Baltimore Sun: Unbelievable video of street collapse in Baltimore ....Forced to evacuate his rowhouse on East 26th Street after the street collapsed in a pile of dirt, asphalt and parked automobiles on the adjacent train tracks, Jack Temple said hes living in limbo. Temple and about 20 other Charles Village residents face up to 40 days away from their homes while city engineers assess imagery from ground-penetrating radar — a kind of ultrasound for the earth — to gauge the structural integrity of the street and the 19 homes that were evacuated. City officials plan to host a resource fair and offer displaced residents food vouchers, hotel stays and shelter for their pets, but Temple called it inadequate. Neighborhood residents repeatedly warned city and CSX Transportation officials for years about the streets deterioration, he said, and no one listened until the retaining wall above the tracks gave out and the whole block melted away before their eyes.... Read more: baltimoresun/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-csx-collapse-folo-20140501,0,3659636.story#ixzz30YKMf938 youtube/watch?v=MrNluXrrHKY
Posted on: Fri, 02 May 2014 10:26:55 +0000
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