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.
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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.
That looks photoshopped. How bizarre.
ReplyDeletei 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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