What's wrong with Florida?

  On 6/25/2021 at 1:54 PM, randomsummer said:

Sinkhole?

that's one of the theories floating around.  would have to be a mighty sinkhole. the building codes for beach front/water front construction is pretty insane.. pounding big pilings deep into the ground as part of the foundation. 

  On 6/25/2021 at 4:40 PM, ignatius said:

that's one of the theories floating around.  would have to be a mighty sinkhole. the building codes for beach front/water front construction is pretty insane.. pounding big pilings deep into the ground as part of the foundation. 

The concrete pylons may have been compromised by 40 years of salt water seeping into the sandy base. Apparently, there was always standing water in the underground level, even when it wasn’t raining.

  On 6/26/2021 at 10:27 AM, Rubin Farr said:

The concrete pylons may have been compromised by 40 years of salt water seeping into the sandy base. Apparently, there was always standing water in the underground level, even when it wasn’t raining.

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Engineer warned of ‘major structural damage’ at Florida Condo Complex in 2018

  On 6/26/2021 at 7:19 PM, ignatius said:

https://www.reddit.com/gallery/o87wri

Engineer warned of ‘major structural damage’ at Florida Condo Complex in 2018

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I’m not sure if they were using coated rebar in the concrete that long ago, that would contribute greatly to saltwater erosion.

  On 6/26/2021 at 7:25 PM, Rubin Farr said:

I’m not sure if they were using coated rebar in the concrete that long ago, that would contribute greatly to saltwater erosion.

no idea either. 

i do know that many years there were hurricane force winds along the coast to the point of sand being picked up off the beach and sand blasting the paint off the ocean side of condos there. it's a tough environment for buildings and cars. 

Strapping  gasoline to your roof is always a Florida idea  

A good article on that condo collapse: https://slate.com/business/2021/06/miami-condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html

the last thing florida needs right now is advice from the CDC. keep the b.s. science stuff out of freedom's yard

  On 7/14/2021 at 5:32 PM, Nebraska said:

the last thing florida needs right now is advice from the CDC. keep the b.s. science stuff out of freedom's yard

 

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Don’t tell America’s penis to wear a condom!

  On 6/26/2021 at 7:19 PM, ignatius said:

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THEY WARNED BUT NEVER FIXED IT! FLORIDA STYLE

wtf. precrime comcplete w/surveillance and officers visiting people's homes. 

Holy shit!  I mean... good incentive to push students to get better grades, but in the most fucked up way possible.  Doesn't get much more 1984 than that.

  On 7/27/2021 at 1:43 AM, ignatius said:

wtf. precrime comcplete w/surveillance and officers visiting people's homes. 

 

 

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Where the "don't tread on me" crowd meets the "blue lives matter" crowd on this will be interesting.

Who could've foreseen that fascists gonna fash.

  On 7/27/2021 at 1:43 AM, ignatius said:

wtf. precrime comcplete w/surveillance and officers visiting people's homes. 

 

 

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Don’t worry, they just want to bring you in for a little information retrieval.

Holy shit, that's fucked up

Armed 18 year old has 6 hour rooftop stand-off with sheriff’s deputies:

https://www.yahoo.com/news/deputies-arrest-teen-6-hour-221100098.html

Been hearing about this guy for weeks now from family & friends. Florida has this “chiropractor culture”, that I’ve seen up close, and some of them really do go around calling themselves medical doctors. This guy is just a quack though:

  On 9/17/2021 at 11:29 AM, Rubin Farr said:

 

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in the early 90s i had a friend in sarasota fl which is not too far from bradenton. he was dating a girl from bradenton who was like 19 or 20 w/a 3 yr old and no baby daddy.  one weekend there was a party/rave happening near sarasota and me and some friends drove up from miami. there were all these bradenton girls there.. throughout the night we discovered they were all teen moms w/no baby daddy and they all knew each other. they were all hot.. and were all mess.. hot messes. 

useless anecdote.. but that's always what i think of when i hear about bradenton. 

  On 9/17/2021 at 5:01 PM, ignatius said:

in the early 90s i had a friend in sarasota fl which is not too far from bradenton. he was dating a girl from bradenton who was like 19 or 20 w/a 3 yr old and no baby daddy.  one weekend there was a party/rave happening near sarasota and me and some friends drove up from miami. there were all these bradenton girls there.. throughout the night we discovered they were all teen moms w/no baby daddy and they all knew each other. they were all hot.. and were all mess.. hot messes. 

useless anecdote.. but that's always what i think of when i hear about bradenton. 

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When I grew up in Florida, there was a whole wave of people moving down from New England, which made it affluent and wealthy thru the end of the Century. Since then, there has been a large influx of people from Alabama and Georgia, which has made it more country and conservative, and Trumpy.

sign outside uncle eddie's in jupiter florida

socialist government funded health inspectors have been giving eddie's a rough time 

Ok fine but I thought all the "patriots" were against cancel culture.

And these yahoos calling themselves "patriots" is such a great marketing move and such bullshit. I do love how they capitalized "Patriots" in their sign, though. 

  On 10/9/2021 at 5:26 PM, Nebraska said:

sign outside uncle eddie's in jupiter florida

socialist government funded health inspectors have been giving eddie's a rough time 

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Those inspections read as if this place is a germ ridden mess with no sanitation or hygiene.  

i'm in ft lauderdale for the next 5 days. wish me luck.