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Old 05-24-2018, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Topspinmo View Post
Yes there are lots of many man made washouts (rotted drainages pipes which have static pressure form water weight in the pond are man made which saturate underground till it reaches cavity and collapse) that natural sinkholes are scapegoated all my opinion of course? And I can have an opinion
I agree, and I know washouts don't necessarily equate with flooding. In my opinion, I think the engineers and districts put the affected homeowners behind the eight ball with their insurance companies by calling them washouts, and not sinkholes. Fingers crossed for the home owners.