Brooklyn sinkhole eats SUV

[Cyrano]

I heard this story on the radio this morning and instantly understood the earth was trying to tell us something.

Think about it. If you were the earth, you could have whipped up a hurricane, an earthquake, a snow storm, a tornado, but you didn't do any of these things. You wanted to get across a specific message and what better way than to eat an SUV?

My guess is that the earth is telling us to dump these dinosaur gas guzzlers and find alternative fuel sources.

Either that, or stay out of Brooklyn.

[Suziq]

1. It Was Pretty Amazing

Hey, I am Brooklyn born and raised. It is a great place. I would move back in a minute if I could afford it. :hi:

I now live in New Jersey, but get all the local New York TV stations. The clip of the SUV being eaten up by the sink hole was amazing! The poor woman who was driving the SUV just made a turn and was instantly swallowed up. Scary stuff . . . .

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. I'm from the city and live a bit north of it now and get the same news.

She's very lucky. It seems that there were gas and electric lines right below her. This caused the shut down of the R line for quite a while.

I often have thought about moving back into the city once my kids finished school here but the cost is so prohibitive. Years ago when looking at real estate, my ex-husband and I were looking in Park Slope. Apartments that were then about $115,000 to purchase are going for about $800,000 now.

[Suziq]

13. I Hear You

My dream has been to be able to live in Brooklyn Heights. No need to discuss how prohibitive that is! Oh well . . . .

[mdmc]

2. I saw a pic of that

weird , wild stuff

[TallahasseeGrannie]

3. We have an SUV

but we don't live in Brooklyn. So far so good.

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. Try several porsches and a house.

Winter Park sinkhole photo:

http://www.uwsp.edu/geo/faculty/ozsvath/images/winter_park_sinkhole.htm

14....Lake Rose
Although the origins of lakes is generally a topic for geology rather than history, this lake is quite new, having been formed in 1981. After 70 consecutive days without rain, a sinkhole swallowed Mae Owens' home, several expensive Porsche cars, a corner of a city swimming pool, and part of a street. After it stabilized and filled with water, it was named Lake Rose.

Its size and notoriety were the catalyst for the establishment of the Sinkhole Institute at the University of Central Florida.

Link:http://www.geocities.com/yosemite/rapids/8428/hikeplans/winter_park/planwinterpark.html

[Dr.Phool]

5. A Snowbird took a sinkhole home as a souveneir!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Cyrano]

6. It's possible. So much for privatized airport security.

[shenmue]

7. Earth eats car!

Might make a good movie.

[Kingshakabobo]

10. That WOULD make a good sci-fi movie.

Natural disasters and mayhem cause scientists to realize earth has a natural defense mechanism. The human race finally wakes up and calls a truce with earth.

[Renew Deal]

9. Here are some pictures

http://www.wnbc.com/slideshow/news/8289655/detail.html
http://www.wnbc.com/traffic/8287337/detail.html

[Robb]

11. Looks just like mine

Granted, I've got no moonroof... and the thing hasn't ridden on a paved surface for going on six months now.

Didn't miss anything, it seems. ;)

[Cyrano]

12. Original VW Bugs were better at doing most things SUVs are meant for.

The only reason I can see for having an SUV is having a large family to haul around.

As far as its other so-called advantages, I'll take the original VW Bug any day (not the fake one they're building today). SUVs have a high center of gravity which makes it prone to roll over if you take a turn too fast. The bug could take a hard turn doing 60 and all the wheels stayed on the ground.

Snow? As an old VW ad used to say, "How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work?" Yep, as long as the bottom of the bug could clear the snow there was no stopping it. And with studded snow tires and some weight in the back seat, it would even hold on ice.

Same for beaches. I've seen cars stuck in sand with the tide coming in. No bug ever drowned this way.

It got 30 mpg on the road (not a test track, a regular road) and it lasted forever. After a couple of hundred thousand miles, you could pull the old engine (four bolts) and drop in a rebuilt one for a few hundred bucks.

It was one of the best cars ever made. I don't know if there's a similar car around today, but if there were, I'd go for it.

[misternormal]

14. That was just a Brooklyn pothole...

[sinkingfeeling]

15. If it was a Hummer, the earth will probably throw it back up!

[gatorboy]

16. Heh! I'm getting a mental image of Speilberg's War of the Worlds.

Where at the beginning of the film, an SUV falls into a hole and the tripod spits it back out. Ptooie!