Florida Man Swallowed by Sinkhole While in Bedroom

[Matt308]

I can understand the answer. Until the edges of the sinkhole exceed the footings of the house, you could lose all the flooring the whole house and likely not have it collapse with no live load on the inside bearing surfaces. Kinda like a dome supported at the edges and the loads bearing on the upper structure. No internal live loads and it is a static load bearing standoff.

 

[meatloaf109]

Florida is one big sandbox. What isn't sandstone is swamp. About 10 years ago I moved a family out of a house that had cracked down the middle because the ground under half of it was giving way. Multi-million dollar place, mind you. Just outside of Ft. Lauderdale. I have always called that place "god's waiting room". They will keep building and pumping ground water out until the entire state collapses.