Surfside Condo Collapse

[jameslee32]

Why do we drive over some 220,000 bridges that have been found to have structural issues?

My guess is that if known, a shockingly high percentage of high rise buildings have similar findings.

What do you do if you’re a condo owner and find yourself in a similar position? Do you have the means to just up and leave? Can you sell??? If so are you just trading your life for someone else?

It’s truly a sad situation but I fear it won’t be the last event of its kind. We have thousands upon thousands of structures in need of repair and can keeps getting kicked down the road.

Public infrastructure vs. private enterprise. No reason these owners can't be called slumlords though.

 

[80 Proof]

As a direct result of the poor woman who was 8 months pregnant who got killed 20 years or so ago when a piece of a parking garage was knocked loose by a car falling directly on her, happened a block from my office, just an unbelievably unlucky tragedy.

That is not a city owned garage. That was a horrible event though.

 

[BigBlueDave_rivals76951]

Live link to the remaining tower demolition:



Edit: Not exactly imminent.
CBS4 Miami @CBSMiami
BREAKING NEWS - Demolition of remaining building at site of Surfside condo collapse will take place between 10pm and 3am according to @MayorDaniella Levine Cava.



This guy has a reasonable computer sim of the original collapse:

 

[Tskware]

Live link to the remaining tower demolition:



Edit: Not exactly imminent.
CBS4 Miami @CBSMiami
BREAKING NEWS - Demolition of remaining building at site of Surfside condo collapse will take place between 10pm and 3am according to @MayorDaniella Levine Cava.



This guy has a reasonable computer sim of the original collapse:

Thanks, I had not seen that, but that sure looks reasonable