WASHINGTON — White House lawn maintenance must be scratching their heads this week after a small sinkhole opened on the lawn of 1600 Pennsylvania.<br /><br />The Washington Post reports that the crevice is getting bigger. Officials have cordoned the hole of with cautionary tape. <br /><br />According to Newser, there is another hole opening up next to the first. Both holes are likely the result of heavy rain, a National Parks spokesperson told CNN. <br /><br />Officials don't believe the crevices poses any threat, so don't expect to see the White House getting swallowed by the ground.<br /><br />Purdue University Professor and Weather expert Terry West told CNN that the building's doesn't naturally lend itself to sinkholes He reckons it's probably due to man-made activities.<br /><br />During the Obama administration the area reportedly had more than its fair share of construction.
