as well as the fact that no small animals have washed up ashore, only large animals.
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Namibia: Snow Sets Another Record

Jana-Mari Smith
Namibian
Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:48 UTC
Snow Fall
© Namibian

Images of snow covering mountains, roads, sheep and homes close to the Namib-Naukluft Park on Tuesday took Namibia by storm yesterday.

Reports and photographs of the snowfall circulated rapidly and widely across the Internet and inboxes bulged with rare images depicting snow in areas usually associated with heat and dust, not biting cold and white blankets of snow.

John Rabie from Namibgrens Guest Farm close to the Spreetshoogte Pass where the majority of snow and rain fell, described the scenes of low clouds, mist and snow on Tuesday.

"It was ice cold, especially as the wind was blowing," he said. The snow fell during the day, from around eleven in the morning until the afternoon.

He said the minimum temperature on Tuesday was minus two degrees Celsius, while the day's maximum temperature did not go above five degrees.
Although the temperatures had not improved by yesterday, the absence of wind took away the worst bite of the cold, he said.

"We lost one lamb," he said. He attributed the low number of stock losses to the fact that the wind had died down from Tuesday to Wednesday.
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US: Magnitude 4.5 Earthquake Rattles California Border Region


Los Angeles Times
Thu, 09 Jun 2011 12:47 UTC
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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake rattled the California-Mexico border on Thursday morning.

The temblor was recorded at 8:22 a.m. near Seeley, Calif., about 15 miles southwest of Calexico in Imperial County. The area was shaken by last year's 7.1 Easter Sunday quake, which caused more than $90 million in damage.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the quake was felt across Imperial County as well as in San Diego, Orange County and parts of the Inland Empire. No damage was reported.
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1st Tropical Storm of the Season Forms in Pacific


Fox News
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 00:00 UTC
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Adrian has formed far out in the Eastern Pacific, making it the first named storm of the 2011 hurricane season.

No coastal watches or warnings have been issued. Maximum winds around the center of the storm late Tuesday were about 45 mph. Forecasters say the storm is likely to strengthen.

The center of the storm is about 355 miles south of Acapulco, Mexico. It is barely moving west-northwest direction. That is expected to continue for the next couple of days.

Source: The Associated Press

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Bacteria-laced algae are invading freshwater streams across the globe

Annalee Newitz
io9
Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:00 UTC
In the small, freshwater streams of South Dakota, a horrible menace is creeping along the rockbeds. Known as rock snot, it's a form of algae that clings to rocks and spreads rapidly until it takes over the entire ecosystem of the stream, often killing off local plants and microbes. The stuff has spread from North America all the way to New Zealand. But what's really weird is that rock snot can grow even in rivers that appear to have almost no nutrients in them at all. What is helping this algae grow so fast? Is it feeding on our fear?

A group of scientists wanted to find out. So they set about studying Didymosphenia geminata (its scientific name), also called Didymo, in one South Dakota waterway called Rapid Creek. What they discovered was that the algae could actually suck extra nutrients from water that appeared to be nutrient-free. And they do it by creating vast bacterial farms beneath the mats of rock snot. Essentially, the algae uses other life forms to create food for it.
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