Thursday, June 3, 2010

Guatemala's Second 'Hole'

I was shocked and frightened at the same time after seeing this photo of a massive sinkhole created last May in Guatemala City that swallowed a factory and killed 3 people.

Yeah, it's odd but it's real. This deadly hole is approximately 18 meters (60 ft) wide and 60 meters (200 ft) deep. It was said to be developed after a typhoon.

Scary. But this ain't the first time unlucky Guatemala City had this kind of sinkhole. It was three years ago (2007), a deeper hole was created due to the fluid from a sewer that dissolves the rock beneath the surface. It is said to be 100 meters (330 ft) deep, too deep that it can swallow the whole Statue of Liberty, or even two of its kind.

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