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| New Zealand woman wakes to find giant, mud-spurting geyser in garden | New Zealand woman wakes to find giant, mud-spurting geyser in garden |
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| When Rotorua resident Susan Gedye was awoken at 2am by “a lot of shaking and jolting” she thought it was an earthquake. | |
| But then she headed downstairs at her suburban home and saw that her kitchen windows had steamed up and a large mud geyser had appeared in her garden. | But then she headed downstairs at her suburban home and saw that her kitchen windows had steamed up and a large mud geyser had appeared in her garden. |
| Rotorua is known as a tourist hotspot for good reason. It is home to geothermal mud pools which bubble up and shoot geysers high into the air, giving parts of the town a sulphurous smell. | Rotorua is known as a tourist hotspot for good reason. It is home to geothermal mud pools which bubble up and shoot geysers high into the air, giving parts of the town a sulphurous smell. |
| Gedye said when morning dawned on Wednesday, the mud geyser had grown even bigger. | Gedye said when morning dawned on Wednesday, the mud geyser had grown even bigger. |
| Lost natural wonder in New Zealand may be found, say researchers | Lost natural wonder in New Zealand may be found, say researchers |
| “So that was kind of spectacular but different and a little bit scary,” she told Radio New Zealand. | “So that was kind of spectacular but different and a little bit scary,” she told Radio New Zealand. |
| The volcanic activity resulted in a large crater on her front lawn with the thermal pool throwing boiling mud 10m into the air. | The volcanic activity resulted in a large crater on her front lawn with the thermal pool throwing boiling mud 10m into the air. |
| Authorities also found a sinkhole under Gedye’s kitchen meaning her family, including two children, have been forced to move out. | Authorities also found a sinkhole under Gedye’s kitchen meaning her family, including two children, have been forced to move out. |
| The next day the thermal pool, situated on a bank, had again grown with her double garage next in the firing line. | The next day the thermal pool, situated on a bank, had again grown with her double garage next in the firing line. |
| “It’s kind of a matter of time before that will probably end up down the bank,” Gedye said. | “It’s kind of a matter of time before that will probably end up down the bank,” Gedye said. |
| Power has also been cut off and gas bottles on the property have been removed. | Power has also been cut off and gas bottles on the property have been removed. |
| Brad Scott, a volcanologist at the GNS national research institute, told media at the site on Friday that he had seen people throwing stones into the mud pool. | Brad Scott, a volcanologist at the GNS national research institute, told media at the site on Friday that he had seen people throwing stones into the mud pool. |
| “That’s human nature, you put fences up and people will climb over it to have a look. | “That’s human nature, you put fences up and people will climb over it to have a look. |
| “It’s one of the things we’ve noticed over the years with geothermal features, if there’s a spare stone around someone will pick it up and throw it in,” he said. | “It’s one of the things we’ve noticed over the years with geothermal features, if there’s a spare stone around someone will pick it up and throw it in,” he said. |
| Peter Brownbridge, a geothermal inspector for the local council, said the pool was produced by heat escaping through a fault line which crossed under the town. | Peter Brownbridge, a geothermal inspector for the local council, said the pool was produced by heat escaping through a fault line which crossed under the town. |
| Gedye said that steam had erupted from the same bank about four times over the past 20 years. | Gedye said that steam had erupted from the same bank about four times over the past 20 years. |
| “But it was just steam that would come out of the bank and it would last for a few days or week or something and then just stop. | “But it was just steam that would come out of the bank and it would last for a few days or week or something and then just stop. |
| “That’s the thing, it could stop in a minute, tomorrow or it could last two weeks, but the longer it carries on the worse the damage gets. The house won’t be liveable again.” | “That’s the thing, it could stop in a minute, tomorrow or it could last two weeks, but the longer it carries on the worse the damage gets. The house won’t be liveable again.” |
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