http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html?hp&_r=0

 

NEW DELHI — An eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed several garment factories collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing at least 70 people, injuring hundreds of others, and leaving an unknown number of people trapped in the rubble, according to Bangladeshi officials and media outlets.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-co...

 

So much happening under our feet.  Daily collapses of roadways due to the severe bow stretch, severe rains, crunching and land subduction all predicted in Zetatalk and all happening now.  Last week in Utah a fatal road collapse killed a 14 year old girl and injured 2.  It's painful to watch the planet crumble but we all knew it was coming.

Buildings collapsing.........a daily happening too.  With responses about what's causing all these happenings ranging from, rain, human error, poorly constructed, yada yada.....BUT, that's not going to fly with people much longer.  As soon as Planet X peers out at us from the sky, people will remember all the things that have happened up to this point and finally somehow, they will connect the dots.  Some will be in extreme denial, others will be so afraid and look for someone to take care of them, and still others will stand up and be counted and prepare as best we could.  There's no wishing this away, there's only pushing forward to a better tomorrow.  While our infrastructure crumbles around us we need to learn to be more careful, tread softly, kiss your kids, love with all your heart.  We are IN IT NOW.

I live in a house built in 1850 and it isn't falling down.  Age does not mean collapse. 

100-year-old building partially collapses in Malone

By: Rachael Paradis

A building in Malone that has been standing for more than a century will no longer be a sight in the town. The building on Route 11, well known to many in the community, collapsed overnight. While no one was injured, our Rachael Paradis tells us why the town is in a rush to tear it down.


MALONE, N.Y. -- Neighbors in Malone stood in surprise, took pictures and even shared stories of a once popular tavern that started to crumble early Monday morning.

County Legislator Billy Jones said, "It's an old structure, it was a structure that was obviously unsafe."

The tavern/hotel was built in the early 1900'. It has been closed to the public for about 15 years and was condemned six months ago.

Franklin County Emergency Services Director Rick Provost, "We're unsure what occurred last night at 3 a.m. What we do know is this building has been on our list of buildings with issues."

Jones said, "Old things fall down."

Police closed off part off Route 11 to traffic and to people, out of concern the rest of the building could fall down. Some in the community voiced concern over why this building, along with others like it in the area that haven't already been demolished. Officials say it comes down to money.

Provost said, "The high cost of abatement for these buildings really makes it tough for the county or the village to take those burdens on."

Jones, "We just have to come up with a plan to start taking some of these building down so we don't run into this problem going forward."

The demolition is only expected to take hours, but cleaning up the area is a different issue. Officials say it could be weeks before the site is completely cleared.

http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/551123/100-year-old-bu...

 

 LAKE ELSINORE: Water leak causes street collapse

 

10:00 PM PDT on Friday, July 22, 2011

By GENE GHIOTTO
The Press-Enterprise

Temporary repairs to a section of Joy Street in Lake Elsinore are in place today after a 1-inch water line gave way, causing 80 feet of the roadway to collapse and the asphalt to buckle.

The leak, caused by a 6 to 8-inch diameter tree root, was reported late Thursday in a line that leads to several duplexes on Joy between Machado Street and Riverside Drive, and behind Machado Elementary School.

Water service was restored to the 34 customers early Friday morning, said Greg Morrison, spokesman for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

Water district and contractor crews spent much of Friday removing the damaged asphalt on the southbound side of Joy and laying down a temporary patch. The road was opened in both directions by late afternoon.

"That way the road will be open completely for the entire weekend," Morrison said.

Crews will return Monday and trench from curb to curb to permanently repair the 1-inch line.

On Tuesday, a paving company will remove the patch, put down new base and repave one side of Joy, Morrison said. Work on the other side will take place on Wednesday.

"That way on Tuesday and Wednesday we'll be able to keep on

 

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_spipe23.38e27e6...

Windhorst, Parsons Roadway Collapse: Cautious Testing Continues

County workers are testing for sinkholes but the work is proceeding methodically because of utility lines at the intersection, according to a Hillsborough County spokesman.

