Entire Side of Condo Building Collapses Near Miami Beach

@Robert59 In the article I read, an inspector remembered seeing a report about the building years ago when he heard about the collapse. Apparently the mayor at the time didn't want to jump to conclusions about the degree of safety (or lack thereof). This is a tragedy that should have been prevented. I smell lots of lawsuits.
 

A report last year revealed the 12-story condo building that killed one person and left 99 missing when it collapsed on Thursday was sinking and possibly in dangerous condition before the horrific event - sparking questions if the tragedy could have been prevented and how to prevent similar collapses in the future.

Authorities have not yet determined what caused the building to collapse and Miami-Dade police have opened an investigation - though Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said 'there has been no evidence found of foul play.'

The report, from last year, was uncovered as it was also revealed that recent construction work on the the roof could have triggered the collapse - and that the building was due to have its safety recertified in just months.

Shimon Wdowinski, a professor in the Department of Earth and Environment at Florida International University, told USA Today that he knew instantly which building had collapsed when he heard news reports because he had studied the building for the report published last year.

'I looked at it this morning and said 'Oh my god.' We did detect that,' he said.

His study was part of a wider look at how buildings in Miami were sinking generally with rising sea levels caused by climate change.

The Champlain Towers South sea-view condo development was built in 1981 by the late developer Nathan Reiber's company Nattel Construction at 8777 Collins Avenue in the southeast corner of Surfside, but the structure hasn't been updated significantly since then.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...led-year-ago-12-story-condo-SINKING-risk.html
 
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Pappy said:
If, God forbid, it was terrorist, I find it hard to believe that they only took down part of the building. It seems like they would go for the whole building.
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This would not be the first time that a building or a plane load of people were killed just because some terrorists were trying to kill one person.
As @Lewkat mentioned, authorities are talking about the family for the President of Paraguay having been in the condo, and so far, no trace has been found of them. With the building collapsing straight down like a demolition, it is going to be a while before they can find people under there.

Hopefully, some might survive, like a few did after the Twin Towers collapse.
If they wanted to take the building down, they probably would have done that; but if they just wanted to get particular people, and they knew where they were, then taking out half of the building would let the people involved know that it was deliberate.

Since only half disintegrated and fell, and the other half was fine, the theory that it was structure unsoundness that caused it , is not altogether plausible.
 
Just an interesting little thing that I was just reading about this condo building. It turns out that John McAfee also had a condo in that building.
So, last year, he had threatened to bring down some of the people who are running the human trafficking rings , three days after that he was arrested.
He told everyone that if it looked like he committed suicide, that he didn’t, and people are speculating that he might have had a “dead man’s switch “ in place if he were murdered/suicided.
It is possible that he also had information in the condo that the deep state did not want to come out.
We may never hear the real truth, but I am glad that it is being looked into.

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Chet said:
A pedestrian bridge collapsed in 2018 in Sweetwater Florida which is close to Miami according to the map. What's going on down there?
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This may be an early sign of what the future holds for seaside properties. The oceans are rising, and there is little that can be done to stop it. Anything built near the shorelines, on porous ground will begin to be at increasing risk of this kind of destruction as the ground becomes more saturated, and begins to give way. Forecasts for the future all say that the US will lose at least 15% of its land mass due to rising oceans, and Florida, and most of the Gulf and Eastern seaboards will be history in another 100 years, or so.
 
Don M. said:
This may be an early sign of what the future holds for seaside properties. The oceans are rising, and there is little that can be done to stop it. Anything built near the shorelines, on porous ground will begin to be at increasing risk of this kind of destruction as the ground becomes more saturated, and begins to give way. Forecasts for the future all say that the US will lose at least 15% of its land mass due to rising oceans, and Florida, and most of the Gulf and Eastern seaboards will be history in another 100 years, or so.
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Extract from the web:

"The Earth is currently undergoing a climate change of historic proportion, with sea levels rising noticeably from the melting of glaciers and icebergs. If the trend continues, the Maldives will be completely submerged in 30 years".
 
SeaBreeze said:
Did anyone see the flashes of light at the top of the building when it started to crash down? Did anyone on the news ever say what that was?

Info about the building construction.
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-u...ctural-damage-engineers-report-surfside-miami

Photos:
https://www.npr.org/sections/live-u...tion-wrought-by-the-florida-building-collapse
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Both hubby and I seen multiple flashes, SeaBreeze, with the last flash approx. mid way up the last of the condos before they, too, collapsed.

Sure makes one wonder, doesn't it?
 
SeaBreeze said:
Did anyone see the flashes of light at the top of the building when it started to crash down? Did anyone on the news ever say what that was?
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Photos of that building, before the collapse, show numerous large electrical boxes....probably Air Conditioning units...mounted on the rooftop. When the collapse began, there were probably a bunch of electrical "shorts" and flashes, as the wiring for these units was ripped apart, and "flashed".

https://www.google.com/maps/@25.8729206,-80.1208844,75m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m3!15m2!1m1!1s/g/11nnz9k0zs
 
Aunt Marg said:
Extract from the web:

"The Earth is currently undergoing a climate change of historic proportion, with sea levels rising noticeably from the melting of glaciers and icebergs. If the trend continues, the Maldives will be completely submerged in 30 years".
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This has been said for some time now, but seems not to be actually happening. Glacier Park in Montana said that the glacier would be melted by 2020, but when it was still there, they had to remove the sign.
http://lysanderspooneruniversity.co...-park-quietly-removes-its-gone-by-2020-signs/

Here is one of the many pictures showing that the ocean level has not risen as much as they are saying.


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Happyflowerlady said:
This has been said for some time now, but seems not to be actually happening. Glacier Park in Montana said that the glacier would be melted by 2020, but when it was still there, they had to remove the sign.
http://lysanderspooneruniversity.co...-park-quietly-removes-its-gone-by-2020-signs/

Here is one of the many pictures showing that the ocean level has not risen as much as they are saying.


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Very interesting, Happyflowerlady.

Must say this comes as a total shock to me.

I can't help but think about Venice Italy and other areas/countries.
 
Don M. said:
This may be an early sign of what the future holds for seaside properties. The oceans are rising, and there is little that can be done to stop it. Anything built near the shorelines, on porous ground will begin to be at increasing risk of this kind of destruction as the ground becomes more saturated, and begins to give way. Forecasts for the future all say that the US will lose at least 15% of its land mass due to rising oceans, and Florida, and most of the Gulf and Eastern seaboards will be history in another 100 years, or so.
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I don't think it's as much as rising oceans as they going where they used to be. A lot of south Florida ie beach front is built on what used a smattering of rocks, ponds, holes etc filled in to build anything from roads to buildings. Most areas like this have the ocean on one side and a bay/water way on the other. Alot of the beaches have needed a continuous supply of sand pumped on to it for decades they're that artificial. Alot of Dade County where building is needs pump stations like New Orleans being at sea level with a lot of rain/storms.

Are people building too close to the beach maybe. Are they being realistic if they think they can avoid a catastrophic event like this, a hurricane or the effects of intense moisture and heavy rain year round absolutely not.
 


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