Massive sinkhole opens up in Florida woman's backyard | Morning in America
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- A massive hole has opened in Weeki Wachee, Florida, in a woman's backyard amid heavy rain. The homeowner told NewsNation affiliate WFLA it's “alarming” that something like this could happen in her backyard.
#Florida #WeekiWachee #sinkhole
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I remember a story where a man was sleeping in his bedroom and a sinkhole opened up under him and was never found. His brother tried to dig him out but he was too far down and totally buried with his bed. Terrifying.
Yep. It happened to a family living in Brandon, just outside of Tampa. His name was Jeff Bush.😢
It was in Seffner, part of "sinkhole alley". It just reopened again last year and his brother went there again. Both houses next door were torn down and a big fence is around the area. I believe this was the 3rd time it's reopened. His brother is still heartbroken he couldn't reach him. He said his brother continued to yell for him until the hole swallowed him. His headstone is right there in front of it. Absolutely heartbreaking. Seffner is very close to Tampa.
@@marlysmithsonian5746heartbreaking and terrifying!
That’s nightmare fuel. I want to live in the sky
I remember that!! I had just moved to Florida and had difficulties going to sleep at night.
That house just got devalued by 90%
It'll still sell for half a million.
190%
@@davidlafleche1142 Because 1 of the 90,000 realtor\finance guys in the area will scam an elderly couple into it.
why they just added a giant olympic size swimming pool 🤣
I wouldn't live their even it's free. You never know when the dirt is settled. What if it hasn't?
I wouldn't stay in that house!!! I'd be scared to go to sleep in there!
This could happen where you live! No one is certain
@@sheilarodriguez7680 Yes, that is true, but that particular neighborhood in Florida has been known to have big sink holes
Sinkholes have always been a thing in Florida . The first I witnessed was in Casselberry in the early sixties that took 3 houses. Then the famous on in Winter Park in 1981 that took a house and several Porsches that had been parked at a repair shop . People were not hurt in those . The worst was one in 2013 where the guy was sleeping in his bed and it swallowed him , never to be seen again.
That was such a tragic case. His brother begged them to try to rescue his brother but it was too dangerous to even try. This incident scared the heck out of all of us Floridians.
Yup! Georgia also.
It's not a thing in KC ... just saying. And we have a better football team.
@@davidowens1424 where is KC ? Kansas or Kentucky ?
An other one in Kentucky swallowed a bunch of Corvettes!
House value went from $750K to $20K overnight.
I was thinking the same thing.😬
Wouldn't pay 5 thousand dollars for that property.
life is so unpredictable
Not entirely. A street full of homes in Tampa has an empty lot at the end of the street since the 80s. A sinkhole opened on that lot and the city won’t allow a home built on it, so its been vacant for decades. Homes on the street built for $49k in 1981 are selling for $280k today.
@@UnionAdvocate and people are stupid enough to pay 280k
My hubby said one word. GREED. The developers, the builders, the permit people. They all knew.....
And hubby knows this how?
they just don't care.. 😯😯😯😡😡😡😡
The county and state governments.
agreed and yet the city officials get paid off not to say anything.
PoliTRICKS
Ouch, that is huge. Everyone stay safe, I remember that poor man that was sleeping when a sinkhole opened up under him.
That looks like a portal to hell!
Welcome to Florida! 😅
@@Aochiclol😅
Nah, you should see the hole in Russia. Scary AF with no _known_ (detected) bottom.
or aliens
Yeah, no way I want to live next to that. It looks like something could crawl out of that!
Thank God no one was hurt!
lol no
😂😂🤦 what does god have to do with any of this ?? 🤦🤡
@@JtM8292Go ask God!
@@BT4EVER 🤣😂🤣 I know better than to waste my time ! 🫡
@@JtM8292..no lives was lost so we thank God...dont have an issue when people choose to praise God
Well, that is a construction site.
It’s evident that there was a “Vibratory Roller” used to get compaction on the soil.
So, it’s a good thing this opened up now, and not after there is an occupied building on the property.
Scientists know EXACTLY why sinkholes open up. There's no mystery.
