@@andecap1325 No..I know you are making light Andecap but that is some vert bad water..filthy polluted.. Not good..probably smelly too Do not know hoa anyone would stay . .cannot be easy to sell home after a sinkhole opened up..but it was a sinkhole area before the houses went up.. One of life's most expensive investments ..need to be discerning and examine everything.. Bible 1 Thessalonians 5:21, NLT: "but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good."
@@estelleschneider9033 How bout everybody worship gods sinkholes and use the tax free empty churches for housing the masses since you must mutlipy and replenish the earth and make room for more spirits to come down to suffer a test in cruel world.
@@the60s87 We're not sure in this particular case, but typically in a catastrophic event like this, they do. For normal sinkhole activity, such as cracks in floors, walls, and ceilings however, they do not, unless you have sinkhole coverage on your homeowner's policy. Thank you for watching!
@@rosewoodsteel6656 It very well could be, but I'm not positive. Sinkhole prevalence is higher here than anywhere in the country, so it may just be for Florida. I priced it once and it was exorbitantly expensive. Thanks again for watching!
Due to the geology, most of Florida is one big, potential sinkhole. If people choose to live there, they probably just consider this an acceptable risk. Unfortunately, eventually, the odds are going to run against someone.
Nicely done. I was looking for an update and found this. I sure wouldn't want to live nearby. I owned a house in So. Cal. that had the Holy Fire in the back yard and 4 months later, 2 massive mudslides in the front. It's a horrible experience.
@@lewisbale1 If it was filled in, then this wouldn't have occurred. The houses were built on one of the many thousands upon thousands of existing natural domes that exist in Florida, and it was time for this one to give out.
Wow, just found your update thanks! If me, and hopefully those with insurance did, I would get out for good. Note, the two home owners that had the back yards backing up to the 2 homes destroyed have demolished their homes an just empty lots now. Must have had severe damage and if insured, I would do same & relocate ASAP. My family safety as all others too, is main priority. I can't imagine moving back in near by homes, especially the one between the hole & lake, across what was the street! I'd never be able to sleep, that house is doomed!!!
I'd be terrified that my house would get swallowed up if I lived in that community. But I guess it may be hard to sell a house nextdoor to a hole that swallowed up 2 of your neighbors houses.
@@AmbitiousRandomness thanks so much for posting. I’m visiting from Alaska staying at Wesley chapel, and was going to look to by real estate around the area. Not anymore 😳
@@clearascrystal4960 - I lived in Florida 25 years, and never heard it referred to as “land o’ lakes”. There is a Land o’ Lakes town in Pasco County, FL, but not the entire state. Land o’ Lakes is in Paul, Minnesota, where the butter of the same name is made. Minnesota’s nickname is “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Minnesota is on our northern border with Canada. But I do understand what you mean.
Looks like a mosquito breeding ground to me. I would also move out of that area. I lived in Florida lots of years. You never know where those sink holes will be. Sometime right in middle of the road.
As is all of Florida. They are so bad the counties send out trucks to spray poison on a regular schedule. I left the state after 3 years. Scorpions, poisonous snakes, fire ants and too many transient people and pedophiles.
It's fresh water, but we didn't see any fish. However there were some turtles living in the water. If you look closely at the video, we caught one of them on the water's surface.
Sure if fresh water the frogs (esp Cuban frogs they are EVERYWHERE CALLING AT NIGHT) gators n turtles( FISH EVENTUALLY) but between plants insects n amphib.,and reptiles, n turtles they can all have each other for food, if not already, they should indeed would wander in. They R everywhere in Fla; puddles, pools,swamps ,yards ,gullies no sewers here either so they live or hang in the storm ditches or gullies not sure of the Floridian term.Suffice to say there are critters w out fur everywhere...
@Pull Myfinger I DID , IM OLDER NOT AN EXCUSE BUT BY THE TIME I LOOK THINGS UP I FORGET WHY I NEEDED TO KNOW.....WORDS POP IN OUT OF MY HEAD.. BUT THANKS FOR THE CORRECT SPELLING. Amphibion shoot I think I ALREADY FORGOT AGAIN. AMPHIBION Ill re check Thanks again.
Thanks so much for the update. Showing what was through all of the many stages was extremely helpful in understanding this sad story. You did a great job and stuck to the facts; no playing to peoples’ morbid curiosity.
Thank you Wendy, I appreciate the very kind comments. It was definitely a sad story for all the families that were impacted, both directly and indirectly. Thankfully, however, no one was injured and all the pets were saved. The families of the two main homes that collapsed were able to retrieve some of their belongings once the debris was removed from the hole and taken to a landfill. It was there that they were able to sift through and reclaim anything salvageable. Thanks again, and thanks for watching!
Thank you, very much, for this update. Side note: Google Earth doesn’t update their pictures very often. I just went in there to look at it and they still have the before pictures at that address.
This government Punk telling people in 11 homes to stay away after they knew in allow these homes to be built in a sinkhole area. I would take this guy to court and take everything has take him to quart take his dog take his goldfish Sue his mother and father
I googled this location about an hour ago. Street view hasn't been updated but the satellite view has and shows the hole with the fence. I'm surprised that they didn't try to fill it in.
