Millennium Tower is built on landfill prone to liquefying.
Even after moving a combined 18 inches west/into the earth from its original position, it takes more than a stiff breeze to topple a 58-story skyscraper, however inadequately moored.
Such a building may eventually shift to the point that it represents a danger to its structural integrity. But even though its present rate of engulfment is fairly alarming, it’s not going down fast enough to take anybody by surprise.
Mark Twain once said “The coldest winter I ever saw was the summer I spent in San Francisco.” I spent a summer in San Francisco once, and I must differ. No disrespect meant to this icon that the “idiots” today delude themselves to be as witty. Let’s start with the ones who are not US citizens. John Oliver, James Cordon, Samantha Bee, Trevor Noah and Jim Jeffrey. Your own countries reject your mental delusions of personal talent (your in-ability to not be payed for your worthlessness, thinking your funny). You should at least be thanking God that worthless US based networks paid by IDIOT advertisers who employ idiots that they allow to spend their funds supporting you. It’s also know as Nepotism. Just to keep mental illness out of their basements and fridges. I love the show “The Actors Studio”. Especially when it gets to the “Q and A” part. “Hi, I’m a 10 year playwright”. who needs to know Jeff Spicoli’s focus. Much more that needs to fall before this does.
When our neighbor was suddenly widowed, she moved to San Francisco to be near her adult children down in the bay area. I remember excitedly poring over the floor plans of her new condo. It was one of the quarters of this building — I forget which floor, but it was up there, and she had incredible views as well as all the amenities of living in a grand hotel, to boot. I wonder if she and the other tenants were able to get their money back. There’s no way on God’s green earth I would live in a highrise on top of a major fault. It’s bad enough being on ground level in an earthquake — even a small one.
The management company should deny it was creaking and cracking. Rename it Millennial Tower and say it was just whining.
Put a plank on the opposite side and use Mooch as a counter balance.
I am sure they drove pilings so the landfill aspect shouldn’t be a concern. My guess is that globul worming is causing the earth to shrink along the coastlines.
It (globul worming) also is liquifying the oceans probably causing the liquifying that is mentioned in the article.
McFartus – From the article – “A building this size weighs hundreds of thousands of tons.” Good idea you have but Big Mike would be a little to much counterbalance.
When it finally does collapse, look for these to emerge:
⏺ Safety recommendations were ignored.
⏺ No-bid contract given to a minority construction company.
⏺ The architects / construction company, was chosen due to political kick backs.
⏺ Illegal aliens were working on the site.
⏺ Committee jam-packed with political cronies will get paid to sit around and deliver a report in which no one is to blame.
Much of the devastation caused by the earthquake of 1906 has been attributed to building on landfill. You would think that a lesson like that would never be forgotten.
This is what happens when you build anything on sand and not upon solid rock.
SF’s leaning tower of pizza, nourishment for a Sanctuary City.
So the homeless should crap only on the North, South and East sidewalks, for safety reasons.
The leaning tower of Feces.
I wonder if those people can get their money back.
If you go there, just be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.
Then you’ll be OK.
And you don’t even have to fertilize those flowers either.
“Millennium Tower is built on landfill prone to liquefying.“
Oh. So it was built on the excrement of the homeless after all.
Stacked 56 levels of people high, on top of a landfill, with structural integrity problems, and people still pay $13 million for a penthouse in this “luxury building” where friends from the outside are for certain to avoid you at all costs.
One good gay group sex romping on a top level penthouse would probably topple it. It is San Fran.
Just that much more debris to pick up after the next earthquake.
And then after the next earthquake they will rebuild once again on the rubble of what’s left of San Francisco.
San Francisco is one city the Chinese don’t have to nuke as it will eventually destroy itself.
Evacuate everyone in the building and move the homeless in there! The building will take care of itself. At least they won’t be pooping on the street.
They won’t make that mistake again. The next high-rise will be built on the ever-growing mountain of human shit. Yessireebob!
What if you happen to own a beautiful bungalow on the west side of this behemoth?
Your property is taking a hit in value, and you were just an innocent homeowner.
Move everyone out and let the homeless move in. No more poop in the streets!
Mithrandir, don’t forget the paid-off building code inspectors.
I hope Feinstein’s husband has a shit-ton of money invested here.