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Sinkhole in Guatemala (pg. 3)
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| igottaknow |
laughing @ jp gape
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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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| EddieZilker |
| quote: | Originally posted by jennypie
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ian
welcome to guess the cap : disaster edition. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| not a good week for Guatemala. Woscar, are you anywhere close to this? |
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| Ian |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
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2 woscar
1 toronto sars victims
1 that ta from haiti |
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| woscar |
Indeed.
Not really, it happened in the city but it's in the older part near the center or "downtown". I live just outside in one of the suburbs. |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Indeed.
Not really, it happened in the city but it's in the older part near the center or "downtown". I live just outside in one of the suburbs. |
Good to here. What is the general feeling there? |
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| woscar |
| Well, lots of people lost everything they had, including their loved ones. The government isn't prepared at all to handle a situation of this caliber and people are pretty much depending on the help that individuals are willing to provide and aid coming in from other countries. I'm doing all I can to help and will go with some friends to spend the weekend helping on one of the locations but sadly I don't see the same interest in the big majority of people. :( |
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| Moral Hazard |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Well, lots of people lost everything they had, including their loved ones. The government isn't prepared at all to handle a situation of this caliber and people are pretty much depending on the help that individuals are willing to provide and aid coming in from other countries. I'm doing all I can to help and will go with some friends to spend the weekend helping on one of the locations but sadly I don't see the same interest in the big majority of people. :( |
That's really unfortunate. I take it there's rather extensive landslide damage and such. Sadly it hasn't made much news up here. I wish you well. |
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| woscar |
| Massive landslides and floods, resulting in entire towns cut-off, no electricity and no water. |
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| Renzo |
| Dude, that is insane. Looks like a Michael Bay movie. |
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| igottaknow |
I bet there are dinosaurs down there
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