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Florida sinkhole reopens two years after it swallowed a sleeping man and killed him
By Elahe Izadi August 19 at 12:38 PM
a fire and rescue statement read.
The sinkhole measures about 20 feet in diameter, no one has been injured and nearby homes haven’t been evacuated, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ronnie Rivera told the Associated Press.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released aerial footage of the sinkhole:
Florida sinkhole reopens after two years
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This aerial footage shows a giant sinkhole in Florida that has opened up in the same spot two years after swallowing and killing a man. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
a giant sinkhole opened below and swallowed his entire bedroom.
[Photos: Sinkhole swallowed man in Florida home]
Bush’s brother, Jeremy, jumped into the hole to try to rescue his brother. Emergency responders pulled him out, and Jeffery Bush’s body was never recovered.
Crews tried to lower listening devices into the hole but it was unstable; another collapse buried one such device. Days later, authorities deemed the property too unsafe to enter and decided to demolish the house.
“I want to let him know I loved him,” Jeremy Bush told the Tampa Bay Timesbefore gravel was poured into the giant hole. “I tried my hardest to get you out, bro.”
The sinkhole measured 15 feet wide and 20 feet deep, with a “disturbed area” of soil measuring 50 feet around the hole, documents showed.
according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. They occur because the entire state has limestone beneath it, which slowly dissolves from weak natural acids in rain and soil, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
State law requires insurers to cover “catastrophic ground cover collapse,” according to the insurance regulation agency. Hillsborough County, where Jeffery Bush died, is in “sinkhole alley.”
While thousands of Florida sinkholes have been reported in recent decades,Florida Geological Survey geologist Clint Kromhout told the Orlando Sentinel that there have been just four sinkhole deaths reported in the state. He called sinkhole fatalities “extremely rare.”
Florida sinkhole reopens two years after it swallowed a sleeping man and killed him
kinda wild, imagine if came back and finished off his family.
By Elahe Izadi August 19 at 12:38 PM
a fire and rescue statement read.
The sinkhole measures about 20 feet in diameter, no one has been injured and nearby homes haven’t been evacuated, Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesman Ronnie Rivera told the Associated Press.
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office released aerial footage of the sinkhole:
Florida sinkhole reopens after two years
Play Video2:12
This aerial footage shows a giant sinkhole in Florida that has opened up in the same spot two years after swallowing and killing a man. (Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office)
a giant sinkhole opened below and swallowed his entire bedroom.
[Photos: Sinkhole swallowed man in Florida home]
Bush’s brother, Jeremy, jumped into the hole to try to rescue his brother. Emergency responders pulled him out, and Jeffery Bush’s body was never recovered.
Crews tried to lower listening devices into the hole but it was unstable; another collapse buried one such device. Days later, authorities deemed the property too unsafe to enter and decided to demolish the house.
“I want to let him know I loved him,” Jeremy Bush told the Tampa Bay Timesbefore gravel was poured into the giant hole. “I tried my hardest to get you out, bro.”
The sinkhole measured 15 feet wide and 20 feet deep, with a “disturbed area” of soil measuring 50 feet around the hole, documents showed.
according to the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation. They occur because the entire state has limestone beneath it, which slowly dissolves from weak natural acids in rain and soil, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
State law requires insurers to cover “catastrophic ground cover collapse,” according to the insurance regulation agency. Hillsborough County, where Jeffery Bush died, is in “sinkhole alley.”
While thousands of Florida sinkholes have been reported in recent decades,Florida Geological Survey geologist Clint Kromhout told the Orlando Sentinel that there have been just four sinkhole deaths reported in the state. He called sinkhole fatalities “extremely rare.”
Florida sinkhole reopens two years after it swallowed a sleeping man and killed him
kinda wild, imagine if came back and finished off his family.
the proverbial bugs bunny sawin gif would be appropriate. Too much fukkery in that state