Flooding opens up sinkholes in Guatemala City

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Flooding-opens-up-sinkholes-Guatemala-City/ss/events/wl/053110guatemalahole#photoViewer=/100601/ids_photos_india_wl/ra572889842.jpg

What the?? This is really, extremely chilling....

 

That is freaking creepy....I wonder how they occurred and how many more there are out there...

 

http://gizmodo.com/5551916/the-gates-of-hell-just-opened-in-guatemala
The pictures are absolutely incredible.

 

Sinkholes occur when the ground beneath is rich in easily dissolved rocks such as limestone, carbonates and salt beds. When groundwater flows through these rocks, it eats away at them, leaving behind subterranean holes and caverns. When the roof of one of these caverns collapses, it takes the land above down with it. They are most common Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Kentucky, Tennessee and Pennsylvania, especially if caves are found like Mammoth Cave in Kentucky is riddled with sinkholes.

 

I came across that on Yahoo! just earlier.
When I saw the picture I was like "What the hell?"
I sense maybe someone will create an "OM NOM NOM NOM" version anytime soon.
[me=Fumaken]opens up Paint/GIMP.[/me]

 

holy shmolies! 30 stories is a far way down...

 

"ALTO" means STOP

to people who don't understand that

 

no... alto means both high and tall in spanish bub...