The thought of the ground just opening up and swallowing one's complete home and garage into a liquid filled, seemingly bottomless sink hole is utterly horrific! Were I an adjacent neighbour I couldn't spend another night in the house, especially as a Florida resident was lost when the part of the family home his bedroom was in sank into a hole which suddenly opened up. His screams for help were heard but the entire part of the house including his bedroom sank into the hole, never to be seen again. That's the stuff of nightmares!
Thank you for this update. After seeing the first video I was wondering what it looked like today 06/2020. I looked at Google Map and it shows it as it was sometime before the sinkhole happened in 2017 - houses and a road which no longer exist. Shows how often Google map updates... I’ve seen maps that have houses and businesses that were from 10 years ago. Places that no longer exist. Not to mention new businesses and houses that are there today that are not on these maps. You’d think they would at least update their addresses at least what you see from a satellite image. So many maps are completely inaccurate.
Hello Tasha, the area still looks the same today as it did a little over a year ago when we did this video. Because nothing else is expected to change, we probably won't do another update until next year when it'll be the 5 year anniversary. Thanks for watching!
Thank you for the compliment. Unfortunately, I never heard where they ended up going. I believe when it was all said and done, they ended up tearing down two additional homes (that had significant structural damage) that were behind the main two, for a total of 4 homes completely gone. Thanks for watching!
So sorry to bother you, but there were two houses behind those that were swallowed, and I see that they are now gone. (You can still see impressions on the ground from where they sat) Were they demolished because of the sink hole? Because it looked like they were farther away than the others around it. Just wondering. Personally, I would be very nervous living on any land between that sink hole and that nearby river.
So they scooped out all the house remnants? Did they fill it with anything like dirt or rock? I don't think I'd want to live anywhere near it and certainly not right next to it. I wonder how deep it actually turned out to be?
Yes, they removed most of the debris but the hole remained filled with water and is now the small pond as seen in the video. They estimated 50 feet deep at the onset, but due to erosion and settling, it's probably only 20 feet deep or so today. Thanks for watching!
I'm glad they cleaned it up and let it be as nature intended, there is no point in fighting this type of natural disaster. This is how a great number of lakes are formed in Florida. Filing it up and trying to build again over would be immoral and irresponsible to any new person moving in.
The State shouldn't get a say. Its people's private property. Quit giving the government all control. Stop and really think things like that through before you advocate complete government oversight. Please.
People bought those houses with their life savings. As a result people unfortunately do not have the money to move. The insurance companies don't like to pay out that much money. In Pasco county, insurance companies won't insure people's houses for sinkhole damage. Its been like that for many decades, but if someone from the north movies there, they don't know how horrible sinkholes in that country.
Government shouldn't remove people at all unless they are willing to give the home owner's all their money back. 💰 because to sell it now they loose more than triple they paid.
First of all: thank you very much for updated video! First there was a shock that people are still living around and didn't move away, but then I understood... they don't have a choice, because they won't be able to sale their houses. I don't think that anybody will want to buy houses around and because of this poor people are just stocked there. It is good if they have money just to left from houses around, but other people can't afford it. They can't move and they can't sale houses around. So sad! AND SCARY!!! 😥
Hello utubesue8, the sinkhole was about 50 feet deep at its deepest. They ended up using large backhoe-type equipment on a floatable barge to remove the debris. Thank you for watching!
I wonder why the two houses behind the sinkhole had to be condemned but not the two right next to it and the one across the street that is attached to the Lake.
I'm not sure.... I know that there was a lot of discussion with the insurance companies and how they would remediate, but not sure why some were condemned and others weren't.
so living in an area with little to zero risk of a sinkhole, is this standard procedure to just leave them as small ponds after? or do they usually get pumped out and re filled?
Hello Fenweekoh, this one was particularly unusual due to its size so it was left as a pond. Smaller ones are usually filled with a concrete-like substance called grout. Thanks for watching!
I'm trying to tell if there's any signs in the "before" pictures of the danger. The yard's grass looks sparse as if something's wrong- is the water draining down through the top layer into a void, so that the roots don't get enough? I dunno. If that's the case, there seem to be some similar patches in some of the nearby yards, especially the house between there and the lake.
I did the same thing.... it was hard to tell what was "normally there" before. According to witnesses, no one noticed anything unusual leading up to the collapse. Thanks for watching!
I just found this update. Thank you. do you know how they cleaned it up. Did they just push house down in to water. I have no idea how could clean that horrid mess up
They actually used heavy equipment to pull as much of the debris out as they could. Here's a video that shows some of the cleanup: th-cam.com/video/cj5XjFnhq6Y/w-d-xo.html Also, here's an updated video we shot back in March of this year showing what it looks like today: th-cam.com/video/l_nVB1RDIcw/w-d-xo.html
We're the homes built on a filled pond or something similar? Will the homes built between the sink hole and lake eventually sink also? Grow trees around the pond to hold the land together.
Hello Roger, there were a number of 'anomalies' found in a number of homes surrounding the sinkhole. These ranged from cracked walls, cracked floor tiles, to doors that would no longer shut properly - all indicating significant ground shifting. When there are enough of these signs that all happened suddenly (as in this case) then a home can be condemned and then torn down. Thank you for watching!
This sinkhole was exceptionally large and was about 50' deep at it's deepest point. Since it was so large, it really couldn't be cost-effectively filled in, so it was left to be a pond. If the sinkhole is smaller, it can be filled in with a concrete-like substance and covered over with dirt. Thanks for watching!
