Sinkhole swallows Illinois football pitch

[alanw]

Video on the BBC: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cv2grqz2vgro

Local news https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/collapse-gordon-moore-soccer-field-19541302.php (no, not the UK Daily Telegraph).

The collapse is at least 100 feet in diameter and said to be more than 100 feet deep, apparently approaching the limestone mine of Bluff City Minerals.

The link at the end of the quote refers to local politicians opposing more underground blasting.

 

[ChrisB]

Maybe it will double in size every two years

(Sadly, that was Gordon E Moore, not Gordon F Moore)

 

[Mrs Trellis]

What a shame England weren't playing on it at the time.

 

[legendrider]

I've only two words to say about Football, and one of them is 'Football'

 

[Loki]

Next weeks Have I Got News For You?

 

[pwhole]

No doubt this collapse was also due to 18th Century miners' timber props failing

 

[legendrider]

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Godzilla?

 

[alanw]

A mention in Practical Engineering's video When Abandoned Mines Collapse