was building that fell down .blown up by a terrosit bomb?

@samueltyler2 There could be other factors at work too, including uneven subsidence that would put additional stresses on support columns. That would be typical of reclaimed lands that behave differently than normal land. Remember the Cypress Freeway that collapsed in Oakland from the Loma Prieta earthquake that was built on reclaimed land and killed over 40 people. Other portions on more solid ground did not collapse.

@windinhishair I've always been leery of Foster City, wasn't that built on landfill in the bay?

@independentone Yes. Foster City was built on former tidal wetlands with engineered fill in the 1960s, but I don't think the consequences of building on land like that subject to earthquakes was well understood at the time.

@Graylight Cracks in beams and supports cause rust in reinforcing steel, which swells and destroys concrete's strength as concrete breaks up ... Building collapses. Will be lawsuits that bankrupt the HOA. 3 years ago consultants pointed out defects. Some will be sued personally since dereliction of board member duty....

@Graylight exactly!!! The integrity of the building was compromised. No conspiracy theory here.

@Neoerectus Apparently a woman(now missing) had called her hub to report the pool was caving in. Garage was below...with those bad beams

@smiler2012 There’s plenty of concrete evidence, it’s all over the floor

@ididntknow 🙄 oh dear i had not thought of the unfortunate pun out of this tragedy

@independentone No. He was busy in other South Florida projects laundering money for Russian Oligarchs.

@Vivaci Interesting perspective and a good reminder. Thanks.

@Graylight Thank YOU for clarifying and keeping the torch burning bright. I enjoy your political arguments from afar. 🙌☺️

Thanks to you both as well...your valuable inputs mean a lot to us. 💙🤗@Northwest @windinhishair

@spjennifer oh, the intellectuals have arrived, make room everybody

@ididntknow No, just wondering what your statement about there being "a lot of Jewish people living there" has to do with the building collapsing? Are you saying it's their fault?

@ididntknow A lot of Jewish people live in lots of places in Florida, since it is a natural retirement destination for people who lived in New York.

You might as well observe that "a lot of American people live there."

@paulio like I said, they have evacuated a couple of other condos in the area for the same reason - this had a leaking swimming pool and the chlorine water didn't help the concrete either.

supposedly the pool deck went first and was followed by other supports. then it pancacked. horrible tradegy

@Pretzel or it was a bomb

@paulio I have an alibi for the time of the collapse

@FreeSpirit1 Exactly. No conspiracy needed.

@MrBrownstone Silverstein said he "Pulled" the building. It just happened to be set up to be "Pulled" that day.

@DrWatson Also could have been Godzilla

@TheLordOfHell Nah. Nowadays, Godzilla does not destroy buildings unless his agent has signed a lucrative movie contract!

@TheLordOfHell All of the buildings there have been sinking for decades. The ground is not stable because of flooding. BUT they keep building new buildings there.

@TheLastWord As a Troll the Larry Silverstein answer was great. Made me want to find out if that was true. Larry would be up to 4 buildings and we'd have to adjust his death count.