HUGE sinkhole swallows homes in Guatemala City
 

mmhmm

A 100-metre-deep sinkhole killed two teenage siblings when it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main. The two bodies were found near the enormous fissure, floating in a river of sewage.

The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servl...ory/Front/home

Better photos, though not in english:

http://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/2007/02/23/493090.html

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Wow...I'm just stupefied.

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In America we say meter.

Although we don't use it for much.

It's like British BMX, but without the suck :)

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Mother of God.....

That's freakin' crazy.

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THANK GOD FOR FUJIO BEING IN TOWN.

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Haha.

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It's Utapau.

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We can find comical things in the most horrifying of disasters.......I don't know if I should laugh or cry.........

I heard that during your drop in a sinkhole, it starts to get real cool and there are nice furs on the lining of the walls. It's supposed to be a real relaxing sensation before your death.

Scary, ain't it?

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I suppose that's a good thing then. If you are going to die and you know it, dieing comfortably is much better than dieing in pain. Unless of course you enjoy pain, then that's an entire different story.

~Tsugomaru

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Only emos enjoy pain.

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Relevant.



~Tsugomaru

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This way to China!

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Well that could be the biggest and possibly deepest tomb around.

Damn... that hole sure got me jaw opened.

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100 meters is freaking huge.

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Geez...I'm sorry.

PS. It's not like I'm still doing that. I'm in college and have a part-time job.

Wait for me.

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It looks like a giant energy beam from DBZ made it O_O

I'm gonna go read up on sinkholes, brb.

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man I saw that on AOL...it was frickin' crazy. what a way to die.

I hope my death is nice and peacefull, but I probably wont care about how nice it was after im dead.

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Due to that pic and the one of those "lake drains" (I'll post a pic if you need one) I've determened I have a fear of holes in the earth.

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Then if any water pipes run underneath your house, hope that the pipe doesn't leak unnoticed.

Most sinkholes commonly happen in soft rock such as limestone, so I should be safe for now.