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Woman Trapped in Sinkhole, Throws Cellphone for Help in Miraculous Rescue
By Steven Hoffer - AOL NewsYou might say Clara Chapman had an ace in the hole. The 47-year-old Plant City, Fla., resident's cellphone and quick thinking saved her from certain disaster when she suddenly plummeted into a sinkhole while gardening in her backyard Monday morning. Within seconds, the 5-foot-7-inch Chapman says she was "totally submerged" within the 7-foot hidden trap, Tampa Bay's WTSP reports. Luckily, Chapman had her cellphone handy, and after several futile attempts at calling for help -- service just isn't that great underground -- she dialed 911 and tossed the phone onto the grass hoping someone would ...
German Town Wakes Up to Supersized Sinkhole
By Mara Gay - AOL News
(Nov. 2) -- Residents in a small town in Germany got a scare when a giant, crater-like sinkhole opened up in the middle of a subdivision overnight. The gaping hole amid Schmalkalden's manicured lawns is nearly 65 feet deep and 100 feet in diameter. Amazingly, no one was hurt, though 25 people were evacuated when the earth gave way Monday. One resident, Wolfgang Peter, said the deafening sound of the earth moving woke him up early in the morning. "First I heard the rushing of water, and then it sounded as if a dozen gravel trucks were being emptied," Peter told the German newspaper Thuringer ...
Sinkhole in Georgia Nearly Swallows Sonic Restaurant
By Carl Franzen - AOL News(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 ...
Fark's Weird News Quiz (Hungry Sinkhole Edition)
By Tony Deconinck - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- Editor's note: How well do you follow weird news? Find out with this strange news quiz from our obsessive friends at Fark.com. Test your knowledge and check your answers below. 1. Police in Australia are on the lookout for motorists who are all breaking the law with the same bizarre excuse. What is it? a) Drivers have been flying 4-foot-long yellow flags to win the New South Wales lotto b) Motorcyclists have stopped wearing helmets after seeing a footballer do it c) Motorists are speeding because it summons a ghost on a motorcycle 2. A family in Cheektowaga had their family ...
6 Teens Drown in Louisiana's Red River
By Lauren Frayer - AOL News(Aug. 3) -- With one life jacket among them, six teenagers who couldn't swim drowned in Louisiana's Red River when they waded off a sandbar and into water that dropped to 30 feet deep, leaving two families wailing and screaming in horror. A seventh teenager was pulled out alive. The victims, ages 13 to 18, were wading in water 3 feet deep near a sandy beach along the Red River in the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park in Shreveport on Monday evening when they ventured into an unfamiliar area and entered water that suddenly got 20 to 30 feet deeper, Assistant Fire Chief Fred Sanders in an ...
Sinkhole Swallows an SUV in Flooded Milwaukee
By Mara Gay - AOL News(July 23) -- A man was rescued from a sinkhole in Milwaukee, asking "What happened?" after his Cadillac Escalade plummeted into the a chasm that opened up during a deluge. Mike Thiel, TwitPic A man was rescued from a sinkhole in Wisconsin after his Cadillac Escalade plummeted into a giant hole in the middle of the road, which was caused by extensive flooding. Lance Treankler, 25, said he was driving his new Escalade down the road when he noticed something odd: "The streetlight was just, like, underground," he told AOL News in a phone interview today. Treankler said he didn't have much time ...
Why Have There Been So Many Sinkholes Lately?
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 23) -- In Milwaukee on Thursday, the earth opened its mouth and swallowed a Cadillac Escalade. This latest sinkhole incident comes following a series of well-publicized cases of the ground suddenly giving way: On May 12, an alleged sinkhole killed a family of four after giving way beneath their Quebec, Canada, home. On June 1, a massive sinkhole in Guatemala City swallowed an entire apartment building. On July 11, a sinkhole in Tampa, Fla., opened up in a parking lot of a condominium complex, swallowing a Toyota Camry. Surge Desk put in a call to Subsurface Evaluations, a ...
Euro Falls into Sinkhole, Time for a European Vacation?
By David Knowles - Politics DailyHow low can it go? Already dragged down by an ongoing debt crisis in Greece, Hungary and Spain, the Euro continued its fall on Friday, trading below $1.20, its lowest value against the dollar in four years. The bright side of a weakened Euro? Travel bargains for Americans heading to Europe. The only problem for would-be jet-setters is the cost of airfare, which has gone up precipitously over the past few years as fewer and fewer Americans have been able to afford vacations in Europe. So, even though the Euro is now down approximately 25 percent from its all-time high, airlines have ...
Tropical Storm Agatha Death, Destruction Figures Rise
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAs 2010's hurricane season officially began on Tuesday, government workers in Central America were busy taking stock of the casualties and devastation left behind from Tropical Storm Agatha. Here are the latest figures: 179 people have been confirmed dead. 152 of those were reported by government officials in Guatemala, where 100 others are still missing. 17 people in Honduras and 10 more in El Salvador have also been killed, the Associated Press reported. 125,000 Guatemalans and 11,000 El Salvadorans have been evacuated so far because of a series of mudslides triggered by the violent ...
How to Fix a Giant Sinkhole (in Guatemala or Elsewhere)
By Carl Franzen - Politics DailyLoyal 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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