Insane Sinkhole in Ottawa, Canada

Sinkholes are definitely not anything new to any of you all. With the karst landscape across our region, a sinkhole forming is nothing new in this portion of the world.

The distribution of sinkhole reports across the state. h/t uky.edu

I mean, just a few years ago, the Corvette Museum had a few cars eaten by a massive sinkhole that opened up directly underneath an exhibit!

This sinkhole in the corvette museum. h/t USA Today

Well, a sinkhole of massive proportions has decided to show itself right in the middle of downtown Ottawa in Canada.

Evacuations, road closure, power outage: A sinkhole’s effect on downtown Ottawa: https://t.co/HMM6TxI4fI #ottnews pic.twitter.com/KeE63recjr

— CBC Ottawa (@CBCOttawa) June 8, 2016

From what I can find, their landscape isn’t too similar to ours, but they have seen several other sinkholes before this one. Check out some of the tweets from this morning.

Guys I just saw a car get sucked into the sinkhole #ottawasinkhole #sinkhole #ottawa pic.twitter.com/7YyaHpzudr

— Anne-Sophie Alarie (@_Sophster) June 8, 2016

top-down photo of sinkhole shortly after it appeared. #ottawasinkhole #ottnews pic.twitter.com/1xhiS2lpPW

— Neil Myatt (@toucant) June 8, 2016

I just thought this was a unique, and cool story. For more, read the original article from Buzzfeed!