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Security cam: Building collapse in Florida (Original Post)
greenman3610
Jun 2021
OP
Actually, I read that it was reclaimed wetlands, which, although I'm not a structural engineer, I
wackadoo wabbit
Jun 2021
#12
No way there's only one death from this, unless there was almost zero occupancy
Wingus Dingus
Jun 2021
#7
secondwind
(16,903 posts)1. 😱
dhol82
(9,353 posts)2. Oh.My.God!
Had not seen this video before.
Mass casualty event without a doubt. Surprised there was only one body found so far.
Looked like an implosion.
niyad
(113,323 posts)4. reminded me of the scene in Atlantic City recently.
dhol82
(9,353 posts)5. Precisely. Looked like an implosion.
It will be interesting to learn what caused it.
niyad
(113,323 posts)3. It went down like a house of cards. Will be amazing if only one dead.
WhatTheFlux
(32 posts)6. Porous limestone "bedrock"?
wackadoo wabbit
(1,167 posts)12. Actually, I read that it was reclaimed wetlands, which, although I'm not a structural engineer, I
suspect may be even worse.
I read that the building had been slowly sinking since the 1990s. I wonder if any of the residents knew this?
Wingus Dingus
(8,054 posts)7. No way there's only one death from this, unless there was almost zero occupancy
in these condos. Yikes.
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ancianita
(36,060 posts)9. This is the fifth different camera I've seen this with. Seems like a well recorded disaster.
Under The Radar
(3,404 posts)10. Straight down into their own footprint.
Where has that happened before?
pansypoo53219
(20,978 posts)11. much bigger than i thought it was.