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Please, let me know when 'the end of pool season' happens in So FL?
I live here year round so I am clueless!
More seriously though, I have never seen a thread with so much misinformation, ignorance of insurance, condos, construction, structural design, maintenance, law, HOAs, the climate and geology of FL, plus a couple of off-the-wall conspiracies for good measure, so why should anything surprise me?
Pool season ends on January 10th and begins on Jan 12th.
Thanks, I hadn't seen the comments, just read a few that some won't check in to say they're alive because they illegally bought the condo. It wouldn't surprise me if they're correct. It really sucks because volunteers are searching for them.
I'm not doubting that you read or heard this, but how do you illegally buy real estate in the US? I'm sure it's possible, but I don't understand how that would happen.
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Pool season ends on January 10th and begins on Jan 12th.
I used to think this too before I moved to Florida, but when the air temperature is 60 degrees an unheated pool is very uncomfortable!
Please, let me know when 'the end of pool season' happens in So FL?
I live here year round so I am clueless!
More seriously though, I have never seen a thread with so much misinformation, ignorance of insurance, condos, construction, structural design, maintenance, law, HOAs, the climate and geology of FL, plus a couple of off-the-wall conspiracies for good measure, so why should anything surprise me?
Good point, especially in South Florida. I probably should have said the end of the summer vacation rental season.
I'm not doubting that you read or heard this, but how do you illegally buy real estate in the US? I'm sure it's possible, but I don't understand how that would happen.
I used to think this too before I moved to Florida, but when the air temperature is 60 degrees an unheated pool is very uncomfortable!
In South Florida that's called a 'freaky cold day'.
That's when you soak in the jetted hot tub after putting up a big stew.
But south of Jupiter there is no 'cold season'.
Wow. That is really bad if true. How could something so glaringly wrong slip right by the construction inspectors?
According to the report, it didn’t slip through, it was specified that way in the approved contract documents.
We need to take things with a grain of salt since much of the reporting and information could be totally incorrect.
I just have trouble understanding that the engineers who inspected the structure didn’t take positive action to ensure the safety of the residents in allowing the can to be kicked down the road. They are professionals and should have acted accordingly unless there were areas where the corrosion and deterioration was not visible.
Apparently they did see enough to make statements saying that it needed immediate attention and repairs and they were the only ones who could have acted to avert this horrible tragedy!
That's an easy call for the owners who are residents but the owners who rent airbnb would be facing a sharp drop in rental revenue. Who would rent a condo where the pool is closed when there are a dozen nearby condos available where the pool is open? The pool and the ocean are very different. I love both and there is a time for each but they are very different experiences.
I doubt those airbnb would be getting much business,I would stay out of all these condo buildings.
HEADLINE: Miami-Area Condo Collapse Building Demolition to Start Soon as Sunday
City officials decided to demolish the remaining part of Champlain Towers South with explosives as soon as Sunday, accelerating their plans due to an approaching tropical storm.
Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said she made the difficult decision, balancing the need to keep searching for victims and investigate the collapse with the need to protect rescue workers and area residents from further harm if the building were to fall. Officials had expected to take weeks planning a methodical removal of the remaining structure.
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I do understand the decision, but that is just so sad and heartbreaking for those family and friends who have not received any remains. I wonder if after the building is demolished, if they will still be searching for body parts? (I can't imagine there would be any intact whole bodies after the demolition, but maybe I'm wrong.)
I am just so sorry for all the survivors and the family and friends of those who didn't survive.
According to the report, it didn’t slip through, it was specified that way in the approved contract documents.
We need to take things with a grain of salt since much of the reporting and information could be totally incorrect.
I just have trouble understanding that the engineers who inspected the structure didn’t take positive action to ensure the safety of the residents in allowing the can to be kicked down the road. They are professionals and should have acted accordingly unless there were areas where the corrosion and deterioration was not visible.
It almost sounds as though they had various experts looking at bits and pieces of the structure but no one was looking at all of those bits and pieces together. They were missing the big picture.
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