A Sinkhole in Kentucky Ate a Bunch of Corvettes and Now I'm Not Sure Any of Us Are Safe at Any Time
CBS - What Mother Earth devoured, Chevrolet plans to resurrect. The carmaker said Thursday it will oversee restoration of the classic cars swallowed by a huge sinkhole beneath the National Corvette Museum in Kentucky. General Motors Design in Warren, Mich., will manage the painstaking work to repair the eight prize vehicles, the automaker said Thursday. The cars were consumed when the earth opened up early Wednesday beneath a display area when the museum in Bowling Green, Ky., was closed. No injuries were reported. The museum was open Thursday except for the area where the sinkhole occurred. Mark Reuss, GM’s head of global product development, said the damaged vehicles rank as “some of the most significant in automotive history.” “There can only be one 1-millionth Corvette ever built,” he said, referring to one of the damaged cars. “We want to ensure as many of the damaged cars are restored as possible so fans from around the world can enjoy them.” Just how the cars will be pulled out of the ground remains to be seen, said museum executive director Wendell Strode. The local fire department estimated the hole is about 40 feet across and 25 to 30 feet deep. The hole opened beneath part of the museum’s domed section.
Realistically, are any of us safe? If they can put some of the most rare cars in the world on top of a sinkhole, who’s to say you’re not sitting on top of one right now? Your entire house, office building, or favorite pizza place could be swallowed by the earth tomorrow like a load into Farrah Abaraham’s mouth and we’d all be goners. Eaten alive by Mother Nature. Just something to think about the next time you’re cranking one out. That could be how you’re found. Laptop on chest, pants around the ankles, 40 feet below ground. Would be quite a sight as your closest family and friends gather around the scene, weeping in each other’s shoulders, as the crane lifts you and your exposed cock out of the rubble.