This happened in February 2007
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala - A 330-foot-deep sinkhole killed at least two teenagers as it swallowed about a dozen homes early Friday and forced the evacuation of nearly 1,000 people in a crowded Guatemala City neighborhood. Officials blamed the sinkhole on recent r ains and an underground sewage flow from a ruptured main.
The pit emitted foul odors, loud noises and tremors, shaking the surrounding ground. A rush of water could b e heard from its depths, and authorities feared it could widen or others could open up.
Rescue operations were on hold until a firefighter, suspended from a cable, could take video and photos above the hole and officials could use the documentation to decide how to proceed.
8 comments:
Fuh-REEEEEEEAAAKKKY!
The list of countries I'm willing to visit in my lifetime keeps dwindling. Not that Guatamala was in the top 50 or anything. But now it's sandwiched somewhere between Brazil and Haiti.
I went to Guatemala. It's actually beautiful, but you Guatemala City is scary, even without giant sinkholes. Also, I got an amoeba, so my stomach felt like this picture most of the time.
Oh God, Julie that is awful! Funny now, of course - but awful!!
Every time a person talks about going to a third world wountry the story always ends with the person saying, "I got [fill in blank of something medically disgusting]"
Of course you got an amoeba Julie. I would have been much more surprised if you said "I went to Guatemala and I didn't get an amoeba".
Now Mexico's off the list thanks to the Ruins...
I bet the two teenagers were having sex.
Ha! The church would have a field day over that one!
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