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Parking garage collapses in NYC, officials warn injuries, death totals may ‘change rapidly’
NY Post ^ | 4/18/23 | Joe Marino and Craig McCarthy

Posted on 04/18/2023 2:00:19 PM PDT by CaptainK

Multiple people were trapped Tuesday after a parking garage collapsed in Lower Manhattan, officials said.

Shocking footage from the scene shows multiple cars on top of the concave roof as a woman get can be heard screaming, “Get out!”

A total of three people were hurt, two minor and one more serious but not critical, according to fire officials, but that number was expected to increase.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: collapse; garage; jimknowsdonors; manhattan; nyc
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To: OHPatriot

“We can get an extra $1,000 a day if I use the roof for parking. I’ll get employee of the month for sure now!”


61 posted on 04/18/2023 3:19:35 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: Tell It Right

I’d be interested in when the parking deck was made


Same here.


62 posted on 04/18/2023 3:22:30 PM PDT by Jane Long (What we were told was a conspiracy theory in ‘20 is now fact. Land of the sheep, home of the knaves)
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To: Yo-Yo

Vermont liberal lunatics were touting the heavy weight of EVs as a benefit that ‘helped keep them on the road’ during our brutal winters. Ice doesn’t care how much you weigh.


63 posted on 04/18/2023 3:32:17 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: Angelino97

I doubt she could drag her own weight any distance, fire or no fire.


64 posted on 04/18/2023 3:40:07 PM PDT by tomkat (SOTU = FUBAR)
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To: CaptainK
Someone mentioned in the remarks section about the weight of EVs. Also mentioned that there may have been too many cars on the roof, exceeding the weight allowed.

Before I retired some years ago, I parked in a 5 level parking garage. A few years before I retired, public parking was moved from the top floor to the ground floor and long term parking was reduced so that just a few cars would need to park on the top level. I am guessing criminal activity and gross incompetence is involved with this collapse...

65 posted on 04/18/2023 3:42:27 PM PDT by EVO X ( )
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To: BenLurkin

OK, say I’m the owner of the red car/van in the upper right-hand corner of the picture say before the collapse. How long will it take the staff to fetch me my car and how many cars will have to be moved before they can get it out?

Here’s the Japanese approach. The first part is bikes, the second cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voYdl7IFZsM


66 posted on 04/18/2023 3:43:13 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: Angelino97

She is there in case a midget needs a carry out.


67 posted on 04/18/2023 3:44:31 PM PDT by Mouton (The enemy of the people is the media )
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To: BenLurkin

They turn apartment buildings into parking garages now ?


68 posted on 04/18/2023 3:53:32 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Angelino97
A couple of generations ago, there's no way that tiny woman would have qualified as a "fire fighter" (used to be firemen). Yet she's at the scene of the garage collapse, taking up space that could be occupied by a man who could be of use.

There's something to be said for rescue personnel who can fit into smaller confined spaces. Since child labor laws preclude using teenage and pre-teen boys, women might be the next best fit.

69 posted on 04/18/2023 3:57:18 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: CaptainK

A conversation from this past Monday “Hey honey, I found this great parking lot, it’s cheap and it’s near a bunch of great restaurants. It’ll be perfect for our new Range Rover”


70 posted on 04/18/2023 3:58:11 PM PDT by newnhdad (Our new motto: USA, it was fun while it lasted.)
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To: CaptainK

Wow… before 4:30 pm.


71 posted on 04/18/2023 4:02:35 PM PDT by momincombatboots (BQEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: CaptainK

Florida has sinkholes. New York City has “stinkholes”.


72 posted on 04/18/2023 4:04:00 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: T.B. Yoits

That is not a crazy idea. Hubby is big handed and I have very small paws. When he is working on a project he often calls for help when space is tight. Good things/small package sometimes.


73 posted on 04/18/2023 4:05:05 PM PDT by pnut22
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To: CaptainK

“Someone mentioned in the remarks section about the weight of EVs.”

The suitcase sized batteries add thousands of pounds to what would have once been considered a compact car.

A new Tesla Model X weighs 1,200 pounds more than an all steel 2000 BMW 740i.

As more and more people get EVs, the weight would have never been imagined by parking garage designers. Think of 20 - 30 Evs in an old parking garage.

We will see more of this.


74 posted on 04/18/2023 4:06:06 PM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

They will all be rendered OBSOLETE in short order.

ND-—WHERE will materials come from to rebuild them?

Steel frame NEEDS fossil fuels to create girders.


75 posted on 04/18/2023 4:25:38 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: CaptainK

Heavy lift helicopters can do the job-—but EXPENSIVE.


76 posted on 04/18/2023 4:26:28 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: All

There WAS a simple solution: Mayor Adams should have issued an executive order repealing the laws of gravity for NYC.
But he blew it.
Maybe he will issue one now, too late for these victims.

And on the bright side, the victims will be sure democrat votes for the next century.


77 posted on 04/18/2023 4:29:01 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: Larry Lucido

My first thought! Yup, 400 lbs batteries?


78 posted on 04/18/2023 4:32:29 PM PDT by Joe Marine 76 ("Honor is a gift a man gives to himself." - Rob Roy MacGregor)
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To: CaptainK

That structure should never have been used (and/or approved) for vehicle parking/storage.


79 posted on 04/18/2023 4:34:27 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: jjotto

thx...


80 posted on 04/18/2023 4:37:23 PM PDT by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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