Post by Phil on Feb 13, 2014 14:27:04 GMT -5
There seems to be quite a few sinkhole stories lately. Yesterday the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky had part of its showroom collapse. About 8 highly rare and valuable Corvettes were damaged if not destroyed. I have posted and shown pictures and a few videos of my father's car and tractor collection. He had many old cars. And he had a bunch more at 1 time he had scaled back on his inventory in the later years of his life. We still have some of his cars and they're well kept in a building he bought many years ago. We always take for granted that they're in safe and quality storage short of an intruder we never think of a possible sinkhole but they're everywhere.
Some are the result of abandoned mines not properly covered. I've seen several old wells that some people didn't fill with stones like you're supposed to but put logs over then and left it at that. That will re open eventually old branches will decay.
On the job I have encountered old wells, caves or even mines that could have been a worse problem but crews are hired to find such things. Its addressed by filling the holes with rocks, concrete and landfill. They should never reopen the way its done.
But you never really can be sure of what is going on under the ground. We dig for things and remove ground with subway tunnels, sewers and even natural tunnels and caves so sinkholes can be anywhere.
In Bowling Green the ground was able to sustain a building substantial enough to build a car museum and have part of the showroom collapse. I don't know the extent of the damage done to the cars but I imagine they will be restored if at all possible they're worth a bundle.
Some are the result of abandoned mines not properly covered. I've seen several old wells that some people didn't fill with stones like you're supposed to but put logs over then and left it at that. That will re open eventually old branches will decay.
On the job I have encountered old wells, caves or even mines that could have been a worse problem but crews are hired to find such things. Its addressed by filling the holes with rocks, concrete and landfill. They should never reopen the way its done.
But you never really can be sure of what is going on under the ground. We dig for things and remove ground with subway tunnels, sewers and even natural tunnels and caves so sinkholes can be anywhere.
In Bowling Green the ground was able to sustain a building substantial enough to build a car museum and have part of the showroom collapse. I don't know the extent of the damage done to the cars but I imagine they will be restored if at all possible they're worth a bundle.
