A sinkhole rapidly grew from a small hole into a small lake as it consumed two homes in a central Florida neighborhood, and forced the evacuation of at least 10 other homes.
I suspect that in the past people were simply unaware... now it's a lack of good buildable land. Now a days it is easier for insurance companies to identify the more hazardous areas... but of course.. no guarantees. Imho there is too much wrong with Florida to take a chance. They just confirmed a few cases of local malaria on the Florida west coast. 😳 🦟 No thanks. 😮
we should stop building houses and buildings and infrastructure in Sinkhole Alley, Florida and let it be a natural forest reserve national park area to prevent property damage in the future
It is largely because developers build homes near man made mosquito ponds that they call "lakes" so they can call the property waterfront. The underground water eats away the limestone.
There was an entire PBS Nova episode on this a few years ago, appropriately called “Sinkholes: Buried Alive“. They’re all over Florida and they are terrifying and there’s no particular political will to locate them and buy people out. It’s purely buyer beware. This tragedy was the incident that they started off with. The fellow was staying at his brother’s house and the,family put him up in their daughter’s bedroom and the daughter was in with the parents. So it was just the luck of the draw that he was in that bedroom and that their young daughter wasn’t swallowed up.
dont want sink holes? tell big companies to stop drilling for oil. they replace the oil underground with water. the water slowly evaporates and creates a empty gap. the gap rises and creates sinkholes and sometimes earthquakes. Also we are wondering why the core stopped spinning and cooling down while we are taking oil.
@@jellyfishi_ No, it's building these houses close to manmade mosquito ponds that developers call lakes so they can charge more money for "waterfront" property. The water eats away the limestone.
Make foundations lot larger then property itself. With long wooden logs (steal) placed into the ground deep. Build house in the middle that is compackt and can be moved. Country loses lot of money and innosent lives on this problem.
Could be a nervous smile. Ya know you’re talking to a tv camera that could make one nervous. Don’t jump to conclusions. Also I think the older dude has had face lifts done and he is just permanently looking that way…
@@faithrada I’m guessing you mean soil. I already have ideas exactly how this happens. It’s a rhetorical question to see how much rationalization can happen.
As common as Hurricanes down here. Sink hole city? Check USGS The Forgotten Coast. There everywhere. Yeah, there all over the state. Part of living here. Hate that for those folks.
they didn’t try to find his body or him when he could have been alive… they said it was too dangerous so they just filled the sink hole up with concrete with him in it
Nah his brother had already gone down the hole and looked for him with a rapel line he got buried in the collapse probably died right away or shortly aftet
@@chrisdrives954 Here you go, forcing your ideologies on people. No, I don't believe in such fantasies at all. And you wonder why Christians get so much hate, because they like to force their religion. You are one of the bad Christians who thinks everyone should believe what they believe. Keep that to yourself and your peers.
@@madcat1865 We in Calif have the option of earthquake insurance, but it’s very expensive and it has a very high deductible. I imagine Florida sinkhole insurance is similar?
That’s actually really sad to think about. You did nothing wrong but you’re still absolutely screwed.
no, now you have lakefront property to sell.
The guy swallowed by sink hole in his bed room and body was never found . Crazy scary
"The good news is we've found your plumbing problem, ma'am."
Next door neibors POOL
Why would anyone build a home over a known sinkhole area?
I suspect that in the past people were simply unaware... now it's a lack of good buildable land. Now a days it is easier for insurance companies to identify the more hazardous areas... but of course.. no guarantees.
Imho there is too much wrong with Florida to take a chance. They just confirmed a few cases of local malaria on the Florida west coast. 😳 🦟 No thanks. 😮
Wow! That's scary, and I mean like horror film scary.
Like the ending of Poltergeist.
I know
This is dreadful and very scary.
I hope the homeowners are safe - and heavily ensured.
❤️ from 🇬🇧
Sinkhole: *swallows homes*
People: oh no
RIP to this man
we should stop building houses and buildings and infrastructure in Sinkhole Alley, Florida and let it be a natural forest reserve national park area to prevent property damage in the future
Yeah let's makes homes in these zones
It is largely because developers build homes near man made mosquito ponds that they call "lakes" so they can call the property waterfront. The underground water eats away the limestone.
Wow you serious?
That's a neat spin on the biblical "Who builds their house on sand?"
Sand is great, limestone isn’t.
I would have been gone I'm sorry but this is beyond scary a guy was actually killed when a sinkhole swallowed his house.
There was an entire PBS Nova episode on this a few years ago, appropriately called “Sinkholes: Buried Alive“. They’re all over Florida and they are terrifying and there’s no particular political will to locate them and buy people out. It’s purely buyer beware. This tragedy was the incident that they started off with. The fellow was staying at his brother’s house and the,family put him up in their daughter’s bedroom and the daughter was in with the parents. So it was just the luck of the draw that he was in that bedroom and that their young daughter wasn’t swallowed up.
