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kayceeee

12-12-2010, 01:52 PM

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/156450--massive-sinkhole-in-vancouver

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - There is a massive sinkhole in Vancouver. It's at Southeast Marine Drive just west of Fraser Street and it began developing somewhere over the noon hour.
The road is completely shut down and will likely be that way for the next several hours.
There are reports a gas line was hit but there is no word that anyone has been injured. Businesses in the area have been evacuated.
If you have photos or video send them to news1130.ckwx@rogers.com.
News1130 will keep you in the loop with details as they come in and News1130 Traffic has updates every 10 minutes on the ones.

anyone see this??

Boostaholic

12-12-2010, 01:59 PM

pictures?

Matlock

12-12-2010, 02:04 PM

Haven't heard of this yet. Sounds scary.
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The_AK

12-12-2010, 02:04 PM

More details would have been nice, what's the diameter of the sinkhole? Depth?
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Berzerker

12-12-2010, 02:08 PM

It's so new they are trying to figure that out right now.. it will be updated as they get info.. that's why they are asking for pics in the article.

Berz out.

J____

12-12-2010, 02:16 PM

Oh no, we'll have another tax increase coming jan
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BrRsn

12-12-2010, 02:23 PM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5716/wutv.jpg

Pretty pussy looking sinkhole :(

Greenstoner

12-12-2010, 02:26 PM

Wow... That's pretty bad still
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TOPEC

12-12-2010, 02:33 PM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5716/wutv.jpg

Pretty pussy looking sinkhole :(

how is that "massive" in any way.

THIS is what u call a massive sinkhole

http://www.worldbuzznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Guatemala-Sinkhole2.jpg

deep87

12-12-2010, 02:38 PM

sparta style;
3448

insomniac

12-12-2010, 02:40 PM

^http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/211/cache/guatemala-city-sinkhole_21110_600x450.jpg

edit: damn you beat me to it

br2

12-12-2010, 02:41 PM

someone divided by 0

snowball

12-12-2010, 02:42 PM

That sinkhole could turn into a huge one that could take out half a block. Now we really don't want that.

Also, I hope this isn't the type of liquefactoin we expect in richmond if the big ones hits... lol

twitchyzero

12-12-2010, 02:44 PM

so who's trying to dig to china?

BNR32_Coupe

12-12-2010, 02:48 PM

Hey guys I managed to dig up some more footage on the sinkhole.

Apparently it's an underground tunnel dug out from north korea all the way across the pacific.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF5Vf_XuV6Y

witnesses first noticed a small asian man coming out of the ground:
http://i52.tinypic.com/208a536.jpg

upon further inspection inside the tunnel revealed:
http://www.rantsinyourpants.com/travels/korea94/pictures/tunnel_3.jpg

inside the tunnel, officials noticed what appeared to be a north korean soldier guarding an entrance...
http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/6EFFA2FA-4CF3-4F2C-8CCA-3C0F920E5D4B/YQ001265.jpg

ohh noo! it's coming!!!!!
http://viz.cwrl.utexas.edu/files/koreatunnel.jpg

http://padresteve.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/north_korea_military_parade.jpg

http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2007/0703/chinese_military0305.jpg

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2006/11/30/kimjongil_narrowweb__300x426,0.jpg
what is up, moja fukkas?

http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/11/1110_webcensors/image/northkorea.jpg
say herro to za new piemimister

tofu1413

12-12-2010, 02:50 PM

well, not to best korea..

but to SNSD's base.. :D

Soundy

12-12-2010, 03:42 PM

how is that "massive" in any way.

Why don't you drive over it and let us know how that works out? :thumbsup:

Euro7r

12-12-2010, 04:22 PM

Why don't you drive over it and let us know how that works out? :thumbsup:

Somebody's car is gonna be f-kd up ! haha

bigzz786786

12-12-2010, 05:30 PM

i think in terms of what we usually get in vancouver, this would be considered "massive" for our city, either way, it will cost a lot of money, and a lot of time to plug that bitch up

fliptuner

12-12-2010, 05:37 PM

WHY COULDN'T THIS HAPPEN IN A BIKE LANE???

orange7

12-12-2010, 05:47 PM

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/5716/wutv.jpg

Pretty pussy looking sinkhole :(

first thing I noticed was the Subway.

then I saw the sinkhole.

but my brain went back to the subway and thought of Eat Fresh.

Death2Theft

12-12-2010, 06:19 PM

Well at least it's close to the city dump so they could plug that up pretty easily if they wanted to.

!LittleDragon

12-12-2010, 06:24 PM

I went to look at it around 5:30. It's bigger than that now.

