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Yul Lose Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 That would give me a reason to watch soccer…………..the expanding sinkhole would have more action than a soccer game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 What got me was the pole light. That pole light was at least a 45' to 50" pole with multiple 1,000 watt fixtures on it...gone, just disappeared into the ground without any visible trace. Weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Jees H. Keeeriste how can two women sound like there’s a room full of them? Sonofa…. It’s too early for that crap. Need more coffee. I gotta go… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 7 hours ago, Yul Lose said: That would give me a reason to watch soccer…………..the expanding sinkhole would have more action than a soccer game. That’s funny but thank God no one was playing. There would have been some serious injuries or worse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 They said the hole is 100 ft across and 45 ft deep, and they're talking about fixing it. How do you fix a sinkhole? That something like 120,000 cubic feet of emptiness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 25 minutes ago, Alpo said: They said the hole is 100 ft across and 45 ft deep, and they're talking about fixing it. How do you fix a sinkhole? That something like 120,000 cubic feet of emptiness. Lots and lots of dirt!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cypress Sun Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 3 hours ago, Rye Miles #13621 said: Lots and lots of dirt!!! And that's just for the visible hole. I can't even fathom the cavern underneath the hole's size. Gotta get that or otherwise you're just pouring dirt into a funnel. Don't forget the concrete! Somehow, I picture a pond where the soccer field once was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Considering the area, it is probably from mine subsidence. Getting to be a regular problem in the Southern parts of Illinois due to the extensive coal mining of the past. Usually not this drastic, and actually seeing it happen was bone chilling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpo Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 It was a limestone mine underneath the field. That says to me that there is a tunnel, probably going in both directions from the hole. And they pour in dirt and they pour in concrete and it's going to try to fill up the tunnel before it tries to fill up the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Is that field Astro Turf, or whatever it’s called these days? The grass looks like carpet on a collapsed floor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeaconKC Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Yeah, it's got to be Astroturf of some sort... just wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 1 hour ago, Alpo said: It was a limestone mine underneath the field. That says to me that there is a tunnel, probably going in both directions from the hole. And they pour in dirt and they pour in concrete and it's going to try to fill up the tunnel before it tries to fill up the hole. Sounded like it's still a working mine, believe they mentioned that all miners got out without injury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 that would be a sinking feeling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyesa Horg Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 Talk about the bottom dropping out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Ridge Regulator Posted June 29 Share Posted June 29 That’s actually just a baby, if you want to see what happens when a mine collapses look at the salt mine collapse in Lake Peigneur Louisiana in 1980. There are a lot of videos on line and it’s really impressive to say the least Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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