Sinkhole Swallows 8 Vehicles Inside Bowling Green KY Corvette Museum

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 12, 2014 @07:06PM from the mole-man's-new-ride dept.

OakDragon writes "A sinkhole about 40 feet wide — and 30 feet deep — opened up inside the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, KY early Thursday morning, swallowing eight vehicles that were sitting inside. At least one of these cars is one of a kind, and due to its location the fire department allowed its removal. The sinkhole is remarkable in that it has left the surrounding ground which supports the circular structure intact, although that assessment may change up on investigation. Security footage from inside the museum shows the collapse as it happened."

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Its sad, but they're only cars... by Viol8 · 2014-02-12 21:53 · Score: 5, Insightful

At least no people got hurt, unlike that poor guy who had a sinkhole open up under his bedroom and died.
But you'd have thought if the original builders knew about sinkholes they've have either build a very thick concrete base slab and/or plenty of deep piles. Looking at that mess they did neither.
1. Re:Its sad, but they're only cars... by sunderland56 · 2014-02-13 00:40 · Score: 5, Insightful
  
  Looking at that mess they did neither.
  If you were looking for excellence in engineering, I think the Corvette museum would be a bad place to start.