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12th May 2016
08:38am BST

This whole pothole situation is getting ridiculous now... @MPSGreenwich @PrimlyStable
— Christopher Barr (@RealRandomChris) May 12, 2016
@MPSGreenwich First Plumstead, now Charlton. Our Royal Borough has a huge mole problem! — Greenwich Hour (@GreenwichHour) May 12, 2016While others too the surprising development in good humour.
.@MPSGreenwich I think I know what happened. pic.twitter.com/TEizwexSDE
— Dave Briggs (@xtaldave) May 12, 2016
@MPSGreenwich @Visit_Wakefield On street parking space, good location. Won't be long until someone offers to rent that out. £500 a week? — Retro Kidneys (@RetroKidneys) May 12, 2016A little later on Thursday morning, it was revealed that the car in question belongs to this man, Abdul Ahmadzai... https://twitter.com/joenerssessian/status/730666375967019008 ...who had a brilliantly British reaction to the shocking sight of his car being sucked into the ground: https://twitter.com/joenerssessian/status/730667258436014080 "Nothing I could do". We salute you Abdul. As best as we can understand, sinkholes are caused via a combination of erosion and water drainage. Cover collapse sinkholes, like the one that has just occurred in Greenwich are caused in areas where soluble rock gets dissolved by water that manages to worm its way into cracks formed by erosion. As water continues to hollow out the bedrock beneath, eventually the weight of the top layer becomes too much and it all caves in forming a sinkhole. Simply put: rain gets into the ground from knackered roads and pavements and washes out all the rock supporting it. Next time you feel like complaining about the cost of your council tax, remember that some of that money goes towards you not getting swallowed up by the ground. Ooft.
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