My brother in law died this year in a sink hole accident in Arizona. His 4 wheeler ATV fell into a sinkhole. His friend was on another ATV and tried to save him. He broke his neck in the fall in to the hole. The land looked solid and plants and sage brush all over. No indication of a sink hole. Arizona is starting to have them as well. My brother is law was 58.
Yes, very sorry to hear, God Bless... Can u say xactly where this happened? I'm in so. AZ and there are cracks opening up in avalleynearby. Thx, take care
The same thing is happening in Jamaica....and we have limestone sinkholes here as well.... same with Earthquake fault lines.... a massive development being erected on hills overlooking Kingston, built on a listed fault line, is a disaster waiting to happen! The fault of both inept Government and environmental agencies.
What about the Greedy landowners who sold them the property in the first place ? What about the local, state, and federal departments that have to approve subdivided property and issue building permits ? Perhaps Developers have no idea the property is not stable and assume the required geological survey's they had to pay for cleared the way for construction. You haven't spent much time in Florida as rural Florida only contains 9% of the State's population. 70% of the population lives within 10 miles of the coast and 81% within 25 miles of the coast. Not because that's where greedy developers, realtors, and builders decided to build but because that's what consumers want.
It sounds like Florida needs more geologists and fewer engineers. That is to say, the first agency I would employ when looking for a construction site would be a geologist or a geotechnical engineer.
Oh, that's why they specifically ignore them. Trust me, they know exactly what both geologists and engineers will say (both will say the same thing). That's why they push through legislation not requiring them, and they build anyway. Look up Cape Coral and all of the problems that they are having.
I'm not in Florida and still found this segment fascinating. Very informative talk by Dr. Manoj Chopra, and rare to see interviewers who know how to give their guest the time and space to discuss the topic.
I grew up in Kentucky! We have karst topography there, too! Lots of caves! Mammoth Cave is the largest known cave system in the world. We also had a cave-in at the Corvette Museum, a heart breaker!
May 9 1981 the historic winter Park sinkhole that swallowed one house and five Porsches. The house owner was Rose and now the Lake is called Lake Rose. Stetson University in Deltona also had a sinkhole just plumbed while a student was walking near by and saw it happened. The one that swallowed the man in his house was in 2013.
It went on for some time and was on national nightly news for weeks- we talked about it in grade school science. They stopped teaching science in school and people don't know about sinkholes or the other dangers of track row subdivision housing.
@@GardenerEarthGuy wow, why did they stop teaching science? It’s one of my favorite subjects. Was it a religious decision? How will men preserve the earth? Oh yeah, they won’t.
@@ZzXZ636 No…it’s not just one part of Florida….however, it is most heavily concentrated in sinkhole alley which compromises most of central Florida… I’ve lived in Florida 43 years…they happen EVERYWHERE. In fact…they happen in many other states as well: Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. The only states that do NOT get sinkholes are Delaware and Rhode Island.
They knew a lot of Florida was a sinkhole, yet they continue to build. We used to joke as kids in the 70's about Florida being one big swamp not knowing it's actually true.
I think of it as a sandbar. You can dig a few feet in many places in FL and immediately find calcium from sea shells. This is also why megaladon teeth are found in the inland waterways... the whole state has been in various states of immersion for eons.
We just came from an Air B&B in Terra Verde in Orlando. The first observation was everyone’s yard was soggy. Never dried up. It was backed up to a reserve with a wall. My first thought was sink hole possible. Houses didn’t seem to be on flat land they were slightly higher than the road. One house two door down had essentially a pool of water between the houses for the 4 days were there. Then I noticed water trickling from the yards down to the sidewalk in all cracks and flowing into the street. As a Florida resident this was kinda unnerving. If I owed there I would be so afraid. A person told me all of that property was built on wet lands, so soggy was their way of life. A scary thought of what could happen.
I sold a home right on top of a repaired sinkhole, totally disclosed. The guy was an engineer and did not care. I could never sleep in that house. They did get a great deal on the home. But no way. The gas pipes had been rerouted…no way.
