It happened near Tampa. Could it happen here?
AP PHOTO/CHRIS O'MEARA
Demolition experts watch as the home of Jeff Bush, 37, is destroyed Sunday, March 3, 2013, after a sinkhole opened up underneath it late Thursday evening swallowing Bush, 37, in Seffner, Fla. The 20-foot-wide opening of the sinkhole was almost covered by the house, and rescuers said there were no signs of life since the hole opened Thursday night.
AP PHOTO/CHRIS O'MEARA
Demolition experts watch as the home of Jeff Bush, 37, is destroyed Sunday, March 3, 2013, after a sinkhole opened up underneath it late Thursday evening swallowing Bush, 37, in Seffner, Fla. The 20-foot-wide opening of the sinkhole was almost covered by the house, and rescuers said there were no signs of life since the hole opened Thursday night.
News of a natural disaster always prompts the thought, “Can it happen here?” In the case of sinkholes, the answer is yes, but it’s not likely.
A sinkhole in Seffner, near Tampa, claimed the life of Jeff Bush Thursday night. Then, Monday afternoon, another sinkhole opened up just a few miles away; officials believe it’s not connected to the earlier one.
