Sink holes
 

During IRMA that little pond was totally gone by a sink hole and they did MAJOR earth moving to get it back.

The Sun is happy news it is The Villages advertising brochure - ************* site does
not like the privileged? villagers compared to surrounding areas so they show all the ugly news.

Coming to look to buy at TV need advise
 

So with sink holes from what I have gathered is
1 Stay away from retintion pond.
What else do I need to look for? Stay off golf course ? When you get lots of rain they flood the course?

Sinkholes are natural phenomena that happen, among other places, on top of the Floridian Aquifer, which is where we live. It is gigantic and runs through limestone tunnels and gravel underneath us. During a drought or because of drawdown or because of natural dissolution of the lime, little bits subside. In an area with quite a bit of clay and sand over the underlying limestone, which is big parts of Florida, this subsidence may not show on the surface. In other big parts of Florida, including where we live and Ocala and Silver Springs and all that, there is mostly some sand over the limestone layers and two or three aquifers, so we are more likely to notice a subsidence as a sinkhole. A big one might ruin a couple houses, but it won’t swallow a village. When the water in the pond disappeared, it ran into cracks in the rocks and gradually into the top aquifer, which we don’t use for drinking, usually. Under that is a layer of clay that is hard for water to penetrate. Under that is the Floridian Aquifer, which is mammoth.

Sinkhole - Wikipedia

If you want to fear-based journalism like the post and the times go back to New York

I agree 100% Gracie.
:bigbow::bigbow:

Amazing reply! Thank you, MandoMan.

One of my greatest joys of being part of The Villages community is that we are heard, (but not always agreed with), we are part of the community, we shape the village. So grateful to be part of all this.

I’d rather read the Post and the Times who do investigative journalism and expose the lies and misdeeds particularly between 2016-2020 instead of the the Daily Rag (aka Daily Sun) that present the Developer’s views and aims (btw who owns the Daily Rag) above all else as well as the outlandish conservative opinion columns.

I read the Daily Sun, but do not rely on it for national news. I recognize it for what it is, and if I want to know about an accident or what’s going on with the ambulance service committee, as examples, I’ll read v*******-****.com. Otherwise, I look to other sources, such as NPR.

I do agree with Velvet, and was surprised to read about the sinkholes in the DS. More of that type of hard news reporting is always welcome.

The 'picture' of houses overlooking the sinkhole was a drawing simply to show what a sinkhole looks like. It was an informative column explaining what a sinkhole is. It was not the actual sinkhole(s) at Moyer Rec Center.

I absolutely agree with you!! I am grateful, thankful and I love everything about it.

Sink hole information please!
 

I'm a new resident, getting ready to purchase a home here. I haven't seen any information about sink hole insurance for our houses. Do most people get the extra coverage? Thanks for the info!

A lot of threads on this topic…do a search.
Best, call an insurance agent.
Villages insurance.

Like it here
 

We like it here and the Daily Sun too. It’s not “perfect” (especially some of the political nonsense) but no place on this earth is perfect. We got lucky when we stumbled into The Villages.

39,000 posts? Give it a rest, please.

Because?.?