Sinkhole in Bowling Green, Ketucky

[MA_PE]

right under the Corvette Museum!!!!!!!!

Oh the humanity.......

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/sinkhole-swallow-eight-cars-in-national-corvette-museum-in-kentucky/

 

[knight1fox3]

^ damn!

 

[Wolverine]

<weeps>

words cannot suffice.

 

[MA_PE]

the link is to some videos from security cameras and also from a drone helicopter. The cavern below is massive. I wonder how the place ever got built on top of that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5FG9_mGWPo&list=PL5Syfif2eF-PwKw8EkYQ3hW12km1LzacC

 

[knight1fox3]

I wonder how the place ever got built on top of that.

^ you tell us Mr. Structural.

 

[Road Guy]

cheap developers using low rent geotechs who maybe drilled 24" into the soil to get a bearing pressure?

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Damaged cars:

1993 ZR-1 Spyder and 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors

1962 Black Corvette

1984 PPG Pace Car

1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette

1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette

2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette

2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/12/sinkhole-opens-up-at-national-corvette-museum-swallows-cars/

 

[Flyer_PE]

Only one on that list was built before 1968. Could have been worse.

 

[MA_PE]

I wonder how the place ever got built on top of that.

^ you tell us Mr. Structural.

cheap developers using low rent geotechs who maybe drilled 24" into the soil to get a bearing pressure?

I somewhat agree. The geotechnical report at this site is easier non-existent or sorely lacking.

 

[Dleg]

I almost spit water out of my nose reading this comment, on the original article, in response to some guy (obvious engineer) who responded, in detail and in ALL CAPS:

s

wallace72

10 hours ago
@THALES457 THIS IS AN AWFULLY DETAILED COMMENT. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE? ARE YOU THERE, LOOKING AT IT? IS THAT WHY YOU'RE YELLING? ARE YOU IN THE HOLE??? OHGOD! THAT'S IT, ISN'T IT? YOU'RE IN THE HOLE! OHMYGOD! SOMEBODY HELP HIM! HE'S IN THE HOLE!!!!!

 

[Master slacker]

Hole!

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Rescue plan underway!

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/19/national-corvette-museum-sinkhole-extraction-crane-plans-video/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl12%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D444575

Check out the photo gallery at the bottom. That is a gigantic hole!

 

[MA_PE]

Rescue plan underway!

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/19/national-corvette-museum-sinkhole-extraction-crane-plans-video/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl12%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D444575

Check out the photo gallery at the bottom. That is a gigantic hole!

that's why I quite amazed that no one knew that these voids existed before the museum was constructed initially. amazing.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I seem to recall reading one article that mentioned the sinkhole was originally part of the museum and thinking wtf does that mean?

I suspect there will be lawsuits, PEs revoked....

 

[knight1fox3]

Rescue plan underway!

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/19/national-corvette-museum-sinkhole-extraction-crane-plans-video/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl12%7Csec3_lnk3%26pLid%3D444575

Check out the photo gallery at the bottom. That is a gigantic hole!

that's why I quite amazed that no one knew that these voids existed before the museum was constructed initially. amazing.

My thoughts exactly.