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> There wasn't any need for fancier sensors and data recording technology than was used.

Obviously there was. A common refrain in all the civil engineering discussions I'm reading is that this inspection report was in bottom 10%, perhaps bottom 1%, but not 0.00001% off the charts atypical.

It's quite apparent that we need more dimensions of data—if for nothing else than to make it crystal clear when a situation is approaching disaster. We also still do not know what actually happened (and may never know), so for post-mortems this sort of thing seems important.

What simple steps can be done to reduce the probability of this happening again by 1,000x+?



What if it wasn't atypical because there's lots of buildings showing damage like this? Coastal Florida, especially; is harsh environment for building and they've had 40+ years of "slap it together as fast and cheap as possible" construction there.

It don't matter how much data you have about the tidal wave bearing down on you; you has to move out of its way regardless.


> What if it wasn't atypical because there's lots of buildings showing damage like this?

Yes, this is scary. Lots of respect for the first responders and all the engineers working non-stop right now to figure this out.




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