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"Earth opens up and swallows a house"

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Ok, Now this had me stunned. I dunno whether to laugh or what :

Earth opens up and swallows house

24/02/2007Reuters

Three people were missing on Friday after a 200-foot-deep hole opened up in the middle of a Guatemalan neighbourhood, likely due to a burst sewer pipe.

"It sounded like a bomb was dropping. Boom!" said Carlos Gutierrez, 58, of the crater, which measured 130 feet in diameter.

The crater appeared in the capital's San Antonio neighbourhood on Thursday night. Authorities evacuated hundreds of people on Friday fearing more land could collapse into a fast-flowing river of sewage below.

The missing people had lived in a house that fell into the hole. Two bodies showed up about a mile downstream.

Neighbours said the ground had been shaking for weeks after a huge sewer pipe burst, making the ground underneath the houses unstable.

http://xtramsn.co.nz/news/0,,11965-6992919,00.html

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Haha, Riley - Now those Aucklanders have added worries, their earthquakes are nothing, next it might be "Auckland hole opens up and swallows half of NZ" Argh....

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Lol Auckland aready is a big hole, poor buggers ;)

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Would solve our tip issues for a wee while.

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wholey sh*t

double pun! boo yaa

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Very clever Carl. :)

Now that is something you don't see everyday (I mean the whole, not Carl's clever use of the English language).

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