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Tropical Storm Agatha blows a hole in Guatemala City (must see photo)
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Posted on 06/01/2010 4:38:41 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: omega4179
Pacific storm. The site you cite says Agatha.
To: omega4179
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:07:38 AM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(Barack Obama is Hugo Chavez's poodle.)
To: omega4179
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:09:24 AM PDT
by
aft_lizard
(Barack Obama is Hugo Chavez's poodle.)
To: aft_lizard
Great Blue Hole off the coast of Belize. It formed during the last ice age when the sea levels were lower.
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:20:13 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Scythian
I am hoping some crew of geolists/scientists get very curious and explore (send PICS back) of where that hole goes.
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:25:05 AM PDT
by
Global2010
( I can't wait untill Lent comes in 2011.)
To: Global2010
Strange on how “round” they are.
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:39:20 AM PDT
by
freebird5850
(B.P. = "Baracks' Problem")
To: omega4179
It is a Pacific storm....Atlantic storms are the ones we are familiar with!!
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posted on
06/01/2010 5:43:51 AM PDT
by
GregB
(Sarah Palin The Next President Of The United States!!!!)
To: Scythian
Don’t worry, Obama will plug the hole. He’s good at that, you know.
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posted on
06/01/2010 6:08:08 AM PDT
by
norwaypinesavage
(Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
To: freebird5850
Yeah I wish we had a resident geo Freeper give his opinion/theory on the round funnel like sink holes.
I was wondering if it had to do with the layer formation as you can see at the top of the hole.
Someones Gotta be as curious as us who has the time/knowledge/resourses to go explore it.
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posted on
06/01/2010 6:15:51 AM PDT
by
Global2010
( I can't wait untill Lent comes in 2011.)
To: Scythian
Probably an underground river that found an old well that had been filled in from the past and took away whatever fill was tossed into it and that was probably trash from a couple of centuries.
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posted on
06/01/2010 6:19:34 AM PDT
by
Eye of Unk
("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act" G.Orwell)
To: Global2010
Lots of limestone down there. I’m guessing a cavity forms underground and reaches a collapse point which forms the straight sides.
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posted on
06/01/2010 6:22:29 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: cripplecreek
They don’t screw around with the piddly sinkholes like we have in the states. Florida has had some that look remarkably like this one, in terms of diameter and depth. Similar geology, I guess.
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posted on
06/01/2010 6:43:00 AM PDT
by
Charles Martel
("Endeavor to persevere...")
To: cripplecreek
I c:
Underground water dissolves the limestone over time.
but how are the walls so straight? is that the water seepage area?
thanks
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posted on
06/01/2010 12:50:29 PM PDT
by
Steve Van Doorn
(*in my best Eric cartman voice* 'I love you guys')
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