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4. They mentioned in the press that...

Reply to StarfishSaver (Original post)

Sat Jun 26, 2021, 03:40 PM

Jun 2021

A lot of the people who lived there are ‘snow birds’. With any luck, as many of the people who lived there as possible were in their ‘cool place’ for the hot summer months.

They’ve also mentioned how difficult it is to get in there out of concern for making it collapse even worse and that’s one of the reasons it’s going so slow.

It does seem to be going very slowly.

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I have a question about the Miami condo collapse [View all] StarfishSaver Jun 2021 OP

its a collection of huge slabs, not a pile of loose pieces, so they picking around the edges IMO nt msongs Jun 2021 #1

Have you seen the video of it actually falling ... there is one ... Hugh_Lebowski Jun 2021 #2

Rule Number 1 WVreaper Jun 2021 #3

I understand that. But rescuers have been on the site, searching for days StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #5

They mentioned in the press that... Blanks Jun 2021 #4

I hope that's the case StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #6

As I watch the people climb around on top of the debris... Blanks Jun 2021 #13

Four Canadians are missing. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jun 2021 #22

Perhaps out of respect, they aren't giving numbers yet relayerbob Jun 2021 #7

Perhaps. So sad. StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #8

My thought too. Treefrog Jun 2021 #21

An official said in an interview happybird Jun 2021 #9

How awful StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #10

That occured to me also relayerbob Jun 2021 #23

I thought of the WTC collapses, and the fact that there was very little left bullwinkle428 Jun 2021 #24

For At Least Some Floors... ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #11

What boggles my mind is that yes, the building pancaked, as we have seen in major earthquakes ... Hekate Jun 2021 #14

I Haven't Seen... ProfessorGAC Jun 2021 #17

The film isn't that good, tbh. nt Hekate Jun 2021 #19

gonna be awhile digging thru that pile of rubble. maybe weeks. KG Jun 2021 #12

It only happened yesterday. Just a day and a half. Jeez Srkdqltr Jun 2021 #15

It happened two and a half days ago. StarfishSaver Jun 2021 #16

Of course that makes all the difference. This all will take a long time. They didn't find a Srkdqltr Jun 2021 #18

For each piece of concrete removed there would be doc03 Jun 2021 #20

I wasn't keeping up: Why did the building collapse? lindysalsagal Jun 2021 #25

I just finished watching Sunday Morning in Florida on Local 10 malaise Jun 2021 #26