To: Randall E. Brubaker who wrote (8577 ) 11/15/1998 2:28:00 PM From: Chuca Marsh Respond to of 14226
Randal, the earth is moving!::azgs.state.az.us I like this part best:"<<..The Harquahala Plain overlies a broad, elongated alluvium-filled ground-water basin. The alluvium is more than 5,000 feet thick. Ground water has been pumped to irrigate crops there since the 1940's. Water levels dropped 200 to 300 feet in some wells in the southeastern portion of the basin. Since 1985, when pumping began to be significantly reduced, water levels have risen by as much as 50 feet in some wells. Water levels have continued to decline slightly, however, in other parts of the basin...>> And remember - I wasthe guy who told the Threads I wasdriving with the Original Tech Talkers Group : When we stopped in time...errr dare I say..." SHORT!!!! RE: <<..Nora's Tears Cause Landowner Fears E. F. Corkhill, Maurice A. Tatlow, Kim R. Mitchell, and L. A. Ramsey Arizona Department of Water Resources Hurricane Nora breezed through Yuma and western Arizona in September 1997 dropping 2 1/2 inches of rain in 4 to 5 hours. An unexpected result was that a 4,400-foot-long earth fissure opened in the Harquahala Plain about 70 miles west of Phoenix. After the storm, Al Rogers, a long-time area resident, discovered a 5-foot-deep, 10-foot-wide gully crossing the dirt road over which he drove several times every week before the storm. Earth fissures of this type develop in areas where pumping has caused ground-water levels to be lowered, dewatered layers to compact, and, commonly, the land surface to subside...>> Chucamoving-hole in the groun with reasons top contemplate on top of it, any sane person atleast. So, we went full spead ahaed...I drove...TT other guy walked slowly. We made it. ( I didn't use my ultraviolet light- now want to talk magnets, sap sucing and hammerring ?)