Cave in at NCM

[Milton Fox]

Found this image on another forum section. The spire does have some type of ventilation vents on this side of it. If that is an HVAC type of pipe under the floor - it seems to me to be in line with the direction of the pipe under the floor and location of the spire. The question to be answered is where does it come from? Is there an external boiler/utility building on site? In a basement under the main floor? :lurk:




Found another image that appears to show a compressor type of equipment outside of the dome. It looks to be in line with the internal spire and the direction of the underground pipe shown in the other photos (that looks to me to be parallel to the main buildings). Would this be a working method of HVAC system set up? :lurk:




Another HVAC guy confirmed it as an HVAC system.

Originally Posted by jdsaengine

That is metal spiral pipe, its not water tight, so no, its not conveying sewer or storm. Pretty sure its for air conditioning, either return air from the center spire back to a unit or supply along the perimeter. Probably a unit on the ground outside, you can see it next to the fire truck in pic above.

I've designed 1/2 dozen of these large areas, like church sanctuary or conference center and used up to 36" dia. metal spiral underground just like this.

[JMS32935]

Here's Google Street-View's best view of that HVAC equipment...
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=37.002895,-86.376078&spn=0.003851,0.005508&t=h&deg=90&z=18&layer=c&cbll=37.002909,-86.375966&panoid=4In3gEdSrLXBjqSylPO27Q&cbp=12,4.31,,3,-0.76
Looks like it's lined-up with that previously mentioned culvert, but dunno if that means anything.

[Joecooool]

I've read a few sites today talking about why the Corvette is "iconic". More than one use the fact that Bill Bixby drove one in a TV show called "The Magician".

Really, that's why its iconic? Because of a stupid TV show no one ever heard of that ran for one season in the 70's? That's the best they could come up with?

[onedef92]

The worst is surely yet to come.

The New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ) is the most active seismic area in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. The NMSZ is located in southeastern Missouri, northeastern Arkansas, western Tennessee, western Kentucky and southern Illinois. Southwestern Indiana and northwestern Mississippi are also close enough to receive significant shaking from large earthquakes occurring in the NMSZ.

Due to the harder, colder, drier and less fractured nature of the rocks in the earth’s crust in the central United States, earthquakes in this region shake and damage an area approximately 20times larger than earthquakes in California and most other active seismic areas.

Facts about the New Madrid Seismic Zone - DNR

[Meeko87]

Originally Posted by Yerf Dog

Picking up my 2000 about 14 years ago...

Damn close call you almost died.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by DAB

Time for some ground penetrating radar for the wider area.

Think I'd start moving cars out of that building until I knew the extent of that hole system.

Not going to be cheap.

Move cars to parking lot....parking lot caves in.

[Aerovette]

Originally Posted by Milton Fox

"...and just over here is the location of the Corvette Museum."

[RED-85-Z51]

"Danger, Hard Hat Zone"..."Beware Falling Corvettes"

[GentleBen]

Timeline Set for Sinkhole Repair and Car Recovery

During a press conference today on Corvette Boulevard, Mike Murphy with Scott, Murphy & Daniel construction provided an update and timeline on the work to be done.
Highlights of the press conference include:
- This is very common for this area, what's not common is for a sinkhole to swallow eight Corvettes.
- It is repairable. The building foundation and structure is in good condition.
- They will be securing the sinkhole and surrounding areas to ensure that even if we have sinkholes on the property in the future it will not affect the Museum.
- It will take 2-3 weeks to stabilize and secure the area (red spire, walls of the sinkhole) then the process of vehicle recovery will begin.
- They will be making sure the sinkhole is safe and that no further damage will occur before starting vehicle recovery.
- It will take 4-6 days to retrieve the vehicles
- After that, they will replace earth and the floor system
- They have a good plan and it takes action tomorrow with no problems foreseen.

"We are confident that it will be done in time for the Museum's 20th Anniversary Celebration in August. You won't even know that this has happened," said Wendell Strode, Museum Executive Director
View the entire video of our press conference on YouTube here.

Chevrolet to Oversee Restoration of Historic Corvettes
To help the National Corvette Museum recover from the massive sink hole, Chevrolet will be overseeing restoration of the Corvettes damaged. The process will be managed by General Motors Design in Warren, Mich.
“The vehicles at the National Corvette Museum are some of the most significant in automotive history,” said Mark Reuss, executive vice president of General Motors Global Product Development. “There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built. We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them.”

The restoration will be overseen by Ed Welburn, vice president of GM Global Design.

When the cars are recovered, they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small specialty shop within GM Design, where the best restoration approach will be determined. Mechanical Assembly has been part of GM Design since the 1930s, and today maintains and restores many of the vehicles in the GM Heritage Collection and GM’s historic concept cars.

[onedef92]

When the cars are recovered, they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small specialty shop within GM Design, where the best restoration approach will be determined.

Just think. They'll soon have working Delco Bose-Gold radios re-manned to better than O.E.M. specs.

[Craig]

Originally Posted by onedef92

When the cars are recovered, they will be shipped to the Mechanical Assembly facility, a small specialty shop within GM Design, where the best restoration approach will be determined.

Just think. They'll soon have working Delco Bose-Gold radios re-manned to better than O.E.M. specs.

Or they could replace them with a Kenwood and an adapter kit, which is what I did with mine.

[snide]

[Grey Ghost]

Originally Posted by snide

He needs a car in his mouth and one in the hand.

[Sneaks]

Kentucky has the largest cave system in the world. Has more sinkholes than you can begin to even count. Has limestone for bedrock. Has underground river systems running all throughout the state. And people wonder how this could have happened.

[Shrike6]

It was GOJIRA!!!!!
Flee!!!

[Sneaks]

Originally Posted by Shrike6

It was GODZIRRA!!!!!
Free!!!

FIFY

[Sneaks]

Originally Posted by TxAg

I wonder how this happened.

It was Godzirra. You no pay 'tention!