Building under construction collapses in George

Anyone have any expreince with rescue mission, I was wondering why don't they spray water over the entire site surely if someone is still alive somewhere they will die due to dehydration? I remember years back in a disaster someone surived like a week as they were sipping water from a puddle.
 
L-Dog said:
Anyone have any expreince with rescue mission, I was wondering why don't they spray water over the entire site surely if someone is still alive somewhere they will die due to dehydration? I remember years back in a disaster someone surived like a week as they were sipping water from a puddle.
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Might some not drown if they do that?
 
Koning Witou Solomon said:
Oh JC, so you have a small ego and now you have to storm onto an internet forum to pick a fight with a random stranger you know f-all about?

FWIW, doing a BSc Eng you learn a lot about a lot of things before you complete your degree, which for me was ~40 yrs ago. If there are folks about that knew him, they'll tell you who Prof GT van Rooyen was. So, yes I may comment on certain materials ... but as as I also said, do that phone a friend.

So put that in "your ass" and look for shyt elsewhere.
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Prof GT is still going strong at age 95
 
kolaval said:
Maybe we're confusing foreigners with work permits with illegal foreigners (which SA has a lot of).
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I wonder how easy it would be to get this work if you don't have a work permit?

I suppose if they use finger prints and the person isn't documented they wont find them on the system
 
L-Dog said:
Anyone have any expreince with rescue mission, I was wondering why don't they spray water over the entire site surely if someone is still alive somewhere they will die due to dehydration? I remember years back in a disaster someone surived like a week as they were sipping water from a puddle.
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I also don't have any rescue knowledge but would spraying water not cause sludge or slurry that would increase buoyancy of loose material and therefore worsen instability?
 
Will they remove everything and declare this erf a memorial site for those that have left us? Like they did for 9/11 twin towers a few years ago
 
Even more importantly, I hope that the families will be properly compensated.

Surely projects like these have to have insurance policies in place?

UB40 said:
Will they remove everything and declare this erf a memorial site for those that have left us? Like they did for 9/11 twin towers a few years ago
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DentistGuy said:
Even more importantly, I hope that the families will be properly compensated.

Surely projects like these have to have insurance policies in place?
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Most people have their own life insurance in place.
 
Stinkbeaver said:
I also don't have any rescue knowledge but would spraying water not cause sludge or slurry that would increase buoyancy of loose material and therefore worsen instability?
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So (and this is totally from a non-engineer/construction person) I'd assume you do run the risk of making instability worse, but you also possibly create a sludge which could drown or encase any possible survivors.

Though, at however many days now, the chances of finding anyone alive now are probably as close to zero as makes no difference.
 
DentistGuy said:
Even more importantly, I hope that the families will be properly compensated.

Surely projects like these have to have insurance policies in place?
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Agree 100%
But after all is said and done I hope the property developers are not greedy and go ahead and build another building on this cemetery where so many have lost their lives.
The government should compensate those at financial loss here and decalre that erf as sacred and erect a memorial of some sorts like Trump did with 9/11
 
UB40 said:
Agree 100%
But after all is said and done I hope the property developers are not greedy and go ahead and build another building on this cemetery where so many have lost their lives.
The government should compensate those at financial loss here and decalre that erf as sacred and erect a memorial of some sorts like Trump did with 9/11
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the goverment doesnt care

george people also wont care

they ready to build more
 
UB40 said:
Agree 100%
But after all is said and done I hope the property developers are not greedy and go ahead and build another building on this cemetery where so many have lost their lives.
The government should compensate those at financial loss here and decalre that erf as sacred and erect a memorial of some sorts like Trump did with 9/11
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Trump??!
 
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