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At least there are only three degrees when it comes to burns, imagine if they went up to 11?

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They're gonna fix. They're not gonna fix it.



They're gonna fix it.

Officials at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Kentucky, say it will cost $3.2 million to fill in the sinkhole that opened beneath the museum's Skydome area in February. Work on the repairs will start November 10 and will take approximately nine months to complete.

Eight Chevrolet Corvette models on display at the museum fell into the sinkhole in February, and were painstakingly removed by a construction team. General Motors plans to restore three of the damaged cars, while others will be left on display as they emerged from the sinkhole. Although the National Corvette Museum initially planned to leave the gaping sinkhole untouched -- it's proven so popular that tourist visits to the museum increased significantly this year -- doing so would have been more expensive than simply filling and repairing the hole.

Work will begin November 10 and is scheduled to be completed by July 2015. Construction crews will remove boulders from the hole, before filling it with 4000 tons of stone, installing support beams and trusses, rebuilding entrance doors and other infrastructure improvements, and finally installing a new floor. The museum will have a webcam feed on its website showing the progress of the reconstruction effort, and plans to create some sort of sinkhole permanent exhibit about the event next year.

"We appreciate all of the support, feedback, ideas and prayers throughout this very interesting time in our history," National Corvette Museum executive director Wendell Strode said in a statement. “Sunday, November 9 will be the very last day to see the sinkhole up close and in person – so if you’ve been wanting to check it out for yourself you have just over three weeks to do so.”

Source: National Corvette Museum

Some photos you've seen before in the article over at MotorTrend.

Now, iirc, when the hole was filled with just dirt (and a few boulders), it was too much, and it caved in. What's gonna happen when you toss 8,000,000 pounds of stone in there?

Also, why remove the boulders?

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Doesn't matter as long as they build the floor over it like a bridge deck.

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

At least there are only three degrees when it comes to burns, imagine if they went up to 11?

Then your drummer bursts into flames?