Neighbors in the area lovingly known as “Buttonwood Heights” were returning to a sense of normalcy Sunday evening after a weekend sinkhole drama.
Gone were the cement mixers, Villages Public Safety vehicles, Community Watch personnel and the Orlando television trucks.
By Sunday evening on Chalmer Terrace in the Village of Buttonwood, the street was filled with golf carts, neighbors chatting and a little – albeit nervous – laughter.
After pumping in truckloads of sand and cement, the chief geologist on site had proclaimed, “It’s a save!” that morning.
Two homes which had precariously hung on a cliff with a hole below as deep as 60 feet, had been saved from a sinkhole that had rapidly expanded Saturday morning. The sinkhole had been spotted back in January, but the work-in-progress seemed to be under control until Saturday morning.
Rich and Liz Corr, who live next door to the homes threatened by the sinkhole, returned from New York on Saturday to all of the chaos.
“Neighbors called to warn us. We had plenty of offers of a place to stay. People were afraid we might be out of our house, too,” said Liz Corr.
“It’s a testament to the friends who live here that they would be worried about us at a time like this,” she said.
A sense of relief swept over the neighborhood Sunday evening with neighbors peering over the yellow tape around the sinkhole site.
Sinkhole insurance was a hot topic of conversation.
Many felt a sense of “luck” that their homes had not been impacted.
“But then you never know what is going to happen next,” Liz Corr said.
But her husband, took it like a New Yorker.
“I am from New York,” he joked. “We have potholes bigger than this.”
For a look at the sinkhole site on Saturday, follow the link below:
http://villages-news.com/sinkhole-precariously-perched-two-homes-village-buttonwood/
For more information on sinkholes, follow the link below:
http://villages-news.com/warning-signs-sinkholes/
