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Saturday, May 10, 2008

The Sinkhole That's Eating Texas





On Wednesday, a dainty 20-foot sinkhole appeared in Daisetta, Texas. Then it began to eat the town. By Friday, it was 900 feet across and 260 feet deep. Filled with a toxic mixture of various liquids and debris, the hole has consumed vehicles, oil tanks, and telephone poles. Scientists think it's stopped growing, but since they DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT STARTED IT, it's hard to take their predictions too seriously.

Read more, and see an amazing video of the sinkhole in action at CNN.

Thank you Sekrit7 and FooFoo for sending me the story! (Great minds think alike!)
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17 comments:

  1. ginnyweasley007May 10, 2008 at 4:51 PM

    hi cool gotta go just wanted to let you know that even though i am a fugitive i'm still alive sry for not responding got togo

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  2. Kirsten MillerMay 10, 2008 at 6:28 PM

    Ms. Weasley: Very mysterious, indeed!

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  3. ss chickMay 10, 2008 at 6:40 PM

    0.0 i recently finished the book TAngerine in which a sinkhole eats their school. it's way cool. I LOVE KIKI'S INTERESTING BLOGS! WOO-HOO!

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  4. International MastermindMay 10, 2008 at 8:04 PM

    Eek! That's crazy. Hey, Ananka's lucky that the entrance to Shadow City that first day of adventure wasn't a toxic waste-hole!

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  5. elizzMay 10, 2008 at 8:33 PM

    OMG!this is pure crazy!

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  6. Invisible TurtleMay 10, 2008 at 9:32 PM

    I wonder where it goes...

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  7. Girlskickbutt!!!May 10, 2008 at 10:45 PM

    ahhhhhh!!!
    I'm crawing with bugs and smell like smoke. don't ask why.

    we have a sink hole on our property it is really small though

    got to go

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  8. bookworm (who may change it 2 just shelby. )May 10, 2008 at 11:59 PM

    ooo weird.i have a challange for u, type in french victories on google, click on the first link, itll say "didnt you mean french DEFEATS?" hahaha

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  9. E-starMay 11, 2008 at 2:51 AM

    So cool! If it wasn't for the fact that she doesn't excist for real (or does she??) I would probably think DeeDee lays behind. ;)

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  10. B-ball-erinaMay 11, 2008 at 9:59 AM

    Oh, that's really scary! I showed my brother and he said "Is it gonna eat the world?" :) 8 year olds!

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  11. sekrit7May 11, 2008 at 1:42 PM

    Thanks for posting this!!

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  12. sekrit7May 11, 2008 at 1:50 PM

    Ths sinkhole is going to det the world! (No, I am not b-ballarinas brother, but I'm feeling crazy today = )

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  13. KittyMay 11, 2008 at 11:19 PM

    IT IS GONNA EAT THE WORLD B-BALL-ERINA!! XD I think it'll stop eating Texas soon. I can kinda imagine hundreds or thousands of years later scientists will find "The Ancient Fossel Remainings of a Disaster That Happened Hundreds of Years Ago."

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  14. E-starMay 12, 2008 at 3:53 PM

    Very close to my house, some stones in the street is going down, just as if it was a hole under it. Just a little bit, but still very mysterious! I wanna check it and try to lift up some of the stones to see if I can find something down there. But I have one problem, it's almost always people walking around there and I don't want anybody to see me. And even thought it's close to my house, it isn't the best place to go on your own in night. What am I going to do??

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  15. sakuraMay 12, 2008 at 5:15 PM

    that's really cool and kinda scary

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  16. Dangerous IrregularMay 12, 2008 at 7:10 PM

    I read Tangerine, too. Yeah, it has a sinkhole. It's a good book, although swallowed up by the sinkhole of mediocrely boring books compared to KIKI STRIKE. Yes. the sinkhole will eat the world.

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  17. CPandaMay 12, 2008 at 8:48 PM

    That's cool. I live in Texas! I might check it out next time we're on a road trip!
    IT'S GONNA EAT THE WORLD!!!
    AAAAH! HIDE ME!

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