Sinkhole Swallows 2 Homes Near Tampa

[RockaFowler]

http://www.wptv.com/news/state/depression-forms-continues-to-grow-at-land-o-lakes-home

LAND O' LAKES, Fla. A large sinkhole swallowed two homes and continues to grow in a neighborhood in Land O' Lakes on Friday morning. Surrounding homes were evacuated as a safety precaution.

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office says the sinkhole, first reported as a depression, started out as the size of a small pool and a boat on the property was falling into the hole at approximately 7:56 a.m.

As of 8:23 a.m., the sinkhole expanded and reached the roadway. At least 10 surrounding homes were evacuated. Two homes have been destroyed due to the sinkhole.



You have to see the video at the link. It's horrifying. FPL has turned off power in the area. The street is swallowed up as well!!

[Le Gaucher]

1. wish it swallowed mar a logo

[cynatnite]

17. Just what I was thinking as well. n/t

[Le Gaucher]

18. It would be highly preferable that Trump clan and all their republican enablers were in it while it

happened.

Do wishes come true?

[shenmue]

2. I live pretty close by

[barbtries]

3. eek

good luck.

[mopinko]

6. sell now if you can.

srsly. 2 of my sisters live in fla, moved from the midwest.
i hope to heck they didnt invest their retirement in a sinkhole.

[GulfCoast66]

15. A lot more houses destroyed

And people killed by tornadoes in the Midwest then have ever been damaged or injured by sinkholes in Florida.

Oh, and it's cold there

[lamp_shade]

12. I have friends in Plantation Palms on the other side of Collier.

[malaise]

4. Melted like

ahem...butter.

[cyclonefence]

9. I see what you did there

[malaise]

10. I knew someone would see it

[snooper2]

5. Well, they still own the land right, you can have a houseboat now!

[Motley13]

7. scary, 2013 a man was buried in a sinkhole

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/03/16/body-sinkhole-buried/1987861/

[Baitball Blogger]

8. That's a lot of water in that sinkhole.

I thought sinkholes occurred because the limestone caverns under the ground go dry and it creates a cave-in?

[hunter]

11. Wet-dry cycles will weaken an underground cavern.

The last dry cycle may have left this one on the brink.

[NurseJackie]

13. Will a homeowner's policy cover this? Or are sinkholes exempt?

[HAB911]

16. Covered for catastrophic failure

but not for partial*. This looks like total, however the article called it "a remediated home. According to the listing on Zillow, the property was a "repaired sinkhole" home."

This might be a pre-existing condition?

*partial failures are not covered because homeowners abused them, took the money, didn't repair the homes, paid them off and walked.

[muriel_volestrangler]

14. I can see why it's Land o' Lakes - water table about 1 foot below ground level

It appears to be a swamp they paved over.