One would think?
We were letting our imaginations run last night talking with my kids about this. The thought came up that what if a Time Machine located in Seattle in the year 3000 went back 20,000 years? Say around the time between glacial periods and Seattle was just a large river or delta of sediments being laid down. I would imagine that the time machine would keeps it’s lat/long coordinates, but - being subject to the laws of gravity, would end up on the ground surface of 20,000 years ago (say about 80 feet deep).
The poor guy can’t get his time machine back to the future, and is stuck. Only to be uncovered now. I’m guessing that is probably it! (Where is Art Bell when you need him the most!?)
Here's the latest article I could find about it:
Seattle tunnel machine still stalled by mystery blockage
Published: Dec 26, 2013 at 1:18 PM PST Last Updated: Dec 26, 2013 at 1:35 PM PST
SEATTLE (AP) - The huge machine drilling a highway tunnel under downtown Seattle remains stalled by a mysterious blockage.
A spokeswoman for the state Transportation Department, KaDeena Yerkan, says Thursday we probably won't know anything new until after the first of the year.
Wells have been pumping out water so that workers might be able to identify the obstruction that halted progress on Dec. 7.
The machine called Bertha is about 60 feet under Seattle streets and about one-tenth of the way toward completing a 1.7-mile tunnel. It will carry Highway 99 traffic and allow the demolition of the Alaskan Way Viaduct on the waterfront.