Culverin

12-12-2010, 06:28 PM

i think in terms of what we usually get in vancouver, this would be considered "massive" for our city, either way, it will cost a lot of money, and a lot of time to plug that bitch up

Well, yeah, duh.
5 guys smoking, 3 supervisors looking important, and 2 traffic sign holders.
Total of their hourly rate aint cheap.

Soundy

12-12-2010, 06:32 PM

Pic from cbc.ca:
http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2010/12/12/bc-101212-sinkhole-1.jpg

A large sinkhole collapsed on SE Marine Drive in Vancouver on Sunday afternoon, swallowing a piece of road and forcing crews to close the busy route.

Murray Wightman, manager of street operations for the city, described it as a "major road cave-in" on the south side of the street, which is a commuter artery along the southern edge of the city near Richmond.

Wightman said SE Marine Drive is closed for a full city block between Fraser and Poplar streets. He said the sinkhole is about nine metres wide, 14 metres long and nine metres deep.

"The road has let go. It took out a 12-inch water main and a three-inch gas line. Both water and gas have been shut off and now we're in the process of getting crews in to start working on repairing everything," he said.

Wightman said it's not clear what caused the sinkhole. A water main was found damaged underneath, but crews didn't know whether the broken water main caused the sinkhole, or vice versa.

He acknowledged the closure will be a big inconvenience.

"It is going to be very problematic for the morning commute," he said.

"We've got about 30 feet of asphalt that is still being held up but that's completely undermined down below so it couldn't withstand the weight of anything."

Wightman said the situation could have been much worse.

"There was no property damage … nobody on the road at the time when it happened, no cars passing by, so there was a lot of luck on this one," he said.

"But [there's] still a lot of damage to the road and to the utilities underneath the road."

Wightman said he's hoping the road will be open again by Tuesday.

The sinkhole also caused problems for city buses on Sunday. A TransLink spokesperson said the No. 100 and No. 8 buses have both been rerouted off SE Marine Drive. Transit users are being advised to check the TransLink website before heading out.

With files from The Canadian Press

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2010/12/12/bc-vancouver-sinkhole-se-marine-drive.html?ref=rss#ixzz17xWe3vU9

The_AK

12-12-2010, 07:48 PM

video here via ctvbc

http://www.ctvbc.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20101212/bc_sinkhole_101212/20101212?hub=BritishColumbiaHome&utm_source=ctvbc.ca

Enough to cause a dent and scratch your rims should you drive into it =P

racerman88

12-12-2010, 08:52 PM

I was wondering why there was so much traffic around there

Mugen EvOlutioN

12-12-2010, 08:58 PM

because the gay speed limite is set at 50km while its 3 lanes each side
:rolleyes:

go figure

slammer111

12-12-2010, 09:30 PM

Damn, I drove over that exact patch this morning. Scary stuff.

stewie

12-12-2010, 09:43 PM

Well, yeah, duh.
5 guys smoking, 3 supervisors looking important, and 2 traffic sign holders.
Total of their hourly rate aint cheap.

damn i love being a city worker hahaha

but to what soundy posted, a 12" water main will EASILY cause that sink hole if the main is cracked...the ammount of water that comes out of a 12" main is amazing...it'll push all the dirt away and eventually the road just gives way and drops..ive seen it a hundred times..

MG1

12-12-2010, 10:05 PM

25 ft x 40 ft and getting bigger. By tomorrow morning the whole neighbourhood will be swallowed up.

Shun Izaki

12-12-2010, 10:17 PM

so wait... i don't take marine to work tomorrow morning?

GOD DAMMIT.

FN-2199

12-12-2010, 10:24 PM

so wait... i don't take marine to work tomorrow morning?

GOD DAMMIT.

Just take a detour.

El Bastardo

12-12-2010, 10:34 PM

Grab your lancers... its an emergence hole

GodZilla

12-12-2010, 11:05 PM

lgman

12-12-2010, 11:08 PM

Drove by it before it became a friggin hole. There was pylons around the area I thought some kids were playing a joke. Looked fine @ 11AM then this happens.

Kent Ave is gonna be a gong show.

Harvey Specter

12-12-2010, 11:08 PM

Traffic will be a bitch tomorrow morning.

bartone

12-12-2010, 11:14 PM

^ "big hole, 1 second, just like that." hahahaha

ilvtofu

12-12-2010, 11:23 PM

how is that "massive" in any way.

THIS is what u call a massive sinkhole

http://www.worldbuzznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Guatemala-Sinkhole2.jpg

I think your link fell down a sinkhole

Mr.C

12-13-2010, 12:31 AM

Traffic will be a bitch tomorrow morning.

