Florida Sinkhole Swallows man of his bedroom

A Florida Sinkhole swallows a man from his bedroom.

A man while sleeping in his bedroom on Sunday was swallowed by a Sinkhole in Florida.The Florida Sinkhole was 20 feet wide and  the opening was covered by the house.The rescue operation was called off by the fire and rescue team because of fears that the house might collapse on them.Two neighboring houses were also evacuated as a precaution.

The Crew are now planning to demolish the house over the Florida sinkhole as it has now become very dangerous for the fire and rescue team to continue on the pursuit of the man who fell on Sunday night.

It has also been said that there are hardly any houses in Florida which are immune from the phenomenon and this is also said to be common within the area.

How are Sinkholes Formed

You might wonder how these holes are actually formed especially the Florida Sinkhole that swallowed a man.To answer the question these are mostly formed by the process of suffosion.In Short a sinkhole which is also called as a sink, snake hole, swallow hole, swallet, doline, or cenote is a natural depression or hole in the Earth's surface which is caused by karst processes

For example,Carbonate cement holding the sandstone particles that is dissolved by groundwater may carry away the lax particles which gradually causes a void.Apart from Florida Sinkholes this phenomenon is generally found all over the world.In the United States the they are common in places such as Texas,Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, and Florida,as per the U.S. Geological Survey.

Sinkhole Facts:

A few facts that will help you determine if you might also be having the problem is

• Cracking in your walls, floor, pavement
• Slumping or sagging trees
• Formation of small puddles where water is collecting during rains.
• Physical depressions or holes in the yard of the street
• Not able to close doors and windows properly

The Florida Sinkhole was the first time i heard about such a phenomenon and i somehow feel that the last decade has shown us a lot of new things about the nature.Hopefully we as people can learn from all the natures signs and try to contribute towards lessening the Global Warming and pollution wherever possible to make this world a better and a safer place to live in.

Weird Facts from around the world

Weird Facts are some of the most unexplainable and bizarre facts from around the world that you think might not even be possible.The universe is vast and still there is lot to be explored and it comes as no surprise that we learn about different facts everyday which end up boggling our mind.

Ten Weird Facts:

1. When you Crack your knuckles it does not break your bones or cause arthritis.It is actually the sound of  gas bubbles which burst.
2. The fear of a duck watching you somewhere in the world is called as Anatidaephobia 
3. Jellyfish evaporate in sun as they are 98% water.
4. Make a note of your age multiply by 7, multiply it by 1,443 and result will repeat your age 3 times.
5. A Dancing Plague in 1518 at Strasbourg, France where 400 people danced uncontrollably for a month caused dozens of people to loose their lives and no on knows why 
6. Farmville players on facebook outnumbered real farmers in the US at a ratio of 60 to 1.
7. A Woman jumped of the 86th floor of the empire state building in 1979 and survived
8. Sharks have lived for nearly 400 million years which means they existed from before dinosaurs. A few prehistoric sharks were around 80 feet long which is as long as a basketball court.
9. Facebook(if a country) would be the third largest country in the world, bigger than USA and Indonesia.
10. Turtles can breath through their butt

 

Do you know of something that you think can be added to the list?Why don't you share it in the comments section below..

101 year old woman comes back to life after presumed dead

A Chinese woman who was 101 years old was confirmed dead and put into a coffin by her family.To everyone's surprise and delight she came back to life as all the mourners gathered for her funeral.Shanghai Daily reported that the incident occurred last Sunday in Guangdong province.

The woman had taken a fall earlier and was bed ridden for the past two weeks.Here two daughters who returned home at that time were taking care of her.
However on Saturday Morning  the daughters noticed that her body was stiff.As they could not feel any signs of her breath or a heart beat the daughters presumed her dead and everyone gathered for the funeral for next day.

As the villagers cleaned the woman's body and were about to put her in the coffin she greeted everyone with her pet words: "Here you come."

The surprise villagers use the meal to throw a banquet rather than the originally planned funeral.

Who says there are no miracles.This is one of the best examples of it.This proves that both life and death are in gods hand and no living entity has any control over it.What are your thoughts?

