Second Sinkhole Appears, Another sinkhole has emerged in Tampa, Florida, only days after a huge sinkhole swallowed up Jeff Bush on Feb. 28, heralding the beginning of Florida’s notorious “sinkhole season.”
Spring is known as sinkhole season in west central Florida, which has a particularly porous karst, or limestone, geology that’s prone to creating the unexpected depressions. Reported KDVR....
According to WTVT, the 12-foot-wide second sinkhole emerged between two houses in the Seffner neighborhood, and has yet to cause any structural damage or harm to the neighbors.
Local officials are investigating the new sinkhole to determine what is to be done about it, noting that the hole is about 10 feet deep.
“Oh God, it’s scary, you never know what could happen,” Katia Varga, who lives two doors down from the new sinkhole told WTVT. ”See it happened to that man? It happened to our neighbor; it could happen to anyone. You got to watch out and be safe.”
The deadly sinkhole that killed Jeff Bush was finally exposed to public view on March 4, after the house that stood there was entirely demolished. The demolition revealed a massive gash in the ground that now measures 30 feet across and between 30 and 100 feet deep.
