@Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish • 2 years agoSink hole in the middle of a soccer field in Alton IL. No one was on the field when it happened.files.catbox.moeimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1229arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1228arrow-down1imageSink hole in the middle of a soccer field in Alton IL. No one was on the field when it happened.files.catbox.moe@Blaze@reddthat.com to interestingasfuck@lemm.eeEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square27fedilinkfile-text
News coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/watch-sinkhole-swallows-stadium-light-at-alton-soccer-field-after-mine-collapse/ar-BB1oX0Ar
minus-squareKühlschranklinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 years agoIt’s pretty cool! Especially the way the astroturf more or less looks like grass but then tears off in the sinkhole - it gives it that uncanny look
minus-square@reddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•2 years agoWhy did it tear though? The ground didn’t expand, it just dropped out below it. I would think it would hang like a sheet over a hole.
minus-squareKühlschranklinkfedilinkEnglish3•2 years agoTrue! That’s kind of strange. I guess it’s quite wide so the center was heavy enough to rip it all out? Maybe it was wet or something too.
minus-square@dev_null@lemmy.mllinkfedilink5•2 years agoI don’t think it tore, all the lines are straight. Looks like it was just made of separate sheets that weren’t connected, so nothing had to tear, the ones above the hole just fell in.
It’s pretty cool! Especially the way the astroturf more or less looks like grass but then tears off in the sinkhole - it gives it that uncanny look
Why did it tear though? The ground didn’t expand, it just dropped out below it. I would think it would hang like a sheet over a hole.
True! That’s kind of strange. I guess it’s quite wide so the center was heavy enough to rip it all out? Maybe it was wet or something too.
I don’t think it tore, all the lines are straight. Looks like it was just made of separate sheets that weren’t connected, so nothing had to tear, the ones above the hole just fell in.