Top ten Spookiest places on earth

There have been reports of many places around the globe that gives most of the people the creeps.Some people believe there is a scientific explanation for it whereas some believe this is due to a negative, paranormal or a ghostly presence around.Whatever the case maybe there are a few places where these are encountered frequently.Below are ten of such places which will spook you out.

Pls note:Most of the pictures are not of the actual places.


10.A Swamp In Louisiana:

Manchac swamp in Louisiana is said to be a place which has Ghosts, mass graves, alligators, and the spookiest looking trees and is said to be quite frightening.

photo credit:Susulyka 
 
09.An Asylum in London:

An insane Lunatic Asylum named Cane Hill located in Croydon,London was used until 1991-when by all the appearances everyone just got up and walked out.A few of the inmates were transferred to other secure locations but some of the medical equiments still remained in the hospital.

08:A place where you cannot visit before Sunset or after Sunrise:

This is an abandoned town in Rajasthan, India which was created for a prince as a memorial to his war efforts and it is said to be the most haunted place in the country.Due to a curse Bhangarh was  abandoned in 1783.Till today there is board outside which says people are not allowed to enter inside before sunset or after sunrise

PS:This is the actual picture of bhangarh

Photo credit:Deadmanharsh


07:A fire that never goes out:

During the year 1962 in a place called Centralia in Pennsylvania there was a fire set to the rubbish in an abandoned mine to clean the town up.Apparently the fire was so strong that it spread to the deeper recesses and ended up setting the abandoned coal mine on fire.Since then it has been burning below the empty streets of the city.There is a Danger around every corner in Centralia which includes poisonous gases, collapsing roads and fire.

06.Hell exists here?

Hell may or may not exist but in either case this place certainly exists.The Gates of Hell is apparently a 328 foot wide hole which is in Turkmenistan. Soviet drilling accident in 1971 caused the hole which leaked dangerous gases.Scientists thought the best way would be to burn them off which caused it caused it to burn non stop until now and the glow can also be seen from miles away

05.Tophet Sanctuary:

A Sanctuary which is in Tunisia is a home to thousands of graves of children only which make historians believe that  they may have been the victim of human sacrifice during old times. It is also believed that he children might have been sacrificed and then eaten due to starvation during the time.

photo credit: Jlewis52586

04:Crystal Sepulchre Cave:

A cave found in Belize has a lot of  skeletal remains and archeological artifacts of the Maya.The most shocking resident is a young girl who was apparently a victim of human sacrifice.It is also said that her  bones glitter like crystal compared to an average skeleton which is all the more spooky

03:Abandoned but still in existence:

A place named Pripyat is known to be a Ukrainian ghost town. Initially it was a home to the workers from Chernobyl but  after the nuclear disaster it was abandoned. Visits are permitted but the stay has to be short.

PS:This is the actual picture of Pripyat
Photo credit:Justin Stahlman

02:The Sea of Trees:

Aokigahara which is also known as sea of trees is a forest close to Mount Fuji located in Japan. It is known to be a popular place to commit suicide.


01.A Cemetery with the remains:

This Cementry contains the remains of pre-hispanic people of Peru.It is truly an eerie experience to see the remains all around the cemetery.

Bondi Beach in Australia closed due to a rare phenomenon

photo credit: Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

A rare Phenomenon known as Algae Bloom has closed off the Bondi Beach In Sydney,Australia. An algal bloom which is a rapid increase of algae (typically microscopic) in an aquatic system and occurs in freshwater as well as marine environments closed Sydney's Bondi Beach to all the swimmers as the crimson tide came close towards the shore.

Clovelly Beach which was nearby was also closed as the authorities were conducting tests around the Tasman Sea.

Swimmers were advised to stay far from this as it was harmful.Even though this is not known to cause a lot of harm it can end up causing skin irritations for some. Some Lifeguards also said that it had a fishy smell to it.

This comes as a huge disappointment for tourists this holiday season who would have liked to have a dip in the water during the time when the Australia's summer temperatures peak up to 40C.

News Source:yahoo