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| note the warning cones marking the hole |
Once upon a time last October, we discovered a hole in our front yard...
Turns out it was a small looking hole on top, and a hollow space large enough for a bear (or a small family of bears?? not sure...) to hibernate underneath the surface of the yard!
Oh no.
I learned a few things about sink holes the last few months:
Namely, they are very common in this area.
Also, they usually don't "swallow" houses here, and... are often repairable for around $10,000 (gulp!).
I thought you might like to see our local tax dollars at work repairing our big hole (thank you God, the sink hole was close to the road, and thus the responsibility of the township to repair).
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| down, down, down |
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| no more hole! |
I should have taken one final shot to show how beautifully the new grass has come up.
We are enjoying the return of a proper front lawn lacking a sink hole :).
I am glad to know these bear-family sized holes that are common in your area do not swallow houses (or hopefully people). Have they done fracking in your area?
ReplyDeleteI don't know about fracking in this area. Apparently there are lots of caverns around here (there's a tourist place nearby where you can go in some caverns), and lots of limestone beds or something like that-- which makes it an ideal place for sink holes to form.
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