I know this is off topic …but you wrote they don’t build basements in Florida?
Wouldn’t that be the ideal area of the states to build them…the basements are so cool in the hot summer.
Up north north ..we have basements. Many people don’t have air conditioning and just sleep in their basements during the 2 weeks of hot weather we get.
I live on an island so I'm guessing it has something to do with the depth of the water table. So ideal if you don't mind having a flooded basement. I'm sure they can be built, but at much higher expense. Think about the above-ground cemeteries in New Orleans.
Remember, unless you're a government school graduate, in which case gets new information- Florida is seriously a lot of swamp at pretty close to sea level. There used to be a ton of sinkholes, because builders tried to dig and drain. Below Lake Osceola the bedrock is very very deep and on top of that are calcium deposits. The coastal homes have to be built on pylons driven all the way down to bedrock. Anything under land is expected to be calcium and water, or swamp and water, and if you want to dig a basement it would be like a reverse aquarium.
I know this is off topic …but you wrote they don’t build basements in Florida?
Wouldn’t that be the ideal area of the states to build them…the basements are so cool in the hot summer.
Up north north ..we have basements. Many people don’t have air conditioning and just sleep in their basements during the 2 weeks of hot weather we get.
Just asking.
I live on an island so I'm guessing it has something to do with the depth of the water table. So ideal if you don't mind having a flooded basement. I'm sure they can be built, but at much higher expense. Think about the above-ground cemeteries in New Orleans.
Well I never knew that…but it makes sense.
Up here we have cold frozen ground in the winter and we hold dead bodies until spring thaw before they can be buried.
The earth is certainly diverse.
Remember, unless you're a government school graduate, in which case gets new information- Florida is seriously a lot of swamp at pretty close to sea level. There used to be a ton of sinkholes, because builders tried to dig and drain. Below Lake Osceola the bedrock is very very deep and on top of that are calcium deposits. The coastal homes have to be built on pylons driven all the way down to bedrock. Anything under land is expected to be calcium and water, or swamp and water, and if you want to dig a basement it would be like a reverse aquarium.
So, no basements.
Well I never knew that…but it makes sense.
Up here we have cold frozen ground in the winter and we hold dead bodies until spring thaw before they can be buried.
The earth is certainly diverse.
I wonder what sort of person would downvote this. I can only give one upvote back.
This downvote on my innocuous comment,,.proves that the people of the earth are as diverse as the earth is geologically. LOL
Thanks for having my back Fren.