Miami Apartment Building Collapse. Many Killed Or Missing

[Wally]

Moment building collapse leaves 1 dead & 99 missing as 'banging' heard in rubble

THIS is the shocking moment an apartment in Miami Beach collapsed, leaving at least one person dead and 99 others reported missing, as “banging” was heard beneath the rubble. Dozens wer…

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[rod]

I bet there are a bunch of contractors and inspectors heading for the hills.

 

[oldngray]

It sounds like the foundation. There must have been cracks as warning signs that were ignored.

Cue the lawyers.

 

[Wally]

It reportedly was sinking for some time now. Sinkhole maybe?

 

[oldngray]

It reportedly was sinking for some time now. Sinkhole maybe?

I think it was too close to the beach for sinkholes. Maybe there was construction nearby creating vibrations?

 

[Wally]

I think it was too close to the beach for sinkholes. Maybe there was construction nearby creating vibrations?

The sand base under the foundation obviously was shifting.

 

[oldngray]

The sand base under the foundation obviously was shifting.

And it didn't suddenly happen overnight. Sounds like criminal negligence by somebody.

 

[MECH-lift]

I read when the structure was built in the 80s they used light weight counter tops and flooring. Then everyone got fancy and installed granite counter tops and heavy tile floor....may have been too much weight.....OR IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB

 

[DriveInDriѵeOut]

...OR IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB

I mean....

DeSantis said that hotels and accommodation would be organized for displaced residents, which Cava said was in a "predominantly Jewish community."

 

[Box Ox]

I read when the structure was built in the 80s they used light weight counter tops and flooring. Then everyone got fancy and installed granite counter tops and heavy tile floor....may have been too much weight.....OR IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB

 

[Old Man Jingles]

I read when the structure was built in the 80s they used light weight counter tops and flooring. Then everyone got fancy and installed granite counter tops and heavy tile floor....may have been too much weight.....OR IT WAS AN INSIDE JOB

 

[Wally]

Built on fill. Sinking for years.

MSN

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[oldngray]

Built on fill. Sinking for years.

MSN

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That guy made a lot of assumptions with few facts. The building was sinking a couple of millimeters 30 years ago but he has no more recent dats on whether it was still sinking. A very likely possibility but need more facts and less guesswork. Almost certainly there had been problems for years that got ignored though.

It was built on fill? Aren't the codes for tall buildings there for the foundation to go down to bedrock?

 

[Wally]

That guy made a lot of assumptions with few facts. The building was sinking a couple of millimeters 30 years ago but he has no more recent dats on whether it was still sinking. A very likely possibility but need more facts and less guesswork. Almost certainly there had been problems for years that got ignored though.

It was built on fill? Aren't the codes for tall buildings there for the foundation to go down to bedrock?

Most of Florida is built on fill I believe.

 

[MECH-lift]

RIP FLORIDA , I can see this happening more and more in the near future.

 

[DriverNerd]

The problem with Florida along the coast is that their "bedrock" is limestone (not something solid like granite) which is porous and lets water through. This is turn can either let water to the surface to damage foundations or can cause the rock to wash away/become damaged and collapse (causing a sinkhole).

 

[Old Man Jingles]

RIP FLORIDA , I can see this happening more and more in the near future.

Yeah!!!
All you friend-ing Yankees stay up North and stop going to Florida.

 

[Wally]

Yeah!!!
All you friend-ing Yankees stay up North and stop going to Florida.

There would be no "Florida" without those Yankees" dollars flowing in.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

USA TODAY

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[FedUPSer9816]

A 2018 report shows that there were major concerns with the building then.

Four of the five victims killed in Florida building collapse were identified. 156 people remain unaccounted for

The death toll in the Surfside, Florida, residential building collapse has risen to five, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said at a Saturday evening news conference.

www.cnn.com