I live in “tornado alley”, but think I’d choose that over “sink hole alley”! At least we get weather alerts and sirens go off when a tornado has been sighted so we can get somewhere safe. Sinkholes often have no warning.
If you thought Florida is Paradise, think again. It's actually the hurricane, sinkhole, tornado and lightning capital of the US. Seriously, look it up before you buy or build your million dollar "paradise home". Ask those who were wiped out by Ian in 2022, then made it impossible for the rest of us to afford insurance. Florida is great to visit but please, spend some money here then go back home. Thankful to finally find a great video and this engineer explaining everything so plainly and easy to understand.
Oh, you guys get it. No long intros and music or credits and all that. Thank you. Fascinatingly terrifying when the ground falls out from under us! You covered the seriousness well, so I'll mention the fantastical. There is a big city supposedly founded by one of Noah's sons in southeastern Africa which was assumed to be legend. It's not. It's at the bottom of a very massive sinkhole and covered by desert sand! And it's found! Be interesting to see what is eventually recovered from it.
What he describes happened to my neighbors home…her kitchen cabinets would swing open on one side of her house; she got a crazy irregular crack coming thru the concrete block and transferring into the drywall in her kitchen. They stabilized the corner of her home with I can’t tell you how many concrete mixing trucks full of grout…pumping it under her home after piers were placed. This lasted for what seemed like two weeks. A couple years later it began happening again….they pumped more concrete under her house. She still lives there. House is unsellable…house is uninsurable…. The insurance company paid more money stabilizing her home than it was worth BEFORE the sinkhole occurred.
THIS WAS A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION ON SINKHOLES AND SAFETY FOR BUYING, BUILDING AND RENTING. I ENJOYED THE HONESTY AND BEAUTIFUL HUMOROUS AND BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY. ALL QUESTIONS COVERED MY CURIOSITY ABOUT SINKHOLES AND OF COURSE ALLIGATORS. LOL. N.J VEIWER ❤
Florida is a sinkhole, we are on top of aquafere. When the water table drastically changes the ground can drop out from under you. I have lived here for over 50 years, sinkhole are common. This is why this uncontrolled development is destroying Florida.
The types of soils, which is nature's filter, below us determines how quicky and well the rainfall, very acidic nowadays, takes to reach the aquifer and/or the karst/limestone area above the aquifer. That filtering system helps to slow down, or speed up, when the acidic water reaches the limestone - which it eats through, causing the limestone to fall apart, and, the land/soils above it to sink or fall through into the aquifer.
Find out how often aerial photos, county by county, are taken to document and track the development and perhaps even the path, of sinkholes. Sinkhole development is continuing at a rapid rate, so both citizens and developers need more timely and accurate information before making important decisions about where to live, build, or invest - which can potentially save lives.
@@arielsea9087 I’ll be luck if I’m alive much longer Now people are taunting us so nail strip time. I’m not becoming homeless again If my book wasn’t censored I would earn more than 3.38 cents for a quarter of a year. I move again it’s outside America
I live in FL and home owners insurance no longer covers sink holes. They stopped after there was a trend with people claiming sink holes. Companies would come out and say you have a sink hole then ins had to payout.
MORE INFO: www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/07/02/heres-what-homeowners-need-to-know-about-floridas-sinkhole-alley/
My brother in law died this year in a sink hole accident in Arizona. His 4 wheeler ATV fell into a sinkhole. His friend was on another ATV and tried to save him. He broke his neck in the fall in to the hole. The land looked solid and plants and sage brush all over. No indication of a sink hole. Arizona is starting to have them as well. My brother is law was 58.
Sorry for your lost.AV are dangerous by themselves
Damn! Sorry for your loss!
Yes, very sorry to hear, God Bless...
Can u say xactly where this happened? I'm in so. AZ and there are cracks opening up in avalleynearby. Thx, take care
🙏🙏💔💔
😢 I'm so sorry for your loss.
This doctor is awesome! He explains things so well. ❤️
Greedy developers, realtors and builders are over developing Florida and this will only get worse
The same thing is happening in Jamaica....and we have limestone sinkholes here as well.... same with Earthquake fault lines.... a massive development being erected on hills overlooking Kingston, built on a listed fault line, is a disaster waiting to happen! The fault of both inept Government and environmental agencies.
