4 dead, 159 missing in Miami building collapse

[DGuller]

When I was living in my previous apartment, I was a little concerned about the crack running all the way down my bedroom wall, or the fact that my bedroom was so not level that my office chair was rolling away on its own.  I reassured myself, though:  surely in the Western world, a building isn't just going to collapse because the ground settles a little.  Well, about that... 

How the fuck does a condo building go and collapse all on its own, seemingly without any help from explosives?

[Admiral Yi]

Found out what the hell Guller was talking about.  Condo collapsed in Florida.

[DGuller]

Wow, the video is horrifying. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KR29pLccutY Imagine being in the second section to fall down.  At least the people in the first section probably didn't have time to realize what hit them.

[Admiral Yi]

Dang.  9-11esque.

[Jacob]

Horrifying

[Eddie Teach]

Only in Chi- oh shit.

[grumbler]

That's really crappy soil to build on, and I bet that's going to turn out to be part of the cause.

[DGuller]

If you look at that building on Google Maps, it looks like it survived the Siege of Sarajevo from some of the angles.  Chunks of concrete are missing all over the place, one of the balconies seems to have a hole in it covered only by exposed rebars, and someone on reddit pointed out a large crack.  For all I know, maybe all 40-year old buildings have chunks of concrete raining from it, but it does look bad at first glance.

[Grey Fox]

Around here, it's salt filled water that fucks our concrete roads.

Rusted rebars didn't help when the ground collapsed under the garage.

[The Brain]

I hope it wasn't built to code.

[jimmy olsen]

The numbers keep getting worse. 

At least 159 people now unaccounted for, Miami-Dade County mayor says

https://www.cnn.com/webview/us/live-news/miami-florida-building-collapse-06-25-21/h_ac6115050321945f3c5565f639ed0071

[The Brain]

How many other buildings are at risk, and what measures are being taken regarding those?

[jimmy olsen]

How many other buildings are at risk, and what measures are being taken regarding those?

It's Florida, so almost all buildings are at risk of subsidence and collapse.

Nothing

[DGuller]

Is there a way to move the the related posts from the OT thread?  I didn't realize how bad the situation was when I first started a discussion there, it looked like a facade peeled away.

[The Brain]

How many other buildings are at risk, and what measures are being taken regarding those?

It's Florida, so almost all buildings are at risk of subsidence and collapse.

There are no building codes?