5/4/2004: Sinkhole eats car - Page 2

poohbearbeth · 05-05-2004, 06:29 AM

To richlevy

I want one of those tv's in the car too, so while I am waiting to be rescued I can watch some movies
While you are taking orders.....a side order of fries, and a coke to go with that:p

Pie · 05-05-2004, 08:14 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
It notes that they had to pump 1.4 million cubic FEET of pressure injected grout into the holes. That's a lot of freaking grout. They had to build a grout manufacturing plant at the site, I believe.

Why don't they use landfill? 2 birds, 1 stone.

glatt · 05-05-2004, 08:26 AM

1.4 Million cubic feet.

Let's see, that's a cube that's 112 feet wide, by 112 feet tall, by 112 feet long.

What can I compare that to? Um, I bet the White House is roughly the same size. That's enough grout to fill the White House. There you go.

stlbob · 05-05-2004, 09:00 AM

This sink hole happened at the entrance to a mall in Baltimore. See:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/loc...ocal-headlines

glatt · 05-05-2004, 09:04 AM

The road and pipes were privately constructed and maintained, Adams said. Officials with the Rouse Co., parent company of Owings Mills Mall, said ownership of the road is not clear.

$$ Ca-ching! $$

Looks like a couple women are going to get a nice payment from the Mall.

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dar512 · 05-05-2004, 09:13 AM

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Originally posted by wolf
(my undergraduate degree is in Geography and Planning. We were all over this geomorphology stuff.)

When I first read this, I thought, "What a change. From geology to psychology." Then I realized it was just going from rocks in the ground to people with rocks in their heads.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	1.4 Million cubic feet. Let's see, that's a cube that's 112 feet wide, by 112 feet tall, by 112 feet long. What can I compare that to? Um, I bet the White House is roughly the same size. That's enough grout to fill the White House. There you go.

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glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The road and pipes were privately constructed and maintained, Adams said. Officials with the Rouse Co., parent company of Owings Mills Mall, said ownership of the road is not clear. $$ Ca-ching! $$ Looks like a couple women are going to get a nice payment from the Mall.

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