A consultant in 2018 urged the managers to repair cracked columns and crumbling concrete.
Posted on 06/24/2021 12:32:28 AM PDT by Enterprise
"Authorities are responding to Champlain Towers following a collapse of the 12-floor residential complex. There are reports of people screaming under the rubble.
More to follow!"
(Excerpt) Read more at citizenfreepress.com ...
Prayers up.
Thank you for the info.
They have found people alive in collapsed buildings due to earthquakes, days and weeks later. Though those were probably not 12 stories high.
Hoping for the best.
AS MANY AS 99 PEOPLE ARE REPORTED MISSING, MIAMI-DADE POLICE DIRECTOR SAYS
3 p.m.: As many as 99 people are reported missing and 53 people have been accounted for, Miami-Dade Police Director Alfredo “Freddy” Ramirez said. At least one person was confirmed dead earlier in the day.
Ramirez’s top aide, Lt. Carlos Rosario, cautioned that the count may not be accurate and that the numbers are just “the best we have right now.”
Rosario said the 53 who are accounted for are either residents of the building or they were supposed to be there when it collapsed. He wasn’t certain how county officials arrived at the number of missing people, and said it could be a combination of people coming forward saying a friend or relative is missing, property records or a list of names supplied by a property manager.
Read more here: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article252325348.html#storylink=cpy
they’re dead Jim...
compacted sediment on what was (at least in part) reclaimed marshland.
Gotta be climate change. /s
[snip] Residents — The population of Surfside is 5,700, according to CNN. The missing residents of Champlain Towers South include at least 34 Jewish residents, according to the Sun-Sentinel. There are five synagogues within walking distance of the condo. The missing people also include nine people from Argentina, according to a news release from the Argentine Consulate in Miami. There are also six citizens of Paraguay, including siblings of that country’s first lady, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Paraguay. In Surfside, 54% percent of its residents are non-Hispanic white, while 45% identify as Latino or Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. [/snip]
[snip] The area has a robust Jewish community and longtime ties to families from South America. Many Jewish and South American residents were reported to be among the missing. [/snip]
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/24/us/miami-surfside-building-collapse.html
BUILDING COLLAPSE: List Of Everyone Who Owns In Champlain Towers
https://bocanewsnow.com/2021/06/24/building-collapse-list-of-everyone-who-owns-in-champlain-towers/
99 feared missing in rubble of collapsed condo in Surfside as search, vigil continue
BY MARIE-ROSE SHEINERMAN, SAMANTHA J. GROSS, BIANCA PADRÓ OCASIO, DOUGLAS HANKS, AND DANIEL CHANG
JUNE 24, 2021 03:21 AM, UPDATED 7 HOURS 55 MINUTES AGO
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article252324218.html
[snip] Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 102 people survived and rescue teams were searching for 99 people. She said a huge task force of people will working through the night to help the search-and-rescue teams... Levine Cava said the 12-story building was built in 1981. It had more than 130 units and 55 collapsed... The building was in the process of doing work as part of its mandatory 40-year recertification, though an attorney for the condo said it’s too early to conclude that renovations to the roof that were underway can be connected to the collapse. [/snip]
Rescuers remove body from rubble of partially collapsed building in Surfside
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2021/06/24/partial-building-collapse-in-surfside/
On news this am said it was probably a sinkhole and engineers were there that day to try and secure it. It hadn’t been certified since the early 90’s and they knew there were issues of the building not being secure. Expect lawsuits will be coming.
Exactly
The limestone on the Atlantic coastline in Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach County is usually 10-30 feet below the sand and shells.
I have never heard about a coastal salt water sinkhole in those three counties.
At the rate they are “working” there, if anyone did survive in the upper floors, they’ll be dead before their corpses are recovered.
Sad, but something we have to expect in building collapses like this one.
Today’s reports say there are 159 persons missing.
God help their loved ones who are waiting for news of them.
PING
Of course they were. They were ignored.
Good thread, but old.
You are 24 days late.
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