Apocalypse NOW?

[moevillini]

how the hell does a house just suddenly get swallowed up into a sinkhole?


Larryselbows, you're a geologist aren't you? Explain, PLEASE!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html

 

[nightmare3983]

That's crazy. Of all the ways to go, that's as unexpected as it gets.

 

[Qman]

how the hell does a house just suddenly get swallowed up into a sinkhole?


Larryselbows, you're a geologist aren't you? Explain, PLEASE!!!

https://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html

Answer is contained in the article:

Sinkholes are common in Florida, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The state lies on bedrock made of limestone or other carbonate rock that can be eaten away by acidic groundwater, forming voids that collapse when the rock can no longer support the weight of what's above it.

 

[Stoked]

Guatemala had a bunch of them happen back in 2000 or so. Scary stuff.

 

[franklin]

Sinkholes form after old outhouse holes degrade. And since Florida is 80% crap hole...

 

[moevillini]

Answer is contained in the article:

yeah, I know, it just seems totally absurd that there wouldn't be some sort of advance knowledge of this - gonna make me think twice before I visit Disneyworld again.

 

[Julie Greengiant]

This is some real House of Leaves type ish