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US, Indiana: Airport Runways in No Danger After Sinkhole Discovery

The runways at the Monroe County Airport appear to be in no immediate danger after sinkholes were discovered in May.


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US: Sinkhole shuts down portion of US 41 in Brown County, Wisconsin

Suamico - A quarter-mile of a southbound lane of U.S. 41 in northern Brown County was closed for 9½ hours Tuesday after a 5-foot by 3-foot sinkhole in the road developed in the morning.

The sinkhole opened about a half-mile south of Brown Road when soil infiltrated a concrete culvert pipe and the pavement above the pipe sank, according to the state Wisconsin Department of Transportation.

"It doesn't happen very often, but it obviously happens," said Kim Rudat, a DOT spokesperson.

The sinkhole opened at 8:30 a.m. and shut down the affected southbound lane until about 6 p.m.

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Canada: Part of town street collapses creating large sinkhole in Carman, Manitoba

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© Sonja MorrisonA nearby resident checks out the large sinkhole that opened up on 2nd Ave SE near the corner of 1st St SE in Carman.
No injuries reported as street closed

This was more than just a regular pothole.

Town of Carman work crews were called out to 2nd Ave SE near the corner of First Street SE after receiving a call about a large sinkhole approximately six feet by five feet and about five feet deep, on the street.

Sonja Morrison, who lives near the site with her family, said they heard a "thump" and then a second louder one when they went outside their home to take a look at around 5:15 p.m. on Monday (July 25).

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US: Cracks and sinkholes form in creekside yards - Pensacola, Florida

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© Katie King/kking@pnj.comChad Swan points to one of three large sinkholes in his backyard, which backs up to Carpenter's Creek. Over the past six years, the creek has severely eroded the yards of some of the homes along Creek Side Circle.
Sinkholes spawned by erosion raising calls for city action

For seven years, Leanne Pickering has watched as erosion and sinkholes expanded in the backyard of her Pensacola home, and she now wonders when they will overtake her swimming pool.

They are getting close; a 5-foot-deep sinkhole currently is within 6 feet of her pool's enclosure.

In 2002, Pickering built her home in a Creek Side Circle neighborhood near Airport Boulevard and Davis Highway that backs up to Carpenter's Creek.

Before long, she noticed her backyard was steadily falling into the creek. She found soft spots in the grass. Sinkholes began to form. Every year for the last five years, she has paid to have a truckload of dirt dumped into the largest hole. The hole continues to grow.

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US: Sinkhole in Palatine, Illinois could take two weeks to fix

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© Bob Chwedyk A 15-by-20-foot sinkhole continued to cause traffic delays at the northwest corner of Dundee and Hicks roads in Palatine Monday. Officials say it may take up to two weeks before the hole is completely repaired.
It could take up to two weeks before crews completely repair a 15-by-20-foot sinkhole that opened up Saturday afternoon at Dundee and Hicks road in Palatine.

The good news, however, is that the Illinois Department of Transportation agreed to a request from village officials to resume southbound traffic on Hicks, which had been restricted most of Monday, Village Manage Reid Ottesen said.

"Traffic will begin flowing a lot better, but it's still an area to avoid if at all possible," Ottesen said.

The sinkhole formed at the northwest corner of the intersection after the heavy rainfall caused a sewer line to collapse about 30 feet below the surface. Readings showed 5.43 inches of rain fell on Palatine between midnight Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday, exceeding 100-year event standards, Ottesen said.

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US, Idaho: Giant Hole Closes Hwy 55 Near Marsing

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The Idaho Transportation Department closed a section of Highway 55 east of Homedale Sunday evening after a culvert failed and irrigation waters ate a 20-foot wide hole into the side of the road.

Until it is repaired, drivers must take detours along Pershall, Edison and Thompson roads.

A Department of Transportation spokesman listed two probable causes for the culvert's failure: holes in the pipe allowed water to seep through or debris plugged the pipe so pooling water undermined surrounding earth.

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US, Illinois: Sinkhole Causes Hicks Lane Closures

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A 20-foot sinkhole has appeared under Hicks Road near Dundee Avenue. Residents are encouraged to avoid the intersection if possible.

A 20-foot sinkhole has opened along and under Hicks Road near Dundee Road, Palatine police said.

The sinkhole forced the closure of all northbound lanes on Hicks. Traffic has been shifted to the southbound lanes, reducing Hicks to one lane of traffic in each direction, Palatine Fire Department Battalion Chief William Gabrenya said.

Gabrenya said the sinkhole opened because of a sewer line collapsed beneath the street following the Saturday, July 23 rain that caused flooding throughout Palatine.

Motorists are advised to avoid the Hicks and Dundee intersection if at all possible.

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US, Connecticut: SUV Lands in Sinkhole

Sinkhole on West Raymond Street caused by water main break
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A water main break on West Raymond Street in Hartford not only closed down the street but it also caused some problems for an SUV and its driver.

Willena Hardie's husband was backing out of their driveway when one of the front tires fell into a sinkhole.

"He was banged around and so frazzled, so he called me and that's what I found when I got here," she said.

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US, Florida: Sinkhole Eats Local Business

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© unknownThe roof of Main Street Hair & Beauty Supply has caved in on Friday, July 22, 2011, in Leesburg.
The roof of a Leesburg business building has collapsed, weeks after a sinkhole gulped part of it.

As the roof of the Main Street Hair and Beauty Supply of Saaraa Corner Store crumpled, more debris, including a Dumpster, trees, boxes and beauty products, was pushed into the sinkhole.

However, city officials are adamant that the sinkhole is not growing, and attribute the collapse instead to the building's wooden trusses that gave way.

"There's no indication that it's growing," said Robert Sargent, a spokesman for the city of Leesburg, adding that soil around the edges of the hole also has fallen in.

The discovery of the sinkhole came on the early morning of June 27, when Rafeek Mohamid, owner of the property, received a call from his alarm company that something was wrong.

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SOTT Focus: Connecting the Dots: Cosmic Changes, Planetary Instability and Extreme Weather

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© NASA / SDOThe Solar Dynamics Observatory's view of the coronal mass ejection of June 7, 2011.
With Earth Changes now clearly happening and time pressing, the editors of Sott.net are faced with the urgency of catching up with an avalanche of significant news items and trying to make sense of things! Recent weather events have been unprecedented: both spring and early summer have been bizarre across the globe, to say the least.

You name the weather or geological type of phenomenon; someone in the world had it: volcanoes, earthquakes, torrential rain, floods, sinkholes, tornadoes, droughts, wildfires ... even summertime snow! Let's review them all as best as we can, starting from the top: the cosmic factor.

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© Mike BormanImage Taken: Jun 4, 2011
Location: Evansville, Indiana, USA
Cosmic Changes Are Under Way

Changes on planet Earth comprise such a wide variety of phenomena, from extreme weather anomalies to volcanoes and earthquakes, so perhaps it's a good idea to zoom back and see if we can make sense of any changes in the cosmic climate that may be affecting us. Yes, we are aware that this approach goes against the sanctioned narrative claiming that these changes are caused by carbon-burning human beings living in an isolated bubble that can only grow warmer. But the pieces of the puzzle on the table point to a different, larger picture.

A huge central piece is our sun, which is not surprising, since this ongoing explosion in space is what brings order to our corner of the universe and to life to Earth. For the last couple of years the sun was expected to go into high activity in accordance with its usual 11-year sunspot cycle. But scientists were left scratching their heads as our local star remained quiet. Now it's giving off such a display of flares that it has NASA scientists going 'ooh and ahh'.