tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post2837001011514838394..comments2024-03-08T05:08:55.233-05:00Comments on EYE ON MIAMI: Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hotel Suffers Interior Flooding. By Genius of DespairGeniusofdespairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-10341254690340027412009-12-19T06:44:21.495-05:002009-12-19T06:44:21.495-05:00THe SRB's that push up space shuttles, also pu...THe SRB's that push up space shuttles, also push <br />2.8 million pounds per FOOT downwards.<br />Can Florida's coral rock base take such a beating?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-25379237703024553332009-06-08T09:17:24.780-04:002009-06-08T09:17:24.780-04:00Gotta love that union workmanship.
mGotta love that union workmanship.<br /><br />mAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-22007033845204888122009-06-07T15:19:50.638-04:002009-06-07T15:19:50.638-04:00Civic activism is on life support. Current culture...Civic activism is on life support. Current culture awards lightning speed change. Reality is, the majority of people don't want to be bothered. When the occasional storm of the ages hits, people only want to know where the calvary (and Comcast/FPL) is. Only when emergency response isn't swift enough do heads roll. It's not unique to Miami, either. Give them their HDTV, X-Box & Serendipityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01044566272257339668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-52745580069983431942009-06-07T11:00:36.335-04:002009-06-07T11:00:36.335-04:00David Bernard is CBS4 News' Chief Meteorologis...David Bernard is CBS4 News' Chief Meteorologist and Storm Specialist:<br /><br />The co-op rainfall site on Miami Beach measured 9.3 inches of rain. That was in about 2.5 hours. That verifies radar estimates. A few places probably had <br />close to 12 inches.<br /><br />Folks. After 20 plus years of forecasting you tend to get jaded about this storm and that. I can truly say that the storm Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-58152260974385237362009-06-07T08:04:39.985-04:002009-06-07T08:04:39.985-04:00Code enforcement completely lapsed in most cities ...Code enforcement completely lapsed in most cities during the Great Housing Rampage. Miami is not the only city stuck with hundreds of poorly constructed or renovated high rise buildings stuck with construction problems that will dog them for the life of the buildings. <br /><br />Chicago's South Loop is a total disaster area, replete with 60-story condo towers with massive water seepage The North Coasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292115710427172625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-24384522769489854342009-06-06T22:28:06.381-04:002009-06-06T22:28:06.381-04:00Mr. Freer, I am hoping you are training the activi...Mr. Freer, I am hoping you are training the activists of the future.Geniusofdespairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01105559930040615945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-63836909976134467562009-06-06T21:36:11.635-04:002009-06-06T21:36:11.635-04:00All the comments are true but there are things wor...All the comments are true but there are things worth saving here.<br /><br />The Everglades. The reefs. The bay.<br /><br />We don't have too many geniuses in South Florida, so we can't forget there are things worth fighting for!<br /><br />Heaven knows the commenters who frequent the Miami Herald website won't be the ones to save us!Mr. Freerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10711945966349109298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-59713063176070152922009-06-06T18:48:19.969-04:002009-06-06T18:48:19.969-04:00Woof is correct... Miami is built on the quicksand...Woof is correct... Miami is built on the quicksand of rapid development... Nothing is permanent, you do not see substantial, stately buildings built. You see smoke and mirrors or tin foil and glass with a palm tree thrown in for good measure. <br /><br />There is no respect for the history of city, county or state here. History begins the day you unpack your luggage, not in 1901. Therefore no oneyoubetcha'https://www.blogger.com/profile/08839714059460928123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-92153666497525760002009-06-06T16:08:43.266-04:002009-06-06T16:08:43.266-04:00Miami was not and is not built to last.
A circus o...Miami was not and is not built to last.<br />A circus of posts and ropes overseen by roustabouts.WOOFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11514250946548893394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-45692656788289632702009-06-06T11:29:47.807-04:002009-06-06T11:29:47.807-04:00Having read your previous posts my question would ...Having read your previous posts my question would be what standards are enforced and what is the history of enforcement?<br /><br />We have lately (or maybe not so lately) become a country of no enforcement of any type of standards against the well connected (see KBR/Halliburton).<br /><br />Is this the case here?<br /><br />Are the taxpayers just an unending fount of money for insiders (even if Cirzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07070125217972397204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37248244.post-83670242046901883682009-06-06T11:17:26.503-04:002009-06-06T11:17:26.503-04:00Hard to answer that question. But there is another...Hard to answer that question. But there is another point worth noting. After weeks of rainfall, the water table is saturated. We are at a spring tide, meaning that rainfall has no where to go. My guess is that buildings that use gravity to channel rain run-off into municipal wastewater pipes failed. Under conditions of sea level rise from global warming, yesterday's event (ie. building Gimleteyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730237496093952571noreply@blogger.com