{"id":8486,"date":"2014-04-21T11:55:12","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=8486"},"modified":"2014-04-21T11:58:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T15:58:59","slug":"sinkhole-under-houses-in-the-villages-florida-20-miles-from-sabal-trail-pipeline-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/04\/sinkhole-under-houses-in-the-villages-florida-20-miles-from-sabal-trail-pipeline-path.html","title":{"rendered":"Sinkhole under houses in The Villages, Florida, 20 miles from Sabal Trail pipeline path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nYet another sinkhole in Florida.\r\nAnd guess what goes within 20 miles of that Florida retirement community?\r\nThe proposed Sabal Trail Transmission methane pipeline.\r\nDoes poking holes in the already-fragile karst limestone\r\nthat holds up houses and contains our drinking water,\r\nanywhere in Florida or south Georgia,\r\nsound like a good idea to you?\r\n<p>\r\nSusan Jacobson wrote for Orlando Sentinel, 19 April 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2014-04-19\/news\/os-sinkhole-the-villages-20140419_1_the-villages-2-homes-large-sinkhole\">\r\nSinkhole in The Villages threatens 2 homes<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p style=\"float:right;width:260px;border:none;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2014-04-19\/news\/os-sinkhole-the-villages-20140419_1_the-villages-2-homes-large-sinkhole\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:280px\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trbimg.com\/img-535309f8\/turbine\/os-sinkhole-the-villages-picture-20140419\/968\/968x577\"><\/a>\r\nThis sinkhole was growing April 19, 2014 near 2 houses in The Villages.\r\n(Helicon Property Restoration)\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA large sinkhole has opened under two houses in The Villages.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nA picture provided by Helicon Property Restoration, which is working\r\nto stabilize the hole, shows a house teetering at the edge.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nVideo in report by Lisa McDonald for WKMG, Orlando, 19 April 2014,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/sinkhole-opens-up-in-villages-neighborhood\/25567446\">\r\nCrews fill sinkhole that threatened 2 homes in The Villages<\/a>:\r\n<\/P><!--more-->\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<object name=\"kaltura_player_1398095581\" id=\"kaltura_player_1398095581\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowScriptAccess=\"always\" allowNetworking=\"all\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" height=\"345\" width=\"560\" data=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_yh5i5tru\/uiconf_id\/12411312\"><param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"allowNetworking\" value=\"all\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.kaltura.com\/index.php\/kwidget\/wid\/1_yh5i5tru\/uiconf_id\/12411312\"\/><param name=\"flashVars\" value=\"\"\/><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\">video platform<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_management\">video management<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/solutions\/video_solution\">video solutions<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/corp.kaltura.com\/video_platform\/video_publishing\">video player<\/a><\/object>\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nMore from\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/articles.orlandosentinel.com\/2014-04-19\/news\/os-sinkhole-the-villages-20140419_1_the-villages-2-homes-large-sinkhole\">\r\nThe Orlando Sentinel<\/a>:\r\n<blockquote style=\"font-size:100%\">\r\n<p>\r\nThe Villages is a sprawling 55-and-older community that straddles\r\nSumter, Lake and Marion counties. The sinkhole is on the Sumter\r\nside.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/ferc\/pf14-1-sabal-trail-transmission\/update-2013-11-15\/draft-resource-report-1\/detail-maps-main-proposed-pipeline-path-by-sabal-trail\/rutland-and-withlacoochee-river-sumter-county-florida-in-general-project-description-by-spectrabusters-for-ferc-docket-no-pf14-1-000-15-november-2013-converted-by-spectrabusters\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none\" src=\"http:\/\/spectrabusters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/resource-158-150x150.jpg\"><\/a>\r\nThe rainy season, which is starting in Florida, increases the chance\r\nof sinkholes, experts say.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n&#8220;It&#8217;s Florida,&#8221; Carpenter said. &#8220;There are sinkholes everywhere.&#8221;\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nSo do we need a yard-wide pipeline in a hundred-foot-wide gash\r\nthrough the same fragile area?\r\nThe proposed path of the Sabal Trail Transmission fracked methane\r\npipeline goes between Rutland and Lake Panasoffkee, less than 20 miles west of The Villages.\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=s_d&amp;saddr=rutland,+fl&amp;daddr=the+villages,+fl&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FUBDuAEdK4YZ-ylvgye1id_niDGwe6yXUUzJ4A%3BFStkuQEdz7gc-ymZmqMdVsHniDFnr7SUmhI7VQ&amp;aq=&amp;sll=28.853056,-82.213333&amp;sspn=0.032025,0.036993&amp;t=h&amp;mra=ls&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.890901,-82.120236&amp;spn=0.079932,0.232952&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=d&amp;source=embed&amp;saddr=rutland,+fl&amp;daddr=the+villages,+fl&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=FUBDuAEdK4YZ-ylvgye1id_niDGwe6yXUUzJ4A%3BFStkuQEdz7gc-ymZmqMdVsHniDFnr7SUmhI7VQ&amp;aq=&amp;sll=28.853056,-82.213333&amp;sspn=0.032025,0.036993&amp;t=h&amp;mra=ls&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=28.890901,-82.120236&amp;spn=0.079932,0.232952\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small>\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Yet another sinkhole in Florida. 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