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Imagine you're just walking down the street and then BAM!!! the ground vanishes

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  • #32
    ScumLord
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    Wazdakka wrote: »
    I don't think he can help any more..

    He went a bit....
    Strange..
    Or maybe you don't appreciate the kind of training it takes to kill the modern worm thingie from tremors.


  • #33
    faceman
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    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Taking all things into consideration... odd location name vs. vast gaping chasm suddenly appearing in the road, I would safely answer that question with a resounding 'no'.

    I dont know about that. Id probably have called a town meeting to discuss the town name long before the hole appeared. I dont think the hole would warrant a town meeting.


  • #34
    mathie
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    wobblyknees wrote: »
    That pic has been doing the rounds a bit. Usually as part of a most amazing series. Have a look at this:

    http://www.nuffy.net/cool/articles/ten-worlds-biggest-holes.html

    "10 world's biggest and most amazing holes "

    And the award for the most misleading title ever goes too ...


  • #35
    Rubberlegs
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    brummytom wrote: »
    You're not on about the old woman who fell through a high street in Birmingham a few years ago are you? She was fine

    No this was in the 60s or 70s I think. Big hole just opened in ground and swallowed her and , possibly child, up. Never found em:(


  • #36
    M5
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    The appearance of a massive sinkhole in Guatemala City (map), Guatemala, on Sunday is thought to have been triggered by tropical storm Agatha, a violent tempest that struck Central America over the weekend.

    From photographs, the new Guatemala sinkhole appears to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide and about 300 feet (100 meters) deep, said James Currens, a hydrogeologist at the University of Kentucky—which explains how the sinkhole was reportedly able to swallow an entire three-story building.

    Sinkholes can form when water-saturated soil and other particles become too heavy and cause the roofs of existing voids in the soil to collapse, Currens said.

    Another way sinkholes can form is if water enlarges a natural fracture in a limestone bedrock layer. As the crack gets bigger, the topsoil gently slumps and develops into a sinkhole.

    In either case, the final collapse can be sudden, Currens said..

    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/06/photogalleries/100601-sinkhole-in-guatemala-2010-pictures-world/#guatemala-city-sinkhole_21110_600x450.jpg

    Solution for Anglo?


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  • #37
    Biggins
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    Seen that earlier.
    Amazing. Just good to see it happened at a crossroad, not under a hospital, etc.


  • #38
    M5
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    Almost looks like a photoshop. Its that unbelievable....


  • #39
    ejmaztec
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    M5 wrote: »
    Solution for Anglo?

    Not deep enough.


  • #40
    Banned Account
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    That's friggin' deadly - I reckon everyone should be entitled to creat one instantaneous sinkhole at the time and place of their choosing.

    Lets make the government give us this new power - I suggest a protest.

    I would 'sinkhole' Peter Andre.


  • #41
    Banned Account
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    Biggins wrote: »
    Seen that earlier.
    Amazing. Just good to see it happened at a crossroad, not under a hospital, etc.


    Have you some kind of issue with comely maidens who like to dance - Biggin's, you're a heartless cad.


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  • #42
    Lemsiper
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    I read stinkhole.


  • #43
    UrbanSea
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    I might jump into it for the lulz


  • #44
    AlmostFamous
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    Its like some of the potholes on Irish roads.


  • #45
    thebigbiffo
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    sink holes are relatively common considering how dramatic they are


  • #46
    IvySlayer
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    greetings wrote: »
    I might jump into it for the lulz

    Phil?


  • #47
    Biggins
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    Fitzcaraldo wrote: »
    Have you some kind of issue with comely maidens who like to dance - Biggin's, you're a heartless cad.
    :pac:

    Only if our Eurovision entry was standing there. :D


  • #48
    bonerm
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    From photographs, the new Guatemala sinkhole appears to be about 60 feet (18 meters) wide and about 300 feet (100 meters) deep, said James Currens, a hydrogeologist at the University of Kentucky—which explains how the sinkhole was reportedly able to swallow an entire three-story building.

    I had no idea people were so tall in Guatemala.


  • #49
    antodeco
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    Maybe its Spielberg making "War of the worlds 2".

    Oh, what would i put down it? Probably my penis. Might be a bit snug though :cool:


  • #50
    M5
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    bonerm wrote: »
    I had no idea people were so tall in Guatemala.

    you wha?


  • #51
    Wazdakka
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    I figured this out in the thread yesterday...

    Linky..


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  • #52
    pegasus1
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    hmmmm!! anyone watch fringe? hole seems very surgical to be natural!!! spooky


  • #53
    M5
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    Wazdakka wrote: »
    I figured this out in the thread yesterday...

    Linky..

    Feck! Didnt see that thread, I smell a thread merge


  • #54
    Hank_Jones
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    I'd love to position it around the Kildare Street area.
    Would have to be on the right day though, those feckers never show up unless they have to.


  • #55
    Dave!
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    There's some sort of joke to made here about Jenna Jameson/Katie Price/whatever you're having............


  • #56
    SoundWave
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    looks like batman may have had something to do with it.

    http://s.ngeo.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/211/cache/guatemala-city-sinkhole-2010-police-officer_21126_600x450.jpg


  • #57
    PJTierney
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    Somebody has to base jump that.


  • #58
    Zombienosh
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    I hope its some sort of Tremors remake.


  • #59
    henryporter
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    Biggins wrote: »
    :pac:

    Only if our Eurovision entry was standing there. :D

    She'd have plugged it!

    Good to see the blatant disregard for health and safety: no barriers or signs up saying watch out for the 100 drop at the end of the street


  • #60
    Biggins
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    henryporter wrote: »
    Good to see the blatant disregard for health and safety: no barriers or signs up saying watch out for the 100 drop at the end of the street
    True - kinda hard to miss it - but true.


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  • #61
    derfderf
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    M5 wrote: »
    you wha?

    300 foot hole could swallow a 3 story building. 100 feet per story.


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