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Official: Drilling done, demolition of collapsed condo set (Surfside, Florida)
AP 'News' ^ | 7/04/21 | Adriana Gomez Licon, Terry Spencer

Posted on 07/04/2021 6:37:25 PM PDT by Libloather

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To: PROCON

(Liberal) Agenda-Free TV is showing some replays https://youtu.be/tLaY4oUUeTA


21 posted on 07/04/2021 7:48:34 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: PghBaldy

Replay on BNO News Twitter feed https://twitter.com/BNONews/status/1411878046873837570?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1411878046873837570%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.godlikeproductions.com%2Fforum1%2Fmessage4834912%2Fpg9


22 posted on 07/04/2021 7:51:01 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Libloather

Explosives to demolish the standing units?

That will contaminate and confuse the evidence that collapsed the ocean facing building.

Has anyone seen the original photos of the ocean front section of the building that collapsed, before the rescue teams and equipment arrived?

A perfect pancake. You can actually count ten floors stacked on top of each other. Floors 1 and 2 are below ground, in the parking garage. No trace of any support columns are visible.

The only way that could have happened is if all the support columns (several dozen of them) collapsed at the same moment.

The two sections of the building behind the ocean front section did NOT collapse that way.

In the original photos, you can see support columns twisted and pointing all over the place in those two collapsed sections.

I am still waiting to hear a plausible explanation (or even a plausible theory) for how all the columns under the ocean front section collapsed at the same moment.


23 posted on 07/04/2021 7:56:29 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: gcparent

Wow. That’s depressing news.

They should allow the owners of poor Coco to rescue her.


24 posted on 07/04/2021 7:58:10 PM PDT by CrimsonTidegirl (Christopher Sign did not kill himself.)
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To: technically right

“It’s all theater at this point. If you watched the video of the collapse it was apparent that there weren’t going to be any survivors”

ESPECIALLY given the amount of time that has already elapsed ...


25 posted on 07/04/2021 7:59:14 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: PghBaldy

And now sadly, the recovery effort of the deceased will continue.


26 posted on 07/04/2021 8:02:49 PM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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To: freeandfreezing

“The idea of just demolishing the standing part of the building using explosives seems crazy.”

i guess you missed the part where the existing wrecked building shifted on Thursday ... if they don’t take down this unstable wreck in a controlled, vertical fashion with explosives like is done all the time worldwide (great videos of casinos in Vegas taken down that way), it could easily fall sideways, causing untold deaths and damage ... given the gale force winds possible on Monday (in another part of the article you didn’t bother to read), the existing 13 story wreck could be blown over on Monday ...


27 posted on 07/04/2021 8:03:49 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: zeestephen

They seem to be in a big hurry to bring down the entire building.

Why demolish the north side of the building with pets still inside? Where is PETA? Where is SPCA?

Why are they destroying evidence? What is the hurry?


28 posted on 07/04/2021 8:05:19 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Libloather

It was a brilliant demolition. CDI is the company that did it- there are videos of their work on YouTube- (they did the Trump hotel in New Jersey) and it’s impressive.

So awful that it had to be done, but they couldn’t recover more bodies until the rest came down and the possible storm coming made the timing necessary.


29 posted on 07/04/2021 8:11:37 PM PDT by SE Mom (Screaming Eagle mom)
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To: PROCON

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/demolition-teams-prepare-to-demolish-remainder-of-collapsed-surfside-condo/2487680/


30 posted on 07/04/2021 8:13:36 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: ladyjane
Why demolish the north side of the building with pets still inside? Where is PETA? Where is SPCA?

From what I gather, there was an emergency court hearing for pet owners. Denied. Folks had been through the standing building with thermal imaging. No animals were found.

31 posted on 07/04/2021 8:20:17 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: zeestephen

“I am still waiting to hear a plausible explanation (or even a plausible theory) for how all the columns under the ocean front section collapsed at the same moment.”

Why bother? Everything that happens is a conspiracy, just go with it. Everything. Including this comment.


32 posted on 07/04/2021 8:23:05 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods ( comment might be sarcasm, or not. It depends. Often I'm not sure either.)
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To: ETCM

I know. I was a firefighter/ first responder for 10 years. After you’ve done it for a few years you pretty much know what the deal is within an hour or so. Make your best effort but at some point the safety of the crew becomes paramount. They’re well beyond that now.


33 posted on 07/04/2021 8:37:00 PM PDT by technically right
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To: Libloather

It takes weeks and weeks of planning and work to bring a tower down. I know, we were told that after 9/11.


34 posted on 07/04/2021 9:04:02 PM PDT by Glad2bnuts ((“If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.” Francis Schaeffer,)
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To: SE Mom
It was a brilliant demolition. CDI is the company that did it- there are videos of their work on YouTube- (they did the Trump hotel in New Jersey) and it’s impressive.

They really are the best in the world. Still a family owned and run company, FWIW, deeply religious.

https://www.controlled-demolition.com/about-us-explosives-controlled-demolition-implosion/history/

35 posted on 07/05/2021 4:58:37 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Diogenesis
more 411 on the purported tunnel beneath the building?

You've got to be kidding me.

36 posted on 07/05/2021 5:05:09 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: Glad2bnuts
It takes weeks and weeks of planning and work to bring a tower down. I know, we were told that after 9/11.

Huge difference in size and complexity of the structures between the WTC Towers (2 of them) and 110 stories and Champlain Towers South’s 12 stories that was already in a weakened and unstable condition with one section partially collapsed.

Kudos to the expertise of Controlled Demolition Inc who were able to accomplish this in a relatively short time at great personal risk to make the site safer for the recovery efforts.

37 posted on 07/05/2021 5:42:58 AM PDT by MD Expat in PA (No. I am not a doctor nor have I ever played one on TV. The MD in my screen name stands for Maryland)
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To: zeestephen

“I am still waiting to hear a plausible explanation (or even a plausible theory) for how all the columns under the ocean front section collapsed at the same moment”

An explanation that will never cross the lips of mankind.


38 posted on 07/05/2021 6:08:00 AM PDT by Clean_Sweep
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To: catnipman
i guess you missed the part where the existing wrecked building shifted on Thursday

Actually not. Your understanding of structures appears to be somewhat limited, and your ability to conceive of other approaches limited.

You can think of me when the government decides that your house needs to be demolished.

39 posted on 07/05/2021 6:12:36 AM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Libloather

Imagine if Trump buys that property and develops it. I would LOVE to see the melt down.


40 posted on 07/05/2021 9:25:22 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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