You can't always believe what you read on the internet.
A popular trend on social media right now, especially among Montrealers, is a side by side photo of a massive sink hole in Japan with a caption that says the hole was fixed in 48 hours.
On a scale of true to false, it is false, sorry.
The enormous hole did happen in the early hours of November 8 in Fukuoka, Japan. The 30 metre long, 27 metre wide and 15 metre deep opening swallowed part of a road near the city's railway station.
博多駅前の道路陥没復旧工事が、11/15の5:00に終了。10日からのNHK定点ライブの映像を140秒にしてみました。関係者の方々お疲れ様でした。#博多 #陥没 #復旧 pic.twitter.com/hSn4bMdhQy
— 夕力匕口 (@Kashaverak) November 15, 2016
Crews worked around the clock to repair the road. They had the hole filled with a mixture of sand and cement by the 12th, four days later. It took an additional two days, or the 48 hours several articles have reported, to reconnect all utilities - electricity, water, sewage, gas and telecommunication lines - and to resurface the road.
Inspections were completed and the road was reopened on November 15, at 5:00 A.M. seven days, or 168 hours after the incident (six days or 144 hours if you take in to account there was a 24 hour rain delay in the road opening).
So it wasn't 48 hours, but it is still very impressive.
The Mayor of Fukuoka by the way, apologized for the delay and the inconvenience the situation caused anyone.