60-foot sinkhole opens up under Florida neighborhood
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- Опубліковано 22 січ 2024
- A 60-foot sinkhole opened up in a neighborhood in Highlands City in Polk County, and now crews are working to repair it.
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I remember when a man sleeping in his bed in the FL lakes region got sucked deep into a sinkhole. It was deemed too dangerous to retrieve his body, so he's still way deep in there.
"That's what she said."
Sorry, I couldn't help myself.
When I hear sinkhole and Florida together, the first thing that always come to mind is that fellow calling out as he fell into that hole.
I remember that too. Hauntingly sad.
His brother tried to help him. Sad.
@@Misty-gc6bq 💔
Thankfully the homeowners don't have to pay for filling it in. That would be an outrageous expense.
They should have to pay. If you don’t like it you can move
@@iwanaGoFast2010I don’t think you’re a Florida Native talking like that
Yeah, let's just pack our things and get something within a couple of days, sure!@@iwanaGoFast2010
@@HebrewJerusalemPrince777 he's probably a MAGA moron 😂
No, thank God they didn't get sucked into the sinkhole. 🙏🏽
The notices started coming from the HOA about an hour later for all of this unpermitted construction in the front yard.
no doubt!!
They need to tell those greedy tyrants to get lost! What are they suppose to do? Just not come and let that hole get larger and put the peoples' property in serious jeapardy?
Filling a sinkhole with porous sand is like putting tape on a wound that needs stitches.
How's that? You actually think you know better than civil engineers who went to college to be able to make that decision? 😂😂😂
@@randallsmerna384 In this case the your so called "civil engineers" dont have a clue whats below at the several hundred foot mark, florida is riddled with limestone substrate and as it erodes the sinkholes are created, so your "civil engineers" need to stick with designing parking lots for lowes...
They add clay as well they said
The sinkhole will open up again but wider
Sand is the natural soil in florida dude.
I looked at a sinkhole map of Florida and it seems the Tampa area has a lot more sinkholes than the rest of Florida.
Look at a satellite map, take notice all those perfectly round lakes throughout the state,..
@@msomething3579 The sinkhole map does not show any area free of sinkholes. If I was wealthy enough to retire in Florida, I would choose an area where they are less common.
This is precisely why I chose to buy in Brevard County. Brevard county rarely gets sinkholes. The limestone is too new for it to happen at the frequency of the rest of the state. Oh and by the way, sinkholes aren’t covered by your insurance, and you can’t get insurance for it either unless there’s never been a sinkhole near your house in a 5 mile radius. The only time insurance will cover it is if it’s considered catastrophic ground cover collapse and the city officially condemns your house. So if the sink hole takes out your pool, center of your living room, corner or your garage, etc where it’s not a structural problem that could lead to total collapse, good luck getting the city to condemn it. Then you have to pay for it out of pocket. Most homeowners in Florida have no idea that this is not covered.
@@DanielRicanyStatistically, most of them. Don't even bother with insurance to begin with. Because hurricane policies alone are almost double mortgage payments.
They need to do serious digging to figure out how they can prevent this situation. Dig little holes and look with cameras, before you build a house.......I have cracks in my driveway, but there are no sink holes where I live. It is uphill, built around a lake, so that ground is built on the dirt from the lake ; unstable, but not a sink hole material. Big difference. Florida is sea level, so it is on shaky ground. Eventually the sea will take it , all around ........I
This is actually one of my biggest fears. The ground under me just giving way and I fall 60 feet to my death with no warning and no chance to save myself. Horrifying
Jetpacks...we all need personal jetpacks!
U may be able to survive if u have a few snacks down there
In the Bible it says, people will be walking down the streets together and one will disappear! That’s scary! I hope I’m already in Heaven, when that happens..
That happened to a guy.... The center of his house fell and he was in his bed. They never recovered him. I like to think he's still down there just living on the bugs. But we know the truth.
The bible was written by men. Heaven isn't real.@@joyceholtgodsproperty3414
This area is prone to sink holes.....let's build more houses on it.
Hell taking back its yankees.
The developers will want to build "lakefront" property on it and claim "amenities"
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That is scary 😮60 feet! Sale sign quick. I would not be able to sleep. I am glad everyone is safe🙏🏾
Sale sign as if someone will buy it after the fact 😂
It was just sold to the family.
Please, Lord, keep us safe from sink-holes. Amen.
Sometimes sinkholes can open up and reveal an underground cave due to the roof of the underground cave collapsing to reveal an opening to an underground cave.
@@SmokeyMcb Okay. Now I'm excited.
LOL, and gaiter, mosquitos, hurricanes, flooding, and what ever "Florida man" does next. For the rest of the country, Florida does a great job of providing entertainment.
