{"id":532,"date":"2012-08-29T17:09:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-29T21:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/sinkhole-in-garage.html"},"modified":"2013-04-08T22:49:41","modified_gmt":"2013-04-09T02:49:41","slug":"sinkhole-in-garage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/sinkhole-in-garage.html","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole in garage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/sets\/72157631310277262\/with\/7889680392\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b500970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b500970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\r\nIn what the County Planner calls &#8220;central Lowndes County&#8221; there&#8217;s\r\na sinkhole in a garage,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/fVGd7XNSXeM\">\r\ndeeper than a hoe handle.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fVGd7XNSXeM\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889680392\/in\/photostream\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b504970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b504970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889680056\/in\/set-72157631310277262\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b507970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b507970c-pi.jpg\"    \/><\/a>\r\nMichael McCormick called me up yesterday and told me about this\r\nsinkhole in his garage at 4326 Norman Hall Road.\r\nNaturally he&#8217;s a bit concerned about this problem.\r\nHe thinks his insurance may cover it, but he&#8217;s looking for other\r\noptions in case.\r\nSo far, nobody seems to know what to do.\r\nWhich can&#8217;t be the case:\r\nthis isn&#8217;t the first sinkhole in Lowndes County.\r\nWe&#8217;re helping get the word out to help find whoever does know more about\r\nsinkholes and what resources are available to deal with them.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIt&#8217;s not only straight down and under the carport concrete.\r\n<\/p>\r\n\r\n<!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<a title=\"Far under the concrete\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889681086\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b50b970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b50b970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Far under the concrete\" \/><\/a>\r\n<a title=\"Sideways\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889680690\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b50e970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b50e970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Sideways\" \/><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889898020\/in\/set-72157631310277262\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\"   src=\"http:\/\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8037\/7889898020_bfd7f04aa4_m.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nIt&#8217;s also\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/dCdx0_NwOu8\">\r\nspongy towards the house.<\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dCdx0_NwOu8\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" width=\"420\"><\/iframe>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\r\n<small>\r\nPictures and videos by John S. Quarterman and Gretchen Quarterman\r\n<br \/>\r\nfor Lowndes Area Knowledge Exchange (LAKE), Valdosta, Lowndes County, Georgia, 28 August 2012.\r\n<\/small>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a title=\"Michael McCormick and Gretchen Quarterman\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/7889681796\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" class=\"at-xid-6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b513970c\" src=\"\/blog\/images\/6a0120a58214e4970b01761781b513970c-pi.jpg\"  alt=\"Michael McCormick and Gretchen Quarterman\"  \/><\/a>\r\nIt&#8217;s not just in the garage, either.\r\nMore tomorrow on the yard, and the shed, and what VSU said.\r\nAnd what about that new well nearby?\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n-jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In what the County Planner calls &#8220;central Lowndes County&#8221; there&#8217;s a sinkhole in a garage, deeper than a hoe handle. 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