Uh-oh. Huge sinkhole swallows up Illinois soccer field — which was built over a working mine (video)

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2024/06/27/uh-oh-huge-sinkhole-swallows-up-illinois-soccer-field-which-was-built-over-a-working-mine-video.html

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Yikes! That is some terrifying footage. The aftermath didn’t look that bad but seeing it go was something. It even scared my dog.

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If one should prefer to be non-Xwitter …

(search youtube for “sinkhole alton” for lots of additional drone shots)

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Well, ain’t that a pitch.

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Jeeze, that’s a big one! Glad it wasn’t in use at the time.

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This sinkhole appeared in the parking lot of the building that I was helping to renovate.

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Well - isn’t this a coincidence, we got a potential problem of stuff build on mines as well.

I am guessing it is north of I-70, as I know there are several former mines used for storage (and paintball!) in that area.

https://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article289596088.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook

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What, close the field? This just opens up the possibilities for some exciting new sports games!

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inaccuweather? The same feeble-ass inaccuweather which shrub, jr wanted to replace NOAA with?

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It is a hole new game!

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Mine says, “MINE!!”

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That’s where they went wrong. You want coal mines for good football.

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The golf course in my home town (Washington, PA) was built over a disused coal mine. Over one winter a significant fraction of the mine collapsed, completely rewriting the overlying topography. The course had to quickly rearrange and realign some of the holes to compensate for the changed in terrain.

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