This location was very near the FIU campus, which is about 15 miles inland from Surfside.Somewhere in South Florida, a few years ago they had a walking bridge that was near completion or just finish completion that collapsed.
I am more of an expert in climate science than Al Gore. As I am sitting on my balcony in MIA and I can see that we are not under water as he predicted. I know it is true because my wife went to the bagel shop and we do not own a boat.
Our building recently got permission to expand the pools closer to the ocean, so obviously the City does no believe that the ocean is any closer to the building. I believe they measure these types of things…
And he immediately jumped the shark as is normal when any sort of "disadvantaged" group is involved.
Concrete pilings just as susceptible. Salt water leaches into the concrete and starts corrosion on the rebar.
It is just baffling this could happen without tale tale signs of impending disaster. Were the signs ignored or absent?
If Algore thought climate change was real, he would be living the life style of Ralph Nader. He would fly commercial, live in a modest home instead of multiple mansions and not be such a sex poodle.
Humans are stupid. That literally proves nothing. We continue to rebuild on floodplains and rebuilt New Orleans. The fact that a city issued a permit proves nothing. I'm not saying its enroached or not just that you aren't offering any scientific studies to back up your claims...just anecdotal evidence at best.
Wow, I did not know of this report. I could understand why the engineer would not say that the building is about to collapse, even though implied the engineer implied that if repairs were not made the cracks could increase exponentially. That statement indicated that if the repairs weren't made, bad things would happen.
The report added that “failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially.”
That is not true at all if constructed right. We make the pilings thicker in those areas, so in 250+yrs there will be no corrosion on the rebar other than the normal discoloration from being in the Portland compound(concrete). The rebar required is thicker, and sometimes coated. We also use the all stone columns if the engineer designing doesn't want any steel involved.
Yeah mostly I look at the ocean from my balcony while I smoke a Cohiba and drink some bourbon. It does not seem to move unless I drink too much. My tape measure is only good for 50 feet, the beach here is much wider, I do not think I can measure it, then there is the whole high tide low tide issue. And the moon phase we are in, and what if there is a King Tide?
The people living there are probably low income and can't afford to move. Otherwise I doubt they would have allowed tenants to inhabit the building for decades after the city became aware of structural integrity issues.
Beachfront and someone said mostly Jewish, I don't think I have ever met a low income Jewish person.
Well those units sold for $600K to $700K. They are pretty low priced for beachfront property in MIA because it is an old building. Not really a very nice looking building, there are a lot of old building like it in that area.
Bubbaglide is spot on about the third party testing and certifications during construction. Measuring compressive strength of concrete is one such example.
You sure are cocky for someone ignoring basic science.
I'm not advocating nor denouncing his actions and or motivations. I was pointing out that that his comments were on two separate incidents.
If you live on Brickell Avenue you are doing very VERY well financially.
www.zerohedge.com
Monthly fee: covers the concierge, valet, pool boy, beach service, restaurants, security guards, etc. every building has a monthly fee, the more expensive the building the higher the fees. The fewer the units in the building the higher the cost.
Reading a article written by Tyler Durden..SMHZeroHedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
A good read on this subject.
If they can pay 5k per month for the regime fee, then I’d say they are getting by
Not necessarily. It could be easier to fill a debris bucket 5han hand down chunks of rock. Though you could be right.
Thanks for "putting some knowledge" to me about the area. I was going off the appearance of the building and the legacy of known problems with its structural integrity. It looks like a government housing project and I bet the opposite wing of that building was probably also in danger of collapsing.
