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Title: SINKHOLE OPENS UP UNDER FLORIDA HOME WITH MAN INSIDE
Post by: dawiw on March 03, 2013, 09:31:01 AM
[youtube:36twnphn]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HksLcSbQNNo[/youtube:36twnphn]


Kinda scary man.
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Post by: Mermaid on March 03, 2013, 09:36:32 AM
When it's your time, it's your time. Whoa Nelly.
Title: Re: SINKHOLE OPENS UP UNDER FLORIDA HOME WITH MAN INSIDE
Post by: aitm on March 03, 2013, 09:42:25 AM
This is one of those things that one sticks in their memory so the next time someones says something stupid about a miracle cause the odds were just to great for it to be a coincident, you can point out, what was this then?
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Post by: Farroc on March 03, 2013, 09:57:08 AM
I heard about this on the news. It's hilarious.
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Post by: SGOS on March 03, 2013, 10:12:59 AM
I wonder what the odds are that you will be swallowed up by a sink hole in your lifetime? :-D
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Post by: stromboli on March 03, 2013, 10:22:07 AM
It appears we are now going straight to hell and bypassing the death/funeral entirely.
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Post by: _Xenu_ on March 03, 2013, 10:30:05 AM
Im not sure why people find this funny...
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Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 03, 2013, 10:38:57 AM
Quote from: "_Xenu_"Im not sure why people find this funny...
I agree and let this be a lesson to those among us who fail to say, "Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my hole to sink. If I should die before I wake, God sucks!"
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Post by: SGOS on March 03, 2013, 10:44:32 AM
Quote from: "_Xenu_"Im not sure why people find this funny...
It's actually a sad situation, but it's so strange that it tends to bring out a macabre humor.  That's just a guess.  It might also be that we're just a bunch of sickos.
Title: Re: SINKHOLE OPENS UP UNDER FLORIDA HOME WITH MAN INSIDE
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 03, 2013, 10:58:19 AM
Well thank god it didn't happen in an evangelical, snake handling church during a tea party meeting while Rush Limpballs and Sarah Pailin were in attendance. :shock:
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Post by: stromboli on March 03, 2013, 11:01:39 AM
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"Well thank god it didn't happen in an evangelical, snake handling church during a tea party meeting while Rush Limpballs and Sarah Pailin were in attendance. :shock:

If it did, I would truly believe there is a god.  =D>
Title: Re: SINKHOLE OPENS UP UNDER FLORIDA HOME WITH MAN INSIDE
Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 03, 2013, 11:09:48 AM
Quote from: "stromboli"
Quote from: "AllPurposeAtheist"Well thank god it didn't happen in an evangelical, snake handling church during a tea party meeting while Rush Limpballs and Sarah Pailin were in attendance. :shock:

If it did, I would truly believe there is a god.  =D>
But..but..atheism would die off and this site would change to HOLYSHITthereISaGod.com! :shock:
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Post by: wolf39us on March 03, 2013, 11:30:33 AM
I live about 20 minutes from there... Scary
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Post by: SGOS on March 03, 2013, 11:56:49 AM
Quote from: "wolf39us"I live about 20 minutes from there... Scary
Please make arrangements for someone to let us know if you get swallowed up by a sink hole.
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Post by: stromboli on March 03, 2013, 12:24:08 PM
Quote from: "wolf39us"I live about 20 minutes from there... Scary

That might solve the car issue, as well. If you hear a sucking noise anywhere in the vicinity, RUN.

(edit) and while I'm thinking about it, you might also want to upgrade your car insurance to "sinkhole".
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Post by: AllPurposeAtheist on March 03, 2013, 01:09:33 PM
Quote from: "wolf39us"I live about 20 minutes from there... Scary
This has the potential for giving a whole new meaning to your girlfriend going down on you. If you break up and she goes down then...well... It'll make breaking up easy and Neil Sedaka wrong. :P
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Post by: Jutter on March 04, 2013, 06:56:40 AM
Does groundwater depletion play a part in this?
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/gwdepletion.html (http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/gwdepletion.html)
QuoteWest-central Florida - Groundwater development in the Tampa-St. Petersburg area has led to saltwater intrusion and subsidence in the form of sinkhole development and concern about surface-water depletion from lakes in the area. In order to reduce its dependence on groundwater, Tampa has constructed a desalination plant to treat seawater for municipal supply.
I'll take that as a yes.

funny annecdote. My sister is worried a simillar thing could hapen in Den Helder, because -get this- groundwaterlevels are notoriously high over here.  :roll:
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Post by: Brian37 on March 04, 2013, 07:27:15 AM
Saw that story, sucks. Plus the family members are not going to get his body back.
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Post by: stromboli on March 04, 2013, 08:39:09 AM
Quote from: "Brian37"Saw that story, sucks. Plus the family members are not going to get his body back.

Yeah, but fortunately they saved a bundle on burial costs.  :-D
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Post by: Plu on March 04, 2013, 08:42:05 AM
Quotefunny annecdote. My sister is worried a simillar thing could hapen in Den Helder, because -get this- groundwaterlevels are notoriously high over here.  

I did hear reports that the province of Groningen is slowly sinking into the ground due to natural gas extraction, though. You can't just keep pulling stuff out of the ground and expect to keep the buildings above them straight.
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Post by: aitm on March 04, 2013, 09:57:42 AM
Quote from: "Plu"
Quotefunny annecdote. My sister is worried a simillar thing could hapen in Den Helder, because -get this- groundwaterlevels are notoriously high over here.  

I did hear reports that the province of Groningen is slowly sinking into the ground due to natural gas extraction, though. You can't just keep pulling stuff out of the ground and expect to keep the buildings above them straight.

Of course you can, with Gawds help...why he once kept the twin towers up long enough for almost everyone to get out safe and sound...ain't gawd great. (those that died were supposed to)