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General Discussion => Essentially Flyertalk => Topic started by: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM

Title: Sinkholes.
Post by: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM: I'm fascinated by them.

Check out this one that happened at Table Rock just a couple days ago!

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle10272158.ece%2Falternates%2Fw620%2Fv2-Golf-course-sinkhole.jpg&hash=c9464ec65153ac0153209dca55c6f5ec5c7ceb37)

And this one that swallowed a three story factory and is more than 100' wide in Guatemala City!

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themarysue.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Fguatemala-sinkhole.jpg%23geekosystem&hash=7772fcbac7b882e1eb6c68b51fe775370217e089)

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.csmonitor.com%2Fcsmarchives%2F2010%2F06%2F0601-Guatemala-sink-hole.jpg%3Falias%3Dstandard_600x400&hash=d96bdda9cf7f8a8718fad4862f4a80775762088e)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: ksupamplemousse on May 27, 2015, 12:33:39 PM: Never trusted 'em.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Kat Kid on May 27, 2015, 12:34:03 PM: (https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Frt.com%2Ffiles%2Fnews%2F28%2Fe7%2Fc0%2F00%2Fdarvasa_gas_crater_panorama.jpg&hash=6f3dab66e9991de085af352dfa8f177812c89b98)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: steve dave on May 27, 2015, 12:34:43 PM: how about those giant russian ones that are like a mile across

(https://encrypted-tbn2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSCv1q5OlhvophZPpt-VY6NGAwUiRxcsxvIZ6CKrLHAcw3EPK3e4Q)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:47:28 PM: How about the one in the middle of that corvette museum that swallowed up all of the cars!

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia2.s-nbcnews.com%2Fi%2Fnewscms%2F2014_10%2F225016%2Fpc-140303-corvette-sinkhole-02-1717_6ebded9726a60d2138eae64ea121f463.jpg&hash=32032be9cfdb24626845227568ed977c269a798e)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: The1BigWillie on May 27, 2015, 12:49:38 PM: http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/ (http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Institutional Control on May 27, 2015, 12:54:32 PM: Quote from: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM

Check out this one that happened at Table Rock just a couple days ago!

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle10272158.ece%2Falternates%2Fw620%2Fv2-Golf-course-sinkhole.jpg&hash=c9464ec65153ac0153209dca55c6f5ec5c7ceb37)

I'd guess that hole is a par 2.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: sys on May 27, 2015, 01:05:24 PM: that guatemalan one is terrifying.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Tobias on May 27, 2015, 01:09:43 PM: nope. nope nope nope.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Spracne on May 27, 2015, 01:14:46 PM: Quote from: Batt BcKee on May 27, 2015, 12:54:32 PM
Quote from: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM

Check out this one that happened at Table Rock just a couple days ago!

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fincoming%2Farticle10272158.ece%2Falternates%2Fw620%2Fv2-Golf-course-sinkhole.jpg&hash=c9464ec65153ac0153209dca55c6f5ec5c7ceb37)

I'd guess that hole is a par 2.

Right in the bunker, too. Lucky thing you weren't playing that day.

Golf humor, you guys! :lol:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: star seed 7 on May 27, 2015, 01:18:49 PM: Pretty meh on these things
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: kslim on May 27, 2015, 01:32:20 PM: :zzz:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on May 27, 2015, 01:35:35 PM: :clac:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 27, 2015, 01:51:58 PM: Hate em. they are a pretty big deal in the cave dwelling game.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: j rake on May 27, 2015, 01:53:34 PM: sinkholes are terrifying. if i ever got swallowed up by one, i imagine plummeting 30 feet, surviving, and feeling a sense of hope until a grizzly bear comes walking over and eats me.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: CHONGS on May 27, 2015, 05:39:00 PM: It's best not to think that they can happen virtually anywhere and at any time.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: GregKSU1027 on May 29, 2015, 04:06:53 PM: This should really be taken to the science article thread but it is an article about sinkholes and how they form so enjoy. http://floridaswater.com/watersupply/howsinkholesform.html
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on July 07, 2015, 08:39:19 AM: There's a sinkhole in Wichita...the whole city could be sucked in by the end of the day. :runaway:

(https://scontent-dfw1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t1.0-9/11698659_970667442954481_7264921507966904265_n.jpg?oh=2fe8b04e66944266a80b4cd51b154769&oe=56187A9C)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: meow meow on July 07, 2015, 08:40:05 AM: :crossfingers:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Asteriskhead on July 07, 2015, 08:46:25 AM: we should just pump all the water out of the ground to stop it, right?
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: kslim on July 07, 2015, 08:47:43 AM: look for the cell phone when you get to the bottom of it
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: slobber on July 07, 2015, 09:00:29 AM: Quote from: meow meow on July 07, 2015, 08:40:05 AM
:crossfingers:
:lol:

Gonna win 'em all!
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: The Big Train on July 07, 2015, 09:13:23 AM: https://twitter.com/lvcountyeoc/status/618420082876637184
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Kat Kid on July 10, 2015, 08:54:37 AM: (https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.graytvinc.com%2Fimages%2FTuttle-Creek-sinkhole.jpg&hash=7dce38ed4f49844cfdd9e729ab94c341730def74)
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: The Big Train on July 10, 2015, 10:23:33 AM: is that at the tubes! :Wha:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: hatingfrancisco on July 10, 2015, 11:45:33 AM: Yep. :ohno:
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Gooch on July 10, 2015, 12:15:59 PM: <------- not a dam engineer but that cannot be very dam good.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: star seed 7 on July 10, 2015, 12:22:30 PM: That's a dam hole gooch
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: mhkpasa on July 10, 2015, 12:26:04 PM: I did read where they said it posed no threat to dam stability.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Gooch on July 10, 2015, 12:56:21 PM: Quote from: mhkpasa on July 10, 2015, 12:26:04 PM
I did read where they said it posed no threat to dam stability.
That sounds like a dam lie.
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: The Big Train on July 10, 2015, 12:57:05 PM: Quote from: Gooch on July 10, 2015, 12:56:21 PM
Quote from: mhkpasa on July 10, 2015, 12:26:04 PM
I did read where they said it posed no threat to dam stability.
That sounds like a dam lie.

You'd better dam believe it
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: dmartin on July 10, 2015, 01:06:16 PM: damnit
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: Mrs. Gooch on August 17, 2015, 10:21:23 AM: Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on July 07, 2015, 08:39:19 AM
There's a sinkhole in Wichita...the whole city could be sucked in by the end of the day. :runaway:

Another one!
http://www.kake.com/home/headlines/Sinkhole-develops-under-Maize-school-bus-321818562.html
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: slobber on August 17, 2015, 10:30:39 AM: I thought this would be a link to a thread from last week, BUT IT'S NOT!

Gonna win 'em all!
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: mocat on August 17, 2015, 01:49:13 PM: Quote from: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themarysue.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Fguatemala-sinkhole.jpg%23geekosystem&hash=7772fcbac7b882e1eb6c68b51fe775370217e089)

what is at the bottom of that thing and also how deep is it?
Title: Re: Sinkholes.
Post by: XocolateThundarr on August 17, 2015, 01:54:47 PM: Quote from: mocat on August 17, 2015, 01:49:13 PM
Quote from: wabash909 on May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM
(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.themarysue.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F06%2Fguatemala-sinkhole.jpg%23geekosystem&hash=7772fcbac7b882e1eb6c68b51fe775370217e089)

what is at the bottom of that thing and also how deep is it?

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