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Follow on Google News | Collapsing Surfside Building Changes Landscape of Climate Change DebateCLI-Fi novelist likens condos built up to surf's edge to living in a "house of cards"
By: FIRST RUN BOOKS "Anyone paying attention in the Miami area – or any coastal environment – is aware that buildings exposed to salt air and water are vulnerable to the process of spalling (see link below) which weakens the structural integrity of places like Champlain Towers. What do you expect when you plant a 13- story building like that right up close to an eroding shoreline, built on a base of veritable quicksand that reportedly has caused the tower to gradually sink over the past 40 years?" Clark warns that tragedies such as what happened in Surfside, while new to us now, are in reality yet another example of what has been heretofore unforeseen by most, yet are an entirely predictable outcome of mankind's lack of respect for the natural world. "It is a mistake to think of events such as this – and many more to come - as caused by climate change. Sure, human behavior is exacerbating the adverse impacts climate change is bringing to bear on our artificially- "If you do, sounds like someone is not playing with a full deck." YOU TUBE EPISODE: https://www.youtube.com/ ARTICLE ON SPALLING (https://www.robsonforensic.com/ End
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