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Originally posted by rickymouse
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Originally posted by goou111
Originally posted by VoidHawk
Wheres the surface material, ie: the grass?
Im assuming its under all that dirt lol
The surface material should be on top!
This looks like alien activity to me. They're steeling our grass...but what for???
The Aliens are monitoring our conversations. They heard people were smoking grass and having a good time. Are they in for a surprise, they have to learn a little more about our slang language.
Originally posted by mcx1942
Sinkholes seem to be popping up more and more these days. Maybe it is just because we can gather information faster thanks to the web.
I have seen some photos and videos of sinkholes developing literally right out back in somebody's yard, very close to their house. This one in the op is massive but it looks like nobodies home is in danger, thankfully.
Sinkholes are an interesting phenomenon, makes we wonder about ancient cities through out Earth's history that may have been literally swallowed up by these buggers.
Off to the search engines now to research this phenomenon more....woooosh!
What is liquefaction? Liquefaction may occur when water-saturated sandy soils are subjected to earthquake ground shaking. When soil liquefies, it loses strength and behaves as a viscous liquid (like quicksand) rather than as a solid. This can cause buildings to sink into the ground or tilt, empty buried tanks to rise to the ground surface, slope failures, nearly level ground to shift laterally tens of feet (lateral spreading), surface subsidence, ground cracking, and sand blows.
Why is liquefaction a concern? Liquefaction has caused significant property damage in many earthquakes around the world, and is a major hazard associated with earthquakes in Utah. The 1934 Hansel Valley and 1962 Cache Valley earthquakes caused liquefaction, and large prehistoric lateral spreads exist at many locations along the Wasatch Front. The valleys of the Wasatch Front are especially vulnerable to liquefaction because of susceptible soils, shallow ground water, and relatively high probability of moderate to large earthquakes.
Where is liquefaction likely to occur? Two conditions must exist for liquefaction to occur: (1) the soil must be susceptible to liquefaction (loose, water-saturated, sandy soil, typically between 0 and 30 feet below the ground surface) and (2) ground shaking must be strong enough to cause susceptible soils to liquefy.
Kansas is not far removed from the New Madrid Fault Line
Accor ding to the state response plan, Kansas ranks 45th among states in the amount of damage caused by earthquakes each year, with the Kansas City, Mo., metropolitan area ranking 35th among 35 major metro areas in the country.
Kansas is bisected by the Humboldt fault zone running from north of Oklahoma City into southern Nebraska. It passes east of Manhattan where the biggest earthquakes ever recorded in occurred. There have been more than 210 earthquakes felt in Kansas since 1867, with the strongest coming in April 1867, when a magnitude 5.5 quake hit near Wamego, causing structural damage in Manhattan and nearby communities.
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by tetra50
Kansas is not far removed from the New Madrid Fault Line
Wallace, Kansas is 680 miles from the New Madrid fault.
That's "not far removed"?edit on 8/2/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by tetra50
Maybe you could speculate about the history of sinkholes in the region and their causes. Or you could look it up. Or you could read someone else's posts.
edit on 8/2/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Phage
reply to post by tetra50
How about the one I linked? Did you look at it?
www.abovetopsecret.com...
edit on 8/2/2013 by Phage because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by stirling
So much for the sinkhole....................onward to the pissing contest!