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Balcony collapse at Malibu [CA] residence sends almost a dozen people onto rocks below
KTLA ^ | Génesis Miranda Miramontes, John Fenoglio, Erin Myers

Posted on 05/09/2021 2:00:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The owner of the home said she was renting her residence to a group of four people who said they were from Colorado, and she had told them they were not allowed to have parties.

After neighbors complained about the noise, the homeowner checked her security cameras and saw dozens of people inside of her home.

The Sheriff’s Department assisted with the closure of PCH to ensure that resources could reach the residence, Haralson said.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: balcony; balconycollapse; california; colorado; malibu
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1 posted on 05/09/2021 2:00:18 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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I wonder if this is related to the obesity epidemic?


2 posted on 05/09/2021 2:04:27 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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Let me guess, too many overweight slobs on the balcony.


3 posted on 05/09/2021 2:06:07 PM PDT by RightWingNutJob69
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To: BenLurkin

Writer almost sounds disappointed, like 15 would have been a record or something.


4 posted on 05/09/2021 2:09:49 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Any comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: BenLurkin

Home owner will be having an unpleasant phone call with insurance company tomorrow


5 posted on 05/09/2021 2:10:02 PM PDT by digger48
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To: BenLurkin

“closure of PCH” ????

The “authorities” are such party-poopers.


6 posted on 05/09/2021 2:14:21 PM PDT by Paladin2 (CAPILITAZATION? Don't ask.....)
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To: Jeff Chandler

“I wonder if this is related to the obesity epidemic?”

Much more likely that it was Global Warming which prematurely aged the structure.


7 posted on 05/09/2021 2:17:23 PM PDT by algore
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To: BenLurkin

Why is the Reporterette wearing a Mask while standing outside across the Street from the House?

I’m sure the moisture and Sea air took a toll on the old wooden support structure of that Deck.


8 posted on 05/09/2021 2:18:15 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: digger48; All

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TUSVdmITXY


9 posted on 05/09/2021 2:19:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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Not having been in Malibu for quite some years, I’d forgotten the PCH acronym.

My deplorable Bad....


10 posted on 05/09/2021 2:20:49 PM PDT by Paladin2 (CAPILITAZATION? Don't ask.....)
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To: BenLurkin

From the video, it looks like the deck was just above the shoreline. I wouldn’t be surprised if salt spray dissolved the joist hangers. Unless the used stainless steel hangers and nails, the salt air will corrode them.


11 posted on 05/09/2021 2:22:21 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: Kickass Conservative

“I’m sure the moisture and Sea air took a toll on the old wooden support structure of that Deck.

Likely poor bracketry and fastener deployment/selection too.


12 posted on 05/09/2021 2:22:48 PM PDT by Paladin2 (CAPILITAZATION? Don't ask.....)
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To: BenLurkin

This may be another (mis) adventure in Airbnd.
I’ll never understand people who will rent their property to perfect strangers, then get ‘outraged’ when they leave a mess or break some rules.


13 posted on 05/09/2021 2:22:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: digger48
Home owner will be having an unpleasant phone call with insurance company tomorrow

And then a lawyer because I'm sure there will be lawsuits galore.

14 posted on 05/09/2021 2:24:39 PM PDT by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: BenLurkin

Wow!

Amazing it wasn’t worse


15 posted on 05/09/2021 2:24:45 PM PDT by digger48
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To: BenLurkin
"The difference between you and me..."

Two And A Half Men Season 04 Episode 23 - Anteaters. They're Just Crazy-Lookin'

16 posted on 05/09/2021 2:25:46 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: algore

and rising sea levels washed out the underpinnings


17 posted on 05/09/2021 2:26:36 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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“Stay out of Malibu, Lebowski!”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yggQ3HbO0Wg


18 posted on 05/09/2021 2:27:51 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Paladin2

Those Houses have been there for years.

The outside shot of that Deck before the collapse make it look like it was original the House. The exterior upkeep for that House was lacking.

That Deck should have been able to support much more weight than those 15 Partygoers.


19 posted on 05/09/2021 2:28:20 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Don't blame me, I Voted for the guy who actually Won the 2020 Presidential Election...)
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To: BenLurkin

Erin Myers is scary hot


20 posted on 05/09/2021 2:28:23 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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