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To: yldstrk

“How pray tell?”

It’s happened before. If just one of the upper levels fall the weight will exceed the carrying capacity of the floor below it shearing the supports. A chain reaction ensues and the floors drop.

An explosion isn’t necessary, just poor engineering, substandard materials, careless installers, or a myriad of other factors.

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25 posted on 06/28/2021 9:46:35 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is. )
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To: Lurker

“Gently, Willis and his family led the woman with them to the first floor. The garage was flooded. They lifted the woman over a wall that had collapsed near the pool, and over a stretch of broken tiles. “At the moment, [focusing on saving the woman] takes your mind off it,” Willis said. “There is something else going on. When they got to the bottom floor, they found it had sunk at least three-four feet. There were chunks of concrete. There was debris”..


26 posted on 06/28/2021 9:55:33 AM PDT by chuck allen
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To: Lurker

Give me a fer instance of when it happened before.


37 posted on 06/28/2021 10:42:03 AM PDT by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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