5/4/2004: Sinkhole eats car

Undertoad · 05-04-2004, 03:06 PM

Yes, it's true; sometimes a sinkhole will just come up and eat a car.

jaguar · 05-04-2004, 03:09 PM

I have the whole series of pics of this thing sinking (I'm fairly sure it's this car), should I put them up?

Undertoad · 05-04-2004, 03:25 PM

Go ahead!

glatt · 05-04-2004, 03:58 PM

There, but for the grace of God, goes my car.

Leah · 05-04-2004, 05:17 PM

Why don't things like this ever happen to my car. I could do with a new one, and I'm sure the Insurance Company would agree after seeing it at the bottom of the pit.

OnyxCougar · 05-04-2004, 05:51 PM

Can some please explain what exactly, a sinkhole is?

Beestie · 05-04-2004, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by OnyxCougar
Can some please explain what exactly, a sinkhole is?

Its a hole that forms under the ground above which the ground appears undisturbed. Then, the hole gets so large, its cover caves in revealing the hole. Usually, they are formed by underground erosion by water. Potholes are mini-sinkholes.

OnyxCougar · 05-04-2004, 06:07 PM

Thanks Beestie!

Pie · 05-04-2004, 07:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Beestie
Its a hole that forms under the ground above which the ground appears undisturbed. Then, the hole gets so large, its cover caves in revealing the hole. Usually, they are formed by underground erosion by water. Potholes are mini-sinkholes.

In certain parts of the world, they open up into old, unmapped mine shafts...

IIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

elSicomoro · 05-04-2004, 07:11 PM

This reminds me of a scene from "10.5"...

Troubleshooter · 05-04-2004, 07:16 PM

One has to wonder why there is something resembling a fitting for a drainage section in the bottom of the hole.

onetrack · 05-04-2004, 08:03 PM

That hole has been most likely been caused by a water pipe bursting and washing away the soil around the pipe .. but if you knew the number of potential sinkholes, caused by unstable geology, abandoned unknown mines, and oil extraction .. you'd never drive on any U.S. road or highway.

http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/julaug99/minehole.htm

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/mine/kansas02.htm

poohbearbeth · 05-04-2004, 08:16 PM

No one was driving when this happened, I hope
I have to agree with leah, I could use a car too, one with an onstar system that could alert me of these things

richlevy · 05-04-2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by poohbearbeth
No one was driving when this happened, I hope
I have to agree with leah, I could use a car too, one with an onstar system that could alert me of these things

So that would be one Hummer H2 with ground penetrating radar and underbody airbags. Anything else?

wolf · 05-05-2004, 12:22 AM

Pennsylvania is extremely good at sinkholes. Much of the southeastern portion of the state is Karst Topography. The whole area is underlain by limestone. Mild acids in underground water react with the limestone and it basically just fizzes away, albeit slowly. Eventually there isn't anything supporting the soil and the whole thing just drops. (my undergraduate degree is in Geography and Planning. We were all over this geomorphology stuff.)

One disrupted the expansion of route 202 at King of Prussia. They had to fill it first. The relevant article is about 2/3 of the way down the page, headined "Massive Highway Improvements Garner Governor's Praise." It notes that they had to pump 1.4 million cubic FEET of pressure injected grout into the holes. That's a lot of freaking grout. They had to build a grout manufacturing plant at the site, I believe.

05-04-2004, 03:06 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/4/2004: Sinkhole eats car Yes, it's true; sometimes a sinkhole will just come up and eat a car.

05-04-2004, 03:09 PM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	I have the whole series of pics of this thing sinking (I'm fairly sure it's this car), should I put them up? __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-04-2004, 07:16 PM	#11
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	One has to wonder why there is something resembling a fitting for a drainage section in the bottom of the hole. __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

05-04-2004, 08:03 PM	#12
onetrack Coronation Incarnate Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Western Australia Posts: 99	That hole has been most likely been caused by a water pipe bursting and washing away the soil around the pipe .. but if you knew the number of potential sinkholes, caused by unstable geology, abandoned unknown mines, and oil extraction .. you'd never drive on any U.S. road or highway. http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/julaug99/minehole.htm http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/mine/kansas02.htm __________________ Illiterate??? - Not a problem! Write today for more information!! ....

05-04-2004, 08:16 PM	#13
poohbearbeth Keeper of the Decorum Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 59	Oy No one was driving when this happened, I hope I have to agree with leah, I could use a car too, one with an onstar system that could alert me of these things

05-04-2004, 03:25 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Go ahead!

05-04-2004, 03:58 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	There, but for the grace of God, goes my car.

05-04-2004, 05:17 PM	#5
Leah Love my Heffalumps Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Sydney, Australia (best place in the world) Posts: 346	Why don't things like this ever happen to my car. I could do with a new one, and I'm sure the Insurance Company would agree after seeing it at the bottom of the pit.

05-04-2004, 05:51 PM	#6
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Can some please explain what exactly, a sinkhole is?

05-04-2004, 06:07 PM	#8
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Thanks Beestie!

05-04-2004, 07:11 PM	#10
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	This reminds me of a scene from "10.5"...

05-05-2004, 12:22 AM	#15
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Pennsylvania is extremely good at sinkholes. Much of the southeastern portion of the state is Karst Topography. The whole area is underlain by limestone. Mild acids in underground water react with the limestone and it basically just fizzes away, albeit slowly. Eventually there isn't anything supporting the soil and the whole thing just drops. (my undergraduate degree is in Geography and Planning. We were all over this geomorphology stuff.) One disrupted the expansion of route 202 at King of Prussia. They had to fill it first. The relevant article is about 2/3 of the way down the page, headined "Massive Highway Improvements Garner Governor's Praise." It notes that they had to pump 1.4 million cubic FEET of pressure injected grout into the holes. That's a lot of freaking grout. They had to build a grout manufacturing plant at the site, I believe. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

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