Morning? Think about the afternoon rush. Ha. Looks like I will be racking up some overtime :p

Gumby

12-13-2010, 08:59 AM

Wow lucky nobody was driving over it at the time.

GabAlmighty

12-13-2010, 10:11 AM

I'm goin wheelin.

Death2Theft

12-13-2010, 10:57 AM

I now the perfect biodegradable way to plug this up.

Fat chicks.

noobz

12-13-2010, 11:40 AM

I now the perfect biodegradable way to plug this up.

Fat chicks.

Fat guys are usually fatter than fat girls, make sure to throw them in as well so the hole fills up faster :D

Guy_LikeWhoa

12-13-2010, 03:23 PM

they're coming!
http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/09/12/locust.jpg

orange7

12-13-2010, 03:36 PM

25 ft x 40 ft and getting bigger. By tomorrow morning the whole neighbourhood will be swallowed up.

start of 2012 ;)

by then, the whole earth would be swallowed up :rofl:

Zerius

12-13-2010, 04:26 PM

I heard... it wasn't COV main that caused this.

BNR32_Coupe

12-13-2010, 04:35 PM

I heard... it wasn't COV main that caused this.

it was DPRK tunnel driller

MDMA

12-13-2010, 05:13 PM

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Vulcan300

12-13-2010, 07:34 PM

they say the steet is going to be closed for 1 week now going eastbound and westbound because there was more damage than originally expected

FN-2199

12-13-2010, 07:37 PM

There's only one way to solve this:

http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/720/720859/gears-of-war-20060725102052132.jpg

yellowpower

12-13-2010, 09:27 PM

^ lol i like your sig haha

midnight_r

12-13-2010, 10:41 PM

after 2 bottles of wine we decided to hit the "sink hole" ;)
dont judge! im slurring..lol im hammered:)...didnt even realize i moved my iphone sideways...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-DP2jMkODw

alpinestars

12-13-2010, 11:02 PM

Gumby

12-17-2010, 01:25 PM

Sinkhole repairs on Vancouver's Marine Drive may take until Christmas

http://www.vancouversun.com/3995241.bin?size=620x400
From: http://www.vancouversun.com/Sinkhole+repairs+Vancouver+Marine+Drive+take+until +Christmas/3995228/story.html

VANCOUVER -- A section of Southeast Marine Drive that was closed Sunday by a sinkhole likely won't reopen to traffic until Christmas Eve, the city of Vancouver said Friday.

Metro Vancouver will use a rapid concrete curing process to expedite the manufacture and delivery of panels needed to repair the roof of a sewer culvert that collapsed at the bottom of the sinkhole.

Crews will continue work at the site over the weekend to prepare for the installation of the panels, which will be poured and steam-cured off site. Normal concrete curing can take one to two weeks.

Once the culvert panels are installed early next week, Vancouver city crews will begin round-the-clock operations to repair the water main, fill and compact the pit, install a temporary paving patch and reopen all lanes to traffic.

It's expected the road will reopen on late Dec. 24 but if there are delays crews will continue to work throughout the holidays. The road is closed between St. George St. and Fraser streets.

Vancouver city staff will seek a noise exemption to allow 24-hour operations, starting Tuesday. Crews will do all they can to minimize noise during the night-time hours, but trucks and heavy equipment will need to operate to complete the work as quickly as possible.

Paving crews will also return to the site in the next few weeks.

Meanwhile, city transportation staff are ensuring that access to businesses along the south side of SE Marine Drive near the sinkhole is available via Fraser.

(Thanks Trinity)

Harvey Specter

12-17-2010, 01:39 PM

I passed by the sinkhole last night and the entire area smelled like gas, not sure if they were fixing the gas lines but the smell was so strong that it actually made me dizzy.

Soundy

12-17-2010, 03:33 PM

From yesterday's Province:

http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/editorial-cartoons/images/20101215.jpg

kayceeee

12-17-2010, 06:59 PM

http://www.news1130.com/news/local/article/159067--another-sinkhole-develops-in-white-rock

another one, smaller one in white rock

VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - Another big sinkhole has developed, this time at Semiahmoo Park near White Rock Beach.

News1130's Lara Fominoff is there and says crews have put up a chainlink fence around it that blocks off about ten acres of the park. "The notice says preparations are underway for an environmental assessment at the park. And they have installed this chainlink fence to protect the public, utility lines and infrastructure under the ground. They say that last fall they noticed an impression on the east side of the park that was about six inches deep, and it has just gotten much, much deeper."

She says the sinkhole is on reserve land and many people use it as a dog park. The hole is about 15 square feet and 2 1/2 feet deep.

Earlier this week a sinkhole suddenly appeared across Southeast Marine Drive in Vancouver.