Sinkhole in Guatemala

[ehizzy3]

GUATEMALA CITY —

A cavernous and almost perfectly round sinkhole swallowed an entire intersection in Guatemala City during a tropical storm, spooking people in the neighborhood but exciting geologists.

The hole is 66 feet (20 meters) across and plunges nearly 100 feet (30 meters) deep.

Geologists said Tuesday that the circular shape suggested a cave formation underneath, but what exactly caused the sinkhole was still a mystery.

"I can tell you what it's not: It's not a geological fault, and it's not the product of an earthquake," said David Monterroso, a geophysics engineer at the National Disaster Management Agency. "That's all we know. We're going to have to descend."

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2012005501_apltguatemalagapingsinkhole.html

 

[ehizzy3]

this is guatemala!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Colonel Ronan]

Worms.

 

[maxiep]

I saw a photo of it yesterday. I cannot fathom how that much earth simply disappeared.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Courtney Love went to Guatemala? Who cares?

Wait. Oh, SINKhole. I thought it said STINKhole. Never mind.

 

[speeds]

I saw a photo of it yesterday. I cannot fathom how that much earth simply disappeared.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Wow! I almost wanna take a vacation to Guatemala just so I can look in that huge ass whole in the ground. EPIC!

 

[huevonkiller]

That's scary, I hope they're ok over there.

 

[CelticKing]

goddamn, that's scary, imagine the people living in those buildings surrounding the hole, they're probably shitting their pants.

 

[BlazerWookee]

goddamn, that's scary, imagine the people living in those buildings surrounding the hole, they're probably shitting their pants.

How about the corner of that building that used to be right over the hole? Wow...

 

[CelticKing]

How about the corner of that building that used to be right over the hole? Wow...

i agree, wonder if anyone died from this?

 

[BlazerWookee]

MUST... RESIST... MUSTN'T... MENTION... GREG... ODEN...

Oh, who am I kidding.

I wonder if Greg Oden could touch the sides?

 

[Eastoff]

does anyone else look at those photos and think "This MUST be some giant prank, that picture looks so photoshopped" and then feel guilty about the real damage it caused.

 

[Mamba]

Where did it go...

 

[barfo]

That is so cool.

barfo

 

[Mamba]

It's like Earth's anus..

*waits for the Los Angeles joke to be made*

 

[Mediocre Man]

I'll start. It's not the earths anus, or K*be would have raped it already.

 

[J_Ray]

This happened a few years back, I guess I remembered it pretty fondly because I posted it

BTW - What do they do to this? Do they just barracade off this big in the middle of the town or how does the city operate w/ this?

 

[Mamba]

How do you even fix something like that? It has more gape than Taylor Rain's ass.

 

[MARIS61]

10 biggest holes

http://listsoplenty.com/blog/archives/5017

 

[Natebishop3]

It's kinda disappointing that it only goes down 100 feet.

 

[BrianFromWA]

is that what she said?