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Residents flee homes in middle of the night as properties begin to crack and sink [Scotland]
The Mirror ^ | 25 September 2021 | uncredited

Posted on 09/25/2021 10:57:34 PM PDT by blueplum

Families fled their collapsing homes in terror after they began to crumble in the middle of the night.

Shocked neighbours found themselves scrambling for their lives in the dead of night after huge cracks began appearing in their walls.

As they grabbed for treasured possessions the floor opened up beneath them, showing the earth below...

..A police officer at the scene told locals that foam concrete had been sprayed into the foundations and fixed the structure.

He said: "Those houses won't move again. These guys are experts, they work all over the world."....

(Excerpt) Read more at mirror.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Science; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ayrshire; geology; scotland; sinkholes
yikes!
1 posted on 09/25/2021 10:57:34 PM PDT by blueplum
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To: blueplum

I’d still seriously consider moving somewhere else.

Foam concrete?

Houses never move again?

I would not lay any money on it.


2 posted on 09/25/2021 11:49:12 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith)
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To: blueplum

Yup, that foam concrete will fix anything....jus like duct tape.


3 posted on 09/25/2021 11:50:30 PM PDT by griffin
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4 posted on 09/26/2021 1:48:04 AM PDT by Ymani Cricket ( "Pressure Makes Diamonds" ~General Patton)
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To: blueplum

5 posted on 09/26/2021 2:05:39 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: blueplum

they should try flex seal...


6 posted on 09/26/2021 2:10:13 AM PDT by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value as well as making people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
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To: blueplum

If its collapsing coal mines, no amount of sprayed anything will stop it. The building will just drop all together.


7 posted on 09/26/2021 3:36:08 AM PDT by Adder ("Can you be more stupid?" is a question, not a challenge.)
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To: Adder

Gravity always wins.


8 posted on 09/26/2021 7:07:48 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable. STILL)
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