August 13, 2014 4:10 PM EDT
T he Pittsburgh woman who lost her sedan to a sinkhole on Tuesday is not alone, as this slideshow reveals. Whether that’s comforting or disconcerting is for her to decide.
Emergency officials approach cars on the edge of a sinkhole in Baltimore, April 30, 2014. AP One of eight Chevrolet Corvettes is removed from a sinkhole in the Skydome at the National Corvette Museum, Monday, March. 3, 2014, in Bowling Green, Ky. On Feb. 12 2014, a large sinkhole swallowed eight prized cars, piling them in a heap amid loose dirt and concrete fragments. Alex Slitz—AP A construction vehicle lies where it was swallowed by a sinkhole on Saint-Catherine Street in downtown Montreal, August 5, 2013. Christinne Muschi—Reuters A utility worker looks underground to examine the scene where a sinkhole began on December 3, 2010 in Chevy Chase, Maryland. No one was reported injured in the accident. Logan Mock-Bunting—Getty Images Workmen view a car with its front end in a sinkhole, July 30, 2013, in Philadelphia. PVI-TV reported the sinkhole opened up overnight on a street in the city's Hunting Park section, with the front of the car falling in the hole. Matt Rourke—AP A sinkhole covers a street intersection in downtown Guatemala City, May 31, 2010. A day earlier authorities blamed the heavy rains caused by tropical storm Agatha as the cause of the crater that swallowed a a three-story building but now say they will be conducting further studies to determine the cause. Luis Echeverria—AP A Los Angeles fireman looks under a fire truck stuck in a sinkhole in the Valley Village neighborhood of Los Angeles, Sept. 8, 2009. Four firefighters escaped injury early Tuesday after their fire engine sunk into a large hole caused by a burst water main in the San Fernando Valley, authorities said. Nick Ut—AP An Aerial view looking down on a sinkhole as traffic passes in Frederick, Maryland on April 24, 2008. Linda Davidson—The Washington Post/Getty Images Rescue workers remove a bus with a crane from a Lisbon street sink hole Nov. 25, 2003. The bus was parked on a Lisbon street when the ground began to open. No casualties were reported. Jose Manuel Ribeiro—Reuters/Corbis More Must-Reads From TIME What Student Photojournalists Saw at the Campus Protests How Far Trump Would Go Why Maternity Care Is Underpaid Saving Seconds Is Better Than Hours Welcome to the Golden Age of Ryan Gosling Scientists Are Finding Out Just How Toxic Your Stuff Is The 100 Most Influential People of 2024 Want Weekly Recs on What to Watch, Read, and More? Sign Up for Worth Your Time