Yikes, that's a deep one, no more mowing the back lawn glad no one was hurt❤
Such an unfortunate title .. hehe
🫣🤣
Hahahahahahahahahahaha...
@the_peach75
😂
bruh
Omg just the thought of my dogs running out back to use the restroom and falling into this!!!
I would be worried
🎶there’s a hole in my yard that can only be filled by you 🎶 🤓
That's Deep
@@sctsh1491😆
Looks like they were trying to fill it before it collapsed.
What did you expect to happen with all the water being sucked from below to supply too many houses?
Sink holes happens all over the world it's not just Florida, however it seems like it is more likely to happen in many parts of Florida and is a big concern for people who lives there.
whenever kids walk on the lawn their small feet have more impact as its high pressure on a small area. and the butter fly effect creates sinkholes. so keep those kids off your lawns.
😂😂
surely this is sarcasm
Ha Ha, Ray Bradbury would be proud of you for remembering him. I didn't know if he had kids or not !
Its all unstable sand stone. Happens a lot. One dude a while back in Florida went down in his bed and his brother tried to save him but he got swallowed up and never found. The whole area of his bedroom went down into a sinkhole. Buried alive. A horrible way to go.
Cave looks like under there
when the drone flies over the hole it looks like the entrance of a tunnel on either side, then they quickly change the shot so we can't really see the bottom of the hole. you blink you miss it kind of thing
Outer Range in real life...
Odd, there is no ground water filling the hole. It looks deep enough to be below sea level for a lot areas near Tampa. I would expect fresh ground water to be pouring into the hole.
I would pack up and leave immediately. Who can sleep knowing that happened.
I’d be thinking it’s time to move. I’d actually be scared to stay inside the home worrying the sinkhole might get bigger and swallow the entire house.
That would be an awful situation to be in.
I watch the world news every day. And every day it seems like I’m watching the scenes from a movie about the apocalypse.
@NathanHarrison7 It is because the media needs drama for views..... you have to do some of your own searches, like google or search UA-cam for specific items.... Like..... nomads around the world, ancient architecture, how to grow food in your yard, fix a toilet, hair styles, meditation, fishing...... etc. Then you will see the world is actually a very cool place, right now!
How deep is that hole? Scary
Does the banner have to be so large? Come on News Nation...
Humans have destroyed this poor planet.
@Jen-je3jo -Exactly !! And its going to get worse before better
as if sinkholes haven't been a natural phenomenon for literally eons. people are so clueless.
The more they keep building houses like crazy here is the more often this will happen
I saw this tv show.
If you jump in, you can go back in time.
Collapsing limestone. Always get a survey of what's under your home in Florida. Some parts are prone to collapse.
Florida is common for these. I remember some guy had one open in his bedroom floor and died.
It wasnt waking up and seeing the hole. The company nailed a spike to build a foundation.
The spike lead to the ground caving in and than revealed itself. Just. Simple 2x4 spiked caused a massive sink holes false cap to cave. Not the homeowner stumbling on it. Plus it shows the lands integrity now
Odd to see all the greenery missing, did it suck in all the trees and shrubby?
Ideally, developers would invest in a thorough survey of the soil before building homes and enticing their purchase. Personally, I find Earth science fascinating: rock cycle, tectonic plates, faults nearby, volcanoes, nearby mountains formation, nearby rivers. What you see may not be what it seems, unfortunately. Even if well informed, people may elect to say, "it'll not happen in my lifetime." There we go...
Terrifying.
She can't sell her home now and is trapped. I could no longer live there and would be too scared. She should put her belongings in storage and might not be allowed to go in there soon. I feel for her and have been through a few things in Florida.
And they will continue to build there...
That happens a lot in central Florida. Not rare at all. and insurance doesn't cover sinkholes.
Where does the hole go?
Always happens near where developers started. They suck the water out and the land collapse
Those ppl better thank God that didn't happen under their house definitely scary and way to close to home
They need to be careful with the massive influx of people. Pretty soon, the whole state could tip over into the Atlantic.
........ I'm US representative Hank Johnson and I approve this message.