What about the Greedy landowners who sold them the property in the first place ? What about the local, state, and federal departments that have to approve subdivided property and issue building permits ? Perhaps Developers have no idea the property is not stable and assume the required geological survey's they had to pay for cleared the way for construction. You haven't spent much time in Florida as rural Florida only contains 9% of the State's population. 70% of the population lives within 10 miles of the coast and 81% within 25 miles of the coast. Not because that's where greedy developers, realtors, and builders decided to build but because that's what consumers want.
It sounds like Florida needs more geologists and fewer engineers. That is to say, the first agency I would employ when looking for a construction site would be a geologist or a geotechnical engineer.
Oh, that's why they specifically ignore them. Trust me, they know exactly what both geologists and engineers will say (both will say the same thing). That's why they push through legislation not requiring them, and they build anyway. Look up Cape Coral and all of the problems that they are having.
Don't think that will happen. Geologists will always tell developers what they don't want to hear.
I'm not in Florida and still found this segment fascinating. Very informative talk by Dr. Manoj Chopra, and rare to see interviewers who know how to give their guest the time and space to discuss the topic.
Well they are our beautiful news Anchors 😊 here in Orlando area
Very cool interview! As a fellow Orlando resident, new fear activated hahaha
You should be very scared, sinkholes are no joke
You should know that the ground can swallow you at any time if it doesn't like you...so stay on your best behavior
This is a fantastic very professional report. Way to go.
***NEWS FLASH***REAL ESTATE AND HOME VALUES THROUGHOUT THE WINTER PARK AND MAITLAND FLORIDA AREA PLUMMET....OVER NIGHT! Film at 11😅
Watching this video I get the feeling a gator's going to come out of the lake and snatch someone.
I was about to leave the same comment here！
With the dramatic population and new home builds in Florida, will that increase stress on the aquifer and cause new sinkholes?
Oh, they knew. They built anyways.
I grew up in Kentucky! We have karst topography there, too! Lots of caves! Mammoth Cave is the largest known cave system in the world. We also had a cave-in at the Corvette Museum, a heart breaker!
Excellent questions and very informative answers. ...
New fear unlocked
May 9 1981 the historic winter Park sinkhole that swallowed one house and five Porsches. The house owner was Rose and now the Lake is called Lake Rose. Stetson University in Deltona also had a sinkhole just plumbed while a student was walking near by and saw it happened. The one that swallowed the man in his house was in 2013.
Yes and he wrote a book called “sinking”
It went on for some time and was on national nightly news for weeks- we talked about it in grade school science. They stopped teaching science in school and people don't know about sinkholes or the other dangers of track row subdivision housing.
Does elevation help? Wondering if it is better to buy a home in the north where elevation is 75meters or higher above sea level.
@@gingerjones111 buy in Panhandle if you're wanting to be a redneck.
@@GardenerEarthGuy wow, why did they stop teaching science? It’s one of my favorite subjects. Was it a religious decision? How will men preserve the earth? Oh yeah, they won’t.
Wow . Florida you got me with this one. I wanted to buy a home there but this giving me second thought.
Yes, stay out lol
@@adrian33161 absolutely I wanna live to see 100 . The risk on my life is too damn high .
You can get a geological survey to verify the stability of the property the home is located. It’s a worthwhile expenditure
It’s only one part of Florida .
@@ZzXZ636 No…it’s not just one part of Florida….however, it is most heavily concentrated in sinkhole alley which compromises most of central Florida… I’ve lived in Florida 43 years…they happen EVERYWHERE. In fact…they happen in many other states as well: Florida, Texas, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania. The only states that do NOT get sinkholes are Delaware and Rhode Island.
They knew a lot of Florida was a sinkhole, yet they continue to build. We used to joke as kids in the 70's about Florida being one big swamp not knowing it's actually true.
I think of it as a sandbar. You can dig a few feet in many places in FL and immediately find calcium from sea shells. This is also why megaladon teeth are found in the inland waterways... the whole state has been in various states of immersion for eons.
