"... feared to be crushed under the unfathomable weight of a 55-unit wing of the condominium tower. They were aging denizens of Miami Beach and affluent Latin Americans whose condominiums by the sea were part-time homes. They were snowbirds who hadn’t quite made it back north for the summer and year-round residents hunkered down for South Florida’s stickiest months. They lived in a 40-year-old beachfront building that offered views of the ocean and the Intracoastal Waterway, of sunrise and sunset.... The building crumpled at 1:30 a.m. It fell in less than 10 seconds. The sound was horrific. The earth shook. Many of the residents, most presumably asleep at that hour, have not been heard from.... 'I called her a million times today and she doesn’t pick up, you know what I mean?'"
From "Asleep in their beachfront condos, they vanished into a mountain of rubble" (WaPo).
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Wilbur writes:
I live about 10 miles from the scene of this tragedy.
I can't help but mention the predictably abominable behavior of the local TV news media. They are in their glory, still into 24-hour coverage, seemingly competing to see who can emote more and/or interviewing more grieving friends and relatives.
At least they haven't blamed yet this on Trump. Just give them time, they'll find a way.
another old lawyer writes:
To Wilbur's point about local TV news media "interviewing more grieving friends and relatives."
We've all watched that type of 'reporting' for years. I've been lucky enough to have never been one of those friends or relatives, but for decades I've been prepared with a short, to-the-point response if fortunes change and I get approached by a 'journalist': "Get away from me, you fucking vulture."
I hereby grant a worldwide, royalty-free license for anyone in that position to use that phrase.
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