The earth is eating up the wicked.
For sure. That sucks.
I was a kid back in 66 -68 when we lived there in Tampa. My dad was stationed at McDill.
We used to go camping at a lake called Twin Lakes and it wasn't too long after we left Tampa that word got back to us that a sink hole had opened up and drained the lake. It was disappointing news because it was a great place to camp and fish
"Virtually"?
in sinkholes, virtually all lakes are Florida
😅😅😅😅😅@@dntfrthreapr
Believe me. It goes deeper than that. Get ready guys. 😮
😲 it's a nightmare living in Florida, 42 species of snakes, hurricane's, tornadoes, flesh eating bacteria in the ocean down there, serial killers, Meth head's and now sink holes
U forgot the gators
Floriduhman too
you forgot sharks
and lightning
You forgot DeSantis 😂
That could be deeper than it appears.
That’s what she said
this is my worst fear of living here
Florida is made up of highly porous limestone. Things will only get worse as people continue to move in and build.
That fear is a waste of time. Look at the stats to see what the odds are for different things. I bet sinkhole death is not even in the top 500. You'd be much better off investing your energies into driving safer.
Alligators would also be on my list...🌸🌿
@@randallsmerna384 : The difference is, a person has control over his driving, so he could avoid being in traffic situations that are dangerous. But no one knows when and where the next sinkhole will open up. It could be right under your bedroom and you could wake up to find yourself 100 feet underground.
The thing is nobody knows what's going to sink next or where it's going to sink but Florida is very proud of its land. They want to charge you a million dollars an acre for something that can just sink in a split second. Don't go there.
When the state of Florida allows giant corporations to pump out millions of gallons of water from the aquifer each day for resale, this is what happens. The only thing holding up the dirt is the water, and if the water table drops, there is nothing left to support the dirt. Why isn't a government agency monitoring the level of the Florida Aquifer to prevent situations like this?
Because Florida is stupid. The state is surround by water. They could desalinate ocean water but no they want to dig and suck. Well there's nothing left to suck so whatever's on top has to come down. No one with a physicist degree in Florida can figure that out.
i think all governments everywhere in the world should create more water de-salination machines, to de-salinate the ocean water, to fill up the underground aquifers and for many other purposes...The ocean has too much water, and that would be a constant supply..Also, to reforest the deserts from desertification, that would need a lot of water too...
💯💯💯 beautifully said
I work in water treatment. I could not agree more with this statement.
100 %
This was on everyone's mind when I was a kid in the 80's...Florida sits on water its bound to start sinking
Once it does the USA will be better off. It'll happen at some point.
@@nolimitsnuttbusts4u LOL I happen to love Florida simply for the all the nature and beaches...the people not so much....just the animals.
That is not what is happening! Limestone is being eroded and large caverns are opening up.
@@randallsmerna384 I like it's sinking better gives it some pizzazz. But since half of Florida is already submerged due to lakes, swamps etc the everglades are already partially submerged plus we have quicksand miles and miles of marshland
@@doyourworseneatme Well, don't worry. Once it sinks, and it will, it'll just be one big ass beach 🤣
It's Florida. You're lucky if you even have an insurance policy.
We had this happen to our front yard in Georgia. Ground felt spongy, so I knew I needed to call the city. It wasn’t as huge as this one, but they said the actual “fault” line stretched all the way to my neighbors back yard next door. Scary.
I saw a documentary on homes in Florida that are build over all kinds of caves. They had divers go through miles of caves and tracked them right under peoples homes. This will happen more as sea level rises.
Indeed, it's the first sign it's time to leave the state. Abandon it to the alligators all south of mco.
Good…nasty state and Governor.
6 stories deep. That’s no joke
It’s nothing. I’ve seen 1000s of feet deep. Grow up.
@@iwanaGoFast2010 why do you feel the need to troll? Like only purpose in life? To take to the net and say abrasive things? Telling me to grow up. Call your own kettle black ya loser
@@iwanaGoFast2010thatta boy. Be the troll the internet deserves
@@johnc1280 🤓🤓🤓
@@iwanaGoFast2010 so sad you just stir the pot bc it gives you purpose. That’s pathetic :-(
Florida going to keep on going under water 🌊
Yeap. It's a red state. It'll be a blue state when the blue wave hits 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊 😂😂😂😂
They aren't repairing it. They are filling it and hoping it doesn't come back. Sadly this is a fact of life in FL especially those built on decades-old farmland above an aquifer that has been pumped for decades. I look forward to the analysis that shows "why" it opened.
It has nothing to do with pumping!
That’s the only repair.