I guess you never grew up or educated yourself.
Florida sinkholes are certainly a concern, but no where as problematic as it's massive amount of a-holes!
😂
Only Florida? Start watching the news. Philly, Los Angeles, Chicago.
@@SurfingFLA so funny
There’s sinkholes all over the country
not like this here in florida.
Florida is the king of sinkholes, alligator, hurricane and lightning deaths. Facts
Yeah Einstein thanks for the dropping the knowledge
@@sdflores7572DONT FORGET THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY AND VERY HIGH DEW POINTS
We just came from an Air B&B in Terra Verde in Orlando. The first observation was everyone’s yard was soggy. Never dried up. It was backed up to a reserve with a wall. My first thought was sink hole possible. Houses didn’t seem to be on flat land they were slightly higher than the road. One house two door down had essentially a pool of water between the houses for the 4 days were there. Then I noticed water trickling from the yards down to the sidewalk in all cracks and flowing into the street. As a Florida resident this was kinda unnerving. If I owed there I would be so afraid. A person told me all of that property was built on wet lands, so soggy was their way of life. A scary thought of what could happen.
I'm Panhandle, and watched 2 nearby springs get filled in and houses built on them.
Is that in Kissimmee?
I sold a home right on top of a repaired sinkhole, totally disclosed. The guy was an engineer and did not care. I could never sleep in that house. They did get a great deal on the home. But no way. The gas pipes had been rerouted…no way.
Wow 😮
This guy is good!!!
Thanks. This was interesting.
I live in “tornado alley”, but think I’d choose that over “sink hole alley”! At least we get weather alerts and sirens go off when a tornado has been sighted so we can get somewhere safe. Sinkholes often have no warning.
Very informative, thank you!
thanks for the lesson on sinkholes!
If you thought Florida is Paradise, think again. It's actually the hurricane, sinkhole, tornado and lightning capital of the US. Seriously, look it up before you buy or build your million dollar "paradise home". Ask those who were wiped out by Ian in 2022, then made it impossible for the rest of us to afford insurance. Florida is great to visit but please, spend some money here then go back home. Thankful to finally find a great video and this engineer explaining everything so plainly and easy to understand.
You forgot Gators! 😂
@@iloveschicken6527 and mosquitos
Florida doesn’t have many woke liberals that can do more damage than any natural disaster can do
And the mosquitoes , pythons , humidity , swamps ...
@marionpfander8752 Someone on another channel comment said sandworms! Lmao! Lord help me! 🤣🤣🤣
Oh, you guys get it. No long intros and music or credits and all that. Thank you.
Fascinatingly terrifying when the ground falls out from under us! You covered the seriousness well, so I'll mention the fantastical. There is a big city supposedly founded by one of Noah's sons in southeastern Africa which was assumed to be legend. It's not. It's at the bottom of a very massive sinkhole and covered by desert sand! And it's found! Be interesting to see what is eventually recovered from it.
Very informative
I thought everyone's sink had a hole.
You joker !🙃🙂🙃
What he describes happened to my neighbors home…her kitchen cabinets would swing open on one side of her house; she got a crazy irregular crack coming thru the concrete block and transferring into the drywall in her kitchen. They stabilized the corner of her home with I can’t tell you how many concrete mixing trucks full of grout…pumping it under her home after piers were placed. This lasted for what seemed like two weeks. A couple years later it began happening again….they pumped more concrete under her house. She still lives there. House is unsellable…house is uninsurable…. The insurance company paid more money stabilizing her home than it was worth BEFORE the sinkhole occurred.
Sink holes looks like a bug trap. Florida is flat swamp land.
My uncle a hole builder & he said every pawn and most small lakes here are sinkholes here in FL.
Pawn or lawn?
Do you mean home builder?
@@Betty-ub1jc pond, probably, considering the context
Absolutely outstanding interview / presentation. Thank you
You are very kind. Thank you!
Outstanding program with informative content and sadly that's rare these day's. Much appreciation.
Thank you so much!
Ginger, you 0:52 look amazing!!!
She needs to present herself more professionally. The nails and hair are obvious.
