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City urges onlookers to stay away from sinkhole
The Gainesville Sun ^
| 30 Oct 2020
| STAFF
Posted on 10/31/2020 10:50:53 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
Gainesville city officials warned Friday that a northwest area sinkhole continues to grow and onlookers who try to get an up-close peek are taking a risk.
City officials advised looky loos to steer clear, and said they were installing a six-foot chain link fence around the sinkhole Friday to keep people off the property.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening
KEYWORDS: big; gainesville; texas
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Unsure what the square thing is, looks big.
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posted on
10/31/2020 10:50:53 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
Attention everyone, we have a new Democratic Voting Booth here in Gainesville!
To: DUMBGRUNT
this looks like maybe same spot- but no large object in it- wonder of someone threw their garbage in the hole? Maybe it's not the same, but the bush and house look similar to hte one at the site:
link
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posted on
10/31/2020 10:59:39 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: DUMBGRUNT
caption says swimming pool. Wonder if a leak helped erode the hole...?
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:01:20 AM PDT
by
Farmerbob
To: Bob434
You’re picture was taken before the pool fell into the hole ...
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:04:30 AM PDT
by
Fish Speaker
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Fish Speaker
ah ok, i didn’t notice the pool
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:10:43 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: Fish Speaker
i was more concentrating on whether the house was the same, and the bush- they don’t call me Mr Observant for nothing lol
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:11:35 AM PDT
by
Bob434
To: DUMBGRUNT
What are the odds it eats the fence?
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:11:57 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("Sorry, your race card has been declined. Can you present any other form of argument?")
To: Arkansas Toothpick
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:15:29 AM PDT
by
\/\/ayne
(I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:18:46 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: DUMBGRUNT
Just east-northeast of Gainesville is a permanent and stabilized sinkhole, Devil’s Millhopper Geological State Park, that is 120 ft / 37 m deep that was (non-Covid) accessible by a good staircase, 132 steps. An attraction since the 1880s, the first stairs were installed by the CCC (Civilian Construction Corps) in the 1930s. Descending one goes from a pine forrest ecosystem into a subtropical rain forrest.
South of this city is Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park, a 21,000-acre (85 km2) low savanna, that is drained by a ‘permanent’ sinkhole and some modern canals. Back in the 1870-90s, when the sinkhole drainage was blocked, shallow draft steamboats did a profitable business on the Alachua Lake. When Hurricane Irma (2017) came through the lake returned for about a month.
Just posting this to keep those LEFTist from the blue places home, Florida is so dangerous that you could be sleeping in bed one moment and be 100’ buried the next. Stay home up north and be safe!
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:27:22 AM PDT
by
SES1066
(2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
To: DUMBGRUNT
So naturally half the town is trying to get a look at it.
They should have said “Hey come on over and see the giant sinkhole! Bring a rope just in case because it’s constantly expanding and you never know. We have a “no rescue” policy!”
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:28:35 AM PDT
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan)
To: Fish Speaker
>>>You’re picture was taken before the pool fell into the hole<<<
Looks like the Owner won’t have to pay anyone to dig the hole for his new SUPER GIGANTIC Pool.
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:32:49 AM PDT
by
Kickass Conservative
(THEY LIVE, and we're the only ones wearing the Sunglasses.)
To: Fish Speaker
You’re picture was taken before the pool fell into the hole
Diving Pool.
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:34:30 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
("Do not mistake activity for achievement." - John Wooden)
To: Bob434
A sinkhole in the northwest part of town has continued to grow since it was first discovered. It eventually consumed a swimming pool.
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:40:07 AM PDT
by
texas booster
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To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:42:01 AM PDT
by
mewzilla
(Break out the mustard seeds.)
To: Kickass Conservative
Don’t forget a few gators.
To: Bob434
Fill with water... Add a diving board...
Hire a gator guard and a python guide...
Have fun...
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:48:52 AM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: SES1066
Stay home up north and be safe!
If the Covid doesn’t get you a sinkhole will!!!
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:56:00 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
To: freedumb2003
Is that a swimming pool?
Or a pool swimming?
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posted on
10/31/2020 11:58:59 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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