Is it full of water like the ones near Wink Texas? > > From: "Bishop Darla" <[email protected]> > Date: 2005/07/26 Tue PM 03:04:03 EDT > To: <[email protected]>, "Cavetex" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: CaveTex: Sink hole near Tyler > > Here is an article from July 6. > > > > What Caused Giant Sinkhole? Geologists Weigh In > > > > For 11 days, the giant sinkhole in Smith County has been a mystery to > those who see it up close. > > And we've been asking the same question most people want to know: What > caused FM 724 to cave in? > > "We're less interested in a cause at this point," Larry Krantz, public > information officer for TX-DOT's Tyler office, said. "We mainly want to > find out what's, we want to diagnose what's under our road here, what's > off the right-of-way." > > But Certified Petroleum Geologist Raymond Woodward, of Tyler, says the > cause is important. > > "I would think that in order to rebuild the road, it would be important > to have some idea of the causative mechanism here," he said. > > Especially since sinkholes the size of the one in Smith County are rare > in East Texas. > > They're usually found in Florida and Kentucky, where a thin layer of > soil sits on top of a thick layer of limestone. Over time, rain water > dissolves the limestone, causing the pavement to collapse. > > However, in Smith County, dissolving limestone may not be the culprit. > > "We've heard a theory that it was water-sand," Krantz said. > > "Essentially, what's going on out there, by some mechanism, is something > is carrying the subsoil away," Woodward said. > > Causing the road surface to fall. > > Fearing the sinkhole was causing a nearby oil rig to lean, workers have > spent the past few days taking it down to move it to another location. > > TX-DOT officials will not say whether drilling for oil led to the > sinkhole. But Woodward says it's "an interesting coincidence... not to > be ignored." > > "Because something changed out there in the last several months," > Woodward said. > > Although, he says, the underground conditions may have existed decades > or even hundreds of years ago. > > As of today, the sinkhole was 105 feet wide. That's five feet wider than > it was yesterday. > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Dennis & Sharon Welch > Sent: Tuesday, July 26, 2005 12:29 PM > To: Cavetex > Subject: RE: CaveTex: Sink hole near Tyler > > > > It has been 4 weeks since Darla sent this to all of us. Any new > developments? This is all I could find on the web: > > > > NEWS REPORT > <http://www.kltv.com/Global/SearchResults.asp?qu=geologists&search=Searc > h> > > > > Dennis > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On > Behalf Of Bishop Darla > Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 2:59 PM > To: CaveTex > Subject: CaveTex: Sink hole near Tyler > > Sink hole closes FM road near Tyler > > By The Associated Press > June 28, 2005 > > TYLER, Texas- A sink hole estimated to be at least 50 feet across and up > to 100 feet deep has closed a stretch of road near Tyler. > > The Texas Department of Transportation is waiting for the sink hole to > stabilize. > > TxDOT spokesman Larry Krantz says the sink hole developed Sunday on > Farm-to-Market Road 724 -- and may be growing. > > Krantz says this is the first "catastrophic failure" of the roadway. > > Geologists will help determine what caused the sink hole in a rural area > near Tyler Pounds Regional Airport. > > ___ > > Information from: Tyler Morning Telegraph > > > > > > >
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