Hello Reyna, yes, they can form in several ways. The most common way is for ground water to erode the limestone below, causing the ground above to eventually collapse. Most sinkholes are small and don't do any damage. This one was particularly large and may have had a man-made component to it (it occurred in an area that had previously been part of lake that was filled in - many years ago). Thank you for watching!
I lived in Seffner about 1000' from the Faithway Drive sinkhole that swallowed that man, who was never recovered. Now I live where we have derechos and tornadoes and I was out of electricity for 7 days last week. I wouldn't go back to Florida if you paid me.
Is that canal salt water? Do you know if they've taken a water sample from the sinkhole to see if there is saltwater intrusion? Dorothy is correct, that entire place will eventually return to the sea.
Fortunately, most of the debris was able to be removed, however some was just impossible to get out - including a car that sunk too far down. Thanks for watching!
Those sink holes soil test cost around 4 to 6 thousand dollars. Price is one of the reasons people dont test their land before building or buying a house. Crazy right...
Florida is very sandy all over. I honestly believe other homes in this area HAVE to be at risk. Would you want to build a home and live there over a past sink hole? I wouldn't. But then I wouldn't live in Florida anyway.
The other thing I was thinking - Its interesting that in the first video they said that they knew a sinkhole was there. I guess there isn’t much you can do about it, but it sure brings a lot of questions come to mind. The biggest of all - when did they know this sinkhole was there and did they inform the people that lived there, or who were buying property and/or houses there? I would image it would be hard now to get out unless you’re willing to leave it all behind and get nothing for your property. Whose going to want to buy a house in that area now?
Donna ML my question is, if they knew there was a sinkhole, why on Earth did they fill it in and build on it? If anyone would’ve died their blood would’ve been on the developers hands! It was a very irresponsible and evil thing to do.
@Levana Hyll, yes, it’s scary to think that developers could hide such a thing. Hard to believe. It’s been awhile since I saw this video, but the one thing I walked away with was that if you’re going to buy a house or build a house in such areas to do a lot of research about the history of the area to know if it’s sound/stable. If it has any history of sinkholes I’d look elsewhere. Better pay a bit more but you and your house won’t fall into a whole in the earth one day.
After much arguing amongst different levels of the state and federal depts,including home insurances ,they all decided to chip in and have it cleaned out.Except the home insuraances.They said the already paid the owners
Hello Pat, the hole was originally estimated to be about 50 feet deep, however due to erosion and sediment deposit, it is likely less than 15-20 feet deep today. Mitigation crews were able to get most of the debris out of the hole (that the family was later able to sift through for anything salvageable) but some things were unable to be successfully retrieved due to being completely buried. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how the family fared in terms of compensation as those were all private proceedings. Thank you for watching.
The street was originally a thru street. Once the sinkhole happened, it essentially severed the roadway as it grew. Once it was decided that the sinkhole would remain a small lake, the road was ended on either side of the sinkhole and are now both dead-ends. Fortunately, both sides have multiple points of exit and entry so, besides an inconvenience, no other road work needed to be done. Here is a link to the original video, in case you haven't seen it: th-cam.com/video/SlrMw8OPGv8/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching!
Great idea! This one unfortunately filled with water, so we couldn't go down, but if there's ever another one that big, we'll have to give it a try! Thanks for watching!
I think landlords should deduct the sink holes soil test price when selling their homes to a new buyer. That test cost around 4 to 6 grand and most buyers cannot afford it. The results of the test should stay on the county property records . Same as the wet lands soil test.
I would be afraid that this sink hole would flush like a toilet and take more homes with it, some where under ground it's got to connect to the lake, it's just a matter time before this thing gets bigger, with all the earthquakes that's been going on and all the hurricanes and storms I'd done been gone, and I sure wouldn't stay anywhere near the southern states.
I don't believe the boat survived... but fish would be a nice addition! If you look closely in the video you'll see a small turtle who's made a home there. Thanks for watching!
There is a huge difference between natural sink holes and man made catastrophes, such as shoddy construction, poor maintenance and sub standard elements used to build buildings. The Miami building disaster had nothing to do with a natural occurrence, such as a sink hole.
Hello tool fan, it's hard to tell, but I would guess it's only 15-20 feet deep today. There was a lot of sediment that had filled the hole. Thanks for watching!
Yea to have water in the front and back of me....I'm good on that. Florida's mosquitoes get so bad sometimes you end up swallowing one by mistake the city has to go around and spray at night to keep them bearable
When the sinkhole was first opening up, it was estimated to be about 50 feet deep at the center. Today, it's much less than that due to all the work that was done plus sedimentary erosion since. Thanks for watching.
Dig a hole at the seashore.....watch it fill up with water. Florida is a piece of Swiss cheese in a swamp. It’s beautiful......great weather, fun stuff to do.....but at a price sometimes.
I'm not aware of anyone trying to dive it. The bottom is pretty full of silt now and is probably only about 25 feet deep at its deepest point. Something good to ponder though! Thanks for watching!
When if first collapsed, it was estimated to be about 50 feet deep at the center. Today, with a lot of sediment and aftermath of the construction to shore up the sides, it is likely no more than 10-15 deep. Thanks for watching.
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3 years later and the houses right by there are moving back.... I would never set foot there again...
I'd only go get my stuff..
