Sink Hole in Corvette Museum swallowed 8 Corvettes
02-12-2014, 11:30 AM
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Sink Hole in Corvette Museum swallowed 8 Corvettes
02-12-2014, 12:07 PM
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02-12-2014, 12:19 PM
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Just saw this on Fox news....damnit...I'm very upset! I am at the museum every year for the bash, and then some. Very unfortunate location for it to happen. They said that hole is 50+ feet! That's gotta be eerie as hell...
02-12-2014, 01:02 PM
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Who did the site work their? Their was clearly utilities below the floor slab.What a shame! Lucky no lose of life!
02-12-2014, 01:46 PM
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02-12-2014, 03:07 PM
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I imagine that land was surveyed and tested prior to construction, but I would have to imagine that the possibility of fault might cross someones mind. It's tough, in that area, given the high occurrence of sink holes.
I was in those Diamond Caverns, when I was at the bash last year....there's some serious waterways and caves in those parts. A sinkhole developed over on the motorsports part site last year I think but they said it was no biggie.
Hopefully they'll get through this...I have been working on my car all winter in prep for the bash, then cruise in Aug!
I was in those Diamond Caverns, when I was at the bash last year....there's some serious waterways and caves in those parts. A sinkhole developed over on the motorsports part site last year I think but they said it was no biggie.
Hopefully they'll get through this...I have been working on my car all winter in prep for the bash, then cruise in Aug!
02-12-2014, 06:50 PM
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Damn - that is huge! If you look closely at the helicopter drone videos, the sinkhole has multiple levels extending below where the cars have landed.
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community.
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community.
02-20-2014, 08:01 PM
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Maintain the last car as an archiological site
Damn - that is huge! If you look closely at the helicopter drone videos, the sinkhole has multiple levels extending below where the cars have landed.
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community. :(
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community. :(
02-21-2014, 11:33 PM
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The Museum can have pictures on the walls showing what it looked like before the hole and just loop the security video over and over so people who have no internet access can see it collapse.
It could be a great revenue stream for the gift shop in selling shirts to help pay for it all. A shirt that depicts a picture of the last car partly in mud with the skies opening up above and a slogan such as "C4 - Divine Intervention". Huffington Post may have something there.
02-22-2014, 07:03 AM
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https://www.corvetteforum.com/articl...rvette-museum/
02-23-2014, 07:13 PM
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Damn - that is huge! If you look closely at the helicopter drone videos, the sinkhole has multiple levels extending below where the cars have landed.
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community.
That is not a new sinkhole; it has been there for ages. Perhaps the upper level is relatively new, but that deep and large an extent of limestone erosion in the lower levels takes ages to occur. A deep boring or ground penetrating radar survey during the building design should have shown the problem.
The video shows the floor beyond the perimeter of the hole and the central support column of the building being undermined. With the extent of the hole going below the level of the initial collapse, it will be very difficult if not impossible to backfill and stabilize.
I hate to say it, but my (educated and experienced) guess is that the wing and maybe the entire building will need to be condemned. A real tragedy for the Corvette community.
Time will tell. We'll see...
