Posted on 02/12/2014 8:30:20 AM PST by WXRGina
We received a call at 5:44am from our security company alerting us of our motion detectors going off in our Skydome area of the Museum. Upon arrival it was discovered that a sinkhole had collapsed within the Museum. No one was in or around the Museum at the time. The Bowling Green Fire Department arrived on the scene and secured the area. The Fire Department has estimated the size of the hole is 40 feet across and 25-30 feet deep.
It is with heavy hearts that we report that eight Corvettes were affected by this incident. Those cars include:
-1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors
-2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors
The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:
-1962 Black Corvette
-1984 PPG Pace Car
-1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette
-1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette
-2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette
-2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette
None of the cars affected were on loan from individuals. The Skydome exhibit area of the Museum is a separate structure connected to the main Museum. A structural engineer is now on-site to assess the existing damage and stability of the surrounding areas. The Museum is closed to the public for the day to allow us to carefully assess the situation. We will keep everyone informed as we know more.
With the 20th Anniversary celebration, Grand Opening of the NCM Motorsports Park, and the National Corvette Caravan coming August 27-30, we’ve got a lot to be excited about in 2014, and look forward to getting the Skydome repaired and reopened very soon.
Excellent
I’ve visited the Museum and the plant many times.
Hope they can get this repaired..it looks like it will not be easy.
Okay, so it has a few miles on it now....it has “character”.
Only one owner, a little old (cave-)lady.
Looks like the rear end of the 1993 sticking up to the right. I have one in my garage that’s like new. Bought it new and only have 27,000 miles on it. Ya think they might be interested in replacing the one they lost. Its the 40th anniversary edition. they all were Ruby Red.
I wonder what the footing looks like under the structure...from the pic of the hole, it may extend under the footings...the whole building may be a loss.
As for saving the cars in the hole, I don’t see how you do that safely without tearing the roof off of the building and reaching over with a large crane. I wouldn’t get anywhere near the edge of that thing.
Perhaps Gaia is demanding that a Volt museum be built, instead…
:-\
Welll go get them.. dust them off.. and the detail them..
Duuugh..
I wonder if the museum will report the loss as sinkage?
Dorpped to the what?
Fracking /s
Video of the sinkhole from security camera:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4caS9zeFdA
Wow! Thanks for posting!
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