Massive Sinkhole

[pickinduck]

By Michael Sheridan
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Tuesday, June 1st 2010, 5:44 PM


As Guatemala emerged from the downpours of Tropical Storm Agatha, it was struck by another natural disaster - a massive sinkhole that swallowed an entire building.

The hole, which formed at a street intersection Guatemala City, looks like a near-perfect circle and according to reports, it spread beneath a three-story structure, which fell into it. A private security guard is believed to have been killed.

The storm's rain is being blamed for creating the sinkhole, which form suddenly without warning and can range in size. Sinkholes are found throughout the world.

Flooding and landslides from the season's first tropical storm have killed at least 150 people and left thousands homeless in Central America, officials said. Guatemala was the hardest hit, with officials putting the death toll at 123, with another 90 still missing.

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[pickinduck]

It reminds me of the hole that the aliens bored in Antarctica in the movie Aliens vs Predators

[pickinduck]

It also makes me think of the bottomless blue holes in the ocean. One of them is just right off the coast of Florida.

[sherlew (Ret)]

Wow, that really is something. It's scary to think that a big hole can just appear and swallow a building.

[pickinduck]

I wonder what the building was that got swallowed
It mentioned a security guard.
I keep thinking about a bank. Wouldn't that be something? What would they do?

[sherlew (Ret)]

Unless money disasters are handled like there are here in the U.S., I'm sure it would cause a great hardship for them. I really wouldn't know, though. Hope it wasn't a bank. It could have been an office, too.