@@TrishBenedict Well it sure doesn't slow down the Yankees moving here in droves..
nice way to avoid why (where) that material goes to when it 'dissolves.' aquifers that have been dried up
People in Florida should live in a boat
You can still get swallowed up if a sinkhole opens up underwater
That is the only safe practice
Did the official at :50 just said "Unfortunately...." With a huge Colgate smile on his face ??......wtf ??
dont want sink holes? tell big companies to stop drilling for oil. they replace the oil underground with water. the water slowly evaporates and creates a empty gap. the gap rises and creates sinkholes and sometimes earthquakes. Also we are wondering why the core stopped spinning and cooling down while we are taking oil.
Last I heard there is no oil drilling in the Ocala area. The limestone simply erodes away.
Because Florida is made on top of swamps...
Irrigation systems are really what causes most of our sinkholes down here
the sad part is this is probably only like the 5th worst thing to happen in florida this week
Like the first CERN, when they reactivated it once thinking it was a ship until a huge black hole got so close it was too late
This is so very sad... 😥🙏💔
And they never found his body?
the best of American planning and engineering
@@jellyfishi_ No, it's building these houses close to manmade mosquito ponds that developers call lakes so they can charge more money for "waterfront" property. The water eats away the limestone.
@@edwardbaker1331 That's true, these "lakes" are formed by these sinkholes.
Mass immigration has driven Florida's population from 4 mil to 20 mil. Bring more people in Florida. It's not like we're sinking.
Make foundations lot larger then property itself.
With long wooden logs (steal) placed into the ground deep.
Build house in the middle that is compackt and can be moved.
Country loses lot of money and innosent lives on this problem.
Why are the male commentators smiling? This is horrible for those families. Hav they no compassion?
They are morons that's why they are smiling.
Could be a nervous smile. Ya know you’re talking to a tv camera that could make one nervous. Don’t jump to conclusions. Also I think the older dude has had face lifts done and he is just permanently looking that way…
👀 I wouldn't sleep well at night in that area. no way
I love this news man. I think his name is Lester Holmes.
If it was because of drought, why is the house sinking into a lake a foot below soil? Too much rain couldn’t explain that either.
The rain desolves the rock... so that rain hastened the collapse of the land.
@@faithrada I’m guessing you mean soil. I already have ideas exactly how this happens. It’s a rhetorical question to see how much rationalization can happen.
His body was never found 😮
I wouldn’t never live in florida
Did those people have sinkhole insurance?
The developers are pumping water from the aquifers
What even makes this happen?
he literally explains in the vid
These freak my brain out, that could Halen m happen
Florida enough said
Should take the whole state...
I think Florida need to learn from Japanese house, quake and storm proof add this one too sink proof
It will stop when we stop putting great weight on that limestone land lol
Im surprised the buildings in Miami right by the ocean stand!
Due to biden fracking
all of florida is a floating bogg
Except for the south east corner
... the rock bed is different there. But yea, it's still Florida. 😢
They watered the lawn too much.
I lived in Florida for 7 years I was put on Xanax for my fears of sinkholes. I constantly felt so much anxiety from sinkholes.
I live in Tampa florida 😥
Making that call should have been done before houses were built 😮😮😮😮😮😮😮 but NO PEOPLE HAVE TO EAT IT !!!!! #:##=×÷::"$/$
As common as Hurricanes down here. Sink hole city? Check USGS The Forgotten Coast. There everywhere. Yeah, there all over the state. Part of living here. Hate that for those folks.
The safest area is the South East coast..which has a different land make up. It is coral there.. not limestone. so much safer.
they didn’t try to find his body or him when he could have been alive… they said it was too dangerous so they just filled the sink hole up with concrete with him in it
Nah his brother had already gone down the hole and looked for him with a rapel line he got buried in the collapse probably died right away or shortly aftet
@@amxmachine that’s just sad and he was probably sleeping, waking up in the bottom of a hole confused.
They tried. These underground rivers would likely have swept him miles away.
Sinkholes in
lakes
Why would you build houses on something called "sink hole alley"
I am here because I saw the guy on tik tok lol
Florida is an odd place to live 😮
wow
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Build ur foundation on the Lord!!
😅or out of that area.
@@siriusjones956 may God delivery you from whatever ur mad at him about ✌🏾
@@chrisdrives954 How can someone be mad at something they don't think exist? You don't make sense.
@@_BOUYE deep down inside yall believe yall just dont want to.. yall excuses is “its not enough proof” when the proof is life itself
@@chrisdrives954 Here you go, forcing your ideologies on people. No, I don't believe in such fantasies at all. And you wonder why Christians get so much hate, because they like to force their religion. You are one of the bad Christians who thinks everyone should believe what they believe. Keep that to yourself and your peers.
Okay they are just going to stand there and film it by bye baby you either get inside the car or I’m going to leave you standing there
Excuse me
So now as like last time you better get smart real quick 🤨🤨🤨🧐🧐🧐
Italian Meatball DeSantis , for President !
This will be your doom
Russians....😀😀
I wonder if insurance covers this ?? is it like flood insurance you have to get it as a separate policy or a rider ?
2 years later: Florida resident here. Sinkhole insurance is a thing and it is a separate policy like flood insurance.
@@madcat1865 We in Calif have the option of earthquake insurance, but it’s very expensive and it has a very high deductible. I imagine Florida sinkhole insurance is similar?
@@TrishBenedict Where I live, sinkholes aren't as big of an issue. But yes, it's the same way here.
I remember seeing this on the news i hope theres a sinkhole in gta 6