No way could I live there, especially next door!
all you gotta do is throw some sand around it, put some fish in and put in a houseboat.
@@andecap1325 I think I actually saw a fish in there.
@@andecap1325 No..I know you are making light Andecap
but that is some vert bad water..filthy polluted..
Not good..probably smelly too
Do not know hoa anyone would stay . .cannot be easy to sell home after a sinkhole opened up..but it was a sinkhole area before the houses went up..
One of life's most expensive investments ..need to be discerning and examine everything.. Bible
1 Thessalonians 5:21, NLT: "but test everything that is said. Hold on to what is good."
@@estelleschneider9033 How bout everybody worship gods sinkholes and use the tax free empty churches for housing the masses since you must mutlipy and replenish the earth and make room for more spirits to come down to suffer a test in cruel world.
On the bright side, the few adjacent homes which are still standing are now lake front properties
😄
That’s a pond
that puddle is what gators love
Always an upside😄
True
I really have compassion for the homeowners who watched their homes drop into the hole. That has to be traumatic.
I agree... thank you for watching!
I wonder if their insurance paid
@@the60s87 We're not sure in this particular case, but typically in a catastrophic event like this, they do. For normal sinkhole activity, such as cracks in floors, walls, and ceilings however, they do not, unless you have sinkhole coverage on your homeowner's policy. Thank you for watching!
@@AmbitiousRandomness So, is "sinkhole coverage" a Florida thing? I haven't seen that option with my home owners policy.
@@rosewoodsteel6656 It very well could be, but I'm not positive. Sinkhole prevalence is higher here than anywhere in the country, so it may just be for Florida. I priced it once and it was exorbitantly expensive. Thanks again for watching!
I'm in awe with these sink holes. And aren't the surrounding homes afraid this will happen to them?
Due to the geology, most of Florida is one big, potential sinkhole. If people choose to live there, they probably just consider this an acceptable risk. Unfortunately, eventually, the odds are going to run against someone.
What are they gonna do? Who'ed buy their house. These are average middle class houses & it's likely the owners can't afford to move without selling.
Homes are inanimate, non-sentient things incapable of feeling fear.
@@psychosneighbor1509 Hahaahahahahahahahah. I'm dead. XD
@@psychosneighbor1509 Thank you, Mr. Spock.
Nicely done. I was looking for an update and found this. I sure wouldn't want to live nearby. I owned a house in So. Cal. that had the Holy Fire in the back yard and 4 months later, 2 massive mudslides in the front. It's a horrible experience.
Thank you very much for the nice comment. I can only imagine how terrible your experience in So. Cal. must have been! Take care, and be safe.
Well it was scary and sad to watch bc I lived there when it happend my mom woke up at like 6:00 am to go see it
😳 OMG!
I would get the hell out. It is just a matter of time and the swamp will take everything back.
Dorothy Simpson yep, It seems like that part was drained and filled in someone developed it without letting the home owners know .
I know right. Evacuate Florida !!! Oh wait, did you just mean the neighborhood? Either one
@@lewisbale1
If it was filled in, then this wouldn't have occurred. The houses were built on one of the many thousands upon thousands of existing natural domes that exist in Florida, and it was time for this one to give out.
@@lewisbale1 in the original video..they said there was a sinkhole there previously that was filled in before the house was built..
Wow, just found your update thanks! If me, and hopefully those with insurance did, I would get out for good. Note, the two home owners that had the back yards backing up to the 2 homes destroyed have demolished their homes an just empty lots now. Must have had severe damage and if insured, I would do same & relocate ASAP. My family safety as all others too, is main priority.
I can't imagine moving back in near by homes, especially the one between the hole & lake, across what was the street! I'd never be able to sleep, that house is doomed!!!
Gosh that three years has passed quickly can remember actually watching this live when it happened
I'd be terrified that my house would get swallowed up if I lived in that community. But I guess it may be hard to sell a house nextdoor to a hole that swallowed up 2 of your neighbors houses.
Thank you foe the update, I just found this, I was wondering what happened there.
My pleasure! Thank you for watching!
Thanks for posting this update, I've been wondering what it looks like now.
My pleasure. Even though this video was shot almost a year ago, it still looks exactly the same today. Thanks for watching!
@@AmbitiousRandomness thanks so much for posting. I’m visiting from Alaska staying at Wesley chapel, and was going to look to by real estate around the area. Not anymore 😳
@@ermamilspaugh Welcome to Florida! Thanks for watching!
Florida looks like a piece of Swiss cheese. I lived there 25 years.....too many sink holes.
Why it's called the "land o lakes"? :) interesting
@@clearascrystal4960 - I lived in Florida 25 years, and never heard it referred to as “land o’ lakes”. There is a Land o’ Lakes town in Pasco County, FL, but not the entire state. Land o’ Lakes is in Paul, Minnesota, where the butter of the same name is made. Minnesota’s nickname is “Land of 10,000 Lakes”. Minnesota is on our northern border with Canada.
But I do understand what you mean.
@@mchapman132 Got it, thanks. Just being silly. :)
@@clearascrystal4960 - :)
Thankyou for the update. Much appreciated.
My pleasure, thank you for watching!
Looks like a mosquito breeding ground to me. I would also move out of that area. I lived in Florida lots of years. You never know where those sink holes will be. Sometime right in middle of the road.
