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New entrance to Wayne's World system
Wow, he could be right. It is right between Beacon Woods, and Wayne's World.Originally Posted by Shadowjack
When we bought it I presented an overlay to the Pasco School Board, who was considering if they wanted to be our joint venture partner in the purchase. Mike Poucher provided me with an overlay map that traced the cave route to Beacon Woods and then south to the sewage treatment plant where the system ended.
One school board member exclaimed that the cave went right under his house. There was no better way to make the point that the land and the waters of Florida are dependent on one another and affected by the population growth. They were unanimous in deciding to purchase the portion of the property that the sinks were not on.
/Ken Hill
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We dove it 10 days ago and the water level was midway on the steps, which is the normal level. But that was after all the rain we've had in the past few weeks. I'm more interested in what will happen to the new hole. I'm sure filling it in isn't going to help the system. I wonder if the water management district would think of sending divers in to check it?
Eric
WMDs have no interest in learning anything about what is REALLY going on underground. If they had that interest they wouldn't make the decisions that they make...
We will see more of this type of thing in the near future. As you know, WW is nothing but swiss cheese and any reduction in water in that system will cause quite a few "changes". Honestly, as the water levels drop, it may not be a very "safe" place to dive. When the water levels were "good" that place would drop rocks like parade participants in New Orleans drop beads during Mardi Gras.
Last edited by Tegg; 06-21-2012 at 11:19 AM. Reason: corrected in my terminology regarding mardi gras
Joe
We don't drop confetti at Mardi Gras parades.
Though relatively uncommon in the U.S., sinkholes occur most often Florida, Gerald Black, a geologist and vice president of Geohazards, Inc., an engineering firm specializing in geological evaluations in Gainesville, Fla., told msnbc.com.
“Florida certainly has a unique topography, but sinkholes are a relatively rare natural phenomenon,” Black said. “But even if it does happen, it’s not like you’re going to be instantly swallowed up.”
Black said sinkholes are common in Florida because the rock below the land surface is composed of limestone, calcium carbonate and other rocks that can be naturally dissolved by groundwater circulating through them. When the rock dissolves, spaces and caverns develop underground.
This, Black said, can happen over time or quite suddenly like it did with Minutillo’s home, and a sinkhole forms.
The weather may also have something to do with it, Black said, adding that Florida has recently received a lot of precipitation amid drought-like conditions, and the extra moisture has caused the rock to dissolve faster.
Yes, we don't want rain it will dissolve the rocks faster and cause more sinkholes! ???
Florida has sinkholes.
In other news, Florida does not have mountains.
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That is near my mothers old house. She had some cracking going on. I always teased her and said "Hopefully your house will cave in and I can find a new cave entrance and name it after me!" Now she moved further south to Port Richey, and does have a sinkhole at her current house. lol.
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