Condo in Florida Collapses

[black booty lover]

A condo building in Florida collapsed this morning. Very tragic.

I know some you guys in this on this forum are pretty smart, so I was wondering how this is even possible?

 

[Goodoer]

Could be many reasons…. Could be unknown poor soil issues, insufficiently designed, terrorism…

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I'm going with a sinkhole. Florida has lots of those.

I looked up Champlain Towers on google maps and its a 12-storey building.
It basically got pancaked so I doubt there are many survivors

Sinkholes: A deadly threat from Florida's 'underworld'

Prof Iain Stewart investigates what caused the sinkhole that killed Jeff Bush, a Florida man swallowed up when the floor underneath his home caved in.

www.bbc.com

 

[Indiana]

The building was undergoing roof work, but it's unknown whether this was a factor in the collapse.

 

[Mr Bret]

I'm going with a sinkhole. Florida has lots of those.

I looked up Champlain Towers on google maps and its a 12-storey building.
It basically got pancaked so I doubt there are many survivors

Sinkholes: A deadly threat from Florida's 'underworld'

Prof Iain Stewart investigates what caused the sinkhole that killed Jeff Bush, a Florida man swallowed up when the floor underneath his home caved in.

www.bbc.com

Sinkhole was my immediate thought.
They are notorious in Florida.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I'm unable to verify, but holy shit this is crazy if true.
The entire pink part is what collapsed.

It happened at 2am, absolute worst time

 

[richaceg]

foundation issues...

 

[bazokajoe]

Most likely poor engineering or the contractor skimped on materials.

 

[uchual]

It does not appear to be a sinkhole. Something in the columns/pillars gave way. Maybe some of the roof work precipitated this tragedy. They've pulled out 35 survivors but they expect casualties to increase as they clean up the rubble. Sad.

 

[uchual]

Most likely poor engineering or the contractor skimped on materials.

You'd think that would've happen years ago (building is from 1981). I think it was something the roof workers did.

 

[kherg007]

I'm unable to verify, but holy shit this is crazy if true.
The entire pink part is what collapsed.

It happened at 2am, absolute worst time

Wow did not know it was that much. And at that time of night most people at home as you note...I too will go sinkhole as first suspected culprit. Curious as to how many residents normally live there. The news only said 37 pulled out 1 dead. How many possible? 12 floors...55 units in the collapsed section ...1-4 bedrooms...assuming 2 means a bit under 100 people missing...

 

[Butler1000]

Wow did not know it was that much. And at that time of night most people at home as you note...I too will go sinkhole as first suspected culprit. Curious as to how many residents normally live there. The news only said 37 pulled out 1 dead. How many possible? 12 floors...55 units in the collapsed section ...1-4 bedrooms...assuming 2 means a bit under 100 people missing...

Depends. Many could be snow birds, Air BnB, etc.

 

[Butler1000]

As for the rest one cause won't be the answer. Salt air corrosion, sinkhole, poor materials, construction. Pick two, three, four, probably more I wouldn't know about.

 

[danmand]

What a nightmare, to be sleeping in your home, and it suddenly collapses.

 

[black booty lover]

I'm unable to verify, but holy shit this is crazy if true.
The entire pink part is what collapsed.

It happened at 2am, absolute worst time

I did not know it was that much. From what I was watching, it kind of looked like just white part type of size that collapsed, but at the back instead where it's pink.

If that's true it was that whole pink area, that's a lot.

 

[black booty lover]

Footage of the collapse.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1408051917964595202

 

[james t kirk]

The first photo in post 2 is not the building in question.

Search continues with almost 100 people unaccounted for in deadly Florida building collapse

An intense search and rescue effort will continue through the night after part of a 12-story residential building collapsed early Thursday in the South Florida town of Surfside, killing at least one and leaving almost 100 people unaccounted for.

www.cnn.com

If you click on the above link, you will see that the building was constructed on what appears to be some sort of man-made jetty or lagoon. That means that the building would have needed to be constructed on piles. Piles are very expensive.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1408035807198433284

 

[masspref]

Prayers to all and best of efforts and luck to save people.

 

[Charlemagne]

Profit over safety is prevalent over there, more-so than anywhere else.

But Canada-man probably knows more than I do about the situation.