Stock it with fish, they'll eat the mosquitos.
Open it up for fishing after a year of stocking.
@@lostinkansasonasunnyday305 you donf want people near the hole. It can keep collapsing taking people with it.
Other water nearby, this isn’t going to increase the bug life much.
Thank you! That’s exactly what I thought! 😳 🦟
As is all of Florida. They are so bad the counties send out trucks to spray poison on a regular schedule. I left the state after 3 years. Scorpions, poisonous snakes, fire ants and too many transient people and pedophiles.
I wonder if theres still remnants from the houses that got swallowed. Could be clothing, bedding, etc. in that sinkhole.
Hell yeah. Shout it out...
Is there any sort of ecosystem developing in the sinkhole? Any fish or aquatic life I wonder......
I hope so but if its saltwater it might be difficult.
@@toriladybird511 i heard fish can live in saltwater, you know like in the ocean
It's fresh water, but we didn't see any fish. However there were some turtles living in the water. If you look closely at the video, we caught one of them on the water's surface.
Sure if fresh water the frogs (esp Cuban frogs they are EVERYWHERE CALLING AT NIGHT) gators n turtles( FISH EVENTUALLY) but between plants insects n amphib.,and reptiles, n turtles they can all have each other for food, if not already, they should indeed would wander in. They R everywhere in Fla; puddles, pools,swamps ,yards ,gullies no sewers here either so they live or hang in the storm ditches or gullies not sure of the Floridian term.Suffice to say there are critters w out fur everywhere...
@Pull Myfinger I DID , IM OLDER NOT AN EXCUSE BUT BY THE TIME I LOOK THINGS UP I FORGET WHY I NEEDED TO KNOW.....WORDS POP IN OUT OF MY HEAD.. BUT THANKS FOR THE CORRECT SPELLING. Amphibion shoot I think I ALREADY FORGOT AGAIN. AMPHIBION Ill re check Thanks again.
It almost looks like a nice little pond, if it didn’t cut through the road
Thanks so much for the update. Showing what was through all of the many stages was extremely helpful in understanding this sad story. You did a great job and stuck to the facts; no playing to peoples’ morbid curiosity.
Thank you Wendy, I appreciate the very kind comments. It was definitely a sad story for all the families that were impacted, both directly and indirectly. Thankfully, however, no one was injured and all the pets were saved. The families of the two main homes that collapsed were able to retrieve some of their belongings once the debris was removed from the hole and taken to a landfill. It was there that they were able to sift through and reclaim anything salvageable. Thanks again, and thanks for watching!
Thank you, very much, for this update. Side note: Google Earth doesn’t update their pictures very often. I just went in there to look at it and they still have the before pictures at that address.
I noticed that too.... I'm not too sure how often they update, but that area is definitely overdue. Thanks for watching!
@@PascoCountyFireRescue Yeah, I imagine it’s a huge undertaking. 😀
Harrowing experience for those people affected... cautionary tale for the rest of us
This government Punk telling people in 11 homes to stay away after they knew in allow these homes to be built in a sinkhole area. I would take this guy to court and take everything has take him to quart take his dog take his goldfish Sue his mother and father
Lived in Lake Padgett area in mid 80s. Was a beautiful area and lifestyle.
I googled this location about an hour ago. Street view hasn't been updated but the satellite view has and shows the hole with the fence. I'm surprised that they didn't try to fill it in.
It was filled in. Then they built the houses.
Google Earth hasn’t updated their images. What a huge task. 🌎
Wow!!! Thank you so much for the update!!!
My pleasure.... thank you for watching!
OUTSTANDING JOB documenting this disaster.
Thank you very much for the kind comments! Thanks as well for watching!
As soon you noticed that windows and doors give you trouble to open or closed something is wrong below the house.
Wow! That whole area is suspect in my mind...
Yup. We call the whole area "Florida" ;)
Incredible footage. Shocking damage.
The thought of the ground just opening up and swallowing one's complete home and garage into a liquid filled, seemingly bottomless sink hole is utterly horrific!
Were I an adjacent neighbour I couldn't spend another night in the house, especially as a Florida resident was lost when the part of the family home his bedroom was in sank into a hole which suddenly opened up.
His screams for help were heard but the entire part of the house including his bedroom sank into the hole, never to be seen again.
That's the stuff of nightmares!
I couldn't agree with you more. Very tragic. Thank you for watching!
Good video, answered a lot of remaining questions, they ultimately could not reclaim the lost land.
Truthfully I would be scared to be living next to this. It cannot be very stable at all.
I fully agree! It definitely makes you wonder! Thanks for watching!
You couldnt pay me to live in the house next door
Thank you for this update. After seeing the first video I was wondering what it looked like today 06/2020. I looked at Google Map and it shows it as it was sometime before the sinkhole happened in 2017 - houses and a road which no longer exist. Shows how often Google map updates... I’ve seen maps that have houses and businesses that were from 10 years ago. Places that no longer exist. Not to mention new businesses and houses that are there today that are not on these maps. You’d think they would at least update their addresses at least what you see from a satellite image. So many maps are completely inaccurate.
Google's satellite images have been updated and show the sinkhole. I googled it about an hour ago. Google Street View has not been updated though.
@@wanderingangelstudio1359 Google Earth hasn’t updated the area, yet. Just FYI.
