Massive sinkhole opens up in German town (pic)

[Liberal_in_LA]

Massive crater opens up in German town

Associated Press November 1, 2010

A crater some 65 feet (20 meters) deep has opened up in a residential area of an eastern German town — swallowing a car and a garage door but causing no injuries.

Emergency services were called to the scene in Schmalkalden at about 3 a.m. (0200 GMT) on Monday by a resident who reported hearing unusual noises. Six houses and 25 people were evacuated.


Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2010/11/01/international/i095304D74.DTL&tsp=1#ixzz143n2HGHX

[Renew Deal]

1. Any relation to recent UFO sightings?

:tinfoilhat:

[RaleighNCDUer]

2. Is Germany having problems with lowering water tables, too? nt

[librarycard]

3. former east germany

They'll fix it in no time.

[Joanne98]

4. What is it with the sinkholes?

[Nostradammit]

5. That guy with the yellow car is going to be a little late for work this morning

"You're not going to believe this, boss, but..."

[Liberal_in_LA]

9. remove the fence, drive across the lawn. He's got no excuse for tardiness

[AngryAmish]

12. Fire his lazy ass

No unemployment, either.

[Kalyke]

13. Guys - this is Germany, not America!

He had several weeks vacation, unlimited sick days, several days paid time off and, in the event he could screw up enough to get fired, wouldn't have to worry about his healthcare!

He'll be fine.

An American employee, however... not so much.

[Aristus]

14. Yes, it's Germany. An environmental event like this will have people saying:

"What went wrong? How did we fail the environment? How can we make sure this doesn't happen again?"

They care about stuff like this in Germany.

[Angry Dragon]

6. I have read about this before

It is the work of Mole Men, an alien race

[proteus_lives]

7. Looks like God poked his finger in to see if the pie was hot.

[damntexdem]

8. No, more likely a USO:

Unidentified Sinking Object.

;-)

[Xithras]

10. Shai-Hulud

;)

[Warren DeMontague]

11. The Moon Goddess WILL HAVE HER REVENGE!

Brutes! Brutes!

[tech9413]

15. What got my attention was the power and comm lines

Without support for probably 150 ft they are still intact. I did some training for Siemens a few years ago and the icebreaker intro was a discussion about rebuilding the infrastructure after the war.
They went for the best technology available and put us to shame within a decade.

[TexasObserver]

16. There goes the neighborhood ....