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People argue this building shouldn't have been constructed at all. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cause-miami-condo-collapse-unclear-experts-say-barrier-
by wheelinsupial 5y ago
People argue this building shouldn't have been constructed at all.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cause-miami-condo-collapse-unclear-experts-say-barrier-islands-present-n1272316 https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cause-miami-condo-colla...
"Another issue at hand for the Surfside community is one shared with all of Miami Beach: The towns are built on a barrier island. Climate scientists and geologists have long warned that these islands cannot be developed responsibly. They are made of a loose mixture of sand and mud and provide a natural protection for the shoreline.
'These are very dynamic features. We didn’t understand that these islands actually migrate until the 1970s,' said Orrin Pilkey, a professor emeritus of geology at Duke University who has long studied sea-level rise and the over-development of the coast. 'As sea level rises, they move back.'"
- plumeria 5y agoPerhaps unrelated, but how are artificial islands (e.g. Dubai's Palm Islands) engineered to support massive buildings? Edit: I think it is already answered in [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands#Risk_mitigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_Islands#Risk_mitigation
- fuzzfactor 5y agoIn the early 1960's portions of the pavement over a former route of beachfront highway A1A could stll be found underwater over a quarter mile off the coast in places.