Preparedness for when

NewShadow

I have a very odd relationship with paperwork.

I work with a lot of people that love to generate paperwork, but hate to have anything written down!

milasavesmoney

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E6GNDYOKYFs

Ten things people forget to put in their BOB. It's American but it's interesting. See what you think.
Ignore the rifle.

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Slightly concerning at all the sink holes that are opening up mainly on metalled roads, there is an item on the news today about one opening up in London and a car falling partially in to it. We had one open up over the weekend in the village about 1/2 a mile from me but right in front of Charlie retrievers house but on the other side of the road. I wonder just what IS causing these things to just open? I know we've previously had a water pipe under the road burst in some way but thought it was a way from this particular spot, I wonder if the volume of traffic using even village roads and the increasing weight and size of delivery lorries vibrating the road and the ground underneath it might be part of the cause? worrying though!

armyknife

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Slightly concerning at all the sink holes that are opening up mainly on metalled roads, there is an item on the news today about one opening up in London and a car falling partially in to it. We had one open up over the weekend in the village about 1/2 a mile from me but right in front of Charlie retrievers house but on the other side of the road. I wonder just what IS causing these things to just open? I know we've previously had a water pipe under the road burst in some way but thought it was a way from this particular spot, I wonder if the volume of traffic using even village roads and the increasing weight and size of delivery lorries vibrating the road and the ground underneath it might be part of the cause? worrying though!

LW, around this part of Hampshire it's getting harder to tell the difference between large potholes and small sinkholes.

I haven't notice an increase in lorries or trucks on the backroads I use, I think it's mainly down to the increasing number of ever larger SUVs that us locals use.

GreyQueen

I'm in non-Hampshire but we have a big sinkhole problem here, too. It's because of the chalk - rainwater or leaking water mains can dissolve it and before you know where you are, you have a collapse in the highway.

I have known potholes/ sinkholes up to 2 meters deep suddenly open up in the highway here, it's a bit of a fright and the Police have to guard them until the highways dept can get out there.

I'm glad in a way that I'm far too skint to ever buy a place because the geology and history of this city make for interesting times - I get to talk to building surveyors etc a lot and they tell me some horror stories.

ivyleaf

The sinkholes we get in this area (the area where the one in today's news has appeared) are sometimes due to ancient chalk mines, apparently. Rainwater or leaking water, as GQ says, dissolves it, and then there's nothing underneath it :eek:

GreyQueen

ivyleaf wrote: »

The sinkholes we get in this area (the area where the one in today's news has appeared) are sometimes due to ancient chalk mines, apparently. Rainwater or leaking water, as GQ says, dissolves it, and then there's nothing underneath it :eek:

Yeah, I take calls from the public and they're telling me and mine that this pothole opened up all of a sudden and it's only the size of a dinnerplate on the tarmac but, when you look more closely, it's opened over a void and there's several feet of nothingness underneath, both vertically and horizontally. And they always open up where the vehicles' wheels go, because that's where the stressors are.

I'm sure the highways inspectors have nightmares about the blessed things, not to mention homeowners when their houses suddenly develop interesting structural problems between one minute and the next.

mila, thanks for that link, I had a look at that earlier before I went to play on the allotment, gave me a couple of things to think about.

Darlings, my grass has grown several inches in about 3 days, thanks to the downpours and the weeds are triffiding. If I didn't know better, I might almost think summer was here.:rotfl:

thriftwizard

A story to ponder - fancy being evacuated for up to 48 hours with no notice, for a reason that probably came as a bit of a surprise...?

Cappella

Thriftwizard - will give it a little thought and post later. Internet keeps dropping so posting is proving tricky and I keep losing posts so this is a quick catch up.

Sinkholes - several have opened up here lately and the Mancunian Way was closed for a good while because of the size of one of them. The area is riddled with mine workings, they could cause them perhaps, but volume and weight of traffic has increased significantly over the past few years and could also be factors to consider.

Documents - copies of ours are saved to cloud, and my son and daughter also have copies in case of sudden emergencies . It took us weeks to find essential documents when my parents died and we didn't want our children to have to struggle as we'd had to. House and land registry deeds are lodged with a solicitor, I'm wondering about that but it seems the safest option at the moment. I keep the originals in a folder in the dresser that we can grab quickly if we have to evacuate suddenly. Sooo much paperwork though.

NewShadow

I went to a gig last night (Is shocked at self).

Fairport, but was opened by a great 'new' group - said the maiden.

They really stole the show. Just wanted to share (video not from last night)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ChSo0-KVvk

If you have the chance or inclination I would recommend popping along to listen if they end up singing near you.