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A sinking feeling (http://www.ordena.com/digg/sinkhole.html)


By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA, Associated Press Writer

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent rains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.

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 others could open up.

Rescue operations were on hold until a firefighter, suspended from a cable, could take video and photos above the hole and officials could use the documentation to decide how to proceed.

The dead were identified as Irma and David Soyos, emergency spokesman Juan Carlos Bolanos said. Their bodies were found near the sinkhole, floating in a river of sewage.

Their father, Domingo, was still missing, according to disaster coordinator Hugo Hernandez.


Check the pictures!

Its old news, but creepy stuff. I live in an area that littered with old coal mines and is right atop a fault line. One good shake, and I could find myself underground.

If something large and scaly starts climbing out of that hole, I suggest running as fast as one can.

It sucks that some kids lost their lives and that one the fathers is missing.

Emergence day!!!

playing too much gears of war have we

If something large and scaly starts climbing out of that hole, I suggest running as fast as one can.

Emergence day!!!

This prompted me to check out sinkholes.

Fascinating stuff, yet mysteriously spooky.

And tis a shame about the deaths.

Where do you live?

Rural Missouri, out near Leadington and what used to be the town of Flat River (now Park Hills).

Its old news, but creepy stuff. I live in an area that littered with old coal mines and is right atop a fault line. One good shake, and I could find myself underground.

Where do you live?

Looks like it's time to build a new community pool!

Rural Missouri, out near Leadington and what used to be the town of Flat River (now Park Hills).

Well my guess was way off. :p

playing too much gears of war have we

Impossible, with gears of war you can only have two options with the amount played, enough and not enough!

Looks like it's time to build a new community pool!

Thats the spirit.

Rural Missouri, out near Leadington and what used to be the town of Flat River (now Park Hills).

Ironic naming conventions.

Impossible, with gears of war you can only have two options with the amount played, enough and not enough!

can be said to all the good games

If something large and scaly starts climbing out of that hole, I suggest running as fast as one can.

Ia, ia, ftagn Cthulhuae!

Its old news, but creepy stuff. I live in an area that littered with old coal mines and is right atop a fault line. One good shake, and I could find myself underground.
Hope you land on some sharp rocks. Dieing of thirst or starving won't be fun.

Hope you land on some sharp rocks. Dieing of thirst or starving won't be fun.

You're a real humanitarian, aren't you?:p