Comments on: World’s Largest Drain Hole.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 19:35:23 +0000

It just drains out the other side of the dam. Follow the link and you’ll see people using the horizontal part as a skate board park during the dry season.

Now that I think of it, my neighbor’s man made swimming pond operates on a similar, albeit many times smaller, principle.

By: hydroscot

hydroscot — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 13:14:55 +0000

Excuse my ignorance on the subject but where does it drain into?
Its been unusually wet over here (in Soggy Scotland) this year so I may have answered my own question.
Perhaps there is a subterranean continent which has also experienced the worst flooding in memory.
Could’nt you Americans with all your technology send a probe, with camera to investigate?

By: Diver

Diver — Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:30:28 +0000

I’ve stood next to the one at Harriman Dam in Vermont. It was very scarry. I can imagine how a spider feels getting washed down the tub drain.

By: MisterTrilby

MisterTrilby — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:38:20 +0000

Yikes! Terrifying!

By: Jacob

Jacob — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 22:58:29 +0000

It needs “goatse” hands…

By: Starstonight

Starstonight — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:08:57 +0000

Ok, so to reasure the children I have always said “you can’t fit down the drain hole” Now I can say, “But if your bad….” Hee,hee…

And I love the play-dough fun factory you to death comment…too vivid!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:36:46 +0000

I wonder if you fell into that thing while it was draining if you’d survive. There aren’t any turbines to chop you up or grates to Play-Dough Fun Factory you to death. You’d just need to hold your breath and maybe wear a helmet. Not that I’m going to volunteer to take the plunge, mind you.

By: Lasse

Lasse — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:02:36 +0000

There is a map in Half-life 1 who looks excactly like this.

By: Nockamura

Nockamura — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:36:14 +0000

I actually think this glory hole in Northern California is bigger. You can compare it to the roadway and it seems larger. I’m not sure how often it actually drains though. http://virtualguidebooks.com/NorthCalif/NorthCoastRanges/Whiskeytown/G loryHoleWhiskeytown_FS.html

By: Buzz

Buzz — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:43:26 +0000

That would be kind of scary to fall down in.

By: Ty

Ty — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:14:00 +0000

They call it a “glory hole”

By: Denita TwoDragons

Denita TwoDragons — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 15:11:43 +0000

OK then, how about World’s Largest Deliberately-Made Drain-Hole That Didn’t Suck An Entire Lake Into A Salt Mine, Wreaking Massive Havoc And Completely Altering The Local Ecosystem…?

–TwoDragons

By: five_fingers

five_fingers — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:55:02 +0000

I disagree. It doesn’t exist now, but Lake Peigneur at one time had the biggest drain hole.

http://earthdude1.tripod.com/texaco/texaco.html