Strap on your harness, unsheathe your sword, and light a torch.


Strap on your harness, unsheathe your sword, and light a torch.

Originally shared by Jim Carver

Journey to the center of the Earth: a massive sinkhole 66 feet (20 m) across and 100 ft (30 m) deep opened up on May 29, 2010 in Guatemala City after heavy rains from Tropical Storm Agatha. The sinkhole collapsed suddenly, taking a three-story house that was used as factory, claiming fifteen lives. The sinkhole formed because Guatemala City is built upon volcanic pumice deposits, which are unconsolidated and of low density, allowing easy erosion. According to Sam Bonis, a geologist at Dartmouth College, because of lax city zoning regulations and building codes, leaking pipes went unfixed long enough to create the conditions necessary for this hole to form (it technically wasn't a sinkhole, since sinkholes form in limestone rock.) How do you patch something like this?

Comments

  1. Casey G.May 29, 2013 at 1:19 PM

    Who's going down there to get the bodies?

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  2. Khairul HishamMay 29, 2013 at 3:30 PM

    You go on ahead. I'll cover you.

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  3. James LaMannaMay 29, 2013 at 7:47 PM

    10 to 1 there are Nazis riding dinosaurs down there.

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  4. James LaMannaMay 30, 2013 at 7:40 AM

    I think Silver Surfer is preparing Earth for Galactus.

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