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The tilting on San Francisco's Millennium Tower is causing a plumbing problem
SF Gate ^
| 24 Sept 2021
| Andrew Chamings
Posted on 09/24/2021 7:00:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: Mount Athos
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posted on
09/24/2021 7:54:52 PM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Donald J. Trump is my president, not the Commander-in-Thief, brain-dead Joseph Stolen)
To: DUMBGRUNT
The building's tilt — now about 22 inches to the west due to the northwest corner sinking about 18 inches — may be causing lateral sewage pipes to not drain correctly and has already resulted in “some plugging” on the third floor I wonder who was the 1st person to say "Oh, crap!" ;-)
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:04:29 PM PDT
by
Paul R.
(You know your pullets are dumb if they don't recognize a half Whopper as food!)
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:05:13 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Mount Athos
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:07:57 PM PDT
by
vpintheak
(Live free, or die!)
To: frogjerk
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:09:50 PM PDT
by
Revel
To: DUMBGRUNT
Fortunately, San Francisco no longer uses indoor plumbing, so no problem. I wonder if the poop tracker map has a symbol for poop waterfalls?
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:17:06 PM PDT
by
noiseman
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
To: frogjerk
“Is this thing going to fall over?”
As the building topples over, I can imagine hearing the occupants whooping it up like the Slim Pickens character in DR. Strangelove.
To: DUMBGRUNT
In the email from Hamburger, obtained by NBC, the engineer told the city that “sewer lines must slope (minimum of 1/8” per foot) …
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Standard pitch for horizontal drain lines is to drop 1/4” for every foot of run. So these building drain lines are beginning to approach dead flat. This would minimally produce a very uncomfortable floor to walk across with the building being that out of level.
With the building itself almost 2 feet out of plumb, it has to be putting undue stress on the structure. Hi-rise buildings are all designed to sway, but they’re not designed to rest out of plumb. What if an exceptionally strong wind pushes on the building in the same direction it’s already tilting?
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:26:09 PM PDT
by
Flick Lives
(We may or may not have reached herd immunity, but we've definitely achieved herd stupidity.)
To: mountn man
—”YUP!!! DUMBGRUNT :)”
I didn’t do nothing!
It was like that when I got here!!!
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:28:20 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: Paul R.
—”I wonder who was the 1st person to say “Oh, crap!” ;-)
He cashed his paycheck and went on an extended vacation!
No forwarding address?
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:30:34 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: noiseman
—”I wonder if the poop tracker map has a symbol for poop waterfalls?”
Going to be some unhappy people in the dropzone.
And on the opposite side, the window cleaners just quit.
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:33:27 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: BobL
cant sell condos its tied up in tons of litigation owners lost millions..snafu san franshitnogo
To: Flick Lives
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‘What if an exceptionally strong wind pushes on the building in the same direction it’s already tilting?”
That could be considered an act of God and the subsoil support team might be off the hook?
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posted on
09/24/2021 8:37:37 PM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
(("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message)
To: Mount Athos
To: DUMBGRUNT
Soon to be rechristened the William J. Clinton Millennium Tower.
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:09:56 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
To: DUMBGRUNT
To the west.
On a map that’s left.
Appropriate.
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:13:29 PM PDT
by
null and void
(No jab/no job = Only the compliant can work, they won't spread dangerous ideas around the workplace!)
To: PAR35
I wouldn’t worry about it.
Hahaha, AND i sure wouldn’t go anywhere near the place!
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:27:25 PM PDT
by
drSteve78
(Je suis Deplorable. STILL)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Forget it, Jake. It’s San Fecesisco.
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:35:46 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Comitia asinorum et rhinocerum delenda sunt.)
To: Wally_Kalbacken
Years ago I was speaking with a client that had to travel down there as an expert witness. I told him I’m glad it wasn’t me.
“Yeah - 100 different experts from around the country and 200 lawyers.”
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:40:42 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
To: PAR35
My thoughts exactly.
And down she goes.
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posted on
09/24/2021 9:45:08 PM PDT
by
Veto!
(Political Correctness Offends Me)
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