Only thing I’d do different would be to keep the fill as wet as possible during the entire backfill. This makes sure it fills any surrounding voids and packs it hard as a rock as they go
The homeowners are lucky the county is paying for it.
Limestone caverns.
@@johnellis5820Moist is one thing but too much water doesn't help and actually hurts.
Master Blaster opening credits...
Thank God no one hurt! Lord Have Mercy!😮
I just learned about this early yesterday and see it's right here in Lakeland on the far south side, 13-15 miles from me. I live on the north side. Quite frightening, gives me memories of what happened a decade ago when a hole like this one open up under one's bedroom with the man sleeping in the room not far from the I-4/I-75 junction.
That’s horrible! It’s happening in Tennessee, Nashville, my daughter walked out here door 🚪 to go too work, and the side walk callapsed.. the owner, immediately! Put the side walk back, but never filled the hole, the whole is very deep, the apartment complexes in Nashville TN, Are building complex s on Mountains, and charging $2500, for a two bedroom apartment!! Very sad, Very Negligent!!! The city need too know what going on, The media need too expose the complex!! Immediately!! I have grandkids there, That’s Why I’m speaking out..
It's Florida...just another day in paradise.
Checking the insurance is a great idea but beware that most homeowners insurances are not covering damages because of sinkholes nowadays....
You can kiss that neighborhood goodbye. You can’t fix that.
Yup. Property value just dropped. At least they may save on their taxes.
Hey Floriduh it's called Karma 😂😂
I saw a sinkhole that opened up right after a fire truck just got done going over it in Indiana few years ago and people from there said that was the second time it opened up from what I heard they put a lot of cement in it to fix it
Does no one in Florida realize that the very reason they don't have basements in most areas is due to the fact that the water table is only 30-60 feet below housing? The sand wash from beneath erodes what is holding up your house. Underground Water main breaks are also a culprit. I lived there. It happened to my, neighbors also
As they continue to build and level down trees here in central florida , sink holes going to continue to open up Too many people moving here pumping too much water out of the ground
Filling it in is not a solution.
Really? What is your solution, Merlin?
How large is the city easement? Geez. That hole is more than halfway to their house from the street!
Being that is on that easement, shouldn't the city be responsible for all of it !
And the gentleman said people were wondering why isn't happening in my place or under my house or under my yard....it is..
Yeah I wouldn't live over there. Aint worth it. The last one that the brother/husband died in will always haunt me.
Get used to it Florida, you won’t be around much longer.
Leave it to city workers to put the dirt in one bucket at a time.😂😂😂
A real contractor would have dumped straight in and used a backhoe to push it!
The ground may not be stable enough to support a truck or backhoe that close to the edge.
A real contractor would not allow a dirt filled dump truck to get that close to the edge of the sink hole.
don't forget - water is working its way into everything, dissolving all that old seabed-
Insurance companies in Florida are well known and respected across the state for paying when they have claims. They *never* deny a real claim. And the charge for insurance in that state is astronomically small.
What’s the reason for all the sink holes in Florida?
Old limestone caves collapse. It's a problem in other areas, not just Florida. Missouri has a lot of these.
Any lake in Florida is a sinkhole, all the big lakes around clermont that have houses around them are sinkholes
Florida is one big sinkhole.
@@bobbykiefer4306 depends on where you're at
@jetjan stop repeating your comments-it is annoying.
Wow 😮
Sometimes sinkholes can open up and reveal an underground cave due to the roof of the underground cave collapsing to reveal an opening to an underground cave.
Are we sure it's underground though.
@@aftersexhighfives
There are many hidden caves under ground that we may not know of due to how deep caves can be underground.
@@SmokeyMcb Sorry that was mild poking sarcasm because you've said underground three times in one sentence
@@aftersexhighfives
Lol.
@@SmokeyMcb lol thank you for humoring my silly. 💕
60 feet deep??? Or it looks like 60 feet ?????
Didn't look 60ft deep to me. Maybe 16ft at the moment of filming. But they could have already been filling in before the camera's got there.
When you keep taking sand and water from below, things happen. Be safe out there.
Who is taking sand? Who is taking water? 😂😂😂
What a great way to replenish the ground water!
Well, so much for the houses near by. I would pack and go or just GO ! Who wants to end up in a sink hole ? buried alive ? with the house on top of you ; people being afraid to dig you up ? That is a crazy way to die.......
For value, the family sold it perfectly on time. Nice!
There was a huge sinkhole in Lakeland several years ago and I’ve always wondered how that turned out. This one is 8 miles away from Lakeland…interesting…
That is scary as heck!!
hang on, so if i have a sinkhole happen in my yard, i could be responsible for filling it? i mean, i get it, but, give me a hand bro. haha. i dont know how to check my insurance for sinkhole coverage.
