-- Posted by Nicole something89 at 1:44 pm on May 10, 2008 I heard something about a texas sinkhole a couple days ago or something. It was two football fields wide and 200 feet deep then. has it expanded? has anyone heard about it? when do you think it will stop? how do you think it was started?   -- Posted by atomictastic at 1:45 pm on May 10, 2008 Oh yes a friend told me about this and I was pretty shocked... I wonder how did the hole started??? I blame Global Warming for this >_< -- Posted by ChynnaDoll at 1:45 pm on May 10, 2008 OH! I saw that on the news yesterday I didn't really pay attention though -- Posted by gnr90 at 1:46 pm on May 10, 2008 Are you talking about the one in Wink? I think it has stopped...mostly shallow wells that collapse cause them... I haven't heard of any others, though... -- Posted by Khadgar at 1:47 pm on May 10, 2008 Oil caused this. They took out oil from underground, thereby leaving a big hole. -- Posted by Killer Tofu at 1:47 pm on May 10, 2008 Quote: from Rawkstar at 1:45 pm on May 10, 2008 Oh yes a friend told me about this and I was pretty shocked... I wonder how did the hole started??? I blame Global Warming for this >_< It was from some factory place pumping water under ground. -- Posted by Msw2010 at 2:45 pm on May 10, 2008 yeah i live in texas......it's in daisetta texas....it's practically the size of my high school http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5766414.html -- Posted by obvious child at 3:05 pm on May 11, 2008 Sinkholes are simple to explain: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole The Texas one is large for a obvious reason: that entire area has huge areas where oil was extracted. Over time as water flows into this areas, the supporting soil is eroded. As this occurs, eventually a hole will open.