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Hi-rise hotel under construction in New Orleans collapses


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2 minutes ago, housious said:

A bunch of lawyers are about to get all lawyery

It's NOLA, man.  We are assured of the following outcome:

1 - some rich folks will get richer off of this.

2 - poor working folks will remain in the shit, and nothing will change to make life safer for them.

3 - nobody of any wealth or power will face any consequences.

Forget it, Jake....

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

It's NOLA, man.  We are assured of the following outcome:

1 - some rich folks will get richer off of this.

2 - poor working folks will remain in the shit, and nothing will change to make life safer for them.

3 - nobody of any wealth or power will face any consequences.

Forget it, Jake....

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How would that differ from the rest of the US?

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Speaking of 3rd world shitholes, anybody remember this fiasco?

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_Tower

 

Ocean Tower SPI was an unfinished, 31-story condominium in South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas, United States, that was imploded when it was deemed unsafe to remain standing. Construction was halted in May 2008 when cracks formed in the building's supporting columns, and investigations revealed that the core of the skyscraper had sunk by more than 14 inches (360 mm). Though the developers initially vowed to fix the problem, studies discovered that repairs would have been too expensive, and plans for its demolition were announced in September 2009. At the time of its controlled implosion in December 2009 the building weighed 55,000 short tons (50,000 t), and it was the tallest reinforced concrete structure to be demolished in that way. It was nicknamed "Faulty Towers" and "The Leaning Tower of South Padre Island".

 

Friend of mine who lived down there at the time got in on this action:

Any materials that could be recycled or resold, including fixtures and fittings, steel, flooring, and windows, were removed from the building before demolition

 

They just opened it up and anybody could come in and take whatever they could safely remove. Then you paid some fraction of the actual cost. Sort of like when you salvage a door panel for your 85 Oldsmobile from a junkyard.

 

 

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