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Posted by daydreamer on May-31-2010 22:13:

Sinkhole in Guatemala

whatever comes out of there, can't be pretty.

Posted by bas on May-31-2010 22:15:

AND a volcanic eruption? God damn, Oscar!

Posted by Silky Johnson on May-31-2010 22:20:

Posted by woscar on May-31-2010 22:28:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie

Things are pretty fucked up over here. A volcanic eruption and a tropical storm hit us at the same time. Precipitation levels this high had not been registered in 60 years. Just look at this picture. You can see how high the water rose in certain areas, where it almost covered the streetlight poles.

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on May-31-2010 22:29:

Fake.

Posted by Silky Johnson on May-31-2010 22:30:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar

Things are pretty fucked up over here. A volcanic eruption and a tropical storm hit us at the same time. Precipitation levels this high had not been registered in 60 years. Just look at this picture. You can see how high the water rose in certain areas, where it almost covered the streetlight poles.

It's pretty interesting reading about Guatemala in my disaster risk course. So many different ways to be vulnerable living there, lol.

Posted by woscar on May-31-2010 22:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Fake.

Sadly, it's not.

And yes, Jennie. Volcanoes, earthquakes, hurricanes, you name it.

Posted by r5a on May-31-2010 22:35:

i wonder whats down there

Posted by r5a on May-31-2010 22:35:

i would lead an excursion force w/flares and ropes.

handle it

Posted by kadomony on May-31-2010 22:38:

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on May-31-2010 22:38:

quote:
Originally posted by r5a
i wonder whats down there

I heard BP drilled that hole out to look for oil to replace what theyve lost in the Gulf.

Posted by Sushipunk on May-31-2010 22:45:

Lol at Jenny

So those holes just open up and swallow what ever is there? That's scary as fuck

Posted by Ang ' ela_ie on May-31-2010 22:50:

Agatha is in the top ten deadliest East Pac tropical cyclones (8th to be exact). All of the rest were hurricane strength, whereas Agatha was barely a tropical storm (no tropical storm strength winds were recorded along shore during landfall). Also, there are only 9 cyclones that have killed more than 100 people, and Agatha is one of them.

Guatemala is having an incredible stroke of bad luck.

Posted by woscar on May-31-2010 22:54:

quote:
Originally posted by Sushipunk
Lol at Jenny

So those holes just open up and swallow what ever is there? That's scary as fuck

Yes, and this is the second time that's happened in two years. The first time part of the land that collapsed was underneath a house and this time there was a man standing in the corner waiting for his brother to cross the street.

The cause is the shitty sewer system on that older part of the city in combination with the ridiculous amount of rain that fell on the weekend.

Posted by Sushipunk on May-31-2010 22:55:

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
Yes, and this is the second time that's happened in two years. The first time part of the land that collapsed was underneath a house and this time there was a man standing in the corner waiting for his brother to cross the street.

The cause is the shitty sewer system on that older part of the city.

Posted by Lews on May-31-2010 22:56:

This is really fucked up..

Of course this all happens with my mom is on vacation there.

Posted by _Nut_ on May-31-2010 22:58:

quote:
Originally posted by Ang ' ela_ie
Agatha is in the top ten deadliest East Pac tropical cyclones (8th to be exact). All of the rest were hurricane strength, whereas Agatha was barely a tropical storm (no tropical storm strength winds were recorded along shore during landfall). Also, there are only 9 cyclones that have killed more than 100 people, and Agatha is one of them.

Guatemala is having an incredible stroke of bad luck.

It is like agatha had some nasty VD that no cream can get rid of.

Posted by bigjimslade002 on Jun-01-2010 04:01:

feel free to drop in sometime

Posted by aquila on Jun-01-2010 04:39:

quote:
Originally posted by jennypie

Wrong. Wrong. Sooooo wrong!

...but I stil lol'd

Posted by WhooCares on Jun-01-2010 04:46:

Posted by Specimen303 on Jun-01-2010 05:34:

Wasn't there another one few years ago?

Posted by Marcus Summers on Jun-01-2010 05:36:

totally read guacamole.

Posted by stren on Jun-01-2010 06:21:

Locust!

Posted by Ian on Jun-01-2010 07:54:

welcome to guess the cap : disaster edition.

Posted by igottaknow on Jun-01-2010 12:53:

laughing @ jp gape

quote:

Yeah, it's real. Guatemala has a history of absurdly deep sinkholes that suddenly appear, generally as the result of long-term erosion occurring within poorly-compacted, artificially-leveled soil.

Basically, groundwater (or over-saturated soils) erode the limestone which forms caverns. Once the water moves away from the area (after the storm, the waters will run off into streams, etc) the caverns are exposed underground. Without the pressure of the water, the Earth cannot support the load above it. If there is developments above the cavern, sinkholes will likely form.

Poor stormwater system maintenance is often at the heart of the problem, with erosion slowly eating away at the soil until a major storm finishes the job and the roadbed infrastructure collapses.

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