Giant Sinkhole Swallows Guatemala Homes

[chewyuk]

Good old National Geographic - Utter madness this, it's twice the height of the Statue of Liberty.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html

 

[Wile E. coyote]

Wow, thats some mighty hole

 

[RobbieW]

That hole is deeper than my bosses pockets!

 

[Dark Star]

I hope someones looking into it!

 

[oldgit]

I hope someones looking into it!

oooouch! :nono:


That is one heluva way to get a subway system for free tho

 

[Jonnyreb]

oooouch! :nono:


That is one heluva way to get a subway system for free tho

That IS the subway system

 

[brummie]

Is this another or the one from last week??

EDIT: Ignore,just noticed the date on it :amstupid:

 

[chewyuk]

Its exactly a third of the total height of the Eiffel Tower ...Question is, how many more interesting stats can I get

 

[chewyuk]

or ...

 

[Jonnyreb]

or ...

Muddy Funkster!!!!!! - wheres Poseidons bath plug gone???

 

[Witch]

Its exactly a third of the total height of the Eiffel Tower ...Question is, how many more interesting stats can I get

How many Nelson's Columns though? And come to that what does it measure in double decker buses?

 

[chewyuk]

Nelsons column is 185 feet high, 30feet higher than the statue of liberty. So just under two of Nelsons columns.
A double decker bus is 14feet high, so I reckon 23 double decker buses

Next

 

[whitewash]

they must have bloody big moles in guatemala....

 

[Dark Star]

How many Albert Halls would it take to fill that hole?

 

[whitewash]

i think the real question is how many prince alberts would it cost to fill that hole...

 

[chewyuk]

How many Albert Halls would it take to fill that hole?

OK You got me

Its external dimensions are 270 ft. by 240 ft, with a circumference of 810 ft. so if threw it in brick by brick - OK I'll stop now ...

 

[Jonnyreb]

OK You got me

Its external dimensions are 270 ft. by 240 ft, with a circumference of 810 ft. so if threw it in brick by brick

Good answer - pmsl!

 

[Dark Star]

OK You got me

Its external dimensions are 270 ft. by 240 ft, with a circumference of 810 ft. so if threw it in brick by brick - OK I'll stop now ...

I take it you get the reference...

 

[brummie]

just been pointed in the direction of some better pics that give you an understanding of its size


http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html

 

[Hacker]

Reminds me of a girl I met in Skegness once.....

:nuts:

 

[Wile E. coyote]

Reminds me of a girl I met in Skegness once.....

:nuts:

Eeeewwww

 

[RobEavis]

Wow, that looks awesome! I'd love to be in Guatemala with a really long rope right now! I wander if there's a cave system at the bottom!

More pics here​

 

[Jonnyreb]

I wander if there's a cave system at the bottom!

Yep - right up AND down the sewer system

 

[photostar_1]

Crikey.......bl***y big rabbits they have there!

Sorry, just realised someone died, so shouldn't joke really.