WAS worth $800,000
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Johali Lives
Me thinks they built a tad to close to the edge.
It wasn't too close when it was first built. A massive chunk of cliff, probably due to the low water level, cracked off. And the jutting piece next to it has a large crack, also.
pudge
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i see there going burn the house. was gonna wrap a big net and pull it away. i would like to see the net pull.
A large home built on a limestone cliff overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas will be intentionally set ablaze and destroyed Friday morning, hopefully before another landslide drops the home into the water.
Bales of hay saturated with diesel fuel will be placed inside the home and lit on fire at 10 a.m. Friday, the White Bluff Fire Department confirmed to NBC 5.
Randy Cephus, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, confirmed to NBC 5 that the homeowner had three options for removing the vacant home from the site before it falls into the lake.
The first option was to wrap the home with a large net and then pull it away from the edge of the cliff, so that the debris could be safely removed from the site.
That option was determined not to be feasible, leading engineers to consider the second option — burning the home to
the ground.
Officials did consider a third option: Letting Mother Nature eventually claim the home through landslides.
No matter which course of action was chosen, the homeowner will be responsible for the financial cost of the cleanup and removal of the debris.
The last option, which would likely include removing debris from Lake Whitney, is also the most expensive option.
A large home built on a limestone cliff overlooking Lake Whitney in Texas will be intentionally set ablaze and destroyed Friday morning, hopefully before another landslide drops the home into the water.
Bales of hay saturated with diesel fuel will be placed inside the home and lit on fire at 10 a.m. Friday, the White Bluff Fire Department confirmed to NBC 5.
Randy Cephus, with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, confirmed to NBC 5 that the homeowner had three options for removing the vacant home from the site before it falls into the lake.
The first option was to wrap the home with a large net and then pull it away from the edge of the cliff, so that the debris could be safely removed from the site.
That option was determined not to be feasible, leading engineers to consider the second option — burning the home to
the ground.
Officials did consider a third option: Letting Mother Nature eventually claim the home through landslides.
No matter which course of action was chosen, the homeowner will be responsible for the financial cost of the cleanup and removal of the debris.
The last option, which would likely include removing debris from Lake Whitney, is also the most expensive option.
mike honcho
Knuckleheads
Their insurance doesn't cover earth movement.So they are on the hook for all costs.
pudge
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that could hurt
mike honcho
Knuckleheads
I think this is their 2nd home.So they probably got the money to cover it.
HoneyBadger
I love short track racing (Taylor's Version)
Insurance has become such a ****** scam. I really feel bad when hurricanes hit and flood insurance says they won't cover stuff because it was a hurricane and homeowner's insurance won't cover stuff because it was a flood.