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‘Where are all of these giant sinkholes
coming from? Of course there have always been sinkholes, but over the
past few years it seems like both the severity and the number of giant
sinkholes has been increasing dramatically. So exactly why are so many
giant sinkholes appearing all over America all of a sudden? Is something
happening to the earth’s crust, or is there some other explanation? The
“experts” are blaming this epidemic of sinkholes on things like loose soil,
acidic groundwater, new construction, leaky water pipes, coal mines, fracking,
long periods of drought followed by rain, and depletion of underground
aquifers, but do they really understand what is going
on? On Thursday, a 37-year-old man named Jeffrey Bush living near Tampa,
Florida died when the earth underneath his home suddenly opened up and
swallowed him alive. His brother tried to help him when he heard Jeffrey
screaming, but it was too late. The entire bedroom was sucked deep into
the earth and the home had to be rapidly abandoned. Now authorities are
admitting that he will probably never be found. So is this type of thing
really “normal”? It would be one thing if this was just an isolated
incident, but the truth is that giant sinkholes have been appearing with
increasing frequency all over the planet lately. Could this be an indication
that major earth changes are on the way?
Florida has always been an area
that has been prone to sinkholes, but the numbers do show that sinkhole damage
in the state has increased very rapidly in recent years. According
to ABC News, insurance claims related to
sinkholes more than doubled between 2006 and 2009…
Hillsborough
County, where Seffner is situated, is part of an area in Florida prone to
sinkholes, with insurance claims associated with them more than doubling
between 2006 and 2009, according to a Florida Senate report.
But
that is just Florida, right?
Other
parts of the country are not having this kind of a problem, right?
Wrong.
Just
check out what has been happening in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania lately.
There are dozens of sinkholes that have opened up in Harrisburg, and the city
is so broke that it doesn’t have the money to fix all of them.
In
fact, at this point there are 41 sinkholes that have been documented
in Harrisburg, and many of them are right in the middle of the street…
Pennsylvania’s
state capital is suffering from a rash of monster sinkholes, but city officials
are too broke to do anything about it.
Loose
soil and leaky, century-old underground water pipes are to blame for the
municipal nightmare, which came to a head on the New Year’s Eve when a 50-foot
sinkhole yawned open along Fourth Street, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The
eight-foot deep crater — one of at least 41 in the city — is so large, locals
made it a “check-in” site on the social media site Four Square.
Some
cheeky residents and the media nicknamed the hole
“Super Sinkhole Walter.”
Of
course there have been lots of cities throughout U.S. history that have
experienced such an epidemic of sinkholes, right?
There
is no reason to be alarmed, right?
In
a previous article about sinkholes,
I talked about a sinkhole that recently formed in Ohio that was the size of
four football fields and that was more than 30 feet deep. It caused part
of State Route 516 to collapse and authorities were
projecting that the road would continue to stay closed for months to come.
But
that is “normal”, right?
The
giant Louisiana sinkhole in Assumption Parish that made headlines all over the
nation last year is now more than 800 feet in
diameter. It just continues to grow, and authorities have no idea
when it will stop growing.
But
this kind of thing happens all the time, right?
Just
recently, large sinkholes forced roads to close in New Jersey and in Arizona. Of course those
incidents will soon be forgotten because there are more news stories about
major sinkholes in the United States almost every single day now.
Giant sinkholes have been happening with such regularity that people hardly
take notice anymore.
You
can see some photos of some of the craziest sinkholes in recent years right here. It would be one thing if giant
sinkholes were just appearing in the United States, but unfortunately that is
not the case.
For
instance, a sinkhole that appeared in the middle of Guatemala City in 2010 was about 30 stories deep.
Down
in Sarisarinama, Venezuela some sinkholes have appeared in recent years that
are more than 1,000 feet wide.
China
has been one of the worst areas of the world for sinkholes over the past
several years. In fact, just check out what has been happening in one village in China
recently…
Residents
in the village of Lianyuan in southern China’s Hunan Province have been
treading rather gingerly these last few months. Over 20 sinkholes have opened
up in the ground since last September. The cave-ins, which range in size, have
seen houses collapse and rivers run dry. And there is never any warning as to
where and when the sinkholes occur. According to local authorities, the main
reason for the cave-ins is the number of coalmines in the area. It is not clear
what steps are being taken to prevent further sinkholes from appearing.
I
could go on and on with more examples from all over the globe, but hopefully
you are starting to get the point.
Giant
holes are opening up all over the earth and swallowing homes, buildings, roads
and sometimes even people.
So
why is this happening?
Is
the crust of the earth becoming more unstable?
Or
is something else at work?
Please
feel free to post a comment with your opinion below…’