50 foot sink hole on the M2 !

[gramps]

News is just reporting a 50' sink hole in the central reservation of the M2 - motorway closed ATM.

 

[tijuana taxi]

Between Sittingbourne and Faversham, think the south of the country is going to sink soon

 

[JonathanRyan]

WTAF???????????????

Oh wait, near Faversham. That figures.......

 

[JonathanRyan]

Highways Agency reporting "long delays". Which again, kind of figures.

As far as I can work out, it's on the bit of road where people always crash so closures there aren't that uncommon. Massive sink holes on the other hand are usually closer to Sheppey

 

[nilagin]

Probably just a pothole.

 

[JonathanRyan]

I blame all those lorries......

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/02/11/sinkhole-appears-on-m2_n_4767507.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

 

[shielsy]

there was a really good show on bbc last week about sinkholes in california, probably still on iplayer. worth a watch.

 

[gramps]

there was a really good show on bbc last week about sinkholes in california, probably still on iplayer. worth a watch.

Not so good for the guy whose bedroom floor disappeared into one, taking him with it ... never seen again!

 

[POAH]

15 ft not 50

 

[gramps]

Originally announced as 50'

 

[donut]

and once again the m2 closes and sittigbourne is screwed .

 

[digitalfailure]

15 ft not 50

Wasn't it 15ft wide and 50ft deep though?

Thats big enough to lose a couple of cars down it was such a luck thing that it happened in the central reservation and not the carriageway during a rain storm !

 

[Unijak]

there was a really good show on bbc last week about sinkholes in california, probably still on iplayer. worth a watch.

Florida.

It was a fascinating documentary, but also quite off putting for someone who spends about six weeks a year there. :/

Check this badboy out that appeared in Guatemala City in 2010 *gulp*:

 

[MWHCVT]

I heard it was caused by rouge moles that has been irradiated after living near a Chernobyl for 18 months

 

[shielsy]

Florida.

Close enough... only a couple of thousand miles

 

[TopBanana]

Florida.

It was a fascinating documentary, but also quite off putting for someone who spends about six weeks a year there. :/

Check this badboy out that appeared in Guatemala City in 2010 *gulp*:

Please tell me that's a hoax picture, that's proper scary if its not!

 

[JonathanRyan]

Wasn't it 15ft wide and 50ft deep though?

That was the original report. Highways agency later corrected 15m deep to 15 feet deep. As if it really mattered.

 

[Unijak]

Close enough... only a couple of thousand miles

Please tell me that's a hoax picture, that's proper scary if its not!

I originally thought it was a shopped image too but apparently that's legit! How many truck loads of concrete will it take to fill that?!

 

[shielsy]

take your pick...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Guatemala_City_sinkhole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Guatemala_City_sinkhole

 

[andya700]

I heard it was caused by rouge moles that has been irradiated after living near a Chernobyl for 18 months

I heard it was caused by people trying to tunnel their way from Sheppey to the mainland.

 

[Ozei]

Wasn't it 15ft wide and 50ft deep though?

It's 6ft wide by 16ft deep - pic here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-26149625

 

[viv1969]

The morning commute wasn't too bad this morning.
Dreading the homeward bound version.
Hollingbourne diversion for me, I think

 

[Unijak]

Sinkhole mania!

Another one has opened up in the Corvette Museum, Kentucky swallowing 8 classic 'Vettes:

http://s3-ecSPAMfed.com/static/2014-02/enhanced/webdr06/12/10/enhanced-buzz-15668-1392218623-11.jpg
http://s3-ecSPAMfed.com/static/2014-02/enhanced/webdr05/12/10/enhanced-1640-1392219708-3.jpg

 

[twist]

Helicam footage... those cars look really small in that hole.

 

[JonathanRyan]

Yeah that will be an insurance job.....