Its from methane hydrate.and from drilling for methane gas.gas leaks from the icean floors.a study was done.
you hit the nail right on the head , Arizona and Texas where they drill drill drill are starting to see the those issues
A fracking map would help, but they don't like to show that business
Some of the sinkholes could be calls from leaky sewer pipes that allow the dirt to the road into the pipe creating a void outside of the pipe
This format is NOT a podcast. TV doesn’t know how to make content anymore
My county has very few sinkholes. I chose it in part, for that reason. Central FL is swiss cheese.
what is your county?
It happened to Tiger Wood's house about 10 years ago. It happened right in his dining room.
THIS WAS A VERY INTERESTING AND INFORMATIVE DISCUSSION ON SINKHOLES AND SAFETY FOR BUYING, BUILDING AND RENTING. I ENJOYED THE HONESTY AND BEAUTIFUL HUMOROUS AND BEAUTIFUL PERSONALITY. ALL QUESTIONS COVERED MY CURIOSITY ABOUT SINKHOLES AND OF COURSE ALLIGATORS. LOL. N.J VEIWER ❤
Omg, I try not to think about them too much , living in Miami 🙄
No state is safe from problems
Is there insurance coverage for Sinkholes?
How far is safe from the sink hole in seffner 🤣 I drove by it last month.
I've had an irrational fear of sinkholes since childhood.
Prolly a past life there you went down one😂
Sounds like a central florida problem 😂
Alright Matt, you look amazing too...lol.
Haha! Thank you! I was waiting 😂
I WOULD NEVER LIVE IN FLORIDUH, SUCH A DISASTER. LOVE NEW ENGLAND.
Stay in New York. The Emergency Adams declared suddenly disappeared. I wonder why.
Any mention of Agriculture watering/irrigation? Waiting for Meatball Rons new Bill: dont say sinkholes!
Home insurance for sink holes 😅
Yes. They usually give you the option to add.
Florida is a sinkhole, we are on top of aquafere. When the water table drastically changes the ground can drop out from under you. I have lived here for over 50 years, sinkhole are common. This is why this uncontrolled development is destroying Florida.
How’d that work out for you, Florida? What would you expect building houses in swamp land?
The types of soils, which is nature's filter, below us determines how quicky and well the rainfall, very acidic nowadays, takes to reach the aquifer and/or the karst/limestone area above the aquifer. That filtering system helps to slow down, or speed up, when the acidic water reaches the limestone - which it eats through, causing the limestone to fall apart, and, the land/soils above it to sink or fall through into the aquifer.
Find out how often aerial photos, county by county, are taken to document and track the development and perhaps even the path, of sinkholes. Sinkhole development is continuing at a rapid rate, so both citizens and developers need more timely and accurate information before making important decisions about where to live, build, or invest - which can potentially save lives.
Don't buy a house anywhere in Florida, unless you want to go in a hole.
Where do these people Live?
Can make my utilities but can’t do much underneath our feet . Are hilltops better!?
I would think so
Love the fresh water lakes around here !
You'd do great in California
@@arielsea9087 I’ll be luck if I’m alive much longer
Now people are taunting us so nail strip time.
I’m not becoming homeless again
If my book wasn’t censored I would earn more than 3.38 cents for a quarter of a year.
I move again it’s outside America
I never knew Lake Eola was a sink hole. It's a fun place to hang out.
Will the HOA, residential and commercial property insurance cover sink holes disaster?
N O
I live in FL and home owners insurance no longer covers sink holes. They stopped after there was a trend with people claiming sink holes. Companies would come out and say you have a sink hole then ins had to payout.
Not HOA, but insurance companies usually give you a separate option. But, it can cost between $2k and $4k.
Now the insurance companies will require a bore test. 😳😳
Why not use LIDAR?
Can’t see that deep
Fake hair and fake eyelashes make for a very fake person
We are talking about sinkholes😅
Says a fake person, aka troll. 😂😂😂
You're such a loser. How disrespectful you are. 🤡🤬
............................Sure, Jan.
Found the greedy developer!
The most famous sink hope on central Florida is on winter park