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Sinkhole forces residents of Allentown, Pennsylvania to evacuate

Daniel Patrick Sheehan
The Morning Call, Leigh Valley
Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:55 UTC
Residents could be out of their homes for days or even weeks

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New Fault Line Found in Fort Stockton, Texas - Could Threaten City's Water

Geena Martinez
NewsWest 9
Tue, 17 Jul 2012 17:31 UTC
A city councilman makes a shocking discovery in Fort Stockton and what he found could threaten the city's main water source.


    • What looks like a crack in the earth could turn out to be a big problem in Fort Stockton. City Councilman-at-Large Billy Jackson works for wildlife services. He was surveying some hog damage when he found a line.

    "Just a continuous crack," Jackson said. "I actually walked for about two miles following it."

    What Jackson stumbled upon turned out to be a fault line southwest of town.

    Comment: More signs the earth is 'opening up'?

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    Mysterious gas bubbling up in Louisiana Bayous for nearly a month

    Amber Stegall
    WAFB
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:18 UTC
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    Assumption Parish, Louisiana - Environmental experts are looking into an abandoned well as a possible source for mystery bubbles in Assumption Parish Bayous.

    Officials have been trying to figure out what is causing the natural gas to rise up out of Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou for nearly a month.

    OEP, DNR, and DEQ went out Monday night and observed what is believed to be an old orphaned well in the swamps about 1,000 feet from the main bubbling area in Bayou Corne.

    It is suspected that this well may be the source of the natural gas bubbling in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou waterways. The Department of Natural Resources is currently investigating and bringing in necessary equipment to complete the investigation of the suspect orphaned well.
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    Large sinkhole in Tennessee opened up suddenly to reveal underground cavern


    9news.com
    Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:37 UTC

    Fairview, Tennessee. - Last week's heavy rains may be responsible for opening a 9-foot wide, 50-foot deep sinkhole along the edge of Dean and Trisha Parker's yard in Fairview.

    Steven Brison, 26, a family friend, knows it's that deep because he rappelled to the bottom and measured it. He found 30 feet down, off to the side, was a 10 x 10-foot "room" with 12-foot ceilings. At 50 feet down, in the opposite direction, is a 20 x 20-foot "room" with 8-foot ceilings. From there is a 6-foot tunnel that heads toward Cumberland Drive, which runs in front of the homes, he said.

    "Mother Nature made it Thursday night when she poured 4 inches of rain on us," Brison said.

    Experts at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation's Division of Archaeology agree with Brison's assessment, saying they "believe this is a natural phenomenon that occurs around sinkholes and caves; it's more geological in nature and not archaeological," said TDEC communications director Meg Lockhart.
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    Cabins being consumed by sinkholes and washed away near Northwest Territories community, Canada


    CBC News
    Thu, 26 Jul 2012 04:31 UTC
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    © Photo courtesy of Carol CollinsSome trees also reportedly fell into the sinkhole, which is on the edge of the Slave River near Fort Resolution, N.W.T.
    Building was used as picnic spot and for those out on the land near Fort Resolution, N.W.T.

    A Fort Resolution, N.W.T., man said an entire cabin vanished into a massive sinkhole near the community.

    Robert Ekinla was driving his ATV when came upon the hole. He had been heading to the cabin, which is used as a survival cabin and is located at a popular picnic spot along the Slave River.

    "I got to the last bend and holy moly - there is no cabin. I didn't see the hole yet. All of a sudden, I just seen the top of the roof - big giant hole about about 80 feet by 90 feet," he said.
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    Calumet, Illinois Fire Truck gets Caught in Sinkhole

    Alexandria Fisher
    NBC Chicago
    Tue, 24 Jul 2012 04:26 UTC
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    A Calumet City fire truck was reported stuck in a sinkhole late Tuesday afternoon.

    The truck was returning from responding to a wire down at 465 Sibley Blvd. in Calumet City, according to Assistant Chief Donte Zorzi.

