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BlackSheep 07-29-2017 09:16 PM

Sink Holes
 
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me, but are there lots of sink holes in TV?? The news says that they are on the rise there and when we saw the map, TV was in the worst part for sink holes? We are scared to move there????

Carl in Tampa 07-29-2017 09:57 PM

Misplaced priorities.
 
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Hi, not sure if anyone can help me, but are there lots of sink holes in TV?? The news says that they are on the rise there and when we saw the map, TV was in the worst part for sink holes? We are scared to move there????

Seffner is in the heart of Florida's so-called Sinkhole Alley, which is comprised of the counties of Pasco, Hernando and Hillsborough in the west central area of the state, close to Tampa, which accounted for more than two-thirds of sinkhole claims reported to Office of Insurance Regulation between 2006 and 2010.

Now, tell me, why are you concerned about sinkholes while contemplating a move to the lightning capitol of the United States?

BlackSheep 07-29-2017 10:06 PM

Carl, Those sink holes look scary....I would be nervous if it happened around my house or driveway....You guys get lots of lightning? I didn't realize that either...wow.... I need to do more research....thanks Carl

Wiotte 07-29-2017 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackSheep (Post 1429999)
Carl, Those sink holes look scary....I would be nervous if it happened around my house or driveway....You guys get lots of lightning? I didn't realize that either...wow.... I need to do more research....thanks Carl



Yes, do some research at your local library.


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BlackSheep 07-29-2017 10:10 PM

Thank You Carl!

Carl in Tampa 07-29-2017 10:10 PM

Appointment in Samarra.
 
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Originally Posted by BlackSheep (Post 1429995)
Wow, I'm just asking a question.....Its been on the news where I live that TV are having problems with sink holes and people under 55 getting in trouble, your supposed to be the friendliest place around..... not very nice....

I wasn't joking. More homes have been destroyed in The Villages, and more lives lost, by lightning strikes than by sinkholes.

When it comes to when your life will end, God is in charge.

"The Appointment in Samarra"
(as retold by W. Somerset Maugham [1933])

There was a merchant in Bagdad who sent his servant to market to buy provisions and in a little while the servant came back, white and trembling, and said, Master, just now when I was in the marketplace I was jostled by a woman in the crowd and when I turned I saw it was Death that jostled me.

She looked at me and made a threatening gesture, now, lend me your horse, and I will ride away from this city and avoid my fate. I will go to Samarra and there Death will not find me. The merchant lent him his horse, and the servant mounted it, and he dug his spurs in its flanks and as fast as the horse could gallop he went.

Then the merchant went down to the marketplace and he saw Death standing in the crowd and he came to Death and said, Why did you make a threatening gesture to my servant when you saw him this morning?

That was not a threatening gesture, Death said, it was only a start of surprise. I was astonished to see him in Bagdad, for I had an appointment with him tonight in Samarra.

manaboutown 07-29-2017 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackSheep (Post 1429971)
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me, but are there lots of sink holes in TV?? The news says that they are on the rise there and when we saw the map, TV was in the worst part for sink holes? We are scared to move there????

The Villages lies within Lightning Alley which is a belt between Tampa and Orlando in central Florida that receives the third or fourth largest number of lightning strikes per unit area in the world. The Congo is number one. World Lightning Strikes Map

Carl in Tampa 07-29-2017 10:34 PM

Oh, the horror of it all.
 
Man, O' Man.

Sharks in the water; sinkholes in the ground; lightning in the air.

How have I lasted so long in Florida?

DonH57 07-29-2017 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackSheep (Post 1429971)
Hi, not sure if anyone can help me, but are there lots of sink holes in TV?? The news says that they are on the rise there and when we saw the map, TV was in the worst part for sink holes? We are scared to move there????

Don't forget tuesday and thursday are alligator days south of 466. Wednesday and saturday north of 466

Wiotte 07-29-2017 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa (Post 1430011)
Man, O' Man.



Sharks in the water; sinkholes in the ground; lightning in the air.



How have I lasted so long in Florida?



Last Tango in Tampa ?


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Schaumburger 07-30-2017 06:36 AM

I'd take my chances living in Central Florida someday rather than spend my golden years brushing snow and scraping ice off my car and watching out for patches of ice when I walk.

tv2016 07-30-2017 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Schaumburger (Post 1430047)
I'd take my chances living in Central Florida someday rather than spend my golden years brushing snow and scraping ice off my car and watching out for patches of ice when I walk.


Me too!!!

thelegges 07-30-2017 08:43 AM

If you are afraid to move, not sure moving anywhere would be good for you. Many of us have lived here in many different villages for many years and have not had a sink hole in our yard, maybe our village but sinkhole happen in any state. We had a sinkhole open up in Michigan that took 4 houses and unsafe for more. It will be years before it is fixed. So if you worry about things that may happen to you i would wait to move

vintageogauge 07-30-2017 09:04 AM

And the lack of turn signals down here, very scary.

Carla B 07-30-2017 02:19 PM

And, navigating the roundabouts, also.


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