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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 19

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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 19

    The NIST media manager acknowledged to me that NIST has the original, but not the rights and so cannot release the cleaned-up version. SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    PLEASE STOP POSTING IN THIS PART 18 PLEASE Please allow me to move the discussion to Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 19, Thank you. Someone Please close this thread to new postings, or message me how to do this, Thanks. SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 19

    A continuation of our discussion of this failure. Best to read the other threads first to avoid rehashing things already discussed. Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02 Miami Beach, Champlain...
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Couldn't help myself, did a little sharpening in the gif above...
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    To me, the "façade" (palisade?, south parapet, what ever) of the penthouse appears to have fallen straight down one story in the "late" frame...??? SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Yes, That why I put "columns" in quotes, I was typing architecturally, not structurally. The CMU (cinder block in my time) explains why it went all wibblily wobblily, but does point to the distress the east portion of the tower was under. SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    "Oh Charlie, can't you sharpen it?" Not sure this helps...
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Oh no, not another the Charlie's Power Pointy things!?
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Day one - the sub sank Tourist submersible visting the Titanic is missing
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Thank you. That's what the archive link in my post was. I guess I wasn't explicit enough? SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Long road to healing: Surfside marks two years since devastating condo collapse Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article276648851.html#storylink=cpy Archive Link
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    Yes, I'm hoping for even the whole original video. No I didn't mean to hold the center constant. Just getting two frames from the iPhone video aliened is a pain. Drawing the lines accurately taxes my unsteady hands... It still looks to me that the façade fell mostly straight down? But, How did...
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    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 18

    I've signed up for NIST emails: new-videos-available-ncst-champlain-towers-south-investigation may-31-2023-champlain-towers-south-investigation-update-second-warehouse SF Charlie Eng-Tips.com Forum Policies

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