Several lanes at the intersection of Windhorst Road and Parsons Avenue in Brandon remained closed for the indefinite future as county workers tread carefully in determining what caused a section of the roadway to collapse July 19.

“We have to be really careful at that intersection because there are lots of utility lines in the area,” said Hillsborough County spokesman Patrick Murray. "We have a sewer line and a water line there and we have to make sure there are no other utilities, so we have to be careful drilling.”

At the scene, late afternoon July 22, barricades were seen at the intersection, with drilling under way.

Crew workers first believed a 16-inch sewage pipeline beneath the intersection might have caused the collapse of the 6-foot-square section of roadway on July 19, according to a county report.

But the sewer line was dug up and found to be intact.  Now the county is testing the intersection for sinkholes — but carefully, as Murray noted.  

Additional detours and lane closures are possible as crews dig up the line for inspection and any necessary repairs.

Motorists who must travel through the intersection are warned to expect delays.

http://brandon.patch.com/articles/windhorst-parsons-roadway-collaps...

Sewer collapse closes part of Lexington Road

At least one eastbound lane of Road near Etley Avenue and Cave Hill Cemetery will be closed during Thursday morning’s rush hour after a 48-inch brick sewer collapsed Wednesday evening.

Crews noticed a depression in the road before discovering the sewer had collapsed, and the area will be excavated Thursday morning, said Metropolitan Sewer District Executive   Bud Schardein.

He said it was too early to tell what caused the collapse, but age was a likely factor. That part of the sewer was built in the 1880s and could have been weakened from an unusually wet spring.

“With all the wet weather we’ve had this past spring, that has a tendency to undermine the mortar,” Schardein said.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/307200099/Se...

Road collapse might have killed Colorado family

(2011-07-20)

(wpr) - Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths might have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes.

It had been raining for hours Monday night when local authorities warned the Constantinides family, among others, about potential flood conditions near North Brush Creek Campground around midnight.

Not long afterward, the family's van drove into a washed-out portion of Wyoming highway 130 and was swept about 75 yards down Brush Creek. Laurel Constantindies and her three daughters died.

The husband and father, Alex Constantindies, who had grown up in Laramie, survived and escape the vehicle. He and a passerby later rescued Carbon County Emergency management Coordinator John Ziegler, whose car washed out while he was trying to assist in flood protection efforts.

Ziegler said he was "very fortunate" to have survived.

Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to the roadway early Tuesday morning. He says preliminary assessments indicate the creek swollen with rain and snowmelt may have undermined the roadway over some hours and then gouged a 25-foot-wide, 9-foot-deep hole in a matter of minutes.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain/article/1/0/183...

Yunnan road test the opening day collapse resulting in four deaths and injuries

8, Yunnan” in the history of the most short-lived highway “a serious collapse destroyed sections of the site. After investigation, the highway there in time duration and other issues. Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Hai and Ning She

Recently, Yunnan Province, Internet users post, said the new Xinping county secondary road test three estuary opening day collapse occurs, resulting in 2 dead 2 injured. Internet users have questioned this “the most short-lived highway” Why just fix it collapsed, was “too much rain” or “bad way”?

After the incident, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were dispatched to investigate a group of experts, the group that really belongs to all “natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall.”

collapse of the vehicle crash on

recently, Internet users “pass,” said Post, June 27, Xinping County of Yuxi City, three city secondary road test the opening of the estuary collapse occurred the next day, resulting in a vehicle passing through here turn under the cliff, killing two people died inside the car and two others injured, highway interrupted. For the cause of the accident, the local government is a single point of heavy rain caused by a natural disaster.

7 8, correspondent along the new road to the scene three, the road there are construction workers on the highway guardrail, drainage and other construction, from time to time some sections of earth and rock rolled down from the hills.

close to the scene of the accident, the construction set up roadblocks on the road side. In the new three road K25 +450 to K26 +480 road, the reporter saw a total of three road damage, including two collapsed, a surface crack. Road accident at the hillside, two-way four-lane have collapsed, a lot of rocks, soil and concrete was rushed into the street of the valley.

