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1. I wonder how old this building was. What I'm getting to is, I wonder if muni gov'ts are issuing

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Mon Aug 12, 2013, 09:38 AM

Aug 2013

building permits in places known or suspected to be unsafe.

Any civil engineering types here who know about this sort of thing? Can't testing reveal if there is a strong risk of a sinkhole
developing in a given location?

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Sinkhole causes resort villa to partially collapse (Fla.) [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 2013 OP

I wonder how old this building was. What I'm getting to is, I wonder if muni gov'ts are issuing raccoon Aug 2013 #1

There are parts of Florida particularly susceptible to sinkholes theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #2

Much of the area is screwed, long term. Igel Aug 2013 #3

Looks like they tested 15 years ago jakeXT Aug 2013 #4

Longer article by Orlando Sentinel alp227 Aug 2013 #5

Can you edit the title to add, in parenthesis, in Florida? question everything Aug 2013 #6

Poor Florida: Republicans, hurricanes, and sinkholes. AndyA Aug 2013 #7

you forgot boa constrictors wordpix Aug 2013 #8

Those are gonna be tough timeshares to trade Zorro Aug 2013 #9