More sinkholes occurring
 

Now in the village of St.Charles according to the unmentionable online news.

this is getting crazy....... why so many all the sudden.....and all happening inside the villages?

and no rain for some time..... I am dreading when the rainy season starts.

Mother nature....enough already......

It's not "all happening inside the Villages." You just read about the ones that happen here because you live here. If you lived elsewhere you'd say the same thing. They really don't make the 6PM news unless it's a slow news day. :D

so true...... I do watch the news and haven't heard of sinkholes anywhere around here for sometime now...

seriously scary.....something like this could/can wipe out someones lifes savings.

According to several commenters, the online news site is repeating a story of same sinkhole reported in September 2017


You make it sound like this just happened. The sinkhole was reported by your news site last September after the hurricane. And we are not in the Village of St. Charles. Get your facts straight!

it was reported last evening...I read the entire article and never saw anything that mentioned it happened last September. This article is dated 3/5/18. So..... what can I say...
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A home in the Village of St. Charles has been deemed unsafe for occupancy due to sinkholes which have opened up...The home, located on Markridge Loop, fronts the Jacaranda golf course. Two neighboring houses to the south of the condemned home were also impacted by the sinkholes.

Workmen from Foundation Services, a company which specializes in sinkhole repair, were on the scene. The crew had completed filling in the visible sinkholes and were pumping cement into underground voids which had been detected.

Fist of all, if one didn't make the news how would you know? In any case my reply was referring to: ...... "why so many all the sudden.....and all happening inside the villages?"

That is not true. It does NOT "ALL happen inside the villages" itr happens all over the state of FL. and SOMETIMES makes the news. If we look and read news from outside "the bubble" it would be obvious.

Of course it's a horrible thing but that doesn't mean it "only happens here in the Villages" which is the specific words that I was commenting on.

LOL, The Villages isn't alone!

Hers's one in Tampa: Sinkhole swallows homes in Florida - CNN

Here's one in Orlando: Sinkholes threaten Florida homes after Irma Video - ABC News

They are not sink holes.

It's 'Tremors' for real. :22yikes:

Run for your lives!! :crap2:

omg.....the house in Tampa was actually sinking and falling into the earth.....on video....devastating.....

Sinkholes are scary. Sinkhole insurance is available again? Husband is in charge of insurance and he is playing golf. I am in charge of typing.

Not good to feed fear. :wave:

Here is a source showing the 10 Florida counties having the most sinkhole activity. Marion County is #4, Lake County #10. Sumter County is not rated as among the 10. It may or may not be because Sumter County is very rural and sparsely populated except in and around The Villages. Sinkholes in cow pastures and swampy areas may be ignored, unknown, unobserved or unreported while those in developed areas surely are. Florida’s Top 10 Sinkhole-Prone Counties

Video of recent Sinkhole with Marion County emergency responders.

SINKHOLES IN THE VILLAGES - YouTube

As I stated in my post, several commenters said same sinkhole was reported in September 2017. Not sure if they are correct just noted it

Holy Smokes! That is scary.

Florida has sinkholes always has and always will. This is nothing new. Read your policy carefully regarding sinkhole coverage or better yet - - - have your insurance agent explain in detail your coverage. If the sinkhole is declared a “catastrophic ground cover collapse” you should have few issues, however if not, you will have a deductible of 10% of the limit of your dwelling insurance. That is, if you paid an extra premium for this coverage. In other words, if your house is insured for $400,000 your deductible is $40,000 under this scenario.

good to know...but $40k is still ALOT of money.....for me anyway.....

Bring on those darn Graboids. :D


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The online news has now changed it's report to the sink hole is in the Village of Pennecamp, which is right next to St. Charles. The street they mention is Markridge Loop, which is on Cane Garden Jacaranda hole #3, which is only about 150 yards from Chalmer Terrance in Pennecamp where a sink hole happened about about 3 years ago that was on Jacaranda hole #6.

Google Maps

Deductible
 

I agree paying 10% of your policy limit is a large amount of money. In the unlikely event that you are subject to a sinkhole on your property, hopefully it will be declared “a catastrophic ground cover collapse” and you will pay a “Normal” policy deductible of $500. :coolsmiley:

Yew, we wouldn't expect insurance to cover natural disasters. Insurance equals lobbyist, lawyers, and racketeering. Legal racketeering cause the greased it into law.

Sinkhole coverage with lower dedictibles are available.

Lower deductible
 

Good to know - - - do you have more information on what insurance company and premium? :bowdown:

Allstate and State Farm

Recent Golf Course Sinkholes
 

Lopez, Glenview, Cane and Pimilco Execs etc sink holes on man made lakes and near by house lots. Is this a coincidence and or possibly related to these liner based water bodies filled with non potable water from sewage treatment plants that's also going into the aquifer during the sink hole... Just wondering.