August 26, 2013

Hungry Earth Chronicles - What the Earth Ate This Month

What the Earth Ate this Month

                              08/01/2013 - Cottondale, Alabama - Sinkhole Closes Only Road In Town
                              08/04/2013 - Sharon Springs, Kansas - 200 FT Sinkhole Opens Up
                              08/05/2013 - Miami Beach, Florida - Sinkhole Nearly Swallows Car
                              08/07/2013 - Kingston, New York - Sinkhole Swallows Section of Street
                              08/09/2013 - Pittsburg, Pennsylvania - Sinkhole Swallows Intersection
                              08/10/2013 - Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania - Sinkhole Opens Up In Pond
                              08/11/2013 - Fort Drum, New York - Sinkhole Found in Residents Backyard
                              08/11/2013 - Clermont, FloridaSinkhole Swallows Part of Resort
                              08/13/2013 - Niles, Massachusetts - Sinkhole Opens Up Street
                              08/13/2013 - Simi Valley, California - Sinkhole Swallows Up Intersection 
                              08/14/2013 - Butte-Silver Bow County, Montana - Sinkhole Opens Up in Mans Backyard
                              08/15/2013 - St. Genevieve, MissouriCar Falls Into Sinkhole, Trapping Woman 
                              08/15/2013 - Granby, Massachusetts -  Sinkhole Collapses Yet Another Street
                              08/19/2013 - Gulfport, Mississippi - Sinkhole Collapses Street
                              08/19/2013 - Palm Desert, California - Sinkhole Traps a Car on Cook Street
                              08/20/2013 - Elizabeth, New Jersey - Sinkhole Closes Two Lanes on Highway
                              08/20/2013 - Clarksville, Tennessee - Sinkhole Swallows Highway Lane
                              08/20/2013 - Ocala, FloridaSinkhole Swallows 5 Acre Lake
                              08/21/2013 - Bayou Corn - Louisiana - 1 Year Old Sinkhole Swallows Some More Trees
                              08/22/2013 - Hellam Township, Pennsylvania - Two Sinkholes Discovered on Route 30 W
                              08/23/2013 - Dade City, Florida - 30 FT Wide Sinkhole Swallows Road
                              08/23/2013 - Truckee, California - 8 FT Sinkhole Swallows Highway
                              08/24/2013 - Madawaska, Maine Truck Falls into Sinkhole

The Science Behind Sinkholes
 

Are you in a sinkhole prone area?
Find Out Below!

Courtesy of USGS Water-Science School


Gaia's been awful hungry this month.
xoxo disaster girl

P.F.S. Links For The Curious
 

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