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Giant sinkhole swallows father, teens
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| February 23, 2007
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Posted on 02/23/2007 7:18:57 PM PST by FreedomCalls
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To: FreedomCalls
I hate it when that happens.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:25:44 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Veritas. Gravitas. Ohmygas.)
To: abishai
"The pit was emitting foul odors, loud noises and tremors, and a rush of water could be heard from its depths."The tormented in Hell? Sounds of the River Styx?
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:27:37 PM PST
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: Rodney King
It's called Karst topography. Typical of limestone surface formations in humid climates. Ground water dissolves the rock and creates underground caverns. When a cave reaches the surface and the surface collapses into it, this is what happens.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:27:52 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08)
To: All
Another view:
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:28:29 PM PST
by
saquin
To: FreedomCalls
300 feet deep!!
My friggin goodness.
Those poor people....they are gone now, and what a horrifying way to go. I can't even imagine it....heavens.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:28:39 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: dirtboy
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:29:00 PM PST
by
Rodney King
(No, we can't all just get along.)
To: FreedomCalls
Now that is a pothole. Holy moly!
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:29:18 PM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: rockrr
It's pretty stupid statement unless they consider bodies in their sewage system just an everyday event and he wasn't a victim of THIS event.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:29:23 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(You can lead a man to reason, but you can't make him think)
To: FreedomCalls
"The pit was emitting foul odors, loud noises and tremors..."
Sounds like Hillary's senate office.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:29:51 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(Veritas. Gravitas. Ohmygas.)
To: Rodney King
It's global warming. These days everything is global warming. /s
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:30:01 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: listenhillary
Well, it is Guatemala.
Bodies in sewers could be commonplace (yeah, I know....ignorant and jingoistic...so sue me).
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:30:43 PM PST
by
rwfromkansas
(http://xanga.com/rwfromkansas)
To: rockrr; SIDENET
I think what they mean is that it could be a corpse from somewhere else -- a burial disturbed by the underground collapse or a body from elsewhere in the ruptured sewer system -- not one of the three missing people.
Bodies turn up in odd places even in a 1st world country -- two kids taking a shortcut last Thursday around here discovered two decomposed bodies in the woods. Nobody knows who they are or even if they are male or female, the MedEx has them and I guess will figure something out.
But if it can happen here, it certainly can happen there.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:31:07 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: FreedomCalls
The tormented in Hell? Sounds of the River Styx?Nah, just Hillary's Wahr Room swinging into gear.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:31:30 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08)
To: FreedomCalls
"The pit was emitting foul odors, loud noises and tremors, and a rush of water could be heard from its depths."
The tormented in Hell? Sounds of the River Styx?
Rosie O'Donnel?
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:31:47 PM PST
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: dirtboy
That hole is going to get bigger as the sides cave in.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:32:09 PM PST
by
umgud
(I did not sleep with Anna Nicole)
To: rwfromkansas; listenhillary
Some awfully nasty stuff turns up at the sewage processing plant. My husband is a consulting chemist and deals with some local sewage treatment facilities. They find lots of dead animals and an occasional dead human.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:32:31 PM PST
by
AnAmericanMother
((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
To: FreedomCalls
I keep hearing on Coast to Coast AM that the Russians unearthed on of these in Siberia.
But, seriously, thats a big hole.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:33:22 PM PST
by
abishai
To: FreedomCalls
Somebody should have called Winston Rothschild before it was too late.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:33:57 PM PST
by
John W
To: Rodney King
In dry climates limestone forms cliffs - witness the Grand Canyon.
In Kentucky, Mammoth Cave formed in a humid climate. And sinkholes are plentiful there.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:34:22 PM PST
by
dirtboy
(Duncan Hunter 08)
To: FreedomCalls
Several interesting things about the hole:
- It's 330 feet deep but it looks like it's about 80 feet wide. Soil likes to be as cubical as possible when it's a hole.
- The walls are unbelieveably square to the edge as far down as the picture shows.
- It has at least 5 different distinct types of soil in the first 40 feet of depth.
- The hole is incredibly circular, especially considering the depth.
- The surface shows no radial cracks from the edge of the hole.
This is one weird nature-made hole.
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posted on
02/23/2007 7:35:19 PM PST
by
HighWheeler
(A true liberal today is a combination of socialist, fascist, hypocrite, and anti-American.)
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