Snail heights Destroyed

In a series of rapidly multiplying natural disasters yesterday, Snail Heights was completely destroyed. The tale of woe began several days ago when sulfurous fumes from the then tiny Mt. Pinhead (6 cm.) awakened a hibernating Mayor Spinaltzo.

The Mayor declared a state of emergency and then sealed himself back into his shell. By the following morning, the volcano had transformed most of the habitat into a simmering pool of molten lava. Earthquakes followed this devastation, succeeded by a giant tidal wave and a flash flood that submerged the entire project.

All the known inhabitants were saved, including the aforementioned Spinaltzo, who was last sighted fleeing to his beloved "garden" aboard his cuttleboat, The Miranda. Residents have expressed a considerable outrage and anger toward the Mayor, declaring they would have knocked his f.....g house to pieces, brick by brick, indicating the Spinaltzo regal mini-mansion, Plaza Spinaltzo, if it had not already been destroyed. A picture of the remains of the erstwhile castle is shown on the left.

Mysterious signals have been detected emanating from the area previously thought to contain the famous altar of the big lips thing that licks up slime. Spongebobby immediately announced that as soon as the flood waters receded, he would outfit an expedition to the region to claim his "birthright."

The renowned blogger Pip of Pip's Ear (shown at the right personally supervising the earlier rescue effort) ordered the Sponge restrained. Spongey was personally buried in Pip's summer quilt under the bed and placed under armed guard.