That puddle is sometimes deeper than you think.

[Red Squirrel]

😱 Oops.

More than a puddle: Timmins driver escapes sinkhole

It was a close call for a Timmins driver early Monday morning when what looked like a puddle turned out to be a big sinkhole.

northernontario.ctvnews.ca

 

[IronWing]

I love the juxtaposition of "It is unclear what caused the sinkhole" with the photo of a headframe. 🙂

 

[Red Squirrel]

At one point we actually had actual mining sink holes everywhere. Swallowed up part of a golf course, used to always joke that it's now easier to get the ball in the hole. All of that is an actual open pit mine now.

There's mine tunnels pretty much all over, kind of crazy actually.

CN tower for scale:

 

[Red Squirrel]

Pic of aftermath. From sounds of it, it was a water main break.

 

[pete6032]

This is like the 3rd of 4th sinkhole I've read about recently. These seem to be happening a lot lately. None of these seem to be linked or even malicious in nature, but it is kind of odd. Either way it is very odd what's going on, and can't really be dismissed. Sometimes people just pretend everything is ok even when stuff is literally falling into sinkholes everywhere.

 

[KidNiki1]

as someone who lives in central-ish florida, sinkholes are one of my personal nightmares.