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Offline thundley4

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The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« on: May 31, 2010, 06:40:32 PM »


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"This can't be real" was my first thought. Then I checked the source: The Guatemalan government. What you are looking at here is a sinkhole that just appeared in the Zone 2 of Ciudad de Guatemala. And it's very real.

A sinkhole is a natural depression caused by the removal of soil by water. This process can happen slowly, but sometimes the land just cracks open. In this case, the sinkhole happened suddenly. It was caused by massive waterfall from tropical storm Agatha, which is now hitting the area.

Sinkholes can go from slow depressions to apparently never ending holes like this one. Luckily, and unlike the 2007 sinkhole that killed two teens, it happened in a street intersection and it seems there are no victims.
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That looks so unreal, almost like something from a movie.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #1 on: May 31, 2010, 07:19:23 PM »
it's so creepy!!! Of course that picture is just begging for a snarky caption. 
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #2 on: May 31, 2010, 08:35:09 PM »
The walls are too "clean", no visible cracks around it?, what is down there at the bottom?

Mel Torme?
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #3 on: May 31, 2010, 08:39:04 PM »
Quote from: FGL on May 31, 2010, 08:35:09 PM
The walls are too "clean", no visible cracks around it?, what is down there at the bottom?

Mel Torme?

It could be a lava tube that collapsed into an old lava dome. 
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2010, 08:40:48 PM »
pretty eerie if its real
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2010, 08:40:54 PM »
"The world's biggest silo is being shipped to Guatemala to plug up the hole, and only time will tell if Bill Clinton's proposal will work."
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2010, 10:02:54 PM »
Guatemala has problems with sinkholes which are sometimes caused by the underlying aquifer (usually limestone or some other soft rock) dissolving, removing the support for the ground above it.  Here's one from 2007... it looks nearly identical: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070226-sinkhole-photo.html
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #7 on: June 01, 2010, 10:43:37 AM »
Quote from: FGL on May 31, 2010, 08:35:09 PM
The walls are too "clean", no visible cracks around it?, what is down there at the bottom?

Mel Torme?


Nope, Jimmy Hoffa.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #8 on: June 01, 2010, 10:56:50 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on June 01, 2010, 10:43:37 AM

Nope, Jimmy Hoffa.

Well, I'm not going down in that thing to look for him.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #9 on: June 01, 2010, 11:28:59 AM »
I'm with Dixie.....creepy!

I guess they send remote cameras down to check it out? Surely not people?
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #10 on: June 01, 2010, 02:37:57 PM »
I heard that it was reported that someone was yelling "THIS.....IS.....GUATEMALA!!!!!!" in the vicinity of the sinkhole.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #11 on: June 01, 2010, 02:44:43 PM »
I can't believe I am the first one to say it but I will.....JUST PLUG THE HOLE DADDY!!!!!!!
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #12 on: June 01, 2010, 03:08:19 PM »
Scary stuff. I hope someone does send a remote camera down,  I'd love to see that footage.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #13 on: June 01, 2010, 05:18:33 PM »
Pretty amazing!
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #14 on: June 01, 2010, 05:25:05 PM »
The news report said there might have been a 3-story building on top of where that hole is.  I wonder if they've confirmed it.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #15 on: June 01, 2010, 05:32:05 PM »
They're now confirming at least 3 dead. A father and his 2 teenage kids. 330 feet deep holy crap.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #16 on: June 01, 2010, 05:42:02 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 01, 2010, 05:25:05 PM
The news report said there might have been a 3-story building on top of where that hole is.  I wonder if they've confirmed it.

looks like an intersection to me
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #17 on: June 01, 2010, 06:01:36 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 01, 2010, 05:25:05 PM
The news report said there might have been a 3-story building on top of where that hole is.  I wonder if they've confirmed it.

They said that on FNC today, but it sure looks like it was the middle of an intersection.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #18 on: June 01, 2010, 06:18:33 PM »
Quote from: chris_ on June 01, 2010, 05:25:05 PM
The news report said there might have been a 3-story building on top of where that hole is.  I wonder if they've confirmed it.

It looks like an intersection
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #19 on: June 01, 2010, 07:11:02 PM »
Then again, it is Guatemala... maybe they put apartment buildings with roads coming out on each side.
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Re: The Gates of Hell Just Opened In Guatemala
« Reply #20 on: June 01, 2010, 07:17:10 PM »
It actually looks like a big effin' hole.
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