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SURFSIDE, Fla. After the Champlain Towers South Condo collapsed a couple of miles away from his home, Miami Beach resident Dan Ribeiro began feverishly snapping photos of what he said were concerning conditions in the garage of his high-rise a condo taller and older than the one that partially collapsed in Surfside.
He is so worried about the cracked concrete, rusted steel and water leaking inside the garage of the Maison Grande Condominium that he now has a "go-bag" by the front door with essential documents, a change of clothes for him and his wife and gift cards for hotel stays.
"It's just scary," Ribeiro, 39, said.
Second to the grief that South Floridians feel for those who died in the Surfside collapse and their families, a feeling of uneasiness has washed over some residents living in older, waterfront condo towers. They are now sounding the alarm about what they fear may be potentially perilous conditions in their buildings.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/2021/07/04/are-we-next-worried-high-rise-dwellers-take-photos-seek-answers-after-surfside/
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)What a horrible way to live!
Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)lapfog_1
(29,204 posts)A pancake event is unlikely to give a lot more notice than that. And elevators would be a death trap.
The best "go bag" is a "gone bag" as in we are outa here.
Don't know what happens to your investment. But whatever happens is better than dying from it.
RockRaven
(14,966 posts)If they are unwilling or unable (and I'm not dismissing that as a real thing for some people) to move, then instead of a "go" bag maybe they ought to stash their valuables/irreplaceables/important documents and a few material essentials off-site, so IF they survive (including by not being present during a collapse) they still have their important stuff and some clothes/toiletries. And if they don't, they'll be dead and won't be able to care, but their surviving relatives will benefit from having the important documents etc.
EndlessWire
(6,531 posts)It may be psychologically comforting to them, but this situation calls for them to move out to anywhere else. The go bag will only help to identify them in the rubble.
I am very sorry all this has happened to these people. Easy to say "move out" but at least we can offer our opinions. I'd move out. Go visit some understanding relative or friend. Let your instincts guide you.
secondwind
(16,903 posts)Response to lapfog_1 (Reply #2)
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Scrivener7
(50,949 posts)collapse. The apartment listed for 1.3 million.
That mortgage obligation doesn't go away.
What a mess.
Klaralven
(7,510 posts)tanyev
(42,558 posts)Sad the residents weren't alarmed enough to clear out then.
The son of a woman who lived in the 12-story condo building that collapsed in Florida on Thursday morning said she reported noises coming from the structure just one day before the tragedy.
Miami resident Pablo Rodriguez told CNN that his mother and grandmother have not been located following the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South Condo in Surfside, Florida, at around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday. The two lived together in the upscale, 136-unit apartment complex, which contained condominiums priced from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, CNN reported.
Rodriguez told the outlet his mother called him one day before a wing of the building fell to tell him she heard noises loud enough to disturb her from her sleep.
"She just told me she had woken up around 3 [or] 4 in the morning and had heard like, some creaking noises," he told CNN. "They were loud enough to wake her."
https://people.com/human-interest/man-says-mother-heard-creaking-noises-coming-from-her-surfside-building-before-collapse/
JI7
(89,249 posts)Demovictory9
(32,456 posts)Might buy
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Would you buy an older condo on the beach in South Florida now!
NH Ethylene
(30,811 posts)With or without a go-bag.
I would be terrified to live in one of those older buildings right now, listening for every groan or creak and wondering if it was a sign of imminent collapse.
PortTack
(32,767 posts)Possessions. Insurance companies are already talking about new regulations to insure. And...whos gonna buy into that now? They were already facing issues of rising sea waters, now this
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I would be out of there so fast, but who is going to be buying now? I really feel sorry for those people. They are kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)And although the beach always attracts certain people, its tough to feel safe investing money in a beachfront real estate right now.
Scrivener7
(50,949 posts)sister building and similar buildings who are going to lose their shirts.
Renew Deal
(81,859 posts)ecstatic
(32,704 posts)With the South Champlain Tower, we're talking about a building that was already sinking into the Earth at unprecedented levels. Then when you add in the flawed pool deck design, poor maintenance, rain, and the major building construction next door that was literally causing the walls to vibrate, the collapse was almost inevitable. They were playing a game of Jenga and it was too late for them to do anything about it.
In my opinion, if there are any residents in nearby condos with similar problems and circumstances, they should leave now. A bag by the door isn't going to cut it if disaster strikes in the middle of the night while you're in a deep sleep.