How would you like to wake up to this !!
This sinkhole opened up yesterday (about 10 miles west of my place) and has been growing since. At noon today it was approximately 200 ft by 75 ft, still growing, estimated at 100 ft deep. They further estimate it is filling by approximately 10 million gallons per hour (not a typo or misprint).
The house was emptied yesterday, the foundation is ruined and will probably be condemned. Another sinkhole opened up this morning a short distance away in the front yard of a co-worker of mine. The second one is stable right now, but they don't know what will happen when they attempt to close the first one. When I spoke with him at about 5pm, they were sitting there watching it (not much else you can do) praying it would not swallow their home. It's not close enough to the home to be a danger right now, none the less they removed their valuables and some of their stuff this morning, and will be staying with relatives tonight. The area has been evacuated and the Sheriff's Dept is not letting anybody in.