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Sinkhole in Michigan
KRISTV ^ | 12/26/2016 | AP and video

Posted on 12/26/2016 11:32:15 AM PST by sodpoodle

FRASER, Mich. (AP) - A sinkhole forming north of Detroit forced the Christmas Eve evacuations of more than a dozen homes and the closure of a busy roadway that was expected to collapse due to a possible sewer problem.

Police and firefighters were called to the neighborhood in Fraser about 6 a.m. Saturday after a homeowner called authorities and said his house was sinking.

"You can hear the basement walls cracking, so we evacuated that family right away," Fraser Public Safety Director George Rouhib told The Macomb Daily in Mount Clemens. "The house is getting worse - the bricks are falling off the side, the sidewalk is lifting."

Traffic along 15 Mile Road also was diverted. An underground camera was being used to view any damage to a major sewer line below the road.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: evacuation; sinkhole
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To: cyclotic

That is really sad. Not a natural sinkhole..infrastructure decay. Of the worst kind. It is going to take money and miracles to fix. But somewhere in the next 4 to 8 years I am hoping and praying that greater Detroit is one of those areas that will be listed on a ‘most improved’ scorecard.


21 posted on 12/26/2016 2:30:22 PM PST by SueRae (An election like no other..)
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To: Hot Tabasco

The region is the Detroit Water and Sewer District. This interceptor line starts in Oakland County and winds up in Detroit at the sewer plant by old Fort Wayne. So yep, even though it is a regional thing, Macomb inspectors failed to do their job. Time will tell how this works out.


22 posted on 12/26/2016 3:32:08 PM PST by Mark was here (Fake news = "Hands up ... Dont shoot")
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To: sodpoodle
It's not an isolated phenomenon.

Harrisburg, Pa sinkholes

23 posted on 12/26/2016 3:45:58 PM PST by pa_dweller (Trump 290, Clinton 232 - The vote heard 'round the world.)
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To: sodpoodle

And they found Jimmy Hoffa ?


24 posted on 12/26/2016 4:50:19 PM PST by Squantos (Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: roadcat

I remember the San Bruno fire. It was horrible.


25 posted on 12/27/2016 8:28:25 AM PST by T-Bone Texan (Normal people do not play dominoes on pizza.)
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