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 Where Trump 2.0 Will Differ From 1.0 How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker The Power—And Limits—of Peer Support The 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 Column: If Optimism Feels Ridiculous Now, Try Hope The Future of Climate Action Is Trade Policy FX’s Say Nothing Is the Must-Watch Political Thriller of 2024 Merle Bombardieri Is Helping People Make the Baby Decision