Davenport, Iowa Building Collapsed

[beautress]

– live: Rescue crews search Davenport apartment wreckage as number of missing unknown​

Saw this also on Fox News a few minutes ago.
On TV, a lady who escaped was crying because her doggie is missing. She said the dog was her world. Not everybody got out. Please pray for the people in Davenport. They're in a lot of hurt. Information is scanty so far, at least it is here.

Iowa building collapse – live: Search of Davenport apartment wreckage is called off amid safety fears

Alarming photos show at least one-fourth of the building’s units destroyed in Davenport, Iowa

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[beautress]

Here it is:

I hope that lady finds her doggie, and that it survived ok.

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[shockedcanadian]

Crazy. I saw some maing jokes of shiddy engineering when a building in China collapsed. Humans are sick. Hopefully casualties are at a minimal.

 

[toobfreak]

Termites.

 

[beautress]

Termites.

Well, termites don't exactly wave a flag at maintenance people. How would they have known that?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Well, termites don't exactly wave a flag at maintenance people. How would they have known that?

Hmmmm....by having an annual terminate inspection like most home owners

 

[odanny]

That building looks well over 100 years old, sometimes they collapse when age takes its toll.

 

[toobfreak]

That building looks well over 100 years old, sometimes they collapse when age takes its toll.

Most likely rotting or weakened structural timbers from water leaking in, bad plumbing, or termites combined with structural defects of the time.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Hmmmm....by having an annual terminate inspection like most home owners

The vast majority of Home owners do not have an annual termite inspection .

 

[Harpy Eagle]

The vast majority of Home owners do not have an annual termite inspection .

Then they are fucking morons

 

[odanny]

Most likely rotting or weakened structural timbers from water leaking in, bad plumbing, or termites combined with structural defects of the time.

Did you notice the section that collapsed is directly below the rooftop heating/central air unit?

 

[toobfreak]

Did you notice the section that collapsed is directly below the rooftop heating/central air unit?

Like I said, could be caused by water leaking in through the roof. The building likely has one of those old, level, flat rooftops and there could have been an undetected flaw in their adding AC or something to the building. Wet wood weakens and attracts insects.

 

[Foul Owl]

We should just ban buildings.

On a serious note, prayers to the victims and their families.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Then they are fucking morons

Sure they are skipper. Sure they are.

 

[Muhammed]

Bad dog!

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Sure they are skipper. Sure they are.

100 bucks once a year to make sure you most expensive purchase is not being eaten up from the inside out.

Morons if they do not

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

100 bucks once a year to make sure you most expensive purchase is not being eaten up from the inside out.

Morons if they do not

At this point I’m going to need to se your yearly receipt for services rendered since you purchased your home.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

At this point I’m going to need to se your yearly receipt for services rendered since you purchased your home.

 

[LAUGHatLEFTISTS]

Nope. Doesn’t work. I’ll make it easy on you. Produce just two.

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Nope. Doesn’t work. I’ll make it easy on you. Produce just two.

I just had my house built last year, we moved in last Oct.

I will be sure to get you a copy come Nov!