surfside condo collapse has faded from news

[Demovictory9]

97 recovered bodies.

https://www.wptv.com/news/state/miami-dade/another-victim-identified-in-collapse-of-surfside-condominium

[XanaDUer2]

1. I was thinking this earlier nt

[RockRaven]

2. Corporate news thrives on tension. They don't actually care about what happened or why or how to

prevent it from happening again -- unless they can frame it as an ongoing conflict or danger. They use the situation for their purposes, and discard it once the tension dries up.

[Effete Snob]

3. It will be some time before it can be concluded what happened

Months after all of the speculation about the FIU bridge collapse, it was determined that the bridge was flawed as-designed, and all of the stuff about installation irregularities was wrong.

What news is there to report on this?

[Hoyt]

7. Plus, when there's nothing really new and we have a pretty good idea

of what happened in the tragedy, there’s not much need for 4 reports, or more, an hour.

[Effete Snob]

8. This was pretty interesting

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/hindenburg-the-new-evidence/

[Hoyt]

9. Will have to watch. Was always fascinated by that and dirigibles.

[Effete Snob]

10. There is film from a different angle, amazingly enough

[hlthe2b]

12. Me too.

I have to admit that in terms of the rare incorporation of the story into more contemporary tv shows in recent decades, I always found the Walton episode where the disaster was featured to be quite compelling and not at all exploitative. It made me want to read more...

[OAITW r.2.0]

4. Not with Buyers or Sellers.

I'm neither, but I suspect that it's becoming a Buyer's market. Sellers may want out...cuz who really knows the health of your multi-floor condo, built in 1980?

[getagrip_already]

6. I wonder how many of these were bought up by RET's?

People pour a lot of money into real estate trusts, which are typically long-haul contracts. You can try to sell your shares, but it can be difficult to get out before the maturity date. They are intended as tax shelters rather than investments.

So a lot of those would be rental units, and the owners don't have the power to sell units, only the shares in the trust.

Again, don't know if it applies in FL, but if there are taxes to be dodged, someone will buy into it.

[abqtommy]

5. I'm sure that many of us haven't forgotten, though.

[JHB]

11. What aspect of it do you think needs to daily be in the national news?

Periodic updates, sure. The release of the final report, definitely. But what needs to be on national news day to day to day?

[malaise]

13. I was thinking the same thing last night

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