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Florida Residents Please Beware Of The Deadly Sinkhole Near I-4

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“Florida Residents Please Beware Of The Deadly Sinkhole Near I-4.” I had no idea about this sinkhole which is called Mystery Sink but according to clickorlando.com, it sits at the north end of Orange County and is filled with water. It apparently sits at the deepest point in the entire state and is very close to I-4. I live in St. Petersburg but often go visit my sister in Orlando. I have passed by Mystery Sink plenty of times and did not notice.

Florida Residents Please Beware Of The Sinkhole (Mystery Sink)

The Orange County Regional History Center tells us that “Mystery Sink” is about 500 Ft deep or maybe even more. It’s weird that we don’t hear much about it seeing that it’s deeper than other notorious sinkholes like the 1981 Winter Park sinkhole and Deep Lake.

In 1970 a boy went scuba diving in Mystery Sink. Why? He was there with an instructor who was teaching about deep water diving. While the two were searching for a safety vest, the instructor noticed the 16-year-old boy was no longer with him. Sadly the boy had drowned and a massive search kicked off to find the boy’s body.

During the search for the body, another diver died trying to recover the teenage boy. Neither his nor the boy’s body was ever recovered. Since then there is a large fence around the area and you cannot go there without permission. There are always those who don’t follow the rules though, so I am warning you. Florida Residents Please Beware Of This Sinkhole Near I-4.

What Is The Exact Location Of Mystery Sink

Now to keep the owners privacy an exact location has not been given out but I’m sure you will notice it. Especially with the barbed wire fence around it. Im glad that this sinkhole is filled with water though. Imagine if a house was sitting on top of it and the house fell through. That does happen in Florida, and it’s very scary.

This Is The Least Safest Suburb In Florida

Would you say that living in the suburbs is the American Dream? I would say that it’s part of it. Many people want to live in suburbs because they tend to be a safer community. I currently live in St. Petersburg and St. Pete beach is considered a suburb. It ranks 355 out of 370. While St. Pete beach ranks rather low, it’s still not the least safest suburb in Florida.

Why would you want to live in the suburbs? Many people like it because of the schools, employment and safety. Well if you are looking to move to a safe suburb in Florida you have come to the right article. Smart Asset made a list of the safest suburbs in America. You can check out the full list here.

4 Florida suburbs are at the bottom of this list. Two of these areas are actually near where I live. I would have never known that 3 of these areas are considered the last safest suburbs. The suburb that is the least safest in Florida, is not a shocker. One of my favorite Florida rappers Golden Boy is from there. He talks a lot about his time growing up there and his hardships. Can you guess which city it is?

Below are the 4 Florida Suburbs that are the least safest in America. The study is based off of violent crime, property crime, vehicle mortality and drug poisoning mortality. The numbers are per 100k people. Do you live in one of these areas and disagree with the list? Feel free to email me Babs@wild941.com

  • Jacksonville Beach

    Jacksonville Beach is considered a suburb and it made the list for one of the most dangerous beaches in America. It ranked number 362 out of 370 on the “Safest Suburbs” list. According to the findings, Jacksonville Beach has 15.8 accident deaths per 100k people.

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  • Largo

    Largo is in the area where I live. It comes in at number 363 out of 370 on the “safest suburbs” list.  40.8 out of  100k residents die from drug related incidents.

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  • Treasure Island

    Treasure Island is also located in the Tampa Bay Area. I live about 30 minutes away from Treasure island. It came in at number 368 on this list. There are 3,112 property crimes per 100k residents.

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  • DeLand

    DeLand takes the award for the least safest suburb in Florida. It comes in at 369 on the list for the “Safest Suburbs” in America. On the entire list DeLand comes in second to last. They have 33.7 drug posing deaths. 19.2 accident deaths per 100 residents.

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Shandra “Babs” Littleton is a member of the WiLD Squad. She’s originally from Detroit but has spent most of her “grown-up” life in Fort Myers, Florida where she graduated from Florida Gulf Coast University. Babs loves to write about everything from Tampa concerts, to WiLD murders that happened in Florida, and her favorite businesses.

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