Miami-Dade is in a big hurry to demolish the standing portion of Champlain Tower

[superpatriotman]

124 still missing. Pets still in building. Personal effects, etc. still in building.

It just gets more tragic every day.

[leftieNanner]

1. Pets?????

They're not allowing people to get to their pets???

That's just cruel.

[XanaDUer2]

2. omg the pets!

guess no one allowed to fetch them?

This is horrible

[sdfernando]

3. There is a storm coming

that could topple the standing portion right on top of the rubble pile and further complicate recovery operations. Better to control where the standing tower falls.

[superpatriotman]

6. No

Miami is outside the cone. Pull the rescue crews off. Don’t demolish it yet. We can still use infrared, drones, robots, etc.

This seems shortsighted and heartless to me. Let’s just pave over the dead.

[StarfishSaver]

8. Are you a rescue or demolition expert?

Not being snarky. Serious question.

[sdfernando]

11. Who said anything about paving over the dead?

The intent is to ensure the standing tower DOESN’T fall on the collapsed section and interfere with the rescue/recovery effort.

[WarGamer]

13. they ARE using robots inside scanning for pets.

They're leaving food and water on balconies trying to lure pets out of apartments.

[malaise]

15. The worst of Elsa is in its north east

They have to be pro-active on this one

[mcar]

16. Good grief!

"Pave over the dead?" Miami has been getting torrential downpours, as has the rest of the state, every day for weeks. The rest of that building could come down any second on top of the hundreds of rescue workers.

Do you really think they aren't doing everything in their power to rescue whoever they can? Have you seen any of the press briefings or interviews with families? Have you seen what the rescue workers are doing?

Shortsighted and heartless? Pay attention to what's really happening.

[Bengus81]

4. You have a link to where pets were left in units by rescue teams? I'm not buying it........

[superpatriotman]

7. Here

https://www.local10.com/news/national/2021/07/03/crews-on-lookout-for-pets-in-florida-condo-building-collapse/

Several left their pets while fleeing.

[Bengus81]

9. Yeah...my post says rescue teams

[XanaDUer2]

5. They're sweeping for pets

https://www.google.com/amp/s/abc7chicago.com/amp/florida-surfside-collapse-condo-missing-pets/10857175/

[crickets]

12. Thank goodness.

I do hope they are able to find and rescue them.

[WarGamer]

14. Even going up in bucket trucks to leave food and water on balconies to lure them out

[snowybirdie]

10. There is a storm coming

The building is teetering already. Even with a mild hit, all will fall down. Safety first. There are no survivors. Lets focus on bringing down the building in the safest way possible.

[SWMO_8541]

17. It's horrible to accept, but you are probably correct

[tableturner]

18. Latest European model shows it going right over Miami.

Edited to show link to model run: