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Old 03-05-2018, 10:45 AM
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Originally Posted by graciegirl View Post
I read in the news source that is not mentioned, that this is the second on that property, the first occurred after the avalanche of rain during Hurricane Irma in September.

Bad luck for those poor people.

It is an anomaly of nature and causes all of us to be jittery and some of us looking to blame something or someone.
Although they obviously mostly are natural occurrences sink holes can be human induced through ground water pumping, construction and property development as revealed toward the end of this short article. Sinkholes, from USGS Water-Science School
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