Gump Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) If it was one of my family, I'll be damned if the search effort was called off. I got enough shit at my house to light it up like a football field and explore that 60 foot hole. This makes no damn sense. Guess it's a hole full of dirt and crap. That makes it a little tougher.A Florida man is presumed dead after he was swallowed by a sinkhole that opened suddenly underneath him while he was lying in bed in his suburban Tampa home.Five others escaped the home, according to CNN (http://bit.ly/YGdZsG), including a two-year-old child.Engineers lowered monitoring equipment into the hole to seek signs of life, but found none. Rescuers are unable to enter the hole because of concerns that it is still growing and the structural stability of the house. Nearby homes were also evacuated.http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/01/us/florida-sinkhole/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Edited March 3, 2013 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modular Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Holy crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 It's been several days, no way he's still alive Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baptizo Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 The answer to your question was answered in the article and to me, it makes perfectly good sense not to risk further life to recover a body. Safety trounces how you feel about it."They still have not been able to find the boundaries of the underground chasm. For that reason, we're being very deliberate, he said. "We're very frustrated. But we're pursuing it as quickly as we can, as safely as we can." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Sure. They very first articles made it sound as if they never explored the hole and were saying it was 60 feet deep. Then it changed to 30 feet deep and the brother had to be pulled out of the hole. Which is confusing, how, if you're in a bed, and you fall in, dirt would be the main thing to fall on top of you I guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyone Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 I heard about this on Friday. Crazy occurrence for sure but no chance he's still alive. No use risking others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flounder Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Someone link the hole pics please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gump Posted March 3, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) I have seen no hole pics....Just the people and outside the house. Wonder why...http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/03/03/us-usa-florida-sinkhole-idUSBRE9200NH20130303 Edited March 3, 2013 by Gump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MidgetTodd Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Or don't live in FL because the whole state is going to be under water sooner or later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturg Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 (edited) I really dont think this is that bad of a situation... take this into consideration.1) No funeral costs2) How many people will get to go out in a unique incident like this?3) Family will always will have a conversation starter "you know how my so and so died? buried alive". 4) If someone get swallowed up by the earth in their sleep they were probably going to be the next Hitler.5) One less "Florida man"** see https://twitter.com/_FloridaMan Edited March 3, 2013 by sturg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 My Florida friends made fun of me for moving back to Ohio. Well, my home state has never eaten a person alive who was doing nothing more than lying in bed. That said, I do have remorse in my heart for that poor family, especially the brother who tried to save the victim. How unfathomable to be lost in a sinkhole under your own home. That is simply further verification that I don't care how you live or what you believe. When it's your time, it's just your time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted March 3, 2013 Report Share Posted March 3, 2013 Or don't live in FL because the whole state is going to be under water sooner or laterHow soon until sinkhole insurance is pimped by some unscrupulous agents down there? Probably a similar rider to lightning strike insurance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JackFlash Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Poor guy went to bed for a pleasant night's sleep and woke up in hell.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohdaho Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Sad part is he was due to move out last week. The hole was 30 ft wide and 60 deep...and still unstable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exarch Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 How soon until sinkhole insurance is pimped by some unscrupulous agents down there? Probably a similar rider to lightning strike insurance.Issuance companies HAVE to offer sinkhole insurance in flordia by law. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVTPilot Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 That must have changed since I lived down there, unless it is buried deep within the homeowners policy text. I owned a house there for six years and never had that added on. Flood insurance...yes. Never had a single conversation about sinkholes. But again, perhaps it was assumed by the policy under act of God. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWing'R Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 They need to send Laura Croft after his ass. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dying Shadow Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 They need to send Laura Croft after his ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Someone link the hole pics please. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exarch Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 (edited) That must have changed since I lived down there, unless it is buried deep within the homeowners policy text. I owned a house there for six years and never had that added on. Flood insurance...yes. Never had a single conversation about sinkholes. But again, perhaps it was assumed by the policy under act of God. http://www.myfloridacfo.com/consumers/guides/property/sinkholes.htmI guess there is a very, very, very, very shady loophole in this law... I don't really see the difference between ground collapse and sinkhole... They are required to give catastrophic ground collapse insurance(included in base policy) and must provide sinkhole insurance(premium rate) Edited March 4, 2013 by Exarch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Now that is fuckin funny.....somebody you know by chance? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarvismb Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 somebody you know by chance?ummm.....I'm probably the only one here who doesn't.(you know....like, Biblically)http://www.ohioriders.net/showthread.php?t=57652 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaNick Posted March 4, 2013 Report Share Posted March 4, 2013 Holy shit! That made me laugh so hard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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