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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13601407/americas-sinkhole-alley-deadly-collapse-no-warning.html

. . .

A lot of insurers dropped sinkhole damage already
or charge unbearable premiums.

Central Florida, pretty much from north to the
south, is "Karst" limestone. Over aeons it has
been EATEN AWAY underneath. All voids and caves
and such. I actually dove into one area, full
cave rig, and - well - it's all Swiss cheese
with more Swiss than cheese. Even ground-
penetrating radar can't look deep enough to
see if there's a big void underneath.

But the roof WILL cave in - and then the ground
above gets sucked-down, sometimes QUICK. There
have been recent deaths from "instant sinkholes"
and a big condo building near Orlando also went down.

In Florida they call that area the "lake district",
but they aren't "lakes", they're sinkholes ...
some half a mile across.

5 million years from now the entire middle of
Florida will be one long lake, 200 miles long
and 50+ miles wide. With all the 'development'
it may be a lot sooner. In short you're rolling
the dice to build ANYTHING there. You have to
pay $$$ for someone to drill several DEEP holes
in the property to see if there's a void. If
revealed, well, now you have to TELL any potential
buyers, so the property is worth 79 cents.

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