Attack of the parking garages

[NightWatcher]

http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/local&id=5818167

CHARLOTTE NC -- Emergency crews are on the scene of a parking garage collapse at a popular Charlotte shopping mall.

It's happening at the South Park Mall in the 4400-block of Sharon Road in Charlotte.
Chopper video at the scene shows one car from on the 3rd level fell in the collapse. Several cars on the second level appear crushed in the wreckage. A least one person has been injuried.

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http://www.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2007/12/03/daily27.html

Downtown parking garage collapses
Jacksonville Business Journal

A parking garage under construction Downtown collapsed into a twisted pile of steel and concrete shortly before 6 a.m. Thursday.

The garage was part of the Berkman Plaza II project on the Northbank. The six-story garage collapsed as workers were pouring concrete.

Police and rescue personnel responded to the scene, transporting 14 people to local hospitals and treating nine others for minor injuries at the scene. Officials would not confirm reports that one worker was still unaccounted for. The garage collapsed during a shift change at the project, making it harder to account for all the workers.

[Enrique]

1. best just to stay away from shopping malls altogether

[NightWatcher]

5. I'm doing the rest of my shopping online. I hope nothing falls on me

[NeedleCast]

2. The obvious solution

is to ban parking garages.

hehe, that's actually a ban I might get behind.

[Drum]

3. It's best not to park in 'em until the concrete is set.

I thought everybody knew that.

[blm]

4. In Charlotte it was due to a driver who suffered a heart attack at the wheel.

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