Realtor mentioned when looking at homes in the area that back in the day money was given from the state for homeowners to get there properties inspected for this but mentioned most of them just kept the money and never got the property inspected and by now sold and moved out of those homes. New homeowners will never know. Also don’t know if this story I was told was even true.
2:11 That backhoe could use a longer boom ...
Omg how to identify these risks???
Time to move folks
Ya know, this is happening more and more around where I live because The Villages will not stop building. We are on top of water caves and the growth is sucking them dry and then next thing you know....sinkhole.
We all shall return to the earth. Some neighborhoods sooner than others.
I didn't know you all had red clay in Polk county.
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What a shame
never dig directly down in minecraft
Dios ❤
Florida really having a lot of sinkholes. Didn’t someone have a sinkhole also in their front yrd? Like about a wk or two ago.
Unfortunately in the next 40 yrs most that area will be gone. Under Florida is nothing but water caves and marsh land.
So happy this sinkhole didn't happen happened under the home. This is 1 of my biggest fears moving down to the Tampa area.. We're not all experts but we could all do our research on maps that they have on google and websites that dedicate themselves to areas that are most vulnerable. Let's all plan around this
This is on the far south side of Lakeland, 13-15 miles from me, living on the north side.
There's no planning for this. Virtually all of Florida sits on soft limestone, which dissolves in extremely unpredictable ways. One day, everything seems fine, but then the next day, that 40' wide cavern that's been growing under your house simply can't hold the weight of what's above...
Bam! Sinkhole & you're gone.
@@adammaturin1277 😩😩😩😩 noooo I love Florida
@@adammaturin1277 What crews need to have are devices that can detect such caverns underground to either forewarn or before building homes and businesses.
@@adammaturin1277 Some parts of Florida though are far more prone than other areas. The Miami area and western panhandle are the least prone while counties like Hernando north of Tampa where Land-O-Lakes is, is the most prone.
A sinkhole could be right under your house and you wouldn't know it until it's too late.
_60 foot sinkhole opens up under Florida neighborhood_ isnt news - a 60 foot sinkhole opening up _above_ a Florida neighborhood; now THAT would be news ! 👍 😆
Florida 🙄
Very common.
This sinkhole is going to go down again because it's being filled with sand only
Of course Florida is a hell hole.
Unfortunately, if this was my property I would have to abandon this house.
I wouldn't not feel comfortable living there anymore.
I guess the "Long Boom" is for the "safety" of operator so to not be too close to hole (the same hole media and inspectors are standing just off foot of hole?) Hm .
Hello my worst nightmare. So nice to see you again
The cement is heavy
I would yank out the driveway in the hope of saving the house. Need roots that can handle salt water and fresh...
Man that Excavator is in dire need of some grease. Im surprised they are using that instead of a stone chucker to sling it in.
As a retired excavator operator... that would embarrasse me. And I couldn't stand listening to that all day long,. 😂😂😂😂
Time and material
Its insanly squeeky holy crap sounds like a rust bucket. I guess filling it a bit at a time controls the ability to settle in the dirt?
@@evonne315 yes and no. if they couldnt get a slinger/thrower and only dump trucks i understand. you can add measured amounts with both.
They happen sometimes👽 hopefully you're not on top of the next one.
The previous owner lived there for 43 years and just sold it to a young couple? Time to hire an attorney for sale of damage property.
So, everything's not hunky dory in snowbird country?
75 foot sick hole in weeki wachee fl
Wonder if they had a sprinkler leak.. . Hmmm
No women were harmed in filling of the sinkhole!
Filling sink hole? It's not a bottomless pit?
Might be better to use it for landfill.
How dreadful😭
May is only four months away, sinkhole de mayo is a real danger
They have good insurance 😮 😂
Insurance doesn't cover sink holes
How would you sleep at night knowing this happened in your driveway , reminds me of the guy in bed who fell in one and they never recovered his body i feel for them there stuck in a mortgage they can't get out from and resell value just bottom said story
THE GATE…
Going to need a lot more rock and gravel than that excavator can supply.
I think the civil engineers know what they are doing....
@@randallsmerna384 I am a civil engineer and see what will not work.
Oh to be the insurance agent that insured that house. Time to move to Montana. It may be cold but atleast the ground wiĺ be there tomorrow.
Florida point is like Beach sand.. Why would people build there..
Those homeowners are lucky the city didn't try to weasel it's way out of paying to fill that sinkhole. Im very surprised the city didnt pass on the cost.
Gonna need a bigger shovel.
Any NY JEWS around building tunnels
Don't look now but I think the entire state of Florida is a sinkhole.
Tunneling machine from a foreign source angry over a bad deal?
It won't be long Florida will be under water !