Yea! I know in Austin when they find some underground void they call TCEQ or some other supposedly concerned knowledgeable organization and very often it's a geologist who doesn't know anything about karst (like the Round Rock incident).
> On Feb 13, 2014, at 5:49 PM, Bill Walden <[email protected]> wrote: > > Julie, Phil, Geary and all, > > As for Kentucky: > > In the past highway engineers didn't seem to care. Today the Kentucky > Speleological Survey is getting weekly requests for karst information from > construction companies, consulting companies and from the state. > > Bill Walden > > > >> On 2/13/2014 1:35 PM, Julie Jenkins wrote: >> Duh, you'd think! >> >> On Feb 13, 2014, at 12:14 PM, Phil Winkler <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I was surprised to see it is located directly alongside the I-65 interstate >>> hwy. One would think the highway engineers would have known of the presence >>> of cave system there. You can see it easily on Google-Earth. >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 13, 2014, at 1:07 PM, Geary Schindel wrote: >>>> >>>> When I lived up that way, you could get a specific rider on your policy >>>> for sinkholes and geotechnical foundation issues. >>>> >>>> When I was in graduate school, I lived in a trailer about a mile from the >>>> museum and maybe a mile from the corvette plant. There were large >>>> sinkholes right in the trailer park. >>>> >>>> It would be interesting to see if their policy covers the building and/or >>>> the cars. >>>> >>>> Geary >>>> >>>> From: Julia Germany [mailto:[email protected]] >>>> Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:51 AM >>>> To: [email protected]; [email protected] >>>> Subject: Re: [Texascavers] Sinkhole in KY claims Corvettes >>>> >>>> Thanks! I read this yesterday, and was surprised to learn that property >>>> (offices, homes), including vehicles, are NOT covered by insurance if >>>> damaged by a sinkhole. There is an exclusion specifically for sinkholes. >>>> Granted, I live on the Gulf Coast, and the only sinkholes are on streets >>>> from underground leaking pipes. I got the impression from the article that >>>> this exclusion is national, not just in cave areas. >>>> >>>> julia >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: John Kerr <[email protected]> >>>> To: texascavers <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Thu, Feb 13, 2014 11:32 am >>>> Subject: [Texascavers] Sinkhole in KY claims Corvettes >>>> >>>> FWIW. >>>> http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2014/02/12/moment-sinkhole-opens-under-corvette-museum-caught-on-camera/ >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2014.0.4335 / Virus Database: 3697/7089 - Release Date: 02/13/14 >> >