“red water collapsed roadbed”

Zhang Xinping County Department of Transportation Secretary BU has introduced three new roads through villages and towns in Xinping County 8 19 village committees, with a total mileage of 90 kilometers . Road along the fragile geology, disasters, floods and geological disasters have been more serious.

accidents mainly due to heavy rains led to a single point of soft roadbed, road ditches and culverts to be above the blockage, and finally the formation of water as a waterfall of impact, resulting in collapse of highway roadbed.

Bu there are rules that highway design, construction and supervision units are selected strictly in accordance with the bidding system, procedural compliance and found no serious design flaws, quality of construction or supervision of omissions.

collapse occurred Sections of the construction unit project manager Jiangzu Long introduction, the unit will subcontract work to the successful construction services company, the project head of engineering equipment and materials, and is responsible for management and technical guidance, service company only the labor force, which is not labor sub-subcontract, the state permitted by law.

he said, in strict accordance with design drawings for construction, engineering, quality is no problem, Lu Jisong soft infiltration and erosion is mainly caused by the floods.

no quality problems, experts say

afterwards, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were sent experts to the scene. The Group believes that: section of the incident transverse slope steep terrain, poor geological conditions, heavy rainfall increased the hydrostatic pressure, the formation of collapse, is a heavy rainfall-induced natural disasters.

Yunnan Provincial Communications Department who participated in the survey, experts say, from the survey of the situation, roadbed, retaining wall strength and so meet the requirements and found no quality problems.

subsidy investigation in time duration for the fight

accused of the most short-lived road not approved the first building, not the acceptance that the opening test

Reporter learned that the investigation, three new road opened in October 2009 to build, and design in May 2010 before the Provincial Communications Department has been approved, there is “not approved prior to construction” and “time duration” issue. Not hand over the road in case of acceptance of test traffic violations, and plans to be held on 30 June the opening ceremony, canceled after the accident.

construction personnel, three new road along the geological environment is complex, time is short, heavy task in building a post, Xinping shouted “make a big quick-drying 60 days,” the slogan of the progress of the projects Forced , post workers overtime work.

what makes engineering so catch it? Reporters learned that, in addition to travel to meet the requirements of the masses, more important reason is that for national road toll for the abolition of two grants. According to the policy, the new secondary roads shall be June 30 this year, opened to traffic, or can not enjoy the state’s two highway toll abolition of subsidies.

http://www.cnkeyword.info/yunnan-road-test-the-opening-day-collapse...

Details Emerge in Deadly Road Collapse

Cheyenne : WY : USA | Jul 20, 2011
 
Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths may have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes. Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to state Route 130 over South Brush Creek... FULL ARTICLE AT KSAZ

http://www.allvoices.com/news/9730810-details-emerge-in-deadly-road...

 

 

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 24, 2011 at 12:33am

PHOTO UPDATE: Minor damage reported in Franklin County

 

Earthquake damage in Fayetteville, Franklin County.

 

Earthquake damage in Fayetteville, Franklin County.

Reports of a partial collapse in Fayetteville have been confirmed by Franklin County Emergency Services.

An attic and roof suffered damage in the aftermath of the earthquake.  A neighboring house had a chimney collapse, blocking the road with debris.

There are also reports of minor damage to some other structures throughout the country.  They mention more reports of damage may come in once people get home from work.

*Note - The picture is just a representation, not an actual picture.

http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story/PHOTO-UPDATE-Minor-damage-rep...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 24, 2011 at 12:31am

One person killed while working in trench

Posted: Aug 23, 2011 2:54 PM EDT Updated: Aug 23, 2011 4:51 PM EDT
 

Thanks to a grant from Norton Healthcare, this story and others are available in real-time closed captioning on WDRB.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- What appears to be a freak accident killed a man working on a house in Mockingbird Valley.

