The Biggest, Baddest Sinkholes on Earth

Posted by Alex in Travel & Places on August 27, 2008 at 12:12 pm


One day you’re minding your own business … and the next day the earth opens up and swallows your home - literally!

WebEcoist lists 13 of the biggest, strangest, and most devastating sinkholes on Earth. The one on the left is in Guatemala City:

Residents of a Guatemala City heard strange rumblings for weeks but weren’t sure what was happening beneath them. Then, in late February 2007, a near-perfect circle of earth dropped some 30 stories almost instantly. It’s amazing how neat the hole is. Two people died and over 1,000 had to be evacuated; the sinkhole resulted from a corroded sewage system deep beneath the surface (apparently the odor coming from the hole was intolerable).

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(Photo: Reuters/STR New)




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13 comments to "The Biggest, Baddest Sinkholes on Earth"

  1. anon
    August 27th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Again with the holes?

    Should we change the site url to neatoholes.com ?

  2. Jimbo
    August 27th, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    Be careful, the global warming cult members will start saying it is man’s fault that the world is getting holes in it.

  3. Tiago
    August 27th, 2008 at 1:14 pm

    funny thing without seeing the comments i came here to say, enough with the holes already, and seems i’m not the only one.. those holes are very old around the internet, and its getting really lame featuring holes so many times

  4. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    “It’s amazing how neat the hole is. Two people died and over 1,000 had to be evacuated…”

    At first, I thought they meant “neat” as in Neatorama “neat”. But I think they just meant “tidy”. I hope.

    “Be careful, the global warming cult members will start saying it is man’s fault that the world is getting holes in it.”

    That’s kind of irrelevant, Jimbo. It’s also a pretty lame attempt to troll.

  5. Thomas
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    Agreed, everytime anything happens regarding weather, oceans, air, or dirt, some jackass comes out saying, “Careful, people will think its global warming!”

    Talk about obsessed.

  6. Thomas
    August 27th, 2008 at 2:59 pm

    BTW, that one was kind of man’s fault. It was a sewage leak. Last time I checked, sewers aren’t part of the ecosystem.

  7. Christophe
    August 27th, 2008 at 3:08 pm

    Florida : hurricanes, alligators, and now radioactive sinkholes?
    I’m definitly not going to retire there.

  8. Gail Pink
    August 27th, 2008 at 3:22 pm

    Sink Holes Are Scary!

    http://www.worleygig.com

  9. Nalin
    August 27th, 2008 at 4:46 pm

    i wonder if they celebrate ’sink hole de mayo’? am i right people?! am i right?!

  10. Josh
    August 27th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

    Guatemala City is a hellhole. I’ve been there. Terrible.

  11. gerard
    August 27th, 2008 at 9:59 pm

    I live in Guatemala City. They think the hole happened from a earthquake that happened weeks before that broke a sewer main. After weeks of erosion from below, suddenly one night everything collapsed.

    Parts of Guatemala Ciry are nice. And the country is beautiful.

  12. P
    August 27th, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    “i wonder if they celebrate ’sink hole de mayo’? am i right people?! am i right?!”

    lol. I’m from Miami…havn’t seen a sinkhole. and I’m not Mexican so I dont celebrate Cinco de Mayo. lol.

  13. ted
    August 28th, 2008 at 7:46 pm

    Maybe if they fill it it with Hellman’s.

    *ba boom chic*


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