MY GAWD-look at this sinkhole. No wonder people died.

[rodeodance]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globetop

2 Die in Guatemala City Sinkhole
Officials blamed a 330-foot deep sinkhole in a Guatemala City neighborhood on recent heavy rains. (Reuters)

[zanne]

1. Wow.

I'm gonna stop complaining about frost heaves.

[wyldwolf]

2. did they find an ancient city down there?

[Clark2008]

3. Mother Nature is pissed as Hell

[TheCowsCameHome]

4. Still not big enough for the wasted $$$ spent in Iraq.

[hlthe2b]

5. No pic there.... just a story on prairie dogs...

[rodeodance]

8. I do not know how to upload. but was on front page on WP--

[mzteris]

6. why is it so ROUND?

Weird.

[Tellurian]

7. Strange, that- War of the Worlds comes to Guatemala? nm

[rodeodance]

9. i noticed the Roundness also------like a silo. straight down!

[hlthe2b]

10. You found the story at the link? What am I doing wrong?

I don't see it at all...:shrug:

[rodeodance]

11. Odd. I just reclicked on the link and the pic is there: here

I do think they inserted a pic now from another angle.


http://www.washingtonpost.com/?nav=globetop

[rodeodance]

12. I think the first pic was better---you could see the biggess, roundness and

better view of ground surrounding the sinkhole.

[hlthe2b]

14. I guess it must have something to do with the preferences

that default when you register (which I did years ago?)

The link takes me to wapo.com and there isn't even a story there on the sink hole... Very strange.

[mzteris]

15. does this help?

[hlthe2b]

16. perfect, mzteris.... I see them both!

I wish I could figure out what it might be about my wapo settings that is screwing me up so that I don't go to the right link.

But, that is amazing. Thanks! :toast:

[woo me with science]

21. omg the Hellmouth

Are you sure that isn't Sunnydale?

Seriously, how terrifying that is.

[hlthe2b]

17. Now I know what the problem was: my sign in preferences

for the homepage WAPO takes you to was set to Washington politics, rather than us/world..

If anyone else is having that problem, make sure you are signed in, go to preferences, homepage selection and make the change.

These things make me crazy!!! (short trip, truly)

[hlthe2b]

13. If you go to the link and don't see it (as I did earlier)...click

"Print edition" at the top of the screen and then scroll down halfway down the page to "Image of Today's Front Page"




And yes, that is one horrendous sink hole. :wow:

[skids]

18. registration wall...

...and I'm certainly not going to register with WaPo.

Don't know if the photo there was better but here's one that at least on first click goes right to a photo. Don't know if it will wall you off if you reload it later some sites do that...

http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/16774969.htm

[hlthe2b]

19. Yup.. that works... Thanks, skids!

[1monster]

20. AOL News has several photos of the sinkhole and evacuees...

http://news.aol.com/topnews/articles/_a/giant-sinkhole-swallows-homes-killing/20070223114509990001?ncid=NWS00010000000001