sinkhole inside the National Corvette Museum swallowed eight vehicles

[96Indyram]

A sinkhole inside the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky. swallowed eight vehicles early Wednesday morning.
About 5:40 a.m., a security company alerted the museum that motion detectors had been set off inside, according to a news release. The fire department arrived and found a sinkhole 40 feet across and 25 to 30 feet deep inside the museum.

edit to add: cars in hole
1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors

The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:

1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

Stuctural engineers are being called in to survey the damage.



http://www.wunderground.com/news/sinkhole-national-corvette-museum-bowling-green-kentucky-20140212

http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/12/national-corvette-museum-sinkhole/

Security camera captures National Corvette Museum sinkhole as it forms [UPDATE]
Videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IukDWhf7U9I&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbQF8_ZcwQk&feature=player_embedded

 

[adsm08]

Whoops.

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Satan decided to start a Corvette collection.

 

[Snoranger]

GM made a deal with the devil... It's time to pay up.

 

[wildbill23c]

Well not much of a museum now. Careful, now watch that first step.

 

[Mark_88]

I was just thinking "Oh no, now the zombies will have cars to attack us..."

After reading the comments I found one that I was thinking...where is the rebar?

 

[96Indyram]

Satan decided to start a Corvette collection.

Nope...Fire and fiberglass do not mix well togther.
Thats how I lost my 76 Stingray. car was engulfed in a matter of seconds...I barley got out. When the firetruck hit it with the water hoses...the fiberglass flew off like wet newspaper. I was almost sick to my stomach when that happend. Fun at the time (zz4 crate small block) But lesson learned. I will never own another Vette.

 

[MastuhWaffles]

Nope...Fire and fiberglass do not mix well togther.
Thats how I lost my 76 Stingray. car was engulfed in a matter of seconds...I barley got out. When the firetruck hit it with the water hoses...the fiberglass flew off like wet newspaper. I was almost sick to my stomach when that happend. Fun at the time (zz4 crate small block) But lesson learned. I will never own another Vette.

Satan is apparently new to the Corvette collecting.

 

[96Indyram]

cars in hole: (edited op with info)
1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors

The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:

1962 Black Corvette
1984 PPG Pace Car
1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette

Stuctural engineers are being called in to survey the damage.

 

[straycat]

Naaww...that is not a sink hole...Tiger Woods was just playing through....lol

 

[lil_Blue_Ford]

I was just thinking "Oh no, now the zombies will have cars to attack us..."

After reading the comments I found one that I was thinking...where is the rebar?

I'd say that those strands hanging down are rebar. The thing with interior floors, even in commercial buildings, is that when the concrete is poured on "grade" (the ground), substantial rebar reinforcement is not required and nobody really does it. In fact, you don't even have to use wire mesh reinforcement. The idea is that it is poured on the ground and contained inside the walls, so it really has nowhere to go. That is, unless a sinkhole randomly opens up under the floor....

Plus the common standard with rebar is to use 1/2" diameter. Comes in 20' lengths and it is supposed to be lap-jointed and wire tied in place (minimum 16" overlap). I've seen a lot of guys not bother to fully lap it, they try to skimp and do just a couple inches, which weakens the joint.

 

[Kowboy]

I have always heard that owning a Corvette was like a money pit. Who Knew?

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

At least one only classic went down the hole.

The 80's-90's stuff doesn't move me much.