Giant sinkhole swallows building

[glenc (Glen)]

The pictures in this article are amazing.

Giant sinkhole swallows three-storey building in tropical storm

http://www.smh.com.au/world/giant-si...0601-wtc6.html

[Wavytone]

very scary. I'm even more intrigued by

a) that "soil" is that deep - no bedrock ?!?

b) where did that stuff in the hole go ?

c) and WTF is (or isn't) underneath the rest of the city ? It implies there must be some truly cavernous voids down there.

d) what does it take before these idiots realise maybe it might be advisable to move to a place where this doesn't happen ?

[astroron (Ron)]

I saw that on another site, quite a big hole
No video for me, only a circular thing going round and round, after being told the video will start in one second it was still going round and round after a minute or more so gave it away

[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

My gawd... that's incredible. Quite right to ask: where did the debris...uhmm.. go?

Reminiscent of Nero taking out Vulcan...

[renormalised (Carl)]

I'd be doing a seismic survey of the city, just to find out how big the caverns are underneath it...then I'd be moving the city out of those areas where there were caverns. They probably didn't even know they were there. Now they do!!!!

[renormalised (Carl)]

Wavy....the soil is that discoloured layer on the top bit of the sinkhole. The rest of it would be rock, but very porous and heavily eroded rock sitting in situ. Like having a roof over a stadium made out of soft, porous concrete that was just hanging there by the skin of its teeth.

[starlooker (Duc)]

That hole would be great for exploring.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

The Age...is showing it's Age.

This is a 3 year old story maybe even older.

I think the Age is just showing a stock photo but it's bad reporting none the less.

Still it's an awesome sight.

[bloodhound31]

Isn't it interesting how perfectly circular it is? You know what's coming next don't you?

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Isn't it interesting how perfectly circular it is? Is there a Martian tripod wandering about?

I thought it was a North Korean tunnel at 1st. They dug thru the world!

[astroron (Ron)]

Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

The Age...is showing it's Age.

This is a 3 year old story maybe even older.

I think the Age is just showing a stock photo but it's bad reporting none the less.

Still it's an awesome sight.

I has a feeling I had seen that somewhere before
It was also posted on a couple of international websites, must be all Murdoch papers

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by bloodhound31

Isn't it interesting how perfectly circular it is? You know what's coming next don't you?

Nah, this is what's going to happen....

[starlooker (Duc)]

If this story is really 3 years old, I bet you Media Watch will give it some air time.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by starlooker

If this story is really 3 years old, I bet you Media Watch will give it some air time.

That is a 100% certainty...if they hear about it.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Well I have to eat my hat.

They are different sink holes. This news article shows a link to the 2007 one.

They are very similar but different.

Humble pie...tastes...nice?

I can end on this..."Guatemala is a hole"!

[GrahamL]

what does it take before these idiots realise maybe it might be advisable to move to a place where this doesn't happen ?

Maybe these idiots are mostly the very poor who don't have the opportunity to move out of an area they would very much like to ?

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Well I have to eat my hat.

They are different sink holes. This news article shows a link to the 2007 one.

They are very similar but different.

Humble pie...tastes...nice?

I can end on this..."Guatemala is a hole"!

Like your hat with some "Guatamahole"

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by nightstalker

Maybe these idiots are mostly the very poor who don't have the opportunity to move out of an area they would very much like to ?

And if they did move, just how much of the area would they have to evacuate. What if the underground caverns cover a substantial proportion of the city. Might have to evacuate tens of thousands of people, or even a majority of the city. Big job!!.

[wasyoungonce (Brendan)]

Originally Posted by renormalised

Like your hat with some "Guatamahole"

Is that sweet or sour?

I did read the hole emitted a foul odour...so I'm guessing that's ..sour.

[renormalised (Carl)]

Originally Posted by wasyoungonce

Is that sweet or sour?

Either...take your pick