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Old 02-12-2014, 11:51 AM
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It's all over the news that a giant sinkhole opened up in the middle
of the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green and swallowed up 8 corvettes.
We can now add this to things to worry about when displaying your car!

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Old 02-12-2014, 11:55 AM
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BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — A sinkhole formed Wednesday under the National Corvette Museum here, swallowing eight cars, according to its executive director.

Some time before 5:30 a.m. CT, the sinkhole started to form, authorities believe. By 5:39 a.m. power in the museum went off and police were called, Executive Director Wendell Strode said. The incident originally was thought to be a fire.

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When emergency personnel got to the museum, they discovered a sinkhole 40 feet wide and 25 to 30 feet deep, Strode said.

"It's pretty significant," he said.

Bowling Green — about 60 miles northeast of Nashville, Tenn., and 100 miles southwest of Louisville, Ky. — is at the edge of a karst region where caves, springs and sinkholes are common. The main entrance to Mammoth Cave National Park is about 30 miles northeast of the city, but that cave system has more than 400 miles that have been explored.

The National Corvette Museum will celebrate its 20th anniversary in August. Of the eight cars that fell into the hole,the museum owned five and General Motors owned three. GM's Corvette plant where present-day Corvettes are manufactured is across a highway less than a half mile from the museum.

Employees at the museum still are working on a list of cars involved in the incident, which occurred inside the facility's iconic spire called the Sky Dome, Strode said.

Emergency personnel allowed museum staff to remove only one car in the Sky Dome, the only surviving 1983 Corvette, he said. It had not fallen in the hole.

Engineers have been called in to assess the situation.

"Before we do anything, like remove the other cars, we want that assessment so we know if there's been any structural damage to the Sky Dome," Strode said.

The museum is open Wednesday but the Sky Dome will be off limits, he said.

"We'll try to get back to business as usual as soon as we can and keep moving forward," he said.

A monetary estimate of damage done to the museum and the vehicles involved had not been determined early Wednesday.

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Are they fracking in that area or have they drained any underground water reservoirs if there are any around there?

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Old 02-12-2014, 12:10 PM
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For the "it didn't happen unless there's pictures" crowd:



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It's my understanding that the area of the museum is covered with underground
caverns, and a friend of mine who displayed his Corvette there for a few months said that
there is an old Giant sinkhole near the Museum building that sits near the parking lot.

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It's my understanding that the area of the museum is covered with underground
caverns, and a friend of mine who displayed his Corvette there for a few months said that
there is an old Giant sinkhole near the Museum building that sits near the parking lot.
The layout

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Old 02-12-2014, 12:16 PM
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New photo

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The way the Vette crowd is, I can see that in a few years from now we'll see:

"1 of 8 Corvettes with certified and documented sinkhole damage. Only $10,000 more than a non-sinkhole damaged vehicle."

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I feel kinda bad for that black/red '61-'62 Vette. The C4's on the other hand, what a good place for them!

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Thank goodness they were just Corvettes......

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some rare Vettes down the drain....heres a link!

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/02/12...cmp=latestnews

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HOLY ****!!!

GET A MACHINE & GET THEM OUT!!!

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HOLY ****!!!

GET A MACHINE & GET THEM OUT!!!
Not so fast there Bossman!

Take a closer look at the broken beams and piers hanging "in the air" not so sure anyone else should even stand where the photos were taken till shored up and safety tied off in case of continued collapse...

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Gives a "hole" new meaning to "survivor car"

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Per the Fox story:

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It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident," the museum said in a press release.

The museum said the cars are a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and 2009 ZR1 "Blue Devil" on loan from General Motors; a 1962 Black Corvette; 1984 PPG Pace Car; 1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette; 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette; 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette and a 2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette.

Strode told the Courier-Journal that emergency personnel allowed museum staff to remove the only surviving 1983 Corvette, which was at risk of joining the other cars in the sinkhole.

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Old 02-12-2014, 01:18 PM
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From the museum

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http://corvettemuseum.blogspot.com/2...-corvette.html

Sinkhole Collapses at National Corvette Museum

We received a call at 5:44am from our security company alerting us of our motion detectors going off in our Skydome area of the Museum. Upon arrival it was discovered that a sinkhole had collapsed within the Museum. No one was in or around the Museum at the time. The Bowling Green Fire Department arrived on the scene and secured the area. The Fire Department has estimated the size of the hole is 40 feet across and 25-30 feet deep.


It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident. Those cars include:
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

None of the cars affected were on loan from individuals. The Skydome exhibit area of the Museum is a separate structure connected to the main Museum. A structural engineer is now on-site to assess the existing damage and stability of the surrounding areas. The Museum is closed to the public for the day to allow us to carefully assess the situation. We will keep everyone informed as we know more.

With the 20th Anniversary celebration, Grand Opening of the NCM Motorsports Park, and the National Corvette Caravan coming August 27-30, we’ve got a lot to be excited about in 2014, and look forward to getting the Skydome repaired and reopened very soon.

The National Corvette Museum is the ‘Gateway to All Things Corvette’ and a member-driven, 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation. Weekly news on the latest Corvette developments, racing updates, event features and raffles are available by subscribing to “NCM eNews” at: corvettemuseum.org/ncmenews. Dedicated to the mission of celebration, education and preservation, the Museum is open seven days a week, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT - located at Exit 28 on I-65 in Bowling Green, KY.
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Katie Frassinelli, Marketing & Communications Manager – 270-467-8846
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I haven't liked Vettes since 1967, so in my opionion, there was only one loss, the 62'.

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I just told my son (Chevy nut), I ain't going to Bowling Green with him anytime soon.

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Seriously guys, you can't look at this and not ache a little!

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'84 PPG 'pace car' whoopeee.........

I could care less about the black '62.
Only one I'd be interested in is the '93 Ruby Red 40th.

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