Wow! This is a giant sinkhole that formed in
Guatemala City over the weekend due to torrential rains from
Tropical Storm Agatha. It's approximately
65 feet deep and swallowed a
three-story factory as it formed. MSNBC's report on it is
here. Wikipedia's entry on sinkholes is
here.
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For some reason, I always thought the walls of a sinkhole would be more sloped. Yeah I know, thet're called sinkholes cuz they
sink. But I'd expect the surrounding ground
(which here from the storm must have been soaking wet mud) to do some sliding as well.
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This apparently is Mother Nature's catastrophic weapon of choice lately. A couple weeks ago, a house in Quebec got swallowed up by a sinkhole. The whole family
(mom, dad, two daughters) was killed while watching a hockey game on TV, although ironically, the family dog survived. There was a spirited theological discussion in the comments to that CNN article
(re the cosmic question "Why"), but that's a topic for another time.
For some reason, I always thought the walls of a sinkhole would be more sloped. Yeah I know, thet're called sinkholes cuz they sink. But I'd expect the surrounding ground (which here from the storm must have been soaking wet mud) to do some sliding as well.
.
This apparently is Mother Nature's catastrophic weapon of choice lately. A couple weeks ago, a house in Quebec got swallowed up by a sinkhole. The whole family (mom, dad, two daughters) was killed while watching a hockey game on TV, although ironically, the family dog survived. There was a spirited theological discussion in the comments to that CNN article (re the cosmic question "Why"), but that's a topic for another time.
2 comments:
That looks photoshopped. How bizarre.
i agree. but presumably MSNBC considered that as well. and the sinkholes pictured in the Wikipedia article for the most part and similarly round.
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