Is there any other updates of this neighborhood from this year, 2022? Id like to see what is still going on there.
Hello Judi, unfortunately, no, this 2020 video is the last one we shot. However, it still looks the same today, with no changes. Thanks for watching!
It’s not a good idea to build a house on a swamp… land o’ lakes wants to be just a lake.
Thanks for the update. I was wondering what it looks like now. Will you continue to do updates on this story?
Hello Tasha, the area still looks the same today as it did a little over a year ago when we did this video. Because nothing else is expected to change, we probably won't do another update until next year when it'll be the 5 year anniversary. Thanks for watching!
Excellent drone footage. Thank you for the update. Can't help wondering where the 2 families ended up...
Thank you for the compliment. Unfortunately, I never heard where they ended up going. I believe when it was all said and done, they ended up tearing down two additional homes (that had significant structural damage) that were behind the main two, for a total of 4 homes completely gone. Thanks for watching!
So sorry to bother you, but there were two houses behind those that were swallowed, and I see that they are now gone. (You can still see impressions on the ground from where they sat) Were they demolished because of the sink hole? Because it looked like they were farther away than the others around it. Just wondering. Personally, I would be very nervous living on any land between that sink hole and that nearby river.
The introduction said they were demolished due to extensive damage. So yes, the sink hole caused it.
So they scooped out all the house remnants? Did they fill it with anything like dirt or rock? I don't think I'd want to live anywhere near it and certainly not right next to it. I wonder how deep it actually turned out to be?
Yes, they removed most of the debris but the hole remained filled with water and is now the small pond as seen in the video. They estimated 50 feet deep at the onset, but due to erosion and settling, it's probably only 20 feet deep or so today. Thanks for watching!
I'm glad they cleaned it up and let it be as nature intended, there is no point in fighting this type of natural disaster. This is how a great number of lakes are formed in Florida. Filing it up and trying to build again over would be immoral and irresponsible to any new person moving in.
Mother Nature reclaims it’s space
Thanks for the update. I don't get why people are coming back and making repairs. The state shouldn't allow that. It's going to happen again...
The State shouldn't get a say. Its people's private property. Quit giving the government all control. Stop and really think things like that through before you advocate complete government oversight. Please.
People bought those houses with their life savings. As a result people unfortunately do not have the money to move. The insurance companies don't like to pay out that much money. In Pasco county, insurance companies won't insure people's houses for sinkhole damage. Its been like that for many decades, but if someone from the north movies there, they don't know how horrible sinkholes in that country.
Government shouldn't remove people at all unless they are willing to give the home owner's all their money back. 💰 because to sell it now they loose more than triple they paid.
I'm sure their insurance rates are sky high, if they can even get insurance.
First of all: thank you very much for updated video! First there was a shock that people are still living around and didn't move away, but then I understood... they don't have a choice, because they won't be able to sale their houses. I don't think that anybody will want to buy houses around and because of this poor people are just stocked there. It is good if they have money just to left from houses around, but other people can't afford it. They can't move and they can't sale houses around. So sad! AND SCARY!!! 😥
Well put, and very true! Sad indeed! Thank you for watching!
I wldnt live there anymore so scary in case it sinks again without warning. Do you know how deep it is? How did they manage to remove all that debris?
Hello utubesue8, the sinkhole was about 50 feet deep at its deepest. They ended up using large backhoe-type equipment on a floatable barge to remove the debris. Thank you for watching!
Why not put some alligators in there to make this more interesting? LOL
Honestly the neighborhood doesn’t even look the same
I wonder why the two houses behind the sinkhole had to be condemned but not the two right next to it and the one across the street that is attached to the Lake.
I'm not sure.... I know that there was a lot of discussion with the insurance companies and how they would remediate, but not sure why some were condemned and others weren't.
great question! thats what i was thinking.
I asked the same question, then saw this post. But it is a great question
Read the news article in the comments for info
so living in an area with little to zero risk of a sinkhole, is this standard procedure to just leave them as small ponds after? or do they usually get pumped out and re filled?
Hello Fenweekoh, this one was particularly unusual due to its size so it was left as a pond. Smaller ones are usually filled with a concrete-like substance called grout. Thanks for watching!
@@AmbitiousRandomness Thank you for the info :) this video lead me down a very long rabbit (sink?) hole of video's lol
@@Fenweekoh01 lol... I can relate!!
I'm trying to tell if there's any signs in the "before" pictures of the danger. The yard's grass looks sparse as if something's wrong- is the water draining down through the top layer into a void, so that the roots don't get enough? I dunno. If that's the case, there seem to be some similar patches in some of the nearby yards, especially the house between there and the lake.
I did the same thing.... it was hard to tell what was "normally there" before. According to witnesses, no one noticed anything unusual leading up to the collapse. Thanks for watching!
I just found this update. Thank you. do you know how they cleaned it up. Did they just push house down in to water. I have no idea how could clean that horrid mess up
They actually used heavy equipment to pull as much of the debris out as they could. Here's a video that shows some of the cleanup: th-cam.com/video/cj5XjFnhq6Y/w-d-xo.html Also, here's an updated video we shot back in March of this year showing what it looks like today: th-cam.com/video/l_nVB1RDIcw/w-d-xo.html
@@AmbitiousRandomness Thank you
@@tamaragonzalez2227 My pleasure! Thanks for watching!
