News: Collapse at National Corvette Museum sends cars into sinkhole

[Rob]

Collapse at National Corvette Museum sends cars into sinkhole

Posted: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 6:35 am | Updated: 8:27 am, Wed Feb 12, 2014.

By ROBYN L. MINOR
The Bowling Green Daily News

A sinkhole opened up today beneath the National Corvette Museum and swallowed eight cars on display.

The Bowling Green Fire Department was on the scene this morning. The sinkhole opened under the dome part of the building.

"As it started happening, it triggered an alarm, so the security company called an employee," Museum Executive Director Wendell Strode said.

The alarm, which was triggered at 5:38 a.m., also resulted in a call to the fire department.

Strode has not been allowed into the collapsed area.

"It's about 20 feet deep. As best as I can see it is about as big as the pedestal area where we had the cars displayed," Strode said.

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[Rob]

Additional News:

Cars damaged by sinkhole at National Corvette museum identified | WHAS11.com Louisville

 

[Chas]

My daughter just sent me this link from CBS Detroit.......sounds unbelievable. :ugh

 

[Baldie88]

Sister and brother-in-law of our friends in our club have their 82 there on display. It's not listed as one of those lost as of yet. Hope they don't lose any more. I wonder who has liability for those cars? Probably most are irreplaceable. Sad.

Ron
"Baldie88"

 

[Rob]

Two of the Corvettes damaged: a 1993 ZR-1 Spyder and a 2009 ZR1 on loan from General Motors.


The other six Corvettes are owned by the NCM and include a 1962 Black Corvette, 1984 PPG Pace Car, 1992 White 1-Millionth Corvette, 1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette, 2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette and a 2009 White 1.5 Millionth Corvette.

 

[BillW]

6 were museum cars, 2 on loan from GM. One could assume they are heavily insured. Here's hoping they can be saved and repaired.


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[Vettelt193]

Sister and brother-in-law of our friends in our club have their 82 there on display. It's not listed as one of those lost as of yet. Hope they don't lose any more. I wonder who has liability for those cars? Probably most are irreplaceable. Sad.

Ron
"Baldie88"

Liability and insurance is the Lender's responsibility. Basically GM is on the hook for their cars. NCM is on the hook for theirs. One assumes that NCM has insurance on them. If any other cars are damaged then the owners of those cars should have insurance on them.

Smart owners would add the NCM as additional Insured to their policy as it helps with liability and makes sure the Insurance Co. is aware of the car's location and who is handling them.

 

[Evolution1980]

Webcam Skydome ...that's not the only thing "down"... :ugh

 

[67vet]

Sinkhole - very sad. :ugh

 

[Z16#952]

At least the timing was good. No one in the area at the time. Sad sight, but could have been worse.

 

[korvettekarl]

sinkhole

May we please have a moment of silence for our wounded Vettes. May they soon be on the road to recovery.

 

[chevyaddict]

Very saddened...

I can't believe how saddened I am about this! My stomach turned when I read the quick news email, and now seeing the pictures just makes me feel all weird inside. Seeing them down in that pit..... Yikes. I was just there two summers ago! I hope they are repairable but I would bet the ones that are buried with others on top are going to be tough to get out of there without further damage. :ugh Very sad indeed. :cry

 

[Mac]

In-freaking-credible... :ugh

My first impulse was to wonder if this was an early April Fool's joke...

Mac

 

[koolaid117]

Couldn't believe it when I heard about it. WOW! Terrible! Just glad no one was hurt.

 

[VoodooVettes]

Newsletter from the National Corvette Museum regarding sink hole.

I just received this from the National Corvette Museum:
NCM Website Here: http://www.corvettemuseum.org/

Share this email! ​ <tbody> </tbody> <tbody> </tbody> SPECIAL EDITION <tbody> </tbody> Sinkhole Collapses in Skydome​ 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:​ [*=left]1993 ZR-1 Spyder on loan from General Motors [*=left]2009 ZR1 “Blue Devil” on loan from General Motors The other six vehicles were owned by the National Corvette Museum including:​ [*=left]1962 Black Corvette [*=left]1984 PPG Pace Car [*=left]1992 White 1 Millionth Corvette [*=left]1993 Ruby Red 40th Anniversary Corvette [*=left]2001 Mallett Hammer Z06 Corvette [*=left]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.​ Thanks to all of our Corvette friends and family for you words of prayer and support.​ <tbody> </tbody> <tbody> </tbody> <tbody> </tbody> <tbody> </tbody> © Copyright National Corvette Museum 2014 350 Corvette Drive Bowling Green, KY 42101 1 800 53 VETTE (83883)​

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[YumaZ06]

Damn! I can't believe it! I sat in that area for dinner numerous times during Z06 fests. What a shame.

 

[Toms007]

Are the cars recoverable? How much damage was there to these cars? I haven't heard or seen the answers to those questions. Also it looks like there are other cars which might be susceptible to more of the floor collapsing. Hopefully they can get those cars out. This, obviously, isn't a good thing.:ugh

 

[Z16#952]

Are the cars recoverable? How much damage was there to these cars? I haven't heard or seen the answers to those questions. Also it looks like there are other cars which might be susceptible to more of the floor collapsing. Hopefully they can get those cars out. This, obviously, isn't a good thing.:ugh

From what I have heard so far, the other vehicles not in the hole have been removed from part of the building.

 

[2VettesMike]

The GM prototypes and 62 and 93 probably could be repaired/restored. As for the 1M and 1.5M Vettes these were as built off the production line, they can only be that way once....

Very sad.

Mike

 

[USMC 0311]

this sucks

I have not been on here for a while and this is a tough month for me....I wish I did not hear about those beautiful cars getting damaged. this absolutely sucks.