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   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13899389/Florida-condo-   
   pringbrook-Gardens-Fort-Lauderdale-collapses.html   
      
   Elderly Florida residents are being asked to immediately   
   leave their pricey condos behind as officials warn of   
   'structural problems' with the building's foundation.   
      
   Springbrook Gardens is pushing the 12 residents to to   
   evacuate by Friday - leaving many in distress as they   
   scramble to find a new place to stay.   
      
   Eviction notices have been plastered across the 18-unit   
   building after an engineer told the city's building   
   department that the foundations in one of the sections   
   are in bad condition and could collapse any time.   
      
   'Everybody was in shock. It hasn't hit me yet, it really   
   hasn't. [We were told] building is unsafe, get the hell   
   out,' said Warren Sackler, a retired New York professor.   
      
   The warning comes shortly after it was revealed that   
   faulty support columns in the tenant garage and pool   
   deck led to the collapse of Champlain Towers South,   
   Miami in 2021 - resulting in the death of 98 people.   
      
   . . .   
      
      They've been finding more and more such structures,   
      now that they're BOTHERING to check.   
      
      A LOT of these things were whipped-up FAST AND CHEAP   
      back in the late 70s thru 80s ... and various reports   
      say that "inspections" often involved an envelope   
      full of cash.   
      
      NOW ... the salt mist has penetrated all the supporting   
      columns and such and they're cracking to pieces. The   
      owners sometimes tried to just slap some plaster and   
      paint on the decaying supports - "See ! All fixed !" -   
      but really .....   
      
      The one that DID collapse (first) was "fixed" like that.   
      
      When it's support columns/foundations you really CAN'T   
      fix it ... gotta tear it all down and start over.   
      
      City pols - they didn't CARE how crappy these things   
      were. They saw 'prestige' and magnets for rich people   
      and the tax/biz revenue they'd bring. Likely most   
      are dead/senile at THIS point, so there's no getting   
      back at them.   
      
      Hate to say it, but that whole generation of condos,   
      esp ones kind right on the beach, are probably in   
      the same horrible condition now. The MONEY that's   
      gonna be involved moving (oft old) people and   
      tearing/rebuilding ... it's gonna be just INSANE.   
      
      Betcha mass quantities of lawyers are DROOLING.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)