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Seffner sinkholes

Seffner is finally on the map and known worldwide… Now it is fallin’ in!

It is devastating what happened to the man who lived on Faithway Drive in Seffner. No one would have ever predicted someone would die due to a sinkhole.

Another sinkhole formed over the weekend in a parking lot in Pinellas County – just across the bridge from Tampa.  It made the news.  Well, if you blinked you would have missed the story.

But now a third hole has formed in my little town of Seffner and everyone is in a panic.

Sinkholes are not rare.  Here in Florida we live above an aquifer – or at least that is what I was told many years ago by someone who should know what he was talking about. Google it and you can probably see why a sinkhole could possibly form.  We build homes, roads, parking lots, shopping malls, you name it, all above this aquifer.  I’m not saying it is right or wrong, it is just a fact.  Another  fact is that Florida has 100000000s of sinkholes.  Ok, maybe not 100000000/ of them, but A LOT!  Google that too and you will see the numbers.  Now the world knows that Florida has a sinkhole ‘problem’ and everyone is freaking out.

But why live in fear or panic?   Doesn’t every area of the world have some sort of natural disaster which could cause death and destruction?   Tornadoes.  Monsoons.  Earthquakes.  Hurricanes.  Blizzards.  Now add sinkholes to the list.  Is there any place in the world that is untouched by Mother Nature?  Where ya gonna go? 

I will take my sunshine state and just hope my world doesn’t cave in too soon or blow away this 
summer. 

I also hope the insurance companies aren’t watching the news.

My thoughts are with the family and anyone affected by these tragedies.  

UPDATE:  I just read an article where the brother stated he felt rescue workers could have done more…. Seriously?  They saved YOUR life.   That sinkhole was a very unique situation.  The first responders, and everyone who assisted later, did the best they could do and I’m thankful they are here for all of us.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinkhole