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Giant five stories deep sinkhole threatens population of New Port Richey, Florida
SS ^ | 10/09/20 | SS

Posted on 10/09/2020 8:55:47 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

The crater just keeps getting bigger. The big sink hole in Pasco County just keeps growing, expanding and collapsing.

The depression in New Port Richey, Florida continues to expand at a rapid rate, very unusual for geologists.

The hole opened on Monday at a few-feet deep but has grown to 50 – 75 feet deep and more than 30 feet wide!

“The speed of it opening and the speed of it still spreading, that makes it unusual,” said Emergency Management Director Andrew Fossa.

Nearby, The Varsity Club has been evacuated and shut down. County crews erected a fence around the depression Wednesday night to protect the public.

2 geologists will be out in the area tomorrow morning to determine what’s going to happen with the deep crater.

Meanwhile, emergency crews still hear water gurgling at the bottom of the sinkhole, which means it might not stop growing anytime soon.


TOPICS: Outdoors; Reference; Weather; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: fl; newportrichey; sinkhole
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To: Tracker47
I believe you're meaning springs, not sinkholes 😁 If you ever do come to Florida check out the blue hole, devil's den, and paradise springs.
61 posted on 10/09/2020 5:14:33 PM PDT by Keyhopper (Indians had bad immigration laws)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Obviously a Chinese spy access tunnel. Fill it in with cement.


62 posted on 10/09/2020 8:20:58 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: Songcraft; All
Five stories deep sinkhole?!?!?!?

A week later and the report is that the hole has grown to a mouth of 40 feet but the depth is now measured at 130 FEET (~12 stories). Neighborhood is very nervous and they are waiting for the hole to stabilize before trying to fill it (with fingers crossed)!

63 posted on 10/12/2020 10:17:38 AM PDT by SES1066 (2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
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