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Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 8:41 pm
by lutonlagerlout
sink hole in high wycombe
I know builders that work in the area and they have to wear harness's when digging due to the amount of these things that can open up
on the bright side it was a lupo
LLL
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Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 9:27 pm
by dig dug dan
Got some relatives who livein walters ash. Luckily they drive a hyundai
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:09 am
by Tony McC
What's the ground likem round there. LLL. It's not an area I know all that well.
I'm guessing chalk???
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 10:44 am
by lutonlagerlout
found this
looks like ripon is the worst place to live in the uk regarding sinkholes
definitely heard that high wycombe is a dangerous place to dig,maybe its clay over chalk
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 1:54 pm
by lutonlagerlout
bit more info here regarding High Wycombe and sink holes
chalk mining
cheers LLL
Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2014 2:42 pm
by Bob_A
This caused major traffic jams for what seemed an eternity as it's a busy part of the A2 Dover-London
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth....mage=19
I gave up trying to drive into Central London and went by train.
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 11:40 am
by Tony McC
There was a documentary on BBC2 last night about sink holes in Florida. Felt like a 20 min story s-t-r-e-t-c-h-e-d out to an hour but I did actually learn summat: it's what lies atop the chalk/limestone that determines the prevalence of sink holes.
When it's a sand or sandy overburden, few or no sinkholes, but when there's a later of clay involved, sinkholes aplenty!
Wasn't there a big 'un appeared in the Peak District over the Christmas break? Giles?
Posted: Tue Feb 04, 2014 2:47 pm
by Bob_A
I started watching that but gave up.
Call me callous but I was only interested in what causes it rather than the personal stories of the people that had suffered.
I hope karma isn't watching over me :p
Posted: Wed Feb 05, 2014 11:31 am
by Tony McC
Yeah, they did seem to be obsessed with 'humanising' the yarn instead of just sticking with the science, but that seems to be the way with much of the telly I see nowadays.
It's a shame the big lad lost his brother, but I think we could have guessed he would be a bit upset about it without needing to train a camera lens on him while he sobbed. I don't enjoy the discomfort of others and grief should be a personal thing.
The lass that got swallowed up by a vanishing pavement, though, now that was good fun! 
(PS - she survived with barely a scratch)