The Impact of Sinkholes

Who pays for all these damages? People who live in hurricane prone areas obviously have insurance to fall back on when these disasters strike. It turns out that insurance companies also have insurance for instances like this. When insurance companies get stuck paying out large sums of money to a lot of people, they occasionally need a little help and

One major way Connecticut got its shape was from glaciation. For example, glaciation formed Jobs Pond. Jobs Pond is a giant kettle hole, which is a depression caused by the impact of a massive chunk of ice, or a glacier. According to The Mystery Of Jobs Pond, geologists and hydrologists the water level rises and falls with the groundwater level in the area, because porous sand and gravel make up the bottom of the pond. A kettle hole is formed by a glacier, so glaciation formed Jobs Pond. Another landscape formed by glaciation is recessional moraines. A recessional moraine is a pile of rocks left behind when a glacier recedes, or moves back. As a glacier moves, it picks up rocks in a process called plucking. Then, as the glacier starts to melt, it recedes. As it does this it drops off rocks, forming a recessional moraine. Recessional moraines, formed from glaciation, are found all along the Connecticut shoreline.

In the book Tangerine, the author Edward Bloor, writes about the sinkhole that takes place at Lake Windsor. Portables 16-21 are sucked into the sinkhole with some of the students still inside them. Thankfully, Paul, Joey, and other kids, help haul out the students trapped inside the sinkhole. The students managed to get all of the kids out, and nobody had any serious injuries. After the sinkhole, the engineers blocked off everything within a hundred-yard radius, and nearly all of the high school’s football bleachers. Which meant that half of Erik’s audience was gone, because of the sinkhole.

“Drainage patterns, the hilliness of the ground, the range of soils, the nature of the bedrock,

The pothole predicament wouldn't be so problematic if it weren't for the weather - and like a bottlenecked traffic jam in the middle of rush hour, there's no getting around Mother Nature. Potholes are a function of the changeable nature of temperatures and seasonal patterns. Whenever it rains, water collects, adding to the wetness that's already found in the ground. When the excess moisture enters some of the microscopic cracks in road pavement, dipping temperatures leads to freezing. That liquid turns into a solid and expands, just like an ice cube does or a soda can left in the freezer for too

The karst terrain which creates the geomorphic conditions for sinkholes is a broad topic in the field of geology, and encompasses the study of groundwater, drainage, chemical processes, and many other considerations. Essentially, karst regions are located where the rock below the earth can be dissolved by the acidic groundwater which percolates through it (The Science of Sinkholes). These areas are underlain by soluble rocks such as gypsum, limestone, and dolomite which typically react with carbonic acid (H2CO3) from groundwater to dissolve the rock. Presence of limestone is

When this occurs, water from the wetland buildup can seep into the ground and be stored as ground for aquifers.

Similar to a cave, a sinkhole begins by acidic water dissolving carbonate bedrock creating an underground void. If the void grows close enough to the surface, the structural integrity of the surface material will eventually give way and a sinkhole is formed. These depressions can range in size from a few square yards to over hundreds of acres. The depth of sinkholes can vary from shallow to hundreds of feet. Although there are nearly 16,000 verified sinkholes in the state, the MGS caution there are a great number which have not been reported or documented. Some sinkholes in Missouri are known to be a depth greater than 100 feet though no exact records concerning depths are maintained. Located in western Boone County, the largest known sinkhole in Missouri covers approximately 700 acres. If a sinkhole does occur, it is recommended that a registered geologist or professional engineer be consulted to assist in the stabilization of the sinkhole. Filling a sinkhole, referred to as remediation, generally consists of removing all soil materials down to the bedrock surface and filling it with size-graded material. Larger rocks should be used first with each successive layer consisting of gradually smaller grained material. Geotextile fabric covered by top soil will allow water

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Soluble carbonate rocks under the surface and the collapse of old mines are common causes for sinkholes. Much of Alabama’s land is underlain by limestone, which is vulnerable to dissolution and leads to the formation of caves or sinkholes. The largest sinkhole recorded in the state developed near Calera in 1972 and was 325 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 120 feet deep. Northeast Alabama also suffers from earthquakes due to the state’s proximity to the Southern Appalachian Seismic Zone that runs along the Appalachian Mountains. The largest earthquake recorded occurred October 1916 at a 5.1 magnitude and spanned multiple states. The second largest earthquake in Alabama occurred October 24, 1997 at a 4.9 magnitude. In addition to sinkholes and earthquakes, the state suffers landslides due to rock strength. Most of the state is categorized as argillaceous rocks such as shales, clayey soil, and poorly compacted fills. A few areas are classified as weakly cemented rocks and soils such as sandy soils and poorly cemented sandstone. Though there are clusters of strongly cemented rocks, much of the state is included in the weaker categories. This means that they are more susceptible to landslides when earthquakes occur. (Geological Survey of

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updates readers on the ways Irma’s impact hurt millions of people financially and how Florida keys got the worst end of the storm.Florida was hit hard by hurricane Irma and people say recovery will be long. Nearly 10,000 people evacuated and many people were hunkered down.The damage that Irma made will cost around $50 billion.Residents are going to their homes being flooded and some are even gone,and in harder hit areas of the state still have emergency responders in rescue mode.People said that the water and tides can be a weeklong event.

Imagine coming to a new city for the first time and you are visiting a college that you are interested in. When you arrive in this city, everything is beautiful and up to your liking and standards, then you exit the highway to go on the city streets where your college is located and then BOOM! Your car has just hit a steep pothole in the middle of the street. Well this is what happened to me when I came to Houston to visit Houston Baptist University. I had never encountered so many potholes in my life until I began going to school at HBU! I have hit big, small, and everything in between types of potholes, and it has taken a toll on my car which is being repaired now due to these one to two foot deep devils. There are many factors that cause potholes to appear in the streets of Houston, and there are some major effects that they cause. Potholes are a major problem in Houston and need to be fixed as soon as possible.

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Millions were made homeless by the huge waves that swept houses and cars away. It was estimated that the costs to repair all damage would be at approximately $5 billion.