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Warpy

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3. More likely to irrigation

Reply to jwirr (Reply #2)

Mon Nov 17, 2014, 05:14 PM

Nov 2014

although they can certainly be caused by flooding and especially by things like broken water lines.

What I find amazing is that no one has thought of geologists mapping the area for possible caverns close enough to the surface to cause sinkholes.

Still, the scariest one of all time has to be one in Guatemala:

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Three Sinkholes Leave Florida Neighborhood on Edge [View all] KamaAina Nov 2014 OP

I would be scared, too. PADemD Nov 2014 #1

Curious: What is the cause of sinkholes? Is it related to the flooding and climate change? jwirr Nov 2014 #2

More likely to irrigation Warpy Nov 2014 #3

Isn't this the republican part of Florida? kimbutgar Nov 2014 #4

Actually, it's rather purplish KamaAina Nov 2014 #5