Posted on 06/03/2021 9:47:04 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
A sinkhole measuring about 300 feet in diameter opened in the state of Puebla on Saturday, in Santa Maria Zacatepec, according to local reports.
... They estimated the hole, now filled with groundwater, to be about 60 feet deep.
Homeowners Magdalena and Heriberto Sánchez reported hearing a thunderous sound before finding the gigantic pit.
“A long time ago there was a jagüey there, but we don’t know why they covered it, but we think that the water struggled to regain its space and that is why it appeared,”
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Thanks for the info. I’m assuming the same rules apply in Mexico. Glad I never owned a home.
I did kind of like the cast-iron dome thing...
But the next bunch can convene in one of the many parks.
Hmmm...
How can a sinkhole develop a sinkhole?
To the best of my knowledge, you are SOL on the value of the land. Only the structure(s) are covered.
The weasels from both parties have sullied those hallowed halls for decades. The building stands for nothing but corruption now.
HO-3 Special Form insurance provides coverage from a list of named perils. These perils are:So you are covered if that Yellowstone Caldera buries you under 30 feet of ash, but you aren’t covered if that sinkhole swallows your two acresErosion is not listed in the named perils, so damage it does to your home or property isn’t covered by your homeowners insurance.
- Vandalism
- Theft
- Frozen Pipes
- Damage caused by vehicles
- Damage caused by aircraft
- Rioting or civil disturbances
- Fire or lightning
- Windstorm or hail, such as a hurricane or tornado
- Damage from smoke
- Damage caused by heating, air conditioning or plumbing
- Damage due to snow, ice or sleet
- Damage from water heater, including cracks, burns or tears
- Damage from electrical currents, such as downed power lines
- Explosions
- Falling Objects
- Volcanic Eruptions
Earthquakes, erosion, sinkholes and landslides are classified as “earth movements,” and are not typically covered in a homeowners plan. This is because they don’t happen frequently enough and they’re too unexpected and costly to be calculated consistently into a premium. It’s easier to account for events that happen more often and are not as catastrophic, like lightning strikes or theft.
I have friends here in New York State, who at least 25 years ago, had lightning strike, and severely damage their chimney, and the insurance wouldn’t cover it because it was an act of God.
I had my first-ever lightning strike on a tree ten days ago. Hit a 120 foot pine tree 70 feet from our house. It zapped our router, cable modem, and three home automation switches via EMP. Fortunately it only cost me $200 to fix (free replacement modem from Spectrum; warranty replacement of the switches).
Glad you got away fairly cheaply. I’m 74, and have never owned a home. I’m glad now I never did. I just figure it’s one less thing my kids will have to deal with when I’m gone. I told my oldest son to just hire a dealer who goes in and organizes everything, then schedules a sale or auction. I only have a two-bedroom apartment. I have more books than anything else.
or...a free beer and a jab?
—”The weasels from both parties have sullied those hallowed halls for decades.”
I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
—”had lightning strike, and severely damage their chimney,”
My uncle coming home from work sees his ancient house on fire around the chimney.
Jumps out of the car screaming the money, the money!
A solid Scotsman like my dad and the rest of the Clan.
He had a cash box hidden a void between the brick chimney and the frame of the house.
He HAD a nice stash, 200K in 1980.
IIRC the Department of the Treasury was able to recover about half. Some say there was more not in the box, consumed in the fire.
We bought a second (vacation) home three years ago in Idaho. We got so fed up with California horrendous governance (taxes, illegals, crime, graffiti, wasteful spending on trains, WOKE crap, etc) we bought in Idaho. Now I’ve got two homes to maintain. Ugh. Fortunately, I do enjoy expunged things in good repair and improvements, but it sure does take time.
Renting sounds great at times!
.....”Renting sounds great at times!”.....
It’s a big decision to change from owner to renter. But I decided doing so decades ago when all on my own again. It was a good call for me since I’ve relocated 20 plus times in my life.
I’ve also learned your kids really don’t want your stuff. So I gave them what the little they did and have rolled on ever since.
Yes they do.
Looks like they can practice Cliff Diving.
From the pictures I guess the water is 30 feet or more below the edge.
The instant pond is turning into an instant lake
From the looks of the water, they'll have to get a massive filter too.
Can't blame you for wanting to get out of California. I doubt you're like my cousin though, who ended up dying at 78 a few years ago, and left his widow with a mess. His first wife had died, and he'd remarried a few years later. He had three properties he rented out, and never bothered to explain anything to her in case he dropped dead. He still had mortgages on all three properties, which at his age was a dumb move. He must have thought he was going to live forever.
His widow wasn't even on any of the deeds, as he had purchased them long before they married. However, the lawyer who was handling the estate, told her she needed to go around to collect the rents. Of course, once the tenants found out he was dead, they refused to pay. I told her it wasn't her responsibility to collect the rents since she wasn't connected to the mortgages. It all eventually got straightened out, but she went through hell in the days and months after he passed. He'd named his only daughter as the executrix, and she hated his second wife for no other reason than he'd remarried after her mother died. I felt bad for her, and was glad I'd never had to deal with anything like that.
For somebody my age, renting is the best option. The people who own this small complex, own a bunch of other property too. I've been here 20 years, and they've been good when it comes to fixing, or replacing things when they break. If I told you what my rent was, you'd think I lived on skid row, but the place is well-kept, in a decent section of a small city in central New York State. When they've raised my rent over the years, it's only been in $10 increments once a year. The annex of the community college is just down the street from me, along with a large business park that sprang up when the air base here closed under the Clintons. I've got a 2-bedroom apartment with central air, garbage disposal, dishwasher, fridge, and stove. Two big walk-in closets, and a good sized closet in the spare bedroom, plus a storage unit in the basement. Washer and dryer in the basement as well, but I prefer taking my laundry to the laundromat so I don't have to climb up and down the stairs. There's plenty of room for me, and it's a quiet place. I deliberately picked the top floor because I didn't want to have anyone living over me. Hopefully I can stay here until I die, so all they'll have to do is carry me down the stairs, or slide me down the bannister.
My parents did the most amazing thing getting things under control before they passed. They had downsized twice, first from a huge colonial house in eastern Pennsylvania to a condo, then a second time from the condo to a brand-new assisted living facility with an independent wing, an assisted care wing, and a dementia wing. By the time they got to move into the assisted living facility, I think they had downsized to about three cardboard boxes of papers. Dad was very well organized with the will; named me the executor; reviewed everything he had done with me; left me with a binder of all the needed information; and introduced me to his lawyer. He set my disabled sister up in an adult special needs housing foundation with independent living homes, too. He didn’t want any burden to fall to me or my other sister and he sure met that goal.
He left me (all of us) a superb example of how to set everything up right.
We haven’t downsized much — in fact, with the second home, we really “upsized”!
We’ve got our estate all figured out, executor named, a trust set up, and have had discussions with our kids. I figure I’ll tell them to hire somebody to dispose of everything at an absolute auction when we are gone. Or my wife can handle it if I go first.
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