http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23793499
― how's life, Thursday, 22 August 2013 18:16 (thirteen years ago)
bye bye trees
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/america-tonight/america-tonight-blog/2013/9/12/in-louisiana-s-canceralleyhugesinkholecreatesmoreconcerns.html
― how's life, Tuesday, 17 September 2013 17:04 (thirteen years ago)
http://i.imgur.com/LoM9zaW.png
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 12:15 (eleven years ago)
God damn.
― put your money where the maracas are (how's life), Thursday, 20 November 2014 12:18 (eleven years ago)
Argh
― cerebral caustic window (cajunsunday), Thursday, 20 November 2014 12:19 (eleven years ago)
christ
― kinder, Thursday, 20 November 2014 13:37 (eleven years ago)
where is that?
― kinder, Thursday, 20 November 2014 13:39 (eleven years ago)
It's the Uralkali mine in Permskaya Oblast.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 13:45 (eleven years ago)
that's just not right at all
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 20 November 2014 13:50 (eleven years ago)
what the hell do they do with these things once they open up like that? how many trucks worth of rock or concrete would it take to fill it? or do they just leave them to fill up with water?
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 20 November 2014 13:52 (eleven years ago)
There's a possibility that the photo might be a fake as it's much larger than the initial unconfirmed report given by the mining company. Their shares are tanking anyway, though.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:33 (eleven years ago)
*sinking
― imago, Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:35 (eleven years ago)
Russian press has more photos.
http://i.imgur.com/uUSkGE3.jpg
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:35 (eleven years ago)
That's what...five houses gone?
― imago, Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:37 (eleven years ago)
Not the first time that Uralkali mine has had a collapse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/08/world/europe/08kremlin.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/11/world/europe/russian-city-on-watch-against-being-sucked-into-the-earth.html
http://www.greendiary.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/berezniki_sinkhole_vtrbf.jpg
― TTAGGGTTAGGG (Sanpaku), Thursday, 20 November 2014 14:59 (eleven years ago)
goddamn, when one of those opens up is it instant doom fall or is it sort of gradual?
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:28 (eleven years ago)
Up until this point I'd been convinced that Russia didn't have any houses at all. I've only ever seen concrete apartment buildings peppered among otherwise barren landscapes.
― Evan, Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:35 (eleven years ago)
it's pretty sudden by all accounts - it's a plug of earth over a giant cavity giving way xp
― john wahey (NickB), Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:36 (eleven years ago)
Just trying to mentally prepare myself for what it would be like if my home was ever sucked into a sinkhole with me inside
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:46 (eleven years ago)
From http://www.themoscowtimes.com/business/article/russian-potash-giant-uralkali-s-shares-drop-after-sinkhole-suspends-production-at-mine-/511417.html
The sinkhole, stretching 20 by 30 meters, was found 3.5 kilometers east of the mine, the regional emergency situations ministry said on Wednesday. It is located on an abandoned mine and does not pose a threat to people who live in Solikamsk town.
Yeah sure...
― willem, Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:48 (eleven years ago)
People were relocated last summer, apparently: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-12/uralkali-s-hometown-could-face-new-sinkhole-risk-by-2015.html
― willem, Thursday, 20 November 2014 15:51 (eleven years ago)
The mine's apparently partly owned by the guy who also owns the Brooklyn Nets.
― Wristy Hurlington (ShariVari), Thursday, 20 November 2014 16:16 (eleven years ago)
you crazy for this one rick
― sktsh, Thursday, 20 November 2014 19:40 (eleven years ago)
http://gawker.com/earth-opens-up-and-swallows-five-people-in-china-1727121445
― how's life, Friday, 28 August 2015 13:08 (eleven years ago)