Miami apartment building collapsed...
News Thursday that an apartment building in Surfside (part of Miami Beach, Greater Miami area) collapsed. It had been the subject of at least one lawsuit over outer wall maintenance and attracted the attention of scientists due to land erosion since the 1990's.Four dead, 35 survivors pulled from the rubble and 99 people unaccounted for.
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He was right...
Local gov or owner of the plot? -or both.
I'm sure investigations will reveal the building had developed cracks that maintenance was ignoring. One story claimed pending lawsuit(s) about this so it should come as no surprise.
Half of the building broke away and I would wager the entire structure must be demolished.
Don't know if the county inspectors knew about this and / or cited the building owner for violations.
Search and rescue continues.
A 12 mile radius is used for some boundaries in some countries.
12 miles was the agreed distance a cannon ball could be fired.
I've heard of a 200 mile radius too, but don't know what it's for.
Air ways are a vertical line up from the shore, I think.
a example of the power of earth quakes ,was the japnese quake of 2011 ,,the tsunami alone from that quake reached north and south america ,which is a distance of 11,000 kilometres ,,,
also sand will act as a cushion from shock waves ,but rock and concrete does not ,,,and modern tower blocks have a quake system built in which allows the building to sway to counter act the affects of shock waves ,,,
Very sad indeed.
Miami-Dade county and all the cities along Miami Beach are rewriting laws to mandate structural evaluations and re-certification.
If 97 bodies have been located, that leaves 62 to be accounted for unless some survived, or weren't in the building when it collapsed.
In the beginning they were able to rescue a few and one later died in the hospital.
Another body was identified today so that should be 98 recovered and 91 of them identified.
The families and friends will have a very complex grief to deal with if bodies aren't recovered.
I guess given the time lapse and summer weather, recovery must be pretty grim by now.
On Monday July 26th 2021, more than a month after the collapse, the 98th body has been identified.