[Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/ This is mind-blowing. I do not see how such a giant hole could form with this shape: a giant, deep, round shaft, big enough to swallow up

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread Alexander Hollins
We have similar, though not as large, ones here in AZ, that are largely caused by water table erosion. The water table drops, and soil compacts under its own weight. You have larger and larger gaps down below as sections of soil drop, making several gaps that slowly move upwards. At a critical

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread fznidarsic
Jed maybe it was not a sinkhole reference. http://www.hulu.com/watch/67546/outer-limits-feasibility-study -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 4:00 pm Subject: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala See

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
Jed sez: See: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/ This is mind-blowing. I do not see how such a giant hole could form with this shape: a giant, deep, round shaft, big enough to swallow up a 3-story building. When I first saw the image on CNN.com

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread fznidarsic
:00 pm Subject: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala See: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/ This is mind-blowing. I do not see how such a giant hole could form with this shape: a giant, deep, round shaft, big enough to swallow up a 3-story

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread fznidarsic
@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 4:42 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala Jed maybe it was not a sinkhole reference. http://www.hulu.com/watch/67546/outer-limits-feasibility-study -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-L@eskimo.com

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread Stephen A. Lawrence
On 06/01/2010 04:47 PM, OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson wrote: Jed sez: See: http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/06/01/central.america.storm.deaths/ This is mind-blowing. I do not see how such a giant hole could form with this shape: a giant, deep, round shaft,

Re: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread Jed Rothwell
fznidar...@aol.com wrote: the link I sent does not seem to work Try this one. Six city blocks are transproted to an alien planet. A sinkhole was left. The link worked okay, but the Outer Limits is much too scary for me, as is anything by Hitchcock. Arthur Clarke once remarked the he still

RE: [Vo]:OFF TOPIC Gigantic sinkhole in Guatemala

2010-06-01 Thread OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson
From Frank the link I sent does not seem to work Try this one.  Six city blocks are transproted to an alien planet. A sinkhole was left. http://www.hulu.com/watch/63080/the-outer-limits---original-a-feasability-st udy#s-p1-so-i0 The original hulu link worked for me. I watched the entire