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Old 01 June 2010, 12:13 AM
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http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/am...ex.html?hpt=T1
Old 01 June 2010, 12:19 AM
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holy mackerel!
Old 01 June 2010, 12:44 AM
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Holy ****, thats one hell of a hole!
Old 01 June 2010, 12:52 AM
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Thats going to take some filling
Old 01 June 2010, 04:56 AM
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There's a couple of estates in Middlesbrough would fit nicely in there
Old 01 June 2010, 09:09 AM
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Bloody hell

At first, I thought it was one of those street drawings !!
Old 01 June 2010, 09:09 AM
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Seriously though, how do they "fix it" ?
Old 01 June 2010, 09:31 AM
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Thats horrific!

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Old 01 June 2010, 10:16 AM
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Fooking hell! Imagine opening the door in that building overhanging the hole!!! That would wake you up.
Old 01 June 2010, 11:35 AM
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Blimey!
Old 01 June 2010, 11:47 AM
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Another perspective...
Old 01 June 2010, 11:49 AM
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Its the start of the lizard people uprising (Doctor Who)

I for one welcome our new overlords.....
Old 01 June 2010, 12:29 PM
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that is mental.
Old 01 June 2010, 12:46 PM
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So what's at the bottom? Water?
Old 01 June 2010, 12:53 PM
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i think we need some expanding foam and some cable ties
Old 01 June 2010, 12:55 PM
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cones
Old 01 June 2010, 01:05 PM
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Bigger issues witrh that than jut filling it. need to find out whats going on below befor eyou do anything.
Old 01 June 2010, 01:08 PM
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Is that bloke in the hoodie walking *towards* the hole and about to make a call from the phone box ??

I think I'd be running the other way LOL

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Old 01 June 2010, 01:16 PM
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mm, just got me thinking actualy, put walls round it, admin block, guard tower and bobs your uncle, cheapest prison in the world, just chuck em in, when its full you've killed many birds (prisoners and filled the whole) with one stone lol
Old 01 June 2010, 03:31 PM
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Originally Posted by SirFozzalot
So what's at the bottom? Water?
I'd guess some kind of cavern, all that muck had to go somewhere !
Old 01 June 2010, 03:47 PM
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Amazing.

The report blames a poor drainage system as a reason for the 'sinkhole' appearing - well that looks like a pretty decent drain they've got now!

Edit - I'd like to know the geology / science around why it appeared

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Old 01 June 2010, 03:57 PM
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thats **** all that fellas im told the prozzies around middlesborough have bigger holes than that between there legs!!!
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