February 26, 2007

Terra firma.

Posted by apostropher

Good god, what a nightmare.

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Emergency crews on 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 on Friday. [...]

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 up.

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Comments
1

I used to have nightmares about this sort of thing, but they were earthquake-specific. I never thought to have nightmares about sewage-caused sinkholes. Thanks, apo!

Posted by: Jackmormon at February 26, 2007 03:31 PM
2

330 feet deep?!? Damn. That's one helluva hole under that city.

Posted by: froz gobo at February 26, 2007 11:23 PM
3

I hear there are lots of tapeworms in sewage-caused sinkholes too, JackMo.

Posted by: M/tch M/lls at February 27, 2007 09:41 AM
4

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiggggggghhhhh

Posted by: Jackmormon at February 27, 2007 05:25 PM
5

"terra infirma", anyone?

If they leave it alone, do they have a tourist attraction?

Posted by: SlouchingTom at February 28, 2007 04:56 AM
6

sewage-caused sinkholes

Known colloquially as stinkholes.

Posted by: apostropher at February 28, 2007 03:19 PM
7

So that is where my Ex moved to!

Posted by: JT at March 28, 2007 02:09 PM
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