A We Energies truck got stuck Thursday morning in a sink hole at the intersection of 27th Street, Wisconsin Avenue, and Wells Street. A driver from We Energies was out in one of their bucket trucks, and when he stopped for the traffic light he realized the vehicle began sinking into the ground. The driver was heading to the spot of a power failure as the result of the recent storm damage throughout the Milwaukee metropolitan area.
Heavy Rainfall May Have Caused Sinkhole
Traffic around the area was re-routed. Crews at the scene speculated that the heavy rainfall over the last several days was a culprit in the development of the sink hole, although no official word on the cause was available at this time.
Sinkholes Are Rare in Wisconsin
According to the Water Science for Schools site, sinkholes generally happen when "the rock below the land surface is limestone, carbonate rock, salt beds, or rocks that can naturally be dissolved by ground water circulating through them." They occur in southern states in the U.S. However, sinkholes can also be caused by land-use practices, such as when "natural water-drainage patterns are changed and new water-diversion systems are developed." Sometimes sinkholes form when the land surface is changed and the material below the surface cannot support the weight.
Sources: WISN, TMJ4, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Water Science for Schools
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1st an earthquake, then sink hole on 27th street now a parking structure. Could all these things seem weird that the inner earth is making our outer earth is falling in ?????????
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