Um, just look at this picture.

A sinkhole that swallowed a three-storey building in Guatemala City has been blamed on a combination of Tropical Storm Agatha and poor drainage systems. […]

The 30m-diameter sinkhole opened up in a northern district of Guatemala City, with residents blaming the rains and substandard drainage systems. Local reports said one man was killed when the building was swallowed. In 2007, three people died when a similar sinkhole appeared in the same area.

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11 replies on “Giant C.H.U.D. Hole Found in Guatemala”

  1. There used to be a hole like that over by Boren – my grandpa was on the work crew that filled it so they could build Olive Tower.

  5. Jesus Christ!!! that’s one black hole there.

    I know it’s real but, it just doesn’t look real, looks photoshopped.

  6. This isn’t Guatemala City’s first giant sinkhole nor even it’s deepest! A 100m hole opened up in 2007. If you search for “Guatemala sinkhole” you will (now) get images of two *different* sinkholes!

    Protip: don’t build your capital on top of swiss cheese.

  8. There was a smaller sinkhole in my hometown a couple years ago. It was 20′ wide and 15′ deep and it was scary enough. Luckily it happened on a deserted street in the middle of the night, so no one was hurt. I remember my parents saying everyone in the city felt vaguely uneasy driving around, wondering if the earth would swallow them up.

    I can’t even imagine how you cognitively cope with huge sinkholes like that happening twice in three years.

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