rolling HOLY SHIT sinkhole thread

That's what...five houses gone?

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

goddamn, when one of those opens up is it instant doom fall or is it sort of gradual?

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.

it's pretty sudden by all accounts - it's a plug of earth over a giant cavity giving way xp

Just trying to mentally prepare myself for what it would be like if my home was ever sucked into a sinkhole with me inside

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...

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

The mine's apparently partly owned by the guy who also owns the Brooklyn Nets.

you crazy for this one rick

http://gawker.com/earth-opens-up-and-swallows-five-people-in-china-1727121445