Sink Hole GUATEMALA CITY

Sharkith · Post by **Sharkith** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:58 am

http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2899540&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.

The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could be heard from its depths,and authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.

Rescue operations were on hold until a firefighter, suspended from a cable, could take video and photos above the hole and officials could use the documentation to decide how to proceed.

The dead were identified as Irma and David Soyos, emergency spokesman Juan Carlos Bolanos said. Their bodies were found near the sinkhole, floating in a river of sewage.

Their father, Domingo, was still missing, according to disaster coordinator Hugo Hernandez.

Quinlan · Post by **Quinlan** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:11 am

GoW irl?

<ankh> · Post by **<ankh>** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:19 am

read about this some days ago... pretty cool imo

Edit:
Some other pictures
http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html

/Ankh

Gahn · Post by **Gahn** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:18 am

Uhm apart the easy irony can't find nothing cool about it tbh Ankh :/

<ankh> · Post by **<ankh>** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:19 am

Gahn wrote:Uhm apart the easy irony can't find nothing cool about it tbh Ankh :/

Why not? Atleast I am impressed by our planet - so I think its cool. (Im also impressed by earthquakes, storms, vulcanos etc etc)

/Ankh

Gahn · Post by **Gahn** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:20 am

<ankh> wrote:Why not? Atleast I am impressed by our planet - so I think its cool. (Im also impressed by earthquakes, storms, vulcanos etc etc)

/Ankh

Dunno if it happened beneath yer feet if u would have find it cool tho

That was pretty much my point.
Also it seems more a human fault than a nature amazing wonder.

<ankh> · Post by **<ankh>** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:22 am

Gahn wrote:Dunno if it happened beneath yer feet if u would have find it cool tho That was pretty much my point.

I know what you point is mate, but I still concider it to be cool.
If I was to feel sorry for everyone who dies on our planet I would end up killing myself incredible fast. It's natural for lifes to be taken when our planet shows it strength. Ofc I would get affected more if it was somebody I knew - but as it is, I don't know anyone in Guatamala.

/Ankh

Gahn · Post by **Gahn** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:25 am

I found quite more amusing this interview instead:

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/11/prweb314382.htm

xD

Heta · Post by **Heta** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:48 am

nope can't find it to be cool either

I find it more, lol wtf?

Post by **Xest** » Wed Mar 07, 2007 11:02 am

Is almost as big as your over-used anus Heta.