Crestview condos is being evacuated

[Dreampuff]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/02/us/north-miami-crestview-condo-building-ordered-closed/index.html

[NurseJackie]

1. I would have been out of there on the same day as the collapse...

... never to return. They're living in a sand-castle... or a house of cards. It's only a matter of time. Why did officials wait so long to order an evacuation?

[malaise]

4. The Story of Folly

https://theculturetrip.com/caribbean/jamaica/articles/the-story-of-folly-ruins-jamaica/

[Klaralven]

5. Folly is global.

Burj Al Babas: Turkey's $200 million abandoned ghost town

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/turkey-castle-ghost-town/index.html

[malaise]

6. Greed is global

[Baitball Blogger]

9. I wonder if the name, "Folly" refers to its once forested condition,

or named for an architectural term.

[malaise]

10. Well we link it to the folly of using salt water

to make concrete

[msongs]

12. roman salt water concrete has lasted thousands of years nt

[malaise]

13. That's the folktale here

What do I know?

[thesquanderer]

11. re: "Why did officials wait so long to order an evacuation?"

Based on the linked article, they didn't wait. They first received the report saying there were problems at 2 pm, evacuation was ordered the same day.

This building is about 7 miles away from the one that collapsed. The collapse is probably why this evacuation was ordered as quickly as it was.

[FakeNoose]

2. I'd be worried about using those elevators too

... but that's just me, I guess.

[Mike Nelson]

3. I would have...

... already moved. I'm lucky to have a family member that would take me in... I guess there are people with no easy way to leave. I hope they can get help in Florida.

[Demovictory9]

14. Tenants might not of known danger until today

[Mike Nelson]

15. Yes...

... many people buy condos and rent them out, for investment and income. They would get notice as owner, and not tell their tenants.

[Dreampuff]

7. I just wanted to clarify

That Crestview condos is about 5 miles away from Champlain and is about 10 years older. I'm not sure that Champlain North or east have even had a mandatory evacuation.

Osceola County had a mandatory evacuation in Kissimmee within this last week, too. Same problems with structure and of course, it isn't Oceanfront, but they had a bad evaluation.

[frazzled]

8. Up here we call it condemning a building

Evacuation sounds so polite, like you can go stay in a hotel inland until the storm passes.