IHOP Sinkhole Eats A Dozen Cars By: Bella Morris, 5th Period

Blog #1, 3rd Six Weeks
11-09-15

      This past Saturday, a local IHOP in Mississippi was struck by a massive sinkhole. The road and asphalt gave away Saturday evening creating a huge sink hole that was estimated to be about 35 feet wide and 375 feet long, and 30 feet deep, swallowing 12 cars. All the cars were parked and empty so there have been no reports of any deaths or injuries. The cause of the sinkhole is still unknown. Some professionals are saying that the limestone was welted away from water underneath it, others are saying its a classic sink hole case. Mississippi locals are very thankful this weekend to have no deaths or injuries from the disaster. The IHOP is now under construction and will be back in business shortly.

Source: http://www.cnn.com/2015/11/08/us/mississippi-sinkhole/index.html

APPARTS
A- The author of this article is CNN's Ashton Adams and Tony Marco.
P- This occurred in Mississippi at a local IHOP on Saturday evening.
P- The purpose of this article is to inform the audience of the recent natural disaster.
A- The audience is people that are reading the news about disasters within the United States.
R- The Reason this article was written was to inform.
T- The main idea of this article was that the sinkhole cause is still unknown and the fact that there were no deaths or injuries from the sinkhole.
S- The significance of the article are the photographs, they are very eye catching and haunting to look at.

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