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Click here to visit the new home of Politics Daily!(Aug. 23) -- The earth must be craving a bit more than a Sonic Burger. On Saturday, a combination of torrential rains and 25-year-old rusty pipes in Cleveland, Ga., opened what's arguably a sinkhole beneath the tiny town's only Sonic Drive-In restaurant and next-door car wash, nearly swallowing both buildings whole before customers and employees could escape. Watch more NECN videos on AOL Video "It was frightening," Sonic manager Tammy Moore said in an exclusive interview with AOL News Surge Desk. "We were all here when the rain started coming down and we had to act pretty fast. The ...
Loyal Surge Desk readers know that the giant sinkhole that appeared in Guatemala City on Monday is not as rare as it might appear. But that leaves a related question: Just how does one go about fixing a sinkhole, especially when it is the size of a multi-story building? Excavate and Filter According to Leigh University in Pennsylvania, a sinkhole "is best repaired by excavating to rock" and then filling the hole with several different layers of stones of varying sizes to form an "aggregate filter." The site includes a diagram, vaguely reminiscent of seven layer dip, showing how this can be ...
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