Tuesday, May 18, 2010

1 km Sink Hole Appears Under a Village in Quebec

A family died in their basement while watching a hockey game.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/05/11/quebec-landslide.html

From what I heard on Radio-Canada radio, apparently some clays have an unstable structure, when humid they can change molecular structure and suddenly go from solid to liquid.  Scary!

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