May 31, 2010: New Guatemalan sinkhole

When gvidas forwarded along this shot from a NY Times blog, I thought, no, we've already had this shot in February 2007; but no, they say this is an entirely *different* precisely round sink hole eating up the roads and homes of crappy, downtrodden Guatemala City.

They say this one is blamed on the tropical storm there, but the last one wasn't due to any storm.



Very suspicious. Is something cutting secret holes in Guatemala? What could be their reasoning?

consider that goats*d

shopp'd

eat'n

Keep an eye out for very large pillars of rock appearing somewhere. Although I'm not sure how the rock-thief moved them from Guatemala to their new location.

The sandworms of Dune on holiday?

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Originally Posted by Nikolai The sandworms of Dune on holiday?

I would not be walking around that..


They have to be man caused. There aren't a bunch of these spattered all around. They all end up in South American cities, where pavement and plumbing run. And it's after decades of the city being there. I'm surprised to see no pipes or plumbing running thru the sides. Could they just sort of be running into cesspools that dissolve away the under-dirt?

Now the un-ded have direct access.

It's like urban crop circles.

You know how, sometimes, you'll poke a pie, with either a fork, or your finger... to see if it's ready to be eaten?

Yeah... What do you think Galactus does, prior to eating planets?

... We're screwed.

Strange that I cannot find a credible news source on it. There were a couple that just referenced the original article. Bummer.

Hey, that guy's in Flint's post in the Shooting Hummingbirds thread.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus Hey, that guy's in Flint's post in the Shooting Hummingbirds thread.

It's amazing to me how these sinkholes end up having such vertical sides. I'd expect the sides to collapse inward, creating a funnel shape.

What do they do with them after?

Once they are old news, what do you do with a giant 300 foot sinkhole?

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Originally Posted by ToastyOhs What do they do with them after? Once they are old news, what do you do with a giant 300 foot sinkhole?

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Originally Posted by TheDaVinciChode You know how, sometimes, you'll poke a pie, with either a fork, or your finger... to see if it's ready to be eaten?

the pic was on CNN today. They say it's the result of a hurricane, but it's OBVIOUSLY a Hellmouth!

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Originally Posted by SPUCK I'm surprised to see no pipes or plumbing running thru the sides.

wasn't there some talk about the sinkholes being related to the "Death Comet" (ok meteorite) that hit the earth and wiped out the dinosaurs? The pattern of the sinkholes was roughly where the ejecta from the impact crater would have landed?

those aren't pipes--those are the Sarlacc's tentacles!

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Originally Posted by Pie Hey!

I'm glad I saw this. I'm in the mood for a sinkhole.

Ya couldn't ask for a nicer looking hole if ya bored it yaself.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ex.html?hpt=T1

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Originally Posted by ToastyOhs What do they do with them after? Once they are old news, what do you do with a giant 300 foot sinkhole?

what a crazy place, I'd be scared to go there.

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Originally Posted by ToastyOhs What do they do with them after? Once they are old news, what do you do with a giant 300 foot sinkhole?

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Originally Posted by SPUCK Here you go ladies and gentlemen! Step right up! Have you ever seen such an easy garbage dump? Just back the trucks up and dump! The Endless Landfill. Buy it now and we'll throw in the Sewage Special at no additional charge! Plumb all your city sewage right over the edge. In it all goes. Away flush all your municipal troubles! A godsend for any large city. All the cities are clamoring for them. These two lucky cities are just the first recipients! Get your order in NOW!

Out of sight, out of mind - into the groundwater. All the garbage you can dump for the low low price of 100 Quetzal and your health.

HA! - What you are seeing, is the result of the U.S. Military's experimental firing from space, of their new, giant laser-ray gun ....

It's a shame they still haven't got the aiming mechanism quite perfected, just yet .. it WAS aimed at Pyongyang ..

What to do with a fucking great mysterious hole in the ground? Pee in it, of course! Right, UT?

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Originally Posted by onetrack HA! - What you are seeing, is the result of the U.S. Military's experimental firing from space, of their new, giant laser-ray gun .... It's a shame they still haven't got the aiming mechanism quite perfected, just yet .. it WAS aimed at Pyongyang ..

Sorry, boss. Turns out it's not a sinkhole:

Yeah, gvidas.....check out this too....
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...humans-caused/

An interesting update to the big hole. (What-ever its name.) They breifly talk about, what do you do with it?

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2010/06...emala-sinkhole

Just change the name to Giant Stinkhole," and let nature take its course.

Perhaps it could be filled with potatoes.

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Originally Posted by HungLikeJesus Perhaps it could be filled with potatoes.

Half-baked?

Fill it with the oil in gulf.

Seems like a good place to dump rapists, and paedophiles.

... That's right. They should build a great-big Catholic Church down there.

haggis!

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet Fill it with the oil in gulf.

So we're preparing rapists and pedophiles fired in raw heavy oil, with mashed potatoes and haggis, for dinner?

I'm thinking overeating will be a thing of the past!!

It'll really mess with your butt-hole, on the way out, though.

Another big one, still growing, in China:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/10318745.stm

(go to the second pic in the series)

They still don't know what caused this one, or why it's still getting larger.

there are a few in China apparently...

Sudden Sinkhole Outbreak Raises Fears in China

Monster Pothole swallows car

It happens in China because China sucks. Buncha commies.

"Dave's Landslide Blog" seems to do a pretty good job of providing photos and commentary on most major landslide / earth-moving-when-it-shouldn't events worldwide.

I don't suppose anyones seen a silver guy flying on a surfboard.

I keep reading this thread title and thinking "New Guatemala? That's not a country!"

Where are all the people? If that were in the US there would be like a million people taking pictures with their cell phones, or falling in so they could sue the DOT.

They've got the area blocked off, several blocks from the hole.

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce They've got the area blocked off, several blocks from the hole.

Have we been seeing more of these since the hadron collider went on line?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicxulub_crater

Isn't gravity determined by density? I imagine if you look at the earth there is average gravity, and then if you look at parts in enough detail there may be spots with greater or lesser gravity.

Just a guess. Physics was over 30 years ago.

Yes, I read an article about a satellite that was going to scan the earth for a gravity map. I think they said it varies in a general pattern, less at the poles, more at the equator, plus lots of local abnormalities.

Next, we'll work on our levity map.

Interesting. Makes sense. I never knew it was a measurable effect.

So you will weigh less in Sri Lanka than in Borneo.

Looks like the Rockies don't hold a candle to the Andes.