http://gizmodo.com/5987833/a-horrifying-100+foot-sinkhole-swallowed-a-florida-man-in-his-bed?utm_campaign=socialflow_gizmodo_facebook&utm_source=gizmodo_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow

Quote :

"Last night a Florida man awoke to a very real nightmare as the floor of his bedroom collapsed out from under him. The sinkhole that spawned beneath his home late Thursday simply enveloped the room—and its sole occupant—with no warning, leaving almost nothing behind. The man's brother, elsewhere in the house, rushed to the scene, but found no sign of the man. Hillsborough county fire rescue spokeswoman Jessica Damico put it this way: When he got there, there was no bedroom left. There was no furniture. All he saw was a piece of the mattress sticking up. ...We put engineering equipment into the sinkhole and didn't see anything compatible with life. But she stopped short of saying the man is presumed dead. Sinkholes are common in Florida, especially its central regions, because the majority of the state is on a foundation of limestone. The natural (and unnatural) acids in rain, eat away at that foundation slowly over time, weakening it until the surface snaps without warning, devouring whatever lies above. There's not much anyone can do to prevent them beside just staying out of the way. Be glad your morning has been going a little bit better."

3/1/2013 10:29:12 AM

But did it leave a tip?

3/1/2013 10:34:34 AM

Rough way to go.

3/1/2013 11:30:57 AM

hahaha i saw this on the florida man twitter.

3/1/2013 2:59:22 PM

3/1/2013 3:04:17 PM

Obviously they were wind elementals

[Edited on March 1, 2013 at 3:19 PM. Reason : but not the flying kind]

3/1/2013 3:18:46 PM

i mean...

3/1/2013 3:21:07 PM

florida man swallowed alive by sink hole

3/1/2013 3:44:10 PM

3/1/2013 3:44:35 PM

Quote :

""I heard a loud crash, like a car coming through the house," Jeremy Bush told CNN affiliate WFTS. "I heard my brother screaming and I ran back there and tried going inside his room, but my old lady turned the light on and all I seen was this big hole, a real big hole, and all I saw was his mattress.""

people still say stuff like this

3/1/2013 3:50:49 PM

lol, it worked

3/1/2013 3:51:10 PM

Tremors

3/1/2013 4:06:01 PM

Super 8 is real??

3/1/2013 6:44:31 PM

Looks like that Florida man

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has a hole lot of problems on his hands

3/1/2013 9:12:18 PM

Why the fuck is this still the top story on CNN?

3/1/2013 10:11:14 PM

strange way to commit suicide

Quote :

"Leland Wicker, owner of the home, was vacationing in North Carolina when the sinkhole occurred. He said the home passed a sinkhole inspection in August, and that it is insured for sinkholes."

"every time north carolina is in the news"

[Edited on March 1, 2013 at 11:24 PM. Reason : jank]

3/1/2013 11:22:08 PM

[Edited on March 1, 2013 at 11:35 PM. Reason : different sinkhole]

3/1/2013 11:35:28 PM

Quote :

"The wonderful state of Florida has pumped so much groundwater from underground aquifers that its foundation is literally sinking. The result: A rash of sinkholes across the state's gut has been sucking homes, humans, and housepets into the Earth"

http://www.vice.com/toxic/americas-water-crisis-part-2

3/2/2013 4:03:39 AM

^ damn

3/2/2013 8:28:28 AM

Add to the list of reasons why I will never live in Florida.

3/2/2013 11:24:27 AM

3/3/2013 8:09:09 AM

I mean, having the earth open up and swallow you whole is some next level, final destination shit.

3/3/2013 4:22:45 PM

Damn, what if he survived the fall and is somehow trapped down there slowly dying of starvation?

Fuck that shit

3/3/2013 5:31:44 PM

What if, instead of a human being, it was a really cute puppy.

3/3/2013 6:35:55 PM

http://www.wral.com/-sinkhole-season-has-only-just-begun-in-florida/12185761/

So they gave up on finding him and filled in the hole with crushed stone. If the hole is small enough to fill up with stone, seems like they'd be able to find him.

3/5/2013 4:15:59 PM

ibtdeathbystinkholeparody

3/5/2013 4:17:59 PM

Quote :

"Across Florida this time of year, State Geologist Jonathan Arthur says it's the start of what's unofficially considered the "sinkhole season." He says it coincides with the state's rainy season and usually lasts until the end of summer. Arthur looked at 50 years of data and found that there is usually an uptick of reported sinkholes in February, with an increase until about July, when activity tapers off."

3/5/2013 4:18:42 PM

Are they going to start naming sinkholes?

3/5/2013 5:44:21 PM

^^^^fuck that, that's some indian burial ground type of shit

3/5/2013 5:46:30 PM

^^^^^ Who is going to go down in the hole to get him? Not anyone with any sense.

3/5/2013 5:52:57 PM

http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2013/03/12/golfer-survives-after-sinkhole-opens-underneath-him-at-illinois-course/?test=latestnews

3/12/2013 1:17:07 PM

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/18/17810648-sinkhole-swallows-three-cars-on-chicagos-south-side#.UXAGvuD-mr0.twitter

4/18/2013 11:07:25 AM

There's a sweet one at 609 South St in Raleigh

4/18/2013 11:28:09 AM

ogod what the fuck is this vice website

sweet horseshit

i thought al gores personal blog was syndicated

4/18/2013 5:54:06 PM

Our groundwater is owned by Nestlé.

4/18/2013 6:20:22 PM

is it as delicious as it sounds?

4/18/2013 6:42:05 PM

oh my god, what a way to go

4/18/2013 7:03:35 PM

thought the title was "death by Skwinkle" there for a sec

i could handle that

4/18/2013 8:44:30 PM

I also came to this thread to post about skwinkle.

4/18/2013 8:47:03 PM

more like

death by LunaK's stinkhole :3

4/18/2013 8:47:52 PM

4/21/2013 3:51:55 PM