Posted on 05/11/2013 10:19:31 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Scott and Robin Spivey had a sinking feeling that something was wrong with their home when cracks began snaking across their walls in March. The cracks soon turned into gaping fractures, and within two weeks their 600-square-foot garage broke from the house and the entire property—manicured lawn and all—dropped 10 feet below the street.
It wasn’t long before the houses on both sides collapsed as the ground gave way in the Spivey’s neighborhood in Lake County, about 100 miles north of San Francisco. …
Unlike sinkholes of Florida that can gobble homes in an instant, this collapse in hilly volcanic country can move many feet on one day and just a fraction of an inch the next. Officials believe water that has bubbled to the surface is playing a role in the destruction. But nobody can explain why suddenly there is plentiful water atop the hill in a county with groundwater shortages. …
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Literally...
buyer beware.
Talk about a disclosure nightmare if any of these people try to sell.
The owners of six damaged homes said they need help from the government.
Wouldn’t be the first time an engineering firm and government official “signed off” on something not so honest...
Most people are now conditioned to believe the government will address all their needs.
A little town in the Missouri Ozarks built a new middle school above a sinkhole. It’s gradually sinking...
They may not have subsidence insurance, but I bet they all have fire insurance.
Just mentioning....
I’ll bet this particular type of disaster is not specifically covered by your average homeowners insurance policy.
Pobably caused by Gore-ble warming.
Either that or Bush did it.
Well — look on the bright side — they now have something that is uncommon in California — a basement.
Getting 'in over your head' ?
Sinking Value ?
Maybe that San Andreas Fault Line split is about to happen. That or maybe God is starting to render judgment on that state for excessive moral decay, disrespect, lying, sexual immorality, drugging, faggotry, red light cameras, Ahnold Schwarxnegger, etc.../s
Very possible. He’s making more people pRay than any other president in U.S. history.
CA just passed a law letting boys use the girls’ locker rooms. Come on San Andreas! Sink the whole sick evil state.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018218/posts
They should sit on the roof and wait for Fema.
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