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Florida man vanishes after being sucked into sinkhole under his bedroom
miamiherald.com ^ | March 1, 2013 | Miami Herald

Posted on 03/01/2013 7:51:50 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper

SEFFNER -- A sheriff's deputy plucked a man from an expanding sinkhole, but neither was able to save the man's brother from being sucked into the rubble, authorities said.

Early Friday, authorities said the site at 240 Faithway Drive had become too unstable to continue rescue efforts and the focus would instead shift to a recovery operation.

The sinkhole opened late Thursday in the home's backyard, swallowing one of the home's four bedrooms.

Someone called 911, and a deputy reportedly found Jeremy Bush trying to pull his brother, Jeffrey, out of the hole when he arrived.

The deputy pulled Jeremy from the growing hole.

But Jeffrey Bush, 36, disappeared into the rubble.

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TOPICS: US: Florida
KEYWORDS: seffner; sinkhole
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1 posted on 03/01/2013 7:51:53 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Can Doomberg blame this on obesity ?


2 posted on 03/01/2013 7:56:18 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: George from New England

It was due to the sequester cuts to the anti sinkhole program.


3 posted on 03/01/2013 7:58:16 AM PST by shankbear (The tree of Liberty appears to be perishing because there are few patriots willing to refresh it.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why couldn’t that have been Soros?


4 posted on 03/01/2013 7:58:34 AM PST by dragonblustar (Allah Ain't So Akbar!)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

wow...

Numbers 16:31-33
31 As soon as he finished saying all this, the ground under them split apart 32 and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households, and all those associated with Korah, together with their possessions. 33 They went down alive into the realm of the dead, with everything they owned; the earth closed over them, and they perished and were gone from the community.


5 posted on 03/01/2013 7:59:00 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
it has proven somewhat common for sinkholes to open in Central Florida and swallow cars and houses

Marking florida off my vacation list.

6 posted on 03/01/2013 7:59:00 AM PST by bgill
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Most Florida homes are built on slabs. Probably the case here. Wouldn’t the rebar embedded the concrete tend to span sinkholes until the void became so large that the design loads were exceeded? Watch for building codes make every house slab self supporting from the perimeter of the home. Might become costly.


7 posted on 03/01/2013 7:59:46 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

this is an odd story, would like to know more about the man and his family living in the house.


8 posted on 03/01/2013 8:04:44 AM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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To: George from New England
Wouldn’t the rebar embedded the concrete tend to span sinkholes until the void became so large that the design loads were exceeded?

Yes, but the foundation was designed to be supported by soil throughout the entire base. It quickly exceeds design without that support. It was a slab, not a bridge.

Watch for building codes make every house slab self supporting from the perimeter of the home.

Maybe they will also pass legislation that requires sinkholes to only form inside the perimeter of the home and forbid any sinkholes that form on the edges.

These sink holes rarely reach the surface and stay small. It is foolish to think you are going to design to keep the foundation intact while the soil continues to cave away.

9 posted on 03/01/2013 8:07:05 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Sometimes,, it’s just not your day.


10 posted on 03/01/2013 8:07:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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To: thackney

Insurance adjuster ...

The lost life is not covered by the policy but the clothing the victim was wearing at the time will be reimbursed. Here is $10.


11 posted on 03/01/2013 8:09:53 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

On the upside, the family saved the cost of burial.


12 posted on 03/01/2013 8:11:17 AM PST by OKRA2012
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To: shankbear

Bush doomed by Bush’s fault.


13 posted on 03/01/2013 8:11:47 AM PST by TurboZamboni (Looting the future to bribe the present)
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To: DesertRhino

Dude, that’s some really bad karma.


14 posted on 03/01/2013 8:12:43 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Berlin_Freeper

“Sucks to be you!”


15 posted on 03/01/2013 8:13:43 AM PST by Redleg Duke ("Madison, Wisconsin is 30 square miles surrounded by reality.", L. S. Dryfus)
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To: MrB
You misspelled Koran...

Yes I know you didn't, but I couldn't resist, I simply couldn't

16 posted on 03/01/2013 8:14:01 AM PST by null and void (Gun confiscation enables tyranny. Don't enable tyranny.)
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To: null and void

heh... blame Moses or one of those guys.


17 posted on 03/01/2013 8:15:37 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: shankbear; All
"It was due to the sequester cuts to the anti sinkhole program."



18 posted on 03/01/2013 8:18:14 AM PST by musicman (Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
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To: OKRA2012

You are one hateful son of a bitch, aren’t you?


19 posted on 03/01/2013 8:21:55 AM PST by rhoda_penmark
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To: Berlin_Freeper

That sucks.


20 posted on 03/01/2013 8:22:52 AM PST by AD from SpringBay (We deserve the government we allow.)
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