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  • Liviu Birjega posted an update 4 years, 10 months ago

    Condo collapse in Surfside kills at least one; search and rescue combing through rubble
    from the Miami Herald

    …A South Florida-based home insurance inspector who asked not to be named said she had visited Champlain Towers in February 2020 to verify impact windows and doors for a client.
    She said while the building is coming up on its required 40-year inspection, the building is reinforced concrete and should not have collapsed the way it did.
    “As someone who has been in this business for years, it defies logic,” she said. “It defies everything that we know.”…

    https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article252324218.html

    • My very first thought was “who lives in that building?”

      And someone else mentioned that it might be part of McAfee’s deadman switch. I don’t know how many people are aware of this, but I understand and have heard him state it on interviews that he was on the run and often lived on his yacht. They say tax evasion but this man knew stuff. He had the goods on many in-charge folks.
      It will be interesting to see what comes out of all this in the days ahead and if there are any connections.

      • My very first thought was “who lives in that building?”

        And someone else mentioned that it might be part of McAfee’s deadman switch. I don’t know how many people are aware of this, but I understand and have heard him state it on interviews that he was on the run and often lived on his yacht. They say tax evasion but this man knew stuff. He had the goods on many in-charge folks.
        It will be interesting to see what comes out of all this in the days ahead and if there are any connections.

        • If they somehow contrive to blame De Santos for this my suspicion meter will start flashing.

          • I was watching some videos of the wreckage, and in a few angles it sure looked like a sink hole was present. At the same time, the OKC bombing sure did come to mind. The building’s first few floors were parking after all.

              • It seems the building had been inspected, and was found to be sinking since the 90’s. Concerningly, it was “deemed” unfit last year.