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      02-24-2007, 11:20 PM   #1
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100M Deep Sinkhole!!!!

this is just so bloody crazy!!!!!

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (AP) -- A giant sinkhole opened before dawn Friday, swallowing several homes and a truck and leaving a father and two teenagers missing in Guatemala City.

Officials said the 100-meter-deep (330-foot-deep) sinkhole in a crowded neighborhood of poor, concrete homes was caused by recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.

National disaster coordinator Hugo Hernandez identified the missing as Domingo, Irma and David Sosyos, ages 53, 18 and 15, respectively. A body appeared in a river of sewage near the sinkhole, but it was unclear whether the corpse was a victim.

"The shaking of the house woke us up," said 26-year old Edward Ramirez, who lives 50 meters (50 yards) from the sinkhole and said residents had been hearing noises and feeling tremors for about a month. "People were shouting 'the electric posts are falling down!' We are going to a friend's house now, there's no way we'll stay here."

Authorities said the hole was extremely unstable, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people from their homes. Police helped residents, some even carrying refrigerators and televisions on their shoulders.

The pit was emitting foul odors, loud noises and tremors, and a rush of water could be heard from its depths. Authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.

Security officials were on guard for possible looters and to clear the area of onlookers.

Cristobal Colon, a spokesman for the municipal water authority, said the sewage main ruptured after becoming clogged. He said the city was aware of the blockage and the army had considered a controlled explosion to clear the pipe, which carries both rainwater and sewage for much of the capital.

Antonio Fuentes, 50, said he plans to abandon the run-down neighborhood he has called home for 15 years.

"Last night a friend had to take my handicapped wife out on motorcycle," he said. "Now I'm leaving for good, never to come back."

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      02-24-2007, 11:21 PM   #2
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holy FUCK
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      02-24-2007, 11:22 PM   #3
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yea, thats crazy....where'd all the soil go? its insane!
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      02-24-2007, 11:24 PM   #4
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looks like 30/40 feet of earth then just a huge fucking hole! like an underground mine under there and shit
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      02-24-2007, 11:28 PM   #5
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bloody hell that's unbelievable...
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      02-24-2007, 11:32 PM   #6
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ive never seen a sink hole like that that just drops... i meen it just goes straight down, normally they create concave pits... but that thing just... drops into nothing
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      02-24-2007, 11:37 PM   #7
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That's insane. Utterly insane.
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      02-24-2007, 11:40 PM   #8
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Craziness X 10000000. 350 ft deep? Wow.
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      02-24-2007, 11:51 PM   #9
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anyone digging a tunnel to china? hey've got a head start....but yea, i keep looking at the pic and its just nutts....there's a vid of a chopper flyin around top and its just darkness....

i wonder what the bottom looks like? how about at noon when the sun is directly above the hole?
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am i the only one who wants to go up to the edge and spit?
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      02-24-2007, 11:57 PM   #11
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^^i'd throw a penny and make a wish...maybe kick a stone over the edge
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^^i'd throw a penny and make a wish...maybe kick a stone over the edge
why not just push a car in

theres already HOUSES down there
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That's scary!!
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WOW...i've never seen anything like that! How the hell can that even happen....soil errosion?...but still that's HUGE
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Holy Shit!!!! That"s Just Fuckin Crazy!!!
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      02-25-2007, 02:40 AM   #16
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thats just crazy
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thats just crazy.......

wonder what does the bottom look like....
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      02-25-2007, 05:07 AM   #18
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the new vacation spot in guatamala!!! the big hole!
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Thats amazing! I think they found some people at the bottom
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scary, imagine just driving along and then falling 330 feet into the earth
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I wonder how deep it is...damnnnnnnnnn
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