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LillyBoPeep -> Florida sinkhole (3/2/2013 11:59:13 PM)
I heard about this story the other day - they're unable to continue with the rescue efforts for the man whose bedroom was eaten by a sinkhole. From the outside, the house looks normal, but the insides are caving in. The sinkhole is now 60 feet deep. What a terrifying story. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-sinkhole-florida-20130302,0,1665918.story

TheHeretic -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 12:23:44 AM)
That's a pretty horrifying way to die. Thank God I live in SoCal, where the earth is solid under our feet, and we are safe from such things... Oh wait... nevermind.

Level -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 4:23:23 AM)
Florida has a lot of these every year, but fatalities are rare. Texas, too, and I have a small one (soccer ball sized) in my back yard.

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 7:10:44 AM)
It's terrifying. I feel horrible for his family. His brother jumped into the hole and tried to save him, but was dragged out by a police officer who told him the floor was still caving in. Pretty awful. We had a small one pop up near our school, in the old, elementary school days, and that was the first time any of us had heard of them. The articles said that normally you can tell when there's one near a house, because the foundations will show stress fracturing or some sort of damage, but this one is fully contained within the foundation of the house. They had literally just had an insurance inspector come out not too long before this happened, to check for one, and the inspector found nothing.

Kirata -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 7:28:57 AM)
~ FR ~ When I first saw the title of this thread, I figured it was going to get moved to P&R. [:D] K.

Level -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 7:56:31 AM)
It could have been a thread on their vote counting system [8D]

Moonlightmaddnes -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 8:04:39 AM)
I agree, horrifying way to die. We have a lot of underground caves in this area of Missouri so sinkholes happen here as well.

LizDeluxe -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 8:57:05 AM)
If my house was the one next door I would be sweating bullets.

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 9:10:04 AM)
They've already evacuated the houses next door because they determined that they are compromised by the sinkhole, too. The people in those houses were given 20 minutes to get some belongings and then they had to vacate. Bananas...

Level -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 10:12:24 AM)
[image]http://www.saveoursuwannee.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/home_ph1_BIG.jpg[/image] Just a random photo, not the house from the op, but yeesh.

LillyBoPeep -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 10:29:33 AM)
Remember this massive one in Guatemala? http://gizmodo.com/5551916/the-gates-of-hell-just-opened-in-guatemala [image]local://upfiles/1133580/86702AFE122F470699609AE9D2D5F61E.jpg[/image]

Level -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 10:55:25 AM)
Yes. [:o]

servantforuse -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 11:25:48 AM)
We have had them here in Milwaukee. The ones here are usually man made, from a water main break 20 feet under the street. One swallowed a a new escalalade last summer.

Owner59 -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 5:43:34 PM)
He was asleep.....dear lord.

Charles6682 -> RE: Florida sinkhole (3/3/2013 6:00:59 PM)
I have lived in Seffner,FL before.The West-Central part of Florida is known for sinkholes but the type of sinkhole that got this poor man is rare.My prays are for everyone involved.

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