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VIDEO: Concerns Grow Over Large Crack Along Lake Whitney Cliff
nbcdfw.com ^ | 03/17/15 | nbcdfw.com

Posted on 03/17/2015 11:32:12 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER

A giant fracture in a limestone cliff overlooking Lake Whitney is threatening another luxury home, less than a year after a mansion was burned to the ground before it could collapse and fall into the North Texas lake below.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 57thstate; cliff; crack; geographyishard; house; lake; stateofconfusion; whereislakewhitney
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Lol! God bless duct tape and Get ‘er dun!


61 posted on 03/17/2015 1:31:38 PM PDT by catbertz
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Two things I learned from reading “A Rock and a Hard Place”, the true story of hiker Aron Ralston:

1. Always carry a really sharp knife.

2. Geologic time includes now.


62 posted on 03/17/2015 1:33:44 PM PDT by Carlucci
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To: shotgun

Well, it is in Texas...


63 posted on 03/17/2015 1:33:51 PM PDT by WayneS (Barack Obama makes Neville Chamberlin look like George Patton.)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Oh, I sure hope somebody has set up a 24/7 HD camera to record it falling.


64 posted on 03/17/2015 1:34:49 PM PDT by ctdonath2 (Si vis pacem, para bellum.)
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To: ken5050
... you can’t convey title to something that isn’t there anymore ...

Nope. They still have the same amount of land. The topography is just different. A big chunk of their land that was on a cliff is now under water.

It will make it a bit difficult to find the old survey stakes though.

65 posted on 03/17/2015 1:35:00 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
If you're not a CE, then I question your qualifications to render such advice.

I think a wetback ditch digger (or an Undocumented Democrat Welfare Recipient as they are now referred to) is qualified to render that advice.

66 posted on 03/17/2015 1:40:44 PM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

After looking at the video, I bet you can go out there at night and HEAR the thing cracking and moving......


67 posted on 03/17/2015 2:00:50 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: ken5050

It’s there, its just lower and covered with water.


68 posted on 03/17/2015 2:04:03 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: WayneS

5,000 gallons of Crazy Glue could do the trick. Don’t use Gorilla Glue though, it expands as it cures. Bad deal.

PS... don’t build near over hanging weathered limestone cliffs.


69 posted on 03/17/2015 2:05:09 PM PDT by Sequoyah101
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

Lake Winfrey...


70 posted on 03/17/2015 2:25:27 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

A few thousand gallons of Gorilla Glue would fix it.


71 posted on 03/17/2015 2:49:56 PM PDT by capt. norm (Don't worry if plan A fails, there are 25 more letters in the alphabet.)
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To: Zeneta

That’s going to be one heck of a wave!


72 posted on 03/17/2015 3:10:11 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: JimSEA

Hold muh beer. I’m going to go out and jump up and down on it to see how loose it is.


73 posted on 03/17/2015 3:16:29 PM PDT by TigersEye (STONE COLD ZOMBIE SCOURGE)
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To: TigersEye

That’s an idea!


74 posted on 03/17/2015 3:20:05 PM PDT by JimSEA
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To: Yo-Yo

Ok.. My favorite post of the week!


75 posted on 03/17/2015 3:25:56 PM PDT by momincombatboots (Back to West by G-d Virginia.)
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To: Zeneta

Looks like they’ll soon be less lawn to mow.


76 posted on 03/17/2015 4:19:02 PM PDT by AustinBill (consequence is what makes our choices real)
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To: Bubba_Leroy; WayneS

Sheesh, guys...that was a joke!

Like your comment about the ditch digger being qualified enough. It’s a “duh!”, huh?


77 posted on 03/17/2015 4:23:41 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (For those who understand, no explanation is needed. For those who do not, no explanation is possible)
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To: WayneS; Zeneta

“The slab immediately above and to the right of the house in that photo appears to be the foundation of the house that was burned last year.”

I wonder how much water was used by the firefighters as they practiced - and how much ended up draining onto/into the neighbor’s yard with the crack?

Probably not enough. I’m still going with a minor leak from the swimming pool over a long time.


78 posted on 03/17/2015 4:33:50 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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To: 21twelve

As someone that has built pools, I disagree.

A concrete or Gunite pool (gunite is basically cement with sand as the aggregate vs gravel),is held together with rebar. It can and will float like a boat regardless of what happens around it.

This home owner spent a lot of money to build a pool in what is basically rock. Soft rock, no doubt. Concrete/cement is stronger than limestone.

There are three things that can cause major problems for a pool builder. Rock, fill and water. Both rock and fill can be dealt with, but not without additional expense. Water is the worst. I’ve built pools under all three conditions and the “Pool from hell” was built in/on an underground stream.

In the video and photos, I think that if the pool was built properly, it would not crack and would fall into the lake whole.


79 posted on 03/17/2015 5:06:02 PM PDT by Zeneta (Thoughts in time and out of season.)
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To: Zeneta

Thanks. Do pools in Texas need to be drained periodically? And how do they do that? I’m guessing they don’t just dump it over the edge?

Then again, that whole area is going to end up in the lake at some point. Just like where I live - although I’m probably good for another 1 million years.


80 posted on 03/17/2015 5:26:59 PM PDT by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts It is happening again.)
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