Shamoka Furman was on the job 5 months before....
Surfside security guard describes climbing through rubble to escape building collapse
Surfside security guard describes climbing through rubble to escape building collapse
Anyone else having trouble accessing the article? It just shows a blank page for me.Shamoka Furman was on the job 5 months before....
Surfside security guard describes climbing through rubble to escape building collapse
Anyone else having trouble accessing the article? It just shows a blank page for me.
Mimosa I just tried it and it worked. I'll post part of the article and renew the link, ok?Anyone else having trouble accessing the article? It just shows a blank page for me.
Great article. Thanks for posting. So interesting to read about the approach to find victims. There’s one picture of the floors marked 12 thru 10 (or 9) that really shows how it pancaked and why there were so few survivors. Mere inches between floors. I thought I understood it before but seeing it made a huge difference to me.This is a very interesting article (from a South Florida newspaper) about the Israeli search team's assistance in the Surfside collapse, and how they approach search & rescue and recovery. It gives more insight into the 3D modeling they used to help locate victims, their approach to find out as much as possible about the possible victims to help locate them, and also their use of small items located in the rubble to help determine which victims they might be honing in on. Amazing stuff.
Great quote: before getting the US approval to come and assist: “It took us a few days to prove our uniqueness, our efficiency; why it was worth schlepping us, commuting us, from halfway across the world to help the U.S."
Surfside condo collapse: How Israeli team found majority of victims
What a horror story.Shamoka Furman was on the job 5 months before....
Surfside security guard describes climbing through rubble to escape building collapse
I have noticed how many of the condo board members sold their condos since 2015 and got the heck out of Dodge. That is a story that should be followed up on...who has sold a condo at Surfside since the first building study. Who knew about the structural issues, and bailed ASAP. And, were those issues disclosed during the sales?
That bothered me from the beginning, but when I would bring it up, people took my concern as victim blaming, which wasn’t my intention.
The conditions of the building were public knowledge to all who lived there. The people who chose to leave shouldn't be shamed for getting out.No, that definitely isn't "Victim Blaming". If there are instances of people who KNEW about the dangers of the building, and sold property, based on the knowledge, and DID NOT disclose the information about the condition of the building at the time of sale, it is a huge issue.
The conditions of the building were public knowledge to all who lived there. The people who chose to leave shouldn't be shamed for getting out.
BEARS10 some outlets must have heard your concerns. I think it would be important to tell a potential buyer the HOA fees were going to be drastically increased or a special assessment was about to be levied because of deferred maintenance issues, regardless of what needed to be repaired. Who in a million years would equate the words "deferred maintenance" with the collapse of a building?That bothered me from the beginning, but when I would bring it up, people took my concern as victim blaming, which wasn’t my intention.
Great information A2FMNST. Columns were too narrow? Ugh, and I can't imagine how much time those columns stood in seeping saltwater, further eroding their strength. The big question now, is did/does the Champlain Tower North have the same fault in their underground garage?It’s behind a pay wall right now but I can’t wait to hear what they found so far…
“Surfside tower was flawed from day one. Designs violated the code, likely worsened collapse…
On the northern side, under the portion of the tower that collapsed, the columns were too narrow to accommodate all of the vertical and horizontal rebar called for in the plans while maintaining clearance required by the code.“
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