Miami Condo Collapse

[Foxx]

Building skyscrapers on the beach never seemed like a real good idea to me. Surprised there isn't more of this. Probably a sinkhole. Sad to be sure.

 

 

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEFzxNsJ2oY

 

https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1408026041713561604

 

https://twitter.com/MiamiDadeFire/status/1407985836520574978

 

https://twitter.com/WxBrenn/status/1407974365057126404

 

 

https://twitter.com/ModernTimesLB/status/1407990525760733186

 

https://twitter.com/SamBrockNBC/status/1407988897154584576

 

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1407952934579675136

 

https://twitter.com/_rosiesantana/status/1407970894924992512

 

[LB3]

Prayers out for the people in that building.

[B-Man]

Update: WSVN obtained video-surveillance footage showing the collapse, and it’s massive:

 

 

It doesn’t appear to show any initiating event, but it’s from a distance.

 

 

[Ann]

 

 

https://twitter.com/dingledork44/status/1408065397023121414

[KD in CA]

1 hour ago, B-Man said:

Update: WSVN obtained video-surveillance footage showing the collapse, and it’s massive:

 

 

It doesn’t appear to show any initiating event, but it’s from a distance.

 

 

 

Wow. 

[SackMan518]

Supposedly there was some kind of shock wave test on an Aircraft Carrier off the Florida coast so I don't know if that had any effect on it. To me it seems like people spent extravagant money on condos that were poorly built. Not the first time a contractor put in the bare minimum and bailed town. It's unfortunate that something like this would happen in America where we have building codes.

[KD in CA]

40 minutes ago, SackMan518 said:

Supposedly there was some kind of shock wave test on an Aircraft Carrier off the Florida coast so I don't know if that had any effect on it. To me it seems like people spent extravagant money on condos that were poorly built. Not the first time a contractor put in the bare minimum and bailed town. It's unfortunate that something like this would happen in America where we have building codes.

 

While it cost me a ton of cash to renovate our house, it was comforting to have a GC we trusted and be able to see how the work was being done day by day.

[NCBillsFan]

 

[Sherpa]

19 hours ago, SackMan518 said:

Supposedly there was some kind of shock wave test on an Aircraft Carrier off the Florida coast so I don't know if that had any effect on it. 

 

Forget that theory.

[Koko]

Collapsed Miami condo had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s, researchers say

[devnull]

On 6/24/2021 at 6:01 PM, SackMan518 said:

To me it seems like people spent extravagant money on condos that were poorly built. Not the first time a contractor put in the bare minimum and bailed town. 

 

Not only that, but ultimately this condo was built by A Florida Man

[KD in CA]

36 minutes ago, devnull said:

 

Not only that, but ultimately this condo was built by A Florida Man

And inspected by a Florida Man in 2018, where he pointed out all sorts of structural problems.  Oops.
 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/engineer-warned-major-structural-damage-years-florida-condo-collapsed-n1272445

[RochesterRob]

On 6/24/2021 at 6:01 PM, SackMan518 said:

Supposedly there was some kind of shock wave test on an Aircraft Carrier off the Florida coast so I don't know if that had any effect on it. To me it seems like people spent extravagant money on condos that were poorly built. Not the first time a contractor put in the bare minimum and bailed town. It's unfortunate that something like this would happen in America where we have building codes.

  Just because something is built to spec does not mean that the spec(ifications) are close to good enough.  Anybody ever see a Ryan home thrown up on a lot?  Unless I am really strapped for cash 2 X 6's are being used in the frame on the windward side of a house being built in WNY.  

[Foxx]

5 hours ago, RochesterRob said:

  Just because something is built to spec does not mean that the spec(ifications) are close to good enough.  Anybody ever see a Ryan home thrown up on a lot?  Unless I am really strapped for cash 2 X 6's are being used in the frame on the windward side of a house being built in WNY.  

I have retrofitted a good number of Ryan Homes. I can always tell when it was Ryan built. A major characteristic that I have seen on a good number of them, is that they don't use plywood for the exterior but rather a fiber board. 

 

This one job kinda took the cake though. I was doing a bathroom remodel and part of the job was running an exhaust vent outside.  The house was vinyl sided so in order to have to hole sit on the siding properly, the position was determined from the outside and drilled into from there. Essentially, what should have been a tough hole to drill popped right through... because there was no band joist between stories.

 

[RochesterRob]

14 minutes ago, Foxx said:

I have retrofitted a good number of Ryan Homes. I can always tell when it was Ryan built. A major characteristic that I have seen on a good number of them, is that they don't use plywood for the exterior but rather a fiber board. 

 

This one job kinda took the cake though. I was doing a bathroom remodel and part of the job was running an exhaust vent outside.  The house was vinyl sided so in order to have to hole sit on the siding properly, the position was determined from the outside and drilled into from there. Essentially, what should have been a tough hole to drill popped right through... because there was no band joist between stories.

 

  Just not a fan of prefab homes and maybe I am being too harsh.  A guy about a mile down an around the corner threw a prefab home up last summer and it just made me cringe.  I believe although not a Ryan (they usually have a contractor put up their sign) it was a staple together job.

[mead107]

Feel bad for families that had friends and relatives living in the building. 
 

 

[Ann]

This may end up political since some are blaming the wrong person(people) for delays:

 

 

 

[B-Man]

 

 

 

WaPo journo pretending DeSantis let people die AFTER condo collapsed FACT-DROPPED in a glorious way

 

 

[RochesterRob]

47 minutes ago, B-Man said:

 

 

 

WaPo journo pretending DeSantis let people die AFTER condo collapsed FACT-DROPPED in a glorious way

 

 

  The scary part is that you know that puppet at WAPO had somebody shaking her strings getting that out.

[Ann]

56 minutes ago, RochesterRob said:

  The scary part is that you know that puppet at WAPO had somebody shaking her strings getting that out.

I posted the start of her tweets above. She definitely got the go ahead to smack him around, but was corrected by many people. I doubt WaPo cares what is correct when they want to shape a narrative.