[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

Let's see, 6-1/2 years of building homes south of 44, lived here 6 of those years and have never heard anyone mention a crack in their foundations or any other damage. However there is a lot of crack(s) in your neck of the woods.

Good to know the quarry is not causing any damage to the homes.

[coffeebean]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

How did you miss that?

I have no idea. I know we do have a problem with sink holes in The Villages. I just didn't realize one opened up so close to where I live.

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by aldo28701

quarry blasting which sometimes shook my artwork off the wall. Had to use hurricane screws to stop it.

good it worked

[Escape Artist]

Originally Posted by Bilyclub

Apparently you missed this thread:

Plotted where Villages sinkholes have occurred

There's 10 on here and at least 3 or 4 since that.

Thanks for the link. Some new ones have cropped up (or fallen in) since then. There was also one in Calumet Grove I think.

[Kelevision]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

We don't have to deal with any of that quarry stuff in the LSL area.

We don’t either by Sawgrass Grove.

[guppyvii]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

I live down in Marsh Bend. Periodically the whole house will just shake. The windows and doors especially hard. It's happened more than once and I'd say once a month or so. I used to be in the military and know exactly what a sonic boom sounds and feels like. I'd say this is about close to that. I've been in thunderstorms where he distant thunder clap will shake the windows. That is another good example of what it feels like. Each time it has happened there has been no thunderstorms in the area.
I used to work for the FAA and know the air space around here. They do not have supersonic aircraft flying in any proximity of the villages. I mentioned it to my aunt who lives about 3 miles away and she has also experienced this as have some of my friends. None of us can figure out what it could possibly be. I live a good distance from I 75 and the turnpike. I have also checked the old posts in the forum and others have experienced this but nobody can seem to offer a good answer. Thoughts?

Here is an article explaining the sonic booms.

Sonic booms in Florida: SpaceX makes noisy announcement

[Altavia]

Originally Posted by vintageogauge

Let's see, 6-1/2 years of building homes south of 44, lived here 6 of those years and have never heard anyone mention a crack in their foundations or any other damage. However there is a lot of crack(s) in your neck of the woods.

Since at least since building South of 44, the Villages does extensive geological drilling to determine the conditions beneath the surface. You can see this as a matrix off white spots in Google photos prior to construction.

They scoop out any organic material and back full with sand/clay.

If moisture content is high, they use piles of soil to compress and force moisture out over time to compact/stabilize the soil

[NoMo50]

Originally Posted by Normal

About a month ago someone posted two A10s flying closely over some Villages housing in another post.

While that may have happened, the A-10 is not capable of supersonic flight...therefore cannot produce a sonic boom.

[Marathon Man]

Originally Posted by coffeebean

I would rather deal with having to put a new roof on my home than have a crack(s) in the foundation of my home or other damage that blasting can cause.

Never going to happen. Why say that? Time to have a bit of reflection perhaps?

[Stu from NYC]

This is why we do have sinkhole insurance

[Hans53]

Really big one this week. first we experienced in two years. House shook.

[boblexsue]

Originally Posted by Worldseries27

The quarry appears to be the correct choice. Perhaps they may post a warning due to safety laws concerning the workers and surrounding population.

When I lived west of Ft. Lauderdale in the late 70's blasting was just a way of life.
Sunrise, Plantation, Weston, Pembroke Pines, Miramar etc. were all just Everglades back then. Tens of thousands of homes were being built. To make room for the new developments they had to blast and muck and demuck to have land to build on.
They take the muck out by truck usually to the railroad out east and bring back truck loads of solid fill and dump it. This went on for years. If you look at a map of Southeast Fl. you will see 441. Most everything west of it was built after I moved there. Amazing

[missmollee]

Down load the app “find my car.” Look for your village/house and see just how close you are to one of three mines/quarries especially the one that does blasting every so often. The blasts rock the entire house. Too bad the realtor didn’t mention it. “It’s not personal, it’s just business.” Welcome to TV. Woodstock John. 🇺🇸😇🇺🇸

[Worldseries27]

Originally Posted by missmollee

down load the app “find my car.” look for your village/house and see just how close you are to one of three mines/quarries especially the one that does blasting every so often. The blasts rock the entire house. Too bad the realtor didn’t mention it. “it’s not personal, it’s just business.” welcome to tv. Woodstock john. 🇺🇸😇🇺🇸

and welcome aboard to you also

[Worldseries27]

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