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Originally Posted by PennBF
I think it is being confused to believe the problem in question is sink holes in Florida. I hope most who have questions on this are now aware of the reasons. THE real question is why are the water supply pipes failing. In the case of Winifred there were two within the last about 2-3 months within in a few blocks of each other. One was dealt with immediately and it did not expand into a larger problem and the second had delayed attention and it turned into a sink hole allegedly because the water continued to drain within the open hole until the problem became a sink hole. I am not an engineer but never believed in coincidences. In a typical "City" you would have a charter, an organization controlled by statutes and laws for the purport of protecting citizens of the city. Another view is that in the case of Condo's they are under Florida Statue 718 which is MUCH more
strict than the statues governing The Villages. As I have said a number of times we love the Villages but are not blind to the loopholes for the Developer and Contractors.  |
All things here in The Villages are built to code. The areas in and around us and under us are prone to collapse and will take drain pipes occasionally.
What would the motivation be for a builder with an excellent reputation to put in substandard drainpipes? It seems the Morses and the Raineys have long term goals for this area and will be building well into the future. They have made more money than their families could spend for generations. They still work. Is it because of greed? Or perhaps to continue to build an excellent place unlike any other on this earth? To continue to keep employed the thousands of people whose livelihoods rest on this business effort? Perhaps because there is a huge market for baby boomers with ten thousand retiring each day for the next fourteen years? Why would such smart people do something underhanded when they could build to code????
I am so tired of the Morse bashing. I think it is motivated by jealousy and misinformation and other ugly stuff.