We're the homes built on a filled pond or something similar? Will the homes built between the sink hole and lake eventually sink also?
Grow trees around the pond to hold the land together.
Why did the 2 houses on the next street over get torn down?
Hello Roger, there were a number of 'anomalies' found in a number of homes surrounding the sinkhole. These ranged from cracked walls, cracked floor tiles, to doors that would no longer shut properly - all indicating significant ground shifting. When there are enough of these signs that all happened suddenly (as in this case) then a home can be condemned and then torn down. Thank you for watching!
I see that it is very deep, I wonder what the measured depth?
It was originally measured to be around 50 feet deep, however today, due to sediment and erosion, it is probably only around 20 feet deep.
I can't imagine anyone wanting to live in the immediate area of the sink hole. How deep is it? Can it be filled up with dirt?
This sinkhole was exceptionally large and was about 50' deep at it's deepest point. Since it was so large, it really couldn't be cost-effectively filled in, so it was left to be a pond. If the sinkhole is smaller, it can be filled in with a concrete-like substance and covered over with dirt. Thanks for watching!
@@AmbitiousRandomness thanks for the reply.
@@Liz-cmc313 My pleasure!
How do sinkholes form? Do they form from water underneath the ground?
Hello Reyna, yes, they can form in several ways. The most common way is for ground water to erode the limestone below, causing the ground above to eventually collapse. Most sinkholes are small and don't do any damage. This one was particularly large and may have had a man-made component to it (it occurred in an area that had previously been part of lake that was filled in - many years ago). Thank you for watching!
Is there a update for July 2021 thank you
Did all the debris sink, or was it removed?
Most of it was removed, but some did sink too far into the muck to be successfully retrieved. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the update👍
My pleasure, thank you for watching!
I lived in Seffner about 1000' from the Faithway Drive sinkhole that swallowed that man, who was never recovered. Now I live where we have derechos and tornadoes and I was out of electricity for 7 days last week. I wouldn't go back to Florida if you paid me.
I could not live next to or near a sinkhole. I bet those ajoining properties are worth nothing.
It's definitely a lot quieter back there these days with no traffic going through there anymore. Thanks for watching!
Is that canal salt water? Do you know if they've taken a water sample from the sinkhole to see if there is saltwater intrusion? Dorothy is correct, that entire place will eventually return to the sea.
That’s a very intelligent question. Now, I wonder. 🤔
I would like to see how they cleaned the hole from all the trash and remnants of the homes. Very scar experience for the people living there.
Was everything cleaned out or did it all just sink?
Fortunately, most of the debris was able to be removed, however some was just impossible to get out - including a car that sunk too far down. Thanks for watching!
Imagine Years from now... If it's dry and someone digs into the hole.
Great camera skills.
Thank you Sean, much appreciated!
Have they tested for sink holes within the houses either side?
Those sink holes soil test cost around 4 to 6 thousand dollars. Price is one of the reasons people dont test their land before building or buying a house. Crazy right...
So, filling it up with dirk is not feasible? Take years but would it work?
Florida is very sandy all over. I honestly believe other homes in this area HAVE to be at risk. Would you want to build a home and live there over a past sink hole? I wouldn't. But then I wouldn't live in Florida anyway.
Are they not allowed to drain the hole?
Unfortunately, it would just fill back up, due to its proximity to a nearby fresh water lake, so it was just left as is.
I really do feel bad ... bad luck for those who got the houses destroyed by sinkholes...🙁
Surround it with riprap, stock it with fish, and call it Opie’s fishing hole.
The other thing I was thinking - Its interesting that in the first video they said that they knew a sinkhole was there. I guess there isn’t much you can do about it, but it sure brings a lot of questions come to mind. The biggest of all - when did they know this sinkhole was there and did they inform the people that lived there, or who were buying property and/or houses there? I would image it would be hard now to get out unless you’re willing to leave it all behind and get nothing for your property. Whose going to want to buy a house in that area now?
I wish they had elaborated more on that. Why wasn't it filled in with cement?
Donna ML my question is, if they knew there was a sinkhole, why on Earth did they fill it in and build on it? If anyone would’ve died their blood would’ve been on the developers hands! It was a very irresponsible and evil thing to do.
@Levana Hyll, yes, it’s scary to think that developers could hide such a thing. Hard to believe. It’s been awhile since I saw this video, but the one thing I walked away with was that if you’re going to buy a house or build a house in such areas to do a lot of research about the history of the area to know if it’s sound/stable. If it has any history of sinkholes I’d look elsewhere. Better pay a bit more but you and your house won’t fall into a whole in the earth one day.
Also, why did the city/county grant the building permits for that area, knowing there had been a sinkhole. Hmm 🤔 💰. Thieving, bastards. 😏
Did all of the debris go under?
MeNow ADOS .i was wondering that as well.it wouldn’t be safe to have it cleaned out.
After much arguing amongst different levels of the state and federal depts,including home insurances ,they all decided to chip in and have it cleaned out.Except the home insuraances.They said the already paid the owners
very clever of the city. did they name the sinkholes too?
Is there any evidence of limestone or limerick around Maro Lago??
I can't say for sure, but I'd be willing to be there is. Thank you for watching!
How deep is the sink hole? Did they ever retrieve anything out of the hole? Did the homeowners get compensated at all? Thanks for the update.
