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Florida sinkhole swallows parts of resort near Disney World
CNN ^ | August 12, 2013 | AnneClaire Stapleton

Posted on 08/12/2013 5:38:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A 60-foot-wide sinkhole formed under a resort in central Florida late Sunday, forcing guests out of their rooms as one three-story building collapsed and another slowly sank.

Guests at the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, about 10 minutes from Walt Disney World, called for help before the collapse, saying they heard loud noises and windows cracking. All guests inside the buildings -- an estimated 35 people, authorities said -- were evacuated before the first structure crumbled.

A roughly 15-foot-deep crater swallowed much of one building, Lake County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Tony Cuellar said. Aerial video from CNN affiliate WFTV showed one end of the building -- which had held two-bedroom, two-bathroom villas -- still standing, but the rest reduced to a pile of debris.

The evacuation started after 10:30 p.m., when a guest told a security guard about a "window blowing out," said resort president Paul Caldwell....

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: disney; disneyworld; florida; sinkhole
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1 posted on 08/12/2013 5:38:50 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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I hate when that happens....hate Florida too.


2 posted on 08/12/2013 5:43:34 PM PDT by Mountain Mary (Breitbart is here.)
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3 posted on 08/12/2013 5:44:00 PM PDT by Dallas59 (Obama: The first "White Black" President.)
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4 posted on 08/12/2013 5:44:30 PM PDT by BipolarBob
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s swampland, isn’t it?


5 posted on 08/12/2013 5:46:29 PM PDT by Jane Long (While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“near” Disney World. Miles away from Disney World.


6 posted on 08/12/2013 5:46:57 PM PDT by SMGFan (SMGfan is not "Sub Machine Gun" fan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sounds like that security guard was on the ball - kudos for evacuating instead of telling everybody to shut up and go to bed.


7 posted on 08/12/2013 5:47:02 PM PDT by meyer (What would John Hancock do?)
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To: Mountain Mary

Florida was just not meant to be populated by humans. We should have left it to the alligators and insects. Nothing but one giant festering swamp that will someday rejoin the Atlantic Ocean.


8 posted on 08/12/2013 5:52:21 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: Jane Long

Nope. The problem is called Karst Topography. Search for it on the net.


9 posted on 08/12/2013 5:53:17 PM PDT by TaMoDee ( Lassez les bons temps rouler dans les 2013! Geaux, Pack, Geaux!)
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To: Mountain Mary
hate Florida too.

How charming.

10 posted on 08/12/2013 5:54:12 PM PDT by NautiNurse (That is retarted, Sir.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Potlatch - Sleep at the Swamp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgyMvmvotqk

[Anyone who’s slept outside in a remote swamp/jungle area should know what it means.]


11 posted on 08/12/2013 5:55:35 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of rotten politics smelled around the planet.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Places like Florida provide a valuable service. If people didn’t live there, the Rocky Mountains would be even more crowded.


12 posted on 08/12/2013 5:57:32 PM PDT by lurk
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To: SamAdams76

I’ll remember your comments while enjoying my garden fresh vegetables, bananas, oranges, tangelos, grapefruit, strawberries, & blueberries after each round of golf and swim in the pool this winter.


13 posted on 08/12/2013 5:58:44 PM PDT by NautiNurse (That is retarted, Sir.)
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To: SamAdams76

I agree. Sink holes, swamps, alligators, coral snakes, mosquitos, canals along the side of roads that swallow cars.....


14 posted on 08/12/2013 6:01:25 PM PDT by VerySadAmerican (If you vote for evil because you can't see evil, you ARE evil!)
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To: NautiNurse

OK, but I’m pretty sure I’ll be busy hiking in the woods with my snowshoes. Then after I’m done, I’ll go to the Whole Foods and get some of your Florida produce which I will consume while sitting in front of a crackling fireplace!


15 posted on 08/12/2013 6:01:54 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Is someone going around Florida throwing stone tablets with scripture on it?


16 posted on 08/12/2013 6:08:28 PM PDT by DannyTN
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Would it be wrong to hope for a sink hole to eat the rainbow colored and simply fabulous disney world?


17 posted on 08/12/2013 6:08:58 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (FROM MY COLD, DEAD HANDS!)
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wow....black holes in space, sink holes in Florida, and ###holes in Marthas Vinyard


18 posted on 08/12/2013 6:09:40 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: TaMoDee

Karst topography occurs in a number of areas of the country. Just 30 miles west of where I live (western Wisconsin) is a part of southeastern Minnesota that is karst country. You can see sinkholes all over the area. But none are huge. Many have trees growing out of them. Lots of caves as well.


19 posted on 08/12/2013 6:13:58 PM PDT by driftless2
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The area of Missouri south and west of Rolla is another area of Karst Topo. All you need is limestone and flowing ground water. (simplified example)


20 posted on 08/12/2013 6:32:46 PM PDT by TaMoDee (ll)
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