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Guatemalan Sinkhole 1
#426976 - 06/01/10 06:04 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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WTF mate??? This is some interesting shit. What the fuck is at the bottom of the hole an aquifer? I'm confused and why is the hole a perfect fucking circle. It just doesn't look natural to me that's some crazy business. Take a look.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5h9f2OfKr8ygFy00FuMUoDG689YBQD9G2O3M80
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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."
The sinkhole formed Saturday and gulped down a clothing factory about three miles (two kilometers) from the site of a similar sinkhole three years ago.
Neighbors said it was a miracle no factory workers died.
"The boys were lucky," resident Honora Oliva said. "They left at six that afternoon, an hour before the earth opened up."
Neighbors said a weekend security guard also was spared because he had left to tend to his house, which flooded from heavy rain as Tropical Storm Agatha bore down on Central America. The storm has killed at least 179 people.
Some neighbors believe one or two people might have disappeared, but authorities said no deaths had been reported.
Crews were waiting for blueprints of the city's drainage system before investigating further.
The 2007 sinkhole killed three people and swallowed several homes in the same area. It was blamed on rain and an underground sewage flow, but it is too early to say whether those problems are to blame this time, said Monterroso, who also investigated the previous incident.
Police and soldiers stood guard around the sinkhole to prevent the curious from getting too close. Most people living nearby have moved out, fearful the hole will expand and swallow more homes.
"We're not going to wait," said one man who declined to give his name. "We've already rented elsewhere and we're leaving now."
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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Harlz
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#426978 - 06/01/10 06:06 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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What the fuck?!
how old is this?
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NobodyImportant
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#426979 - 06/01/10 06:06 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Harlz]
#427032 - 06/01/10 07:32 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Harlz said: What the fuck?!
how old is this?
it happened like today or last night I think.
been on the news all day.
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#427039 - 06/01/10 08:01 PM (14 years, 7 months ago) |
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Giant underground worms.
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Thebooedocksaint
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DungenessDank said: Giant underground worms.
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#427141 - 06/01/10 09:52 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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crazy shit indeed
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Picklez]
#427263 - 06/01/10 11:31 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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FUCKING REPTILIANS MAN
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FarBeyondDriven
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#427268 - 06/01/10 11:36 PM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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That's fuckin crazy dude. I'd love to hear more about it when they get some info.
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The armies of the underworld have already started swarming out, havent you guys been watching the news
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#427397 - 06/02/10 06:08 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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Thats crazy how it's a perfect circle too. Holy crap. I wonder if anyone was standing right in the middle of that fucking thing when it went down. That would have been the most epic death ever.
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: Inverted]
#427405 - 06/02/10 07:57 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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The gov is testing out a new secret weapon. Shits seems too cookie cutter.
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Inverted
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Re: Guatemalan Sinkhole [Re: TokerKyle]
#427421 - 06/02/10 09:31 AM (14 years, 6 months ago) |
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TokerKyle said: FUCKING REPTILIANS MAN
QFT
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