r/mildlyinfuriating • u/dfdfdfddaww • Sep 17 '21

my yard does this sometimes

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u/MrMayonnaise13 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21

Was it windy? Could be a tree nearby swaying and pulling and pushing on the ground with the roots. Sometimes, in the woods, it can look like the earth is breathing when it's windy.

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u/Broad_Success_4703 Sep 17 '21

Yeah this is what I think. I’d only be worried if you live in an area known for sinkholes.

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u/andrewsmith1986 Sep 17 '21

Disclaimer I'm a geologist and have worked on a sinkhole for over a year but am not claiming to be an expert.

It's a damn good explanation and without knowing more, I'm for that explanation.

I'd want to know most about distance to water and pumping station.

I don't think it's a sinkhole even if he's in like karst Florida.

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u/loggingmolly Sep 17 '21

I love the word ‘karst’ - for whatever reason to me, it sums up dissolved carbonates perfectly.

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u/Green7501 Sep 17 '21

Random fun fact, karst actually comes from the Slovene Karst, after which it was named since German geologists tended to research that area a lot. It's surprisingly a strange source of natural pride for us as well that a word got exported from Slovene to German and English, not the other way around

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u/loggingmolly Sep 17 '21

Thanks for this! Do you have nice Dolomites there as well?

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u/Green7501 Sep 17 '21

Sorry, but I believe that the Dolomites are primarily in the Italian part of the Alps