Sinkhole: What, Bertha worry?

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Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Sinkhole: What, Bertha worry?</h1>
                <h2><p>A large sinkhole developed where Bertha was tunneling last week. Just a reminder: Bertha isn't under the Alaskan Way Viaduct — yet. Officials say we shouldn't worry: Crosscut's David Kroman will have a story shortly.</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/ashli-blow/">Ashli Blow</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Jan 12, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>A large sinkhole developed where Bertha was tunneling last week. Just a reminder: Bertha isn't under the Alaskan Way Viaduct — yet. Officials say we shouldn't worry: Crosscut's David Kroman will have a story shortly.</p>
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A large sinkhole developed where Bertha was tunneling last week. Just a reminder: Bertha isn't under the Alaskan Way Viaduct — yet. Officials say we shouldn't worry: Crosscut's David Kroman will have a story shortly.

By Ashli Blow

Ashli Blow is a Seattle-based freelance writer who talks with people — in places from urban watersheds to remote wildernesses — about the environment around them. She’s been working in journal