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Sinkhole swallows man in Florida

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Ingueferroque

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maquiladora said:
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Absolutely terrifying.
 
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Rocket Scientist

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Is there a way to check the ground for possible sinkhole formation before building a house?
Shig said:
Sinkholes aren't a neat open hole like a well or something. It's a bunch of dirt closing in on itself. You get swallowed by one, you're essentially buried alive.
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...Woah... You could be alive down there and nobody would be able to do anything? That's even worse than I imagined these things to be.
 
Mengy

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Zoe said:
What's the purpose of spraying water into there?
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To keep it happy. You don't want the sinkhole pissed off, they get angry when they are thirsty...



Seriously, they do that to help open it up faster. Sinkholes will get to a point where they reach equilibrium with the topsoil, watering it accelerates the process. Basically you want to get the sinkhole to a stable condition as fast as possible so you can assess just how bad it really is. I've seen a few in real life, last year I saw one that had formed in a grocery market parking lot across from where I work. It was a deep sucker too, I have pics somewhere, I'll try to find them.
 
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Shig

Strap on your hooker ...
Rocket Scientist said:
...Woah... You could be alive down there and nobody would be able to do anything? That's even worse than I imagined these things to be.
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Down where? It's happening because a pocket of empty space collapsed. Once it collapses, it's just a mass of dirt.

I guess best case scenario, there's a small opening draining everything into a larger cavern. But even then, it's working like an hourglass. There's a big mass of shifting dirt on top you'd have to slowly pass through before you got 'drained', and even if you somehow survived that, you'd just be tossed into another chamber that's filling with dirt. And has no light and very little air.
 
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Lionel Mandrake

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Draft said:
Florida man never disappoints.

CNN interviewed the guy's brother this morning, and it was equal parts heart wrenching and hilarious.

"I could hear him hollering for help," "My old lady turned on the light," "He was my brother, man!" The guy was really broken up, and I felt so bad, but he was also the most stereotypical Florida good old boy that I couldn't stop grinning.
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Jesus Christ, people, Southerners are still fucking human.
 
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Shig said:
Down where? It's happening because a pocket of empty space collapsed. Once it collapses, it's just a mass of dirt.

I guess best case scenario, there's a small opening draining everything into a larger cavern. But even then, it's working like an hourglass. There's a big mass of shifting dirt on top you'd have to slowly pass through before you got 'drained', and even if you somehow survived that, you'd just be tossed into another chamber that's filling with dirt. And has no light and very little air.
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That's what I mean yeah. You could theoretically still be alive for some amount of time stuck there. Horrible.
 
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ant1532

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i live in florida and now im paranoid. thank the universe i live near the beach. this can happen by the beach.
right...?
 
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Hex

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He should have been playing Force of Will or at least Daze.


(Seriously though, living here in St Pete sinkholes have been something that have been a property owners boogey man for a long long time, spooky stuff.
I really hope his family gets some closure)
 
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Carlisle

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Fuck. Man. Fuck.

I've read that Iceland has a shitload of these. It's so bad in some parts that if you're hiking through open land they warn you to never set foot off the established trail or you'll likely never be seen or heard from again.
 
dorkimoe

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this is going to be a fear of mine now

What the hell. That sounds horrible...I mean....where would you go? Would you land on something eventually then just starve to death? Would you die from the fall? Suffocate? what the hell! I need to go lie down
 
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Strax

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Carlisle said:
Fuck. Man. Fuck.

I've read that Iceland has a shitload of these. It's so bad in some parts that if you're hiking through open land they warn you to never set foot off the established trail or you'll likely never be seen or heard from again.
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Nah, that's not true.
 
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nib95

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How deep are these sinkholes usually? Like, is there a chance he could be alive, or are these things extremely deep?
 
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Alucrid

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Shig said:
Down where? It's happening because a pocket of empty space collapsed. Once it collapses, it's just a mass of dirt.

I guess best case scenario, there's a small opening draining everything into a larger cavern. But even then, it's working like an hourglass. There's a big mass of shifting dirt on top you'd have to slowly pass through before you got 'drained', and even if you somehow survived that, you'd just be tossed into another chamber that's filling with dirt. And has no light and very little air.
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Fuck. Thanks, now I fear sinkholes.
 
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Ultratech

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nib95 said:
How deep are these sinkholes usually? Like, is there a chance he could be alive, or are these things extremely deep?
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Anywhere from a few feet to a few thousand feet (~2,000 ft).

If it's as deep as they say, chances of his survival are slim. Especially if they can't get to him.

If he's buried alive (fairly possible), then that's it. :(
 
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nib95

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Ultratech said:
Anywhere from a few feet to a few thousand feet (~2,000 ft).

If it's as deep as they say, chances of his survival are slim. Especially if they can't get to him.

If he's buried alive (fairly possible), then that's it. :(
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.....Sinkholes terrify me. Just glad there are none here in the UK lol.
 
Dude Abides

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nib95 said:
How deep are these sinkholes usually? Like, is there a chance he could be alive, or are these things extremely deep?
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I don't think it really matters because the dirt piles in on top. I think this poor guy probably suffocated in a few minutes. Awful.
 
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GhostWriter24

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Draft said:
Florida man never disappoints.

CNN interviewed the guy's brother this morning, and it was equal parts heart wrenching and hilarious.
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The fuck?

There are 7 billion people.


We can afford to lose a few not to mention he wasn't some great mind that was going to cause world peace.


Making nice posts instead of jokes won't bring him back.
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What the fuck am I reading? It's the weekend guys, no need to be dicks.
 
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LuchaShaq

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Lin Siniang said:
The amount of disrespect in this thread to this man is horrifying.
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There are 7 billion people.


We can afford to lose a few not to mention he wasn't some great mind that was going to cause world peace.


Making nice posts instead of jokes won't bring him back.
 
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