Demolition crews are working on razing the Florida home where a sinkhole opened up last week underneath a bedroom, swallowing a sleeping man. Jeff Bush, 37, was declared “presumed dead” by Hillsborough County officials on Sunday as rescue workers abandoned hope of recovering his body. Looking at photos of the Florida sinkhole , you can see why: The goal now is to demolish the rest of the house before efforts will begin to stabilize the sinkhole, said William Puz, a spokesman for Hillsborough County. The hole was about 30 feet wide and 60 feet deep and filled with clay and debris. It is unlikely that Bush’s body will ever be retrieved, officials said. Two nearby houses have been evacuated because the sinkhole has weakened the ground underneath them; residents probably will never be allowed inside. Bush, a landscaper, had moved into the four-bedroom home only two months ago; he shared it with his brother, Jeremy Bush, 36, and four others. A wrecking crew on Sunday began the demolition of the house, going about its job as carefully as it can to preserve any and all contents for survivors. Bush disappeared into the sinkhole under his bedroom Thursday night. The other occupants of the house, owned by the family of Jeremy Bush’s fiancee, were preparing for bed when they heard a loud crash and Jeff screaming. Engineers placed listening devices, microphones, ground-penetrating radar and other equipment testing the soil on the site to seek a safety zone. They looked extensively for signs of life, but never detected any. Sinkholes in Florida are largely caused by the state’s porous geological bedrock, according to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. As acidic rainwater filters into the ground, it dissolves rock, causing erosion that leads to underground caverns, which cause sinkholes when they collapse.
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Barack Obama took such a walloping from Mitt Romney at last week’s presidential debate that supporters say he needs to come back with a vengeance. With a George Costanza-esque “jerk store” zinger, if you will. Presidential Debate 2012 Obama-Romney (#1) In a classic Seinfeld episode, “The Comeback,” George is humiliated at work, only to think up the best retort days later and begin plotting its use against his adversary. More than one analyst has likened President Obama’s debate performance – and his behavior afterward – to Costanza. Not a guy you want to be compared to. During the debate, Obama had plenty of chances to hammer his Republican challenger, yet pretty much took a pass, saving his comebacks for the aftermath. Obama has released several statements in recent days calling Romney out on his supposed falsehoods from the Demolition in Denver. Too little, too late. Fortunately for the President, he has two debates left, recreating the setting to stage “The Comeback” Constanza once dreamed of. Let’s just hope it doesn’t backfire like this: Seinfeld – Jerk Store Worse debater : Obama Constanza View Poll »
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Images via reflex déco We always say that the greenest brick is the one already in the wall : that it’s better to revamp or refurbish an existing building than to build an entirely new one, even if the newcomer is as green as can be. Now the architecture firm Wepsi de Meuron Architekten has taken that logic to the extreme, restoring a 300 year old farm house in Central Italy that nearly burned to the ground in 1995. The building has been transfor… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Source: City of Providence, Rhode Island The City of Providence is staging a limited design competition to select the designer for the Providence River Pedestrian Bridge that will replace the old Interstate 195 Bridge that spans the Providence River. The bridge will create a new connection for pedestrians and bicyclists from the Fox Point and College Hill neighborhoods to Downtown and link two new wate… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: Pavlovsk Station, one of the world’s first seed banks begun by Nikolai Vavilov in 1926. Vavilov personally collected seeds of over 200,000 plants ( HuffPo ) It could be a potentially devastating loss for global biodiversity: we’ve caught word over at Huffington Post that the world’s largest collection of fruit and berries, housed in one of the world’s oldest seed banks outside St. Petersburg, Russia may be demolished later this year for a housing … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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I was saddened when Richard Moe announced his retirement as president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation; he was a huge influence, a strong and early voice delivering a message that the greenest building is the one already standing, that our urban, walkable and existing communities are among our greenest. I was excited yesterday to learn that his replacement, Stephanie Meeks, spent 18 years at the The Nature Conservancy , confirming a bond between the preservation and environmental movements. So what is the Preservation / Enviromentalism connection? We round up some … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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The Preservation/Environmentalism Connection: Stephanie Meeks Replaces Richard Moe
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There were so many people have watched the demolition of Texas Stadium just this morning April 11. 2010. This has been added in the Texas History because this is a remarkable day. If you want to watch the Texas Stadium Demolition Videos, the link below can help you. Texas Stadium Demolition Videos is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading
“They can blow it up, implode it, dynamite it—but they can’t take away the memories created there,” former Cowboys star receiver Drew Pearson said Friday. He plans to watch the demolition from a nearby building, “because I don’t want anybody to see me tearing up.” The old stadium for America’s team is about to become a pile of dust and rubble. With the push of a button at 7 a.m. Sunday, more than a ton of dynamite will blow Texas Stadium into pieces. In about one minute, down will go the buil
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