Super Massive Black Hole

[odris]

See what I did there?

 

 

"One person has reportedly died after a massive sinkhole swallowed a three-storey building and a house in Guatemala.

 

The hole, larger than a street intersection, opened up in the wake of Tropical Storm Agatha in the capital Guatemala City.

 

At least 146 people across Central America have been killed in the storm.

 

Among the dead in Guatemala are four children who had been in a house that was swept away in a landslide.

 

Guatemala's President Alvaro Colom told a news conference that 123 people have been confirmed dead and another 90 are missing as a result of the storm.

 

"I want to make clear that those are provisional numbers because new information continues to come in," he said.

 

"There are many villages that still have not been able to report their tragedies."

 

Agatha, the first named storm of the 2010 Pacific hurricane season, hit on Saturday.

 

More than a metre of rain fell in the west of Guatemala and in neighbouring El Salvador.

 

"I've got no one to help me. I watched the water take everything," said Carlota Ramos in the town of Amatitlan.

 

Her brick house was almost completely swamped by mud.

 

Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador have all declared nationwide states of emergency.

 

Over 94,000 people have been evacuated after the storm buried houses under mud and swept away a highway bridge near Guatemala City.

 

International aid is beginning to step up with some aid organisers turning to Facebook, Twitter and other internet social networking sites to appeal for necessities to send to populations or authorities.

 

France said it is sending humanitarian supplies and issued a statement expressing its condolences to the affected countries.

 

Guatemala City's response was hampered by a separate emergency - the eruption of a nearby volcano whose ash forced the closure of the capital's international airport.

 

Central America is vunerable to heavy rains due to its mountainous terrain while poor communication in rural areas can complicate rescue efforts."

[Anubis]

Is that real? It looks Photoshopped.

[Magellan06]

That's from 2007, don't know why it's cropped up again but it's real.

[Guest The Chimp]

Saw it on the news before. Officially there are as yet no casualties but an eyewitness reported that a phone booth with two people inside, disappeared into this.

[odris]

Forgot to put the link, sorry.

 

Storm Triggers Giant Guatemalan Sinkhole - Yahoo! News UK

[23_Carra_Gold]

I would be extremely afraid in that circumstance

[The Special One]

I feel an adventure brewing kids!

 

[Nunavut Patrick]

I feel an adventure brewing kids!

 

 

I'd so bang Ms Frizzle.

[piscinin]

We used to see them every so often when we lived in central florida. I don't know why but they always seem to be suspiciously regular and symmetrical.

[razor]

But seriously, where does it lead to? Where does the earth that was in the 'hole' shift to? Why is it cylindrical?

 

We need a pen-...... pent-........... penta-........ earth specialist.

[piscinin]

I always reckoned it was one of these guys.

 

[Alan Sex]

Saw it on the news before. Officially there are as yet no casualties but an eyewitness reported that a phone booth with two people inside, disappeared into this.

 

Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.

[Spy Bee]

I did a poo this morning that could fill that gap nicely!

[Xherdan]

Thats incredible. I must read about these things.

 

 

I should also add, that I thought this thread was about Beyonce, yet I dont leave disappointed.

[liverbobs]

It reminds me of my ex wife...

[Guest The Chimp]

I find this a fascinating subject but I keep on hesitating to revisit this thread in case Tom comes on and posts THAT picture.

[Original202]

 

 

 

Weird. Police are looking into it, however.

 

This one is in Siberia, too:

 

[Johnni]

I thought the original photo of the sinkhole from 2007 was fake but this new one shows how big & deep they can be.

[Original202]

Is this why Ayres rock/Uluru is so big? All the rock just heads South and out through the Earth's arse.

[Wor Horse]

That's amazing.

[Funkasy]

anyone got black hole insurance ?

[Johnni]

How deep are these?, they seem to go on forever by they photos.

They should get a team together to go down them. A hunky expedition leader, a female scientist who dislikes the leader but then warms to him over the course of the journey, an old man who will die eventually a heroes death, and throw in a few kids who end up making things worse but learn a lesson in the end.

[aws]

And they say Dr Who is fiction.

[Anubis]

I've seen something like this before. In Preadtor vs Aliens. I reckon there's an Aztec-like temple full of Aliens down there, and the Predators are preparing their arrival.

[Big Ig]

That Siberia pic's a mine surely?