Massive sinkhole swallows a dozen trees

poolcleanersays...

I ain't a scientist but I have read a bit into this. Basically, a cavern forms underground beneath a body of water, or where water has seeped through. Over time the cavern gets bigger and bigger and bigger until it collapses and everything above it sinks down.

That's why videos of sinkholes occur by water or in a region with bayous, etc. I don't know about every type of sinkhole situation but this is the most common that I know of. (I lived in Florida and it happens a lot.) It's also possible for older pockets to exist where water once flowed, and then the earth just needed some change that eventually breaks the thin layer above.

Science, right? Everything is in a state of constant change. Eroding. Dissolving. Shifting. Sliding. ERUPTING. SWALLOWING. I'm talking about science now -- and not biology.

zorsaid:

That is amazing. I'm trying to find out what the hell is going on there but my first thought is if I were those guys I'd be running!

00Scud00says...

Somebody should edit in a flushing noise when those trees go down, just don't tell the guys in the sewer department as flushing q-tips leads to big problems.

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