Hello Pat, the hole was originally estimated to be about 50 feet deep, however due to erosion and sediment deposit, it is likely less than 15-20 feet deep today. Mitigation crews were able to get most of the debris out of the hole (that the family was later able to sift through for anything salvageable) but some things were unable to be successfully retrieved due to being completely buried. Unfortunately, I'm not sure how the family fared in terms of compensation as those were all private proceedings. Thank you for watching.
Ambitious Randomness thank you so much for the information. I really appreciate you response!
@@panoka100 My pleasure!
I heard the street was a dead end. How did the people at the end of the street get out?
The street was originally a thru street. Once the sinkhole happened, it essentially severed the roadway as it grew. Once it was decided that the sinkhole would remain a small lake, the road was ended on either side of the sinkhole and are now both dead-ends. Fortunately, both sides have multiple points of exit and entry so, besides an inconvenience, no other road work needed to be done. Here is a link to the original video, in case you haven't seen it: th-cam.com/video/SlrMw8OPGv8/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching!
Thank you!
I would like to see a camera go into the sink hole so we get to see what it looks like down there and how deep it actually is
Great idea! This one unfortunately filled with water, so we couldn't go down, but if there's ever another one that big, we'll have to give it a try! Thanks for watching!
I wonder how deep that hole is. And how it became
Around 50 feet deep
I think landlords should deduct the sink holes soil test price when selling their homes to a new buyer. That test cost around 4 to 6 grand and most buyers cannot afford it. The results of the test should stay on the county property records . Same as the wet lands soil test.
Smart advice. 👍🏼
Make you wonder if all those “lakes” in there are actually sinkholes
I'd be willing to bet a good number of them are! Thanks for watching!
I would be afraid that this sink hole would flush like a toilet and take more homes with it, some where under ground it's got to connect to the lake, it's just a matter time before this thing gets bigger, with all the earthquakes that's been going on and all the hurricanes and storms I'd done been gone, and I sure wouldn't stay anywhere near the southern states.
I just want to know did they save that guy's boat?
Also, it's time to stock that pond. I know they will fill it in, but I can wish.
I don't believe the boat survived... but fish would be a nice addition! If you look closely in the video you'll see a small turtle who's made a home there. Thanks for watching!
Should be a warning to all of florida since just a few days ago a building collapse in MIAMI
There is a huge difference between natural sink holes and man made catastrophes, such as shoddy construction, poor maintenance and sub standard elements used to build buildings. The Miami building disaster had nothing to do with a natural occurrence, such as a sink hole.
how deep is it now ?
Hello tool fan, it's hard to tell, but I would guess it's only 15-20 feet deep today. There was a lot of sediment that had filled the hole. Thanks for watching!
Thats a decent amount of water flow to remain that clear in Florida climate. Meaning more limestone is actively dissolved every day
Start stocking with fish and have a private fishing hole
Yea to have water in the front and back of me....I'm good on that. Florida's mosquitoes get so bad sometimes you end up swallowing one by mistake the city has to go around and spray at night to keep them bearable
How deep is that sinkhole?
When the sinkhole was first opening up, it was estimated to be about 50 feet deep at the center. Today, it's much less than that due to all the work that was done plus sedimentary erosion since. Thanks for watching.
@@AmbitiousRandomness ..TQ...for d reply🙆
Land O Lakes is that what the community is called, or is it the family that moved from California to Florida ?
It is a pretty looking sinkhole at least with a nice green blue color water.
just drove past here the other day. yup, it's all overgrown and fenced off. creepy stuff. i wonder if the neighbors around it still feel uneasy
I was wondering that too! Thanks for watching!
Dig a hole at the seashore.....watch it fill up with water. Florida is a piece of Swiss cheese in a swamp. It’s beautiful......great weather, fun stuff to do.....but at a price sometimes.
scare , thank you for your video
Wow it eventually crossed the road!
It sure did! I think, if I remember correctly, it ended up being over 200 feet in diameter at its peak! Thanks for watching!
How deep is the hole now
They believe it's still about the same depth at the center - about 40-50 feet, although sediment is slowly accumulating at the bottom.
Yike...
Part of being a guest on this earth mother nature has the right away
Has anyone swam or dived into it? It must be connected to the lakes nearby?
I'm not aware of anyone trying to dive it. The bottom is pretty full of silt now and is probably only about 25 feet deep at its deepest point. Something good to ponder though! Thanks for watching!
This is the best reason not to buy or build in Florida!
Want to live there?
Rent!!
And get good renters insurance that includes sinkhole protection!!
Only the homeowner can get sinkhole insurance.
Every home in the area has lost value by about fifty percent. Sad.
Yes, very sad situation.... thank you for watching
Would have been interesting if someone had documented (vid) the whole clean up.
TY for sharing 👍
My pleasure, and thank you for watching!
Your welcome 🙂
I can't imagine living near a sinkhole but One never knows 😉
Tks for the footage it really looks clean so funny u would think the houses closer to the lake would be at ricks in life u never know Tks for sharing
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching!
How deep is it??
When if first collapsed, it was estimated to be about 50 feet deep at the center. Today, with a lot of sediment and aftermath of the construction to shore up the sides, it is likely no more than 10-15 deep. Thanks for watching.
@@AmbitiousRandomness If it's only 10 - 15 ft. deep now, they should just keep filling it up with till its a mud puddle.