    No wires were found down and the truck turned at Buffalo Avenue when the two rear tires fell into the sink hole, Zorzi said.

    Two tow trucks were in progress of pulling the fire truck out as of 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. No injuries were reported.
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    Idaho woman killed driving to work after sinkhole opens up overnight and swallows her car


    KTVB.com
    Thu, 19 Jul 2012 06:02 UTC
    Melba, Idaho - A sinkhole near Melba claimed the life of a woman who was driving to work early Saturday morning on Butte Road, just east of South Powerline Road.

    Kieran Donahue, a long-time deputy with the Canyon County Sheriff's Office, says this is a freak accident. He says there are rarely sinkholes in the county, let alone one that would appear on a road and kill someone.

    But investigators say 32-year-old Sonia Lopez was driving to work at about 4:15 a.m. Saturday on Butte Road, south of Melba, and apparently didn't see the 20-foot wide sinkhole right in front of her.

    "She's driving early in the morning hours, probably pitch black, and literally just drives right into this 2-3 foot deep hole," said Donahue.

    Lopez was not wearing her seatbelt and was found dead more than an hour later by an out-of-county deputy.

    Now filled-in, the only sign of the sinkhole and accident is a fresh patch of asphalt and a memorial to a young woman gone too soon. A yellow cross with messages like, "Love you and miss you so much" stands just feet from where the hole was.

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    Sinkhole opens up on I-70 near Idaho Springs, Colorado

    Robert Garrison
    9News
    Thu, 19 Jul 2012 16:57 UTC
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    Denver - The Colorado Department of Transportation closed one eastbound lane of I-70 near Idaho Springs after a large sinkhole opened up Thursday afternoon.

    Crews have been working to repair the hole since 1 p.m. CDOT says travelers should expect long delays through the Idaho Springs area.
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    Manitoba highway sinkhole still moving, officials say


    CBC News
    Mon, 09 Jul 2012 21:23 UTC
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    © Jason and Sheila MarshallThis aerial photograph of the massive sinkhole on Highway 83 was taken over the weekend by Jason and Sheila Marshall of Inglis, Man.
    A landslide that caused a sinkhole to form on Highway 83 in western Manitoba is still moving, with the land sinking a few inches each day, according to the province.

    Part of the highway near Asessippi Provincial Park, between Russell and Roblin, Man., has been closed since a section of the road collapsed last week.

    Ron Weatherburn, a director with the province's Infrastructure and Transportation Department, told CBC News the sinkhole has dropped by about seven metres in some places.

    "It's now moving an inch a day, or a few inches a day, so it is definitely slowing, and that's what we had expected," he said Monday.

    "These slides don't typically happen in a few minutes or a few seconds," he added.

    "They had noticed previously that there was some small amount of movement there, and then were taking precautionary measures, and then the larger slide started to occur."
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    Colorado sinkhole closes highway, continues to grow

    Blair Shiff
    9News.com
    Sat, 14 Jul 2012 02:31 UTC
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    © Andy Cross, The Denver PostColorado Department of Transportation project engineers, Joe Elsen, fourth from left, and Matt Figgs, far right, offer hikers from left to right, Marlowe Kent, Lauren Jerd, and Shane O'Donnell, a safe, private look at large sinkhole Friday morning, July 13th, 2012 that opened up on highway 24 at mile marker 165, between Red Cliff and Leadville Colorado on Monday.
    Leadville -The sinkhole on the edge of Highway 24 near Leadville is still growing.

    The hole leads down to an old railroad tunnel, which is causing concerns that the highway above the tunnel could fall into the hole.

    A section of the highway near the top of Tennessee Pass is closed indefinitely because of the hole.

    "Closing a highway is absolutely something we hate to do. We want to keep it open. So we are working very hard to come up with a plan to get it open," Stacy Stegman of the Colorado Department of Transportation said.

    CDOT has rerouted traffic to Colorado 91 and Interstate 70. These detours could add time to driver's commute.
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