Massive sinkhole swallows street in Sioux City, Iowa

© Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

An overnight watermain break has left about 15 homes without water service Monday in the Morningside area of Sioux City.

The break is in the 2800 block of Macomb Avenue. Overnight temperatures dipped below zero in advance of an approaching snowstorm, but City Utilities Department worker Randy Solomon said a cause hasn't been determined.

© Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

It is not known how soon service will be restored.

Solomon said it was a major break of a 16-inch watermain, in the middle of the street.

"It is a major blowout," he said. "From curb to curb, it looked like the street collapsed."

Other utilities were also impacted with the incident.

© Tim Hynds, Sioux City Journal

Comment: The collapsing of water pipes explanation gives an impression that we're not totally in the dark about the causes of such collapses, yet it is only symptomatic of a larger phenomena 'gaining ground'. The sinkhole phenomena cannot be explained satisfactory by old water mains, dissolution of underground rock or depleted aquifiers, as much of the rock material in sinkhole afflicted areas isn't water soluble.

We suspect that sinkholes are part of a larger solar to seismic phenomena which causes 'Earth to be opening up' due to a weakened surface - core E-field. See Volcanoes are erupting all over the place right now. Scientists have figured out why: A minute slowdown in the planet's rotation for a recent mainstream linkage.

For a more in depth look at our electric connection with our galaxy, see:

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SOTT have been following the sinkhole phenomena unfold since the early 2000's, from a rare to an almost everyday happening. Here's a glance at the last 7 years of stories: