Posted on 08/10/2021 9:46:27 AM PDT by sodpoodle
On Monday, residents of a condo in Miami were ordered to evacuate by 8 am Tuesday morning after the building was deemed 'unsafe' by city officials Hundreds of residents of the 138-unit building were evacuated as the city works to relocate them until they can come home The building was first placed on the unsafe structure list back in May and was ordered to undergo repairs City of Miami officials claim that instructions for proper repairs where given to the building's engineer for weeks but were not followed The city of Miami currently has 2,439 buildings on its unsafe structure list This evacuation comes six weeks after the collapse of the Champlain Towers which killed 98 people ..................................................... Hundreds of residents of an eight-story condo building in Miami were ordered to evacuate after the building was deemed 'unsafe' by city officials.
Monday night residents of the 138-unit building at 5050 NW Seventh St. lugged belongings to their vehicles as they were ordered to be out of their homes by 8 am Tuesday morning, news outlets reported.
'My grandfather just comes in the house screaming that we have to leave immediately,' resident Mya Ncastanedo told WSVN. 'If this building is demolished, there goes our property ... and all our memories from growing up here.'
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Quit abusing the Breaking news sidebar.
During the late 70’s there was a building boom going on in Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties.
This may just be the tip of the iceberg.........................
I wonder who was in charge of building inspections back then and how much he made off with?
Those 3 counties have been run by Democrats since Jesus was a carpenter...................
“As of Tuesday, there are currently 2,439 buildings on Miami’s unsafe structure list, according to city data.”
Was it because they weren’t wearing mask inside the building?
All it takes is for a little hurricane to come along like ANDREW or MICHAEL and they will topple like a House of Cards..................
Well, yes. That’s the way it usually goes in urban areas.
I was just wondering if the guys responsible for allowing substandard construction could be identified or if it would just stop with the building owners.
Those guys are probably long retired or dead..........
No history of the building itself was given.
I am actually surprised that the Death Toll from the Building Collapse only took 98 Lives given the time it happened.
I thought it would have been more than 200 after watching the Video.
BTW - If DeSantis runs for POTUS in 2024 the Media will make certain that he was directly responsible for the collapse.
Many were there during both and still there
Andrew was almost 30 years ago.....................
That bldg was put up around 2000 +- after Andrew and under upgraded codes, plus it not even close to the shore
Close to the shore doesn’t really matter all that much when the winds are 150+ mph.................
“The city of Miami currently has 2,439 buildings on its unsafe structure list.”
Not a good record. I lived and worked in Coral Gables, back in the mid-70s, and we never heard of buildings collapsing or an “unsafe bldgs list”.
East side will not see anywhere near that
150 mph, thats funny
thats because they were putting them up at that time.
Worked for Bell Tel in the 70/80 in S Fl and we couldn’t wire the places quick enough. Some were being occupied b4 we could service them. Boom town
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