Collapse at the National Corvette Museum
02-12-2014, 10:49 AM
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Collapse at the National Corvette Museum
A sinkhole has opened up directly under the National Corvette Museum!
Click this link for the complete story courtesy of Hemmings.....
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...rvette-museum/
Updated coverage of the damage and exhibit evacuation can be found here courtesy of autoblog.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/12/c...ole/#continued
Click this link for the complete story courtesy of Hemmings.....
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2...rvette-museum/
Updated coverage of the damage and exhibit evacuation can be found here courtesy of autoblog.
http://www.autoblog.com/2014/02/12/c...ole/#continued
Last edited by 843de; 02-12-2014 at 11:21 PM.
02-13-2014, 02:05 AM
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Sorry guys. My blue prints were off by a few yards. I was trying to have the top of my tunnel to the right of that group.
Seriously though, this is quite a shame. Luckily no one was hurt though. The Blue Devil and the '62 look liked they might have only lite damage. The same cannot be said for the 3 others that are visible in the pics. Reading the list of what fell in there there are 3 more that must be completely buried.
Seriously though, this is quite a shame. Luckily no one was hurt though. The Blue Devil and the '62 look liked they might have only lite damage. The same cannot be said for the 3 others that are visible in the pics. Reading the list of what fell in there there are 3 more that must be completely buried.
02-14-2014, 03:37 AM
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Ugh. That's so sad to see.
I've been there before, and you never really think, "Hey, there's a lot of caves around here; I wonder if there's an unknown cavern under my feet?" as you're walking around.
Worst thing is that the whole museum's going to be closed indefinitely until they can get repairs done.
I've been there before, and you never really think, "Hey, there's a lot of caves around here; I wonder if there's an unknown cavern under my feet?" as you're walking around.
Worst thing is that the whole museum's going to be closed indefinitely until they can get repairs done.
02-14-2014, 11:34 AM
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I saw this morning that all of the damaged 'vettes will be sent to MI for repair at GM's restoration facility, so that's good. From the same article, they said the the structure and foundation are sound and it is all repairable. I've stood right there...pretty scary to think that it could've happened at any time. At least no one got hurt.
