General Miami Condo Collapses

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IschKabibble

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At Least 1 Dead After A 12-Story Building Partially Collapses Near Miami

A massive and painstaking search-and-rescue operation was underway just north of Miami Beach on Thursday morning, after a 12-story residential building partially collapsed in the middle of the night.

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Dozens Of People Are Missing After A 12-Story Florida Condo Partly Collapsed

At least one person has died. Authorities said rescuers helped evacuate at least 35 people who were trapped inside the building near Miami.
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It's a rich area. Most people even here are probably unaware of Surfside's existence as it is a very small city. All coastal, so the properties are expensive as fuck.

Imagine spending millions on a property to have your building collapse...
 
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Looks like controlled demolition. Collapses free fall into its own footprint. Weird (and sad). Hard telling how many died from that.
 
Hauler

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Crazy.
Was there some recent bad weather in the area that might have weekened the structure?

Maybe a sinkhole opened up under the foundation?

So odd to see a building like that just collapse.
 
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Overpressure said:
Contractors got some splainin to do
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there was a roof renovation underway, but it would take a serious fuck up on the roof to get a straight fall.

more likely a sinkhole or other foundation damage and the roof work just weakened the stick-build.
 
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Hauler said:
Crazy.
Was there some recent bad weather in the area that might have weekened the structure?

Maybe a sinkhole opened up under the foundation?

So odd to see a building like that just collapse.
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Nothing out of the ordinary for the season. 3-4 inches of rain in the past month in that area, but we're used to 60" of rain per year and hurricanes, so buildings should be up to code.
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Filthy

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I can't imagine being in the part that fell last...there's a good 8 seconds of "where the fuck did the building go?" before it tilts over and collapses.
 
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Filthy said:
there was a roof renovation underway, but it would take a serious fuck up on the roof to get a straight fall.

more likely a sinkhole or other foundation damage and the roof work just weakened the stick-build.
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I really hope the cause wasn't negligence, but something unforeseen without fault.
 
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Overpressure said:
I really hope the cause wasn't negligence, but something unforeseen without fault.
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It's Miami-Dade County, where shit is usually only handled once it becomes a problem rather than in advance. But I thought building codes were an exception to that.
 
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