Horrifying news out of Miami Dade. Champlain Towers South, on the beach, has mostly collapsed.Everything in pink is collapsed.Follow @OfficialJoelF for the latest. pic.twitter.com/tJPRMQEpgx— David Wasman🏰 Founder: Theme Parks in Minecraft💫 (@therealduckie) June 24, 2021
I went on the Miami subreddit to search for local theories about why it happened so that you don't have to. Here are a few, including some that pass the buck around.
In terms of buck passing, apparently they have a neighbor that was under construction and the people that lived in the now collapsed building complained about vibrations.
Another theory is that recently someone saw cranes placing heavy machinery on the roof of the collapsed building
BTW, since this building was built 40 years ago, it doesn't fall under building code made after hurricane Andrew, which the redditors are implying was a big turning point nearly 30 years ago. I'm not in construction so I wouldn't know whether or not the changes were drastic.
Someone else is saying inspectors knew there was too much sand mixed into the concrete (due to lax building codes) but looked away because luxury condos pay a ton in taxes.
And finally, of course it could just be a sinkhole. This is Florida after all, sinkholes are very common when you build on a fucking SWAMP right next to the fucking OCEAN.
So TLDR; capitalist greed is the most probable cause.
I went on the Miami subreddit to search for local theories about why it happened so that you don't have to. Here are a few, including some that pass the buck around.
So TLDR; capitalist greed is the most probable cause.
EDIT: Here's a firefighter photo of the scene. Here's surveillance footage of the actual collapse.
what's the issue with this I don't understand?
Isn't it common to update building codes after major disasters? Do Cuban expatriates have something to do with building codes?
Nah sorry, I just don't like going to the Miami subreddit in general, I'll edit that out.
Local subs are trash for sure
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