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06-02-2010, 05:47 AM
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CNN confirmed--That thing is real!!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ion=cnn_latest
Jesus be a really really really really really big fence.  This is heartbreaking but at least no deaths have been reported since it happened (not from the hole anyway).
According to the article, people have been complaining of weak structures and shifting ground since 2005. Now that the hole is open, some say it sounds like there's an underground river down there. Oy vey.
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06-02-2010, 06:31 AM
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Here's a question...
How do you fix something like that?
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06-02-2010, 08:13 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Here's a question...
How do you fix something like that?
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Duct tape, I think.
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06-02-2010, 09:40 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SydneyK
Duct tape, I think.
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Because you can fix anything with Duct tape! You can suspend someone upside down from a board, you can make a cannon, you can patch a boat (before it gets in the water), you can *make* a sailboat (episode 1), you can stop a car from moving with it, you can *try* (and fail) to stop a moving car with it, you can make a bridge over a 50 foot chasm with it (episode 2).
We need to send the Mythbusters to Guatemala *stat*.
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06-02-2010, 10:16 AM
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ive put less and less stock in CNN lately...
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06-02-2010, 11:58 AM
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ive put less and less stock in CNN lately...
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Fair, but it's a credited photograph being used everywhere, and there's video too.
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06-02-2010, 02:37 PM
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ive put less and less stock in CNN lately...
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Moreso, since random screen names are quoted in the article. o_O
/sidebar: I was watching it briefly the other day and had the absolute pleasure of seeing a 7 minute presentation on an app that allows you to lift the oil spill and place it over your city so that you can understand how large it is. This is news?/
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06-02-2010, 03:18 PM
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Why is there no fence around this ridiculously large hole in the ground that inevitably leads to death?
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Originally Posted by IrishLake
As a former geologist... that is the neatest, cleanest, most concentric sinkhole I've seen in my life. Something tells me skynews is about to be made a fool of. I'm sure a sinkhole appeared, but I'd bet a hundred bucks that's a fake photo.
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That is my first thought too. This one looks too neat and clean.
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I definitely put my face up to the screen and went "daaaaaamn son!"[/QUOTE]
That's kinda what I said, but more like "Oh Shit!! "
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THIS..IS..SPARTAAAA!
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06-04-2010, 02:43 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by christiangirl
CNN confirmed--That thing is real!!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americ...ion=cnn_latest
Jesus be a really really really really really big fence. This is heartbreaking but at least no deaths have been reported since it happened (not from the hole anyway).
According to the article, people have been complaining of weak structures and shifting ground since 2005. Now that the hole is open, some say it sounds like there's an underground river down there. Oy vey. |
Of course! It's ground water! 
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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
Here's a question...
How do you fix something like that?
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You don't. Just put a big fence around it and let nature have her way.
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06-04-2010, 03:58 AM
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Originally Posted by pshsx1
Of course! It's ground water!
You don't. Just put a big fence around it and let nature have her way. |
What about trying the "junk shot" method that BP wanted to use with the oil spill? Just fill the hole with old tires and golf balls and then pave right over it!
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