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Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole (WOW! pictures)
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | February 25, 2007

Posted on 02/26/2007 11:39:52 AM PST by lizol

Third body found in Guatemala sinkhole

February 25, 2007

GUATEMALA CITY -- Emergency crews Saturday found a third body in a 330-foot-deep sinkhole that had swallowed a dozen homes and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood.

The body of Domingo Soyos, 53, was carried out of the enormous fissure and identified by family members, medical crews said.

Soyos was the father of teenagers Irma and David Soyos, whose bodies were found floating in a river of sewage soon after the sinkhole opened Friday.

Residents said there were other people unaccounted for, but emergency crews could not confirm that.

Officials blamed recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main for the tragedy. 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 other sinkholes could open.

Police evacuated nearby homes and cordoned off a 500-yard perimeter around the crater. Security officials were on guard for possible looters and curious onlookers.


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: disaster; guatemala; sinkhole
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To: Constitution Day
OK Matthew 27:

26 Everyone who hears these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who built his house on the sand

No kidding, that hole looks well, biblical!

61 posted on 02/26/2007 12:13:16 PM PST by ASOC
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To: lizol

Holy crap.


62 posted on 02/26/2007 12:14:40 PM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: ASOC

I must admit, it does.


63 posted on 02/26/2007 12:17:17 PM PST by Constitution Day
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To: cripplecreek; Hatteras

What are those things and why did you bring Kevin Bacon into it?


64 posted on 02/26/2007 12:17:45 PM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: dead; cripplecreek

Terrific Work! Both of you! ROTFL!


65 posted on 02/26/2007 12:18:17 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: Hatteras

Kevin Bacon was just along for the ride. Fred Ward was da man.


66 posted on 02/26/2007 12:18:34 PM PST by ReignOfError (`)
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To: cripplecreek

LOL....Here we go. Put Bush as superman coming out of that hole....


67 posted on 02/26/2007 12:19:29 PM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: cripplecreek

Damn! Her agent IS GOOD!


68 posted on 02/26/2007 12:19:41 PM PST by litehaus (A memory tooooo long)
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To: lizol

This will make you dizzy...that is if my link works.

http://dsc.discovery.com/beyond/index.html?playerId=203711706&categoryId=455164013&lineupId=458993613


69 posted on 02/26/2007 12:19:54 PM PST by Leg Olam ("Somethings got to go, either me or that wallpaper.." last words, Oscar Wilde)
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To: dead

Good one! I wish I had an easy fast gif program.


70 posted on 02/26/2007 12:20:42 PM PST by Fawn (LEMME IN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkMIdfwo32Y&eurl=)
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To: lizol

Damn, the Statue of Liberty including it's base could fit in there with more than 40ft left over.


71 posted on 02/26/2007 12:21:11 PM PST by HEY4QDEMS (Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.)
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To: GATOR NAVY
"That's a big hole."

Look at the surrounding area. There is NO WAY that area could have had a dozen houses on it unless they were apartment house units. The perspective shows the relative size of the houses in that area and only 3-4 would fit in and keep the same packing factor.
72 posted on 02/26/2007 12:21:14 PM PST by lawdude (2006: The elections we will live to die for!)
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To: lawdude
There is NO WAY that area could have had a dozen houses on it

Shhhhhh.... they're trying to scam FEMA.

73 posted on 02/26/2007 12:22:34 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: dead

ROFL!


74 posted on 02/26/2007 12:23:51 PM PST by Fierce Allegiance (If something I said angers you, you are must be ignorant, a sissy or a commie. Have a nice day.)
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To: lizol

Wow!


75 posted on 02/26/2007 12:24:31 PM PST by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: AnAmericanMother

Yeah Florida's aquifer runs underground all over the state, we're full of underwater caverns and sinkholes. Way back when I was at FSU we had professors that had mapped miles (held a world record IIRC) of underground caverns connecting lakes all over the place. I actually got college credits learning to scuba dive.

When I was a kid, I remember folks studying the lakes around town dropping bright dye in one, only to have it pop up in other lakes a ways off.


76 posted on 02/26/2007 12:24:57 PM PST by Sax
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To: dead

Too much!


77 posted on 02/26/2007 12:26:02 PM PST by bk1000 (A clear conscience is a sure sign of a poor memory)
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To: lizol
Dude... I AM THERE! LET'S ROCK!


78 posted on 02/26/2007 12:26:07 PM PST by Hatteras
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To: Lee Heggy123

Well... the link works but to see the vid you need to select the 'descent' video from the menu to the right of the player screen other wise you'll be watching a guy tussl with a rather large python.


79 posted on 02/26/2007 12:27:20 PM PST by Leg Olam ("Somethings got to go, either me or that wallpaper.." last words, Oscar Wilde)
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To: dead

ROFL


80 posted on 02/26/2007 12:27:23 PM PST by No Blue States
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