Unimaginable 😮
The water table acts like an opposing force to sinkhole collapse when left un pumped, pump out the ground water and drop the water table, expect a sh1t ton of sinkholes
I think her home value went right down with the sinkhole
Not talking about local developers
Subsidence. Look it up. Florida is extremely prone to this geologic activity due to groundwater depletion.
It is scary!
Pshhhhhh...unreal.. GO WITH ME..now GO WITH ME on this...smh
Houses build there are like sand castles.
0:24 thought I heard something, had to listen closely 😂
Stop developing. Stop building. It's Florida
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Pool company overdid it./s
Are we sure this isnt the Silver Surfer as a herald of Galactus?
Every lake and pawns are usually a sinkhole.
The earth is shrinking 😢
Lotta sand in Florida and sink holes are common, especially after all the rain they've had
Blame Death Santis..frackn' weird
😊 They will fill it in and build a home on it
OLD FRIEND OF MY SIS MOVED TO MIAMI 2 YRS AGO
IMPOSSIBLE TO GET INSURANCE
PEOPLE DRIVING W/O CAR COVERAGE ALSO
Transplants to Florida may have never experienced it. But Florida is built on top of limestone caverns that's held up with water pressure due to the water level inside. When the water level drops.... The pressure goes down.... The ground caves in. There was some bad problems back when I was growing up in 1980s.... Houses and car dealerships were swallowed up
Yes, using groundwater......pumping it out.......affects this ...exacerbated by humans.
Keep it a spring feed pond
Holy smokes
Keep tapping the aquifers-floruda will eventually cave in on itself. Heartbreaking
So how deep and wide is it?
That’s nucking futs!!!
It’s not a natural sinkhole. People keep building with no repercussions of where the water will go. Look at the slop, that’s also newly excavated land…
This happens allllllll the time In that area …. It’s very common I would never buy there
Sink hole alley ???? I think I'd be moving !!
Looks like Florida is racing California for who will fall in the ocean first.
I pray to god that sink whole stuff doesn't come to broward!!!! Prays to that lady I'm sorry 😢
Now, if it opens up for the rest of the state.
Thank God it didn’t swallow her house!
You know what they need to do in Florida, they need to pump more water out of the ground. People die (in bed) when some of these things happen. Florida's main product isn't orange juice or produce anymore -- it's real estate.
I hate it when that happens
How long have they lived there??? I guarantee it hasn't been very long at all.
I live in sinkhole alley 😬
CONSEQUENCES, of building on swamp land......
Pennsylvania is so undermined due to taking coal, we are known for sink holes. And adding fracking to it, didn't help at all. Luckily, where my house is, there is no coal, only Marsellas Shell which was mined for gas and screwed up our water well.
Not all from coal. We used to live in Sinking Springs, PA. No coal or mining in that area. Known for sink holes due to the type of soil.
@@mollytremblay1396 what kind of soil? Limestone or Dolimite?
@@joannmay-anthony1076 limestone
In other words, water is wet.
Scary
The base of this state is limestone, a porous stone.
No bed rock just sand
Lady just had a sinkhole open in her yard and her son almost fell in. His kiddie pool covered it.
Why is TV news now like an amteur middle-school show?
They don't know when and where in Florida it'll happen
What is next to it
I wouldn’t live in the state of Florida for love or money. Besides the 3-H weather (heat, humidity, hurricanes), the bugs and other critters, Florida is becoming increasingly known for these massive sinkholes. As I understand it, one of the reasons is that Florida is basically a swamp on top of limestone. That makes it extremely vulnerable to collapses of the earth such as what happened in this video. Oh! And did I mention the alligators?!! Apparently one recently dragged some poor 81-year-old woman into a pond by her senior complex. Yes, she drowned. At least they were able to pull her out before the dinosaur ate her!
You could not pay me to live in FL!
@1:33, been there brother
Okie boys why the heart break
before you move to florida, learn it's geography, that 'dangler' of a state is going to lose ground sooner than later and these are just symptoms.
Yet ANOTHER reason why I would never live in (or even visit) Florida.
“Weeki Wachee”. In Florida, of course.
Has anyone flown a drone down in there?
Don't Build You're House Upon The Sand .....🙏