Emergency crews were called to a private residence on Mockingbird Valley Drive about 1:45 this afternoon.

A group of workers from Griffin Plumbing was trying to remove a concrete barrier from a window well when the concrete collapsed and crushed one worker.

Crews worked frantically to free the man, but he died at the scene.  His identity has not been released.

http://www.wdrb.com/story/15317238/one-person-dies-while-working-in...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 23, 2011 at 2:15am

Route 7 reopens after crane collapse

 

Monday - 8/22/2011, 7:14pm  ET

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A crane collapse is currently causing traffic problems for the westbound lanes of Route 7. (WTOP Photo/David Dildine)

TYSONS CORNER, Va. - A crane collapse crippled traffic in the Tyson's Corner area Monday as the fallen piece of equipment blocked the westbound lanes of Route 7 during the evening rush hour.

The incident caused major delays on Route 7, with drivers having to detour onto the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway in order to avoid the incident.

Traffic reopened on Route 7 around 7:30 p.m. Monday.

Virginia State Police, Fairfax County Police and construction crews worked for three hours to remove the crane from the roadway.

No one was injured when the crane collapsed.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=41&sid=2508207

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 23, 2011 at 2:13am

 

 

Power line tower collapses, closes Lewis Road in Genesee Township

Published: Monday, August 22, 2011, 11:57 AM

IMG-20110822-00087.jpg

 

GENESEE TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Lewis Road, east of Dort Highway has been shutdown because of a collapsed power line tower, according to 911 dispatch.

It is unknown what caused the collapse or if anyone's power has been cut off.
Consumer's Energy is on the scene.

http://www.mlive.com/news/flint/index.ssf/2011/08/power_line_tower_...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 22, 2011 at 10:26pm

Buildings collapse as storm tears through Lake Huron community

 

Roofs missing, cars overturned

A severe storm that many are calling a tornado struck the Ontario community of Goderich Sunday afternoon, tearing apart buildings in the town centre.

"There's a lot of devastation in the downtown area," OPP Sgt. Dave Rektor told the Toronto Star. "Everyone is working to make sure everyone is present and accounted for."

"As a result of that, we've got buildings that have collapsed, we've got roofs missing, we've got cars overturned, a lot of debris strewn everywhere," Rektor told the newspaper.

Col. Morris Brause, commanding officer of the Essex-Kent Scottish regiment, was caught in the midst of the storm as he drove through Goderich, a community on Lake Huron, while hail, the size of golf balls, rained down.

He described the scene as chaotic. Roofs were torn off the tops of houses, trees were uprooted, windows in the business centre were blown out.

"The downtown has been completely devastated," Brause said by telephone. "There's no doubt in my mind this was a tornado. Goderich has been very badly hit."

A retired police officer, Nigel Tilley, told Wingham radio station CKNX that "the Court House Square is a complete disaster." Goderich is best known for the square, from which major streets radiate in eight directions.

The Ontario Provincial Police were asking the public to stay away from the town Sunday night as emergency crews attempted to respond to calls.

Traffic was being detoured and police are not allowing motorists to enter the downtown area.

Witnesses to the storm were posting their accounts on Facebook.

One witness said she was still shaking after the storm passed through her yard.

"Mass destruction. Goderich is completely shut down. I have no hydro but hear that houses are gone."

Brause said the sky darkened very quickly as he drove on Highway 21, approaching the bridge that leads into Goderich's downtown area.

It began to hail so hard that it appeared as though the surroundings were being blanketed in a grey fog.

"We couldn't drive," he said, adding that cars had to stop at the side of the road because it was impossible to see.

"It was the worst kind of hailstorm," he said, adding that it reminded him of a scene in the movie Twister.

"People are shaking their heads in disbelief."

