Jacksonville Parking Garage collapses

[Puffnstuff]

I suppose it was our turn when a parking garage associated with a local hospital collapsed. My dad uses that garage when he goes to his cardiologist but fortunately he was not there today.

‘It was crazy’: Part of top floor of parking garage collapses at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside

A parking garage for Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside on King Street partially collapsed Tuesday afternoon, damaging multiple cars.

www.news4jax.com

 

[Ken g6]

Hope everyone's alright...and has comprehensive insurance on their cars.

 

[BoomerD]

Good Fla-Duh building standards.

 

[Pens1566]

Wasn't the last building collapse also in FL?

 

[Dave_5k]

Wasn't the last building collapse also in FL?

The big condo collapse was a couple years back (2021), but in general building on a swamp that is roughly at sea level and regularly visited by hurricanes ~ tends to cause difficulties with long term building stability.

(Hi Florida! Where "only" 1 in 3 properties across the entire state are at a high risk of flooding, while 1 in 8 are insured against such...!)

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

Wasn't the last building collapse also in FL?

Not if you count Iowa.

https://www.newsday.com/news/nation/owner-of-collapsed-iowa-building-that-killed-3-people-files-lawsuit-blaming-engineering-company-hsjgj09x

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

There have been a couple of other bigger ones I can't find right now and a bunch of smaller ones.

One in PA recently, but that was during demolition and a couple during or after large fires, so they don't really count as much.

 

[hal2kilo]

The big condo collapse was a couple years back (2021), but in general building on a swamp that is roughly at sea level and regularly visited by hurricanes ~ tends to cause difficulties with long term building stability.

(Hi Florida! Where "only" 1 in 3 properties across the entire state are at a high risk of flooding, while 1 in 8 are insured against such...!)

It's a "normal" for Florida going back years.

Condo collapse mystery: Why did the building fall in Surfside? Investigation could take years

“A fact-finding,\u00a0not fault-finding,\u00a0technical investigation. It will take time. But we will not stop until we determine likely cause of this tragedy”

www.floridatoday.com