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Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she got a call from President Joe Biden, who offered federal aid. Hotels opened to some of the displaced residents, she said, and deliveries of food, medicine and more were being hastily arranged. Rescue officials tried to determine how many people might be missing and asked residents to check in with them.UPDATE 25/06/2021: The death toll continues to rise, standing now at 4 confirmed dead with 159 missing:
About half of the building's roughly 130 units were affected, the mayor told a news conference. Rescuers pulled at least 35 people from the wreckage by mid-morning, and heavy equipment was being brought in to help stabilize the structure to give them more access, Raide Jadallah of Miami-Dade Fire and Rescue said.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said officials were "bracing for some bad news just given the destruction that we're seeing."
The collapse, which appeared to affect one leg of the L-shaped tower, tore away walls and left a number of homes in the still-standing part of the building exposed in what looked like a giant dollhouse. Television footage showed bunk beds, tables and chairs inside. Air conditioners hung from some parts of the building, where wires now dangled.
Piles of rubble and debris surrounded the area, and cars up to two blocks away were coated with with a light layer of dust from the debris.
As of Friday morning, 159 people remain missing, up from the previous tally which showed 99 individuals unaccounted for. Three additional bodies have been pulled from the rubble, bringing the official death count to four. Eleven injuries have been reported, with four people receiving hospital treatment.President Biden declared the collapse a national emergency:
The 12-story structure experienced catastrophic structural failure on Thursday, affecting around half of the building's roughly 130 apartment units. Emergency workers were able to rescue at least 35 people in the first hours following the collapse.
Rescue operations continued through the night. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said that the search would continue and there was still hope that more people would be found alive. Workers are using "everything possible" - including sonar technology, cameras, and specially trained dogs - to assist with the search, the mayor said.
There have been isolated fires reported among the rubble, and what remains of the building is considered structurally unsound, making rescue efforts a dangerous endeavor.
A reunification center has been set up near the site, where people have waited for news about their loved ones, as well as the results of DNA tests being used to identify victims.
The order, which went into effect on Thursday, will allow the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other federal agencies to provide assistance to state and local authorities currently sifting through the rubble.
The declaration specifically authorizes FEMA to mobilize recruitment and resources in order to "alleviate the impacts of the emergency." Federal agencies will also help with debris removal, the declaration, which went into effect on Thursday, stated.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a decree earlier declaring a state of emergency for Miami-Dade County, in an effort to speed up federal assistance for the rescue operation.
Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said: "This is a horrific catastrophe. I n the United States, buildings just don't fall down."She used an expression from our youth when a sibling was crying, 'Did baby fall down and go 'boom'?' which would usually get us laughting.
That's impossible. Skyscrapers just don't fall down. and go 'boom!"R.C.
Florida has no real bedrock, except for the far northern panhandle. The state is really one big limestone reef with sand over it. The major determiner of future sinkholes is going to be the thickness of the sand above that limestone. The thicker the sand, the less likely there will be sinkhole activity. Population density compounds that because groundwater helps hold up the ground, and the more groundwater that gets pumped out the more likely there will be sinkhole activity. Look at the soil densities and the population density at the areas you are looking to move to. There are county by county maps that show either. Generally, the west coast of the state has the highest population density and least amount of soil over the limestone and have the highest incidence of sinkhole activity. Keep in mind that houses here ALL will have some settling and cracking, since every home is built on a slab – no basements, and on sand. But don’t let a real estate agent fool you with that info. Minor settling is different than huge stair stepping cracks. It’s critical all homes have gutters and good drainage to move water away from foundations – many Florida homes don’t. And a word on insurance – it’s expensive just for basic coverage; much more than you paid up North – $2000 a year or more. Figure on DOUBLING that amount to add sinkhole coverage. Your basic insurance coverage will cover your home if the home is declared condemned by the county due to a sinkhole. Additional sinkhole coverage covers repairs due to settling and cracking from sinkhole activity. Keep in mind that an un-repaired sinkhole home is generally worth 25 cents on the dollar – repaired it’s worth 50 cents on the dollar. If you still have a mortgage your bank may force you to repair it. And depending on the repair estimate your insurance company may choose to buy out the home/policy if it’s cheaper than repairing. Don’t count on the counties or realtors to give you the straight story on sinkhole activity – neither makes tax or commission money shying prospective buyers away. I’ve seen Levittown-type developments springing up all over the worst sinkhole counties in Florida for the last 20 years, it’s happening TODAY, and nothing is stopping them.That was 5 years ago...
Number 88 symbolizes fortune and good luck in Chinese culture, since the word 8 sounds similar to the word fā (發, which implies 發財, or wealth, in Mandarin or Cantonese). T he number 8 is considered to be the luckiest number in Chinese culture, and prices in Chinese supermarkets often contain many 8s. The shape of the Chinese character for 8 (八) implies that a person will have a great, wide future as the character starts narrow and gets wider toward the bottom. The Chinese government has been auctioning auto license plates containing many 8s for tens of thousands of dollars. The 2008 Beijing Olympics opened at 8 p.m., 8 August 2008.[6]Bye Bye indeed... Could there also be a geo-political occult/symbolic significance? I notice too, 88th St continues on the near-perfect latitude alignment with Biscayne Canal as it drains into the Biscayne Bay from across the other side of the bay. I often consider if water courses, natural or man-managed/channelled, also 'channel' along the delicate telluric-currents which can be harnessed, honed and concentrated and its energies then used for positive or negative - negative even to the point of being quite destructive if an energy build-up and critical-mass release can be achieved, and in conjunction with planetary positionings as these things usually are - by 'those' whom know how?
In addition, 88 is also used to mean "bye bye (拜拜)" in Chinese-language chats, text messages, SMSs and IMs, because its pronunciation in Mandarin is similar to "bye bye" .[7]
- see the AB -AutoBiography? Where can I find it? I'd be really interested to read it!... Oh I see, the SOTT comments section is your autobiography as a work-in-progress fleshed-out in real time as we, here, unbeknownst to us, are the interactive "editorial" participants helping the AutoBiography take shape?... How egalitarianly inclusive of you! So then, SOTT.net must be the unwitting publishing platform?... Touché!
* Zionist Occupied Government is my understanding[Link]
Well, around here, the problem can be that facing the eastern waterway/Atlantic, with warm humid salty air constantly coming in off the ocean from the SE that it can even rust the rebar INSIDE the concrete and I'd bet that plays a role with the whole 40 year inspection issue.Also, I believe there was no structural supporting steel on this place (but I don't know) but most I believe are built with concrete over iron rebar. (Maybe primary support structure steel also, but not nearly like the WTC.)
Structural engineer sees similarity in deadly South Florida, 1981 Cocoa Beach collapses(Note: I see he's doing a comparison of the two, but I have a tough time agreeing with is tentative theory although he obviously knows what he is doing. Also, he expressly states that he's just doing a discussion about a theory where he doesn't know the details. Meanwhile, my gut reaction is that 40 year old steel? and concrete and rebar is going to be far less likely to collapse that green (insufficiently dried) concrete. Still, the video is worthwhile.)
Stupidly/sadly, there's no audio track.
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