Collapsed Florida condo was sinking for decades, researcher says

https://nypost.com/2021/06/24/collapsed-florida-condo-was-sinking-for-
decades-researcher/

The Florida apartment building that partially collapsed on Thursday had 
been reportedly sinking for decades — and was undergoing a structural 
inspection, according to officials and a research study.

The 12-story beachfront condo in Miami-Dade County was built in 1981 — and 
had been sinking into the ground since the 1990s, according to a 2020 
study conducted by Shimon Wdowinski, a professor at Florida International 
University.

“I looked at it this morning and said, ‘Oh my God.’ We did detect that,” 
Wdowinski told USA Today on Thursday.

Wdowinski’s research focused on which parts of Miami were sinking, in an 
effort to determine what areas could be most impacted by sea-level rise 
and coastal flooding.

His team found that the Champlain Towers South in Surfside had been 
sinking at a rate of about 2 millimeters a year in the 1990s, the report 
said.

“We saw this building had some kind of unusual movement,” Wdowinski told 
the outlet.

However, the study focused on flooding hazards, not engineering concerns — 
and mention of the “12-story condominium” appeared in only one line, USA 
Today reported.

“We didn’t give it too much importance,” Wdowinski said, adding that he 
didn’t believe anybody in the city or state government would have been 
aware of the study.

Surfside town officials on Thursday said the high-rise had been undergoing 
a county-mandated 40-year recertification process, which involves 
electrical and structural inspections.

City Commissioner Eliana Salzhauer told Miami TV station WPLG that the 
process was believed to be proceeding without issues — and that a building 
inspector may have been on site as recently as Wednesday.

“I want to know why this happened,” Salzhauer said. “That’s really the 
only question. … And can it happen again? Are any other of our buildings 
in town in jeopardy?”



-- 
"LOCKDOWN", left-wing COVID fearmongering.  95% of COVID infections 
recover with no after effects.

No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.  
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.

Donald J. Trump, cheated out of a second term by fraudulent "mail-in" 
ballots.  Report voter fraud: [email protected]

Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden 
fiasco, President Trump.  

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the 
The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood 
queer liberal democrat donors.

President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed 
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.