Goderich, which has about 8,000 people, is on the shore of Lake Huron, about 225 kilometres west of Toronto, and is known for having been named "the prettiest town in Canada" by Queen Victoria, although she never visited.


http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Buildings+collapse+storm+tears+th...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 22, 2011 at 4:34pm

3 injured in building collapse in Graduate Hospital

Updated at 10:12 AM today
2 injured in building collapse in Graduate Hospital

Three workers are hospitalized after a 3-story building collapsed Monday morning in the Graduate Hospital section of South Philadelphia.

The collapse happened just before 7:00 a.m. on the 700 block of S. 15th Street.

The workers were on scaffolding when the 3-story brick building collapsed. Police said a 40-year-old man suffered head, neck and back injuries and was hospitalized in serious condition.

Two other workers, ages 28 and 41, were being treated at a hospital for minor injuries. The same building suffered a partial collapse last Wednesday. The Red Cross is currently helping the tenants of the apartment building.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8319630

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 20, 2011 at 11:22pm

NJ amusement park ride partially collapses; 5 hurt

Posted on August 20, 2011 at 12:05 PM

 

 

WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say five people were injured when a ride partially collapsed at a New Jersey amusement park where a girl fell to her death from a Ferris wheel in June.

Wildwood police say the center mast snapped on the sea dragon ride Friday night. It's a pirate ship that swings riders back and forth high into the air. It wasn't immediately clear what caused the mast to break.

Officials say a teenager was sent to the hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening. Four others were treated at the scene for minor injuries.

The collapse was the second serious accident at the Morey's Mariner's Landing Pier this summer. An 11-year-old girl died in June after falling from a Ferris wheel.

A park statement said the partial collapse was being investigated.

 

http://www.wfaa.com/news/national/128122048.html

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 19, 2011 at 12:53am

 

Infant killed in roof collapse

By Our Staff Reporter | From the Newspaper

LAHORE, Aug 17: A two-and-a-half-year-old boy was killed and his two minor sisters were injured when the roof of their single-storey house collapsed near Bagrian Chowk in Green Town here on Wednesday.

Rescue 1122 personnel said the victims were asleep at the time of the incident.

Injured Awais and his sisters Sidra, 6, and Maryam, 9, were ferried to Jinnah Hospital with multiple injuries where Awais was pronounced dead.

Raees Ahmad, father of the children, told rescuers that the roof was being repaired after the seepage due to recent rains.

http://www.dawn.com/2011/08/18/infant-killed-in-roof-collapse.html

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 19, 2011 at 12:50am

Scaffold collapse kills 2 in Shanghai

Updated: 2011-08-18 18:18

(Xinhua)

 

SHANGHAI - Two workers died and four others were injured when a scaffold collapsed at a construction site in Shanghai's Pudong New District on Thursday, local safety authorities said.

The accident happened at 11:30 am at a construction site for a new urban railway route near Luoshan Road, the Shanghai Work Safety Administration said in a press release.

It said all the six workers were working on the scaffold when it collapsed.

The four injured are being treated for fractures at a local hospital. Their injuries are not life-threatening, the press release said.

The cause of the accident is being investigated.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/18/content_13144772.htm

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on August 19, 2011 at 12:48am

Victory Boulevard still closed in Travis after morning crane collapse

Published: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 3:13 PM     Updated: Thursday, August 18, 2011, 3:17 PM
crane.jpgA crane toppled this morning in Travis, but no injuries were reported.  

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Victory Boulevard remains closed in both directions from Melvin Avenue and West Service Road in Travis, where a crane collapsed at a construction site this morning.

Delays and diversions are possible for the S61, S62, S66, S941, S92 and S93 buses.

Nobody was reported injured at the work site, at Victory and Glen Street in the incident, and the crane operator was able to walk away.

Crews appeared to be working in Independence Park -- a three-acre, $1.2 million park that opened in June.

Here is footage from the scene:

 Crane topples in Independence Park in Travis Crane topples in Independence Park in Travis Nobody was hurt and the crane operator was able to walk away unharmed. Watch video   

http://www.silive.com/westshore/index.ssf/2011/08/victory_boulevard...

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