Monday, December 1, 2014

2014 - NOV - Infrastructure Collapse




2014-11-30 - Building under construction collapses in Ghaziabad (India), 1 killed, 7 injured, many feared trapped:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141201-46182-IND
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-one-dead-7-injured-in-ghaziabad-building-collapse-2039899
http://www.konkanworld.com/national/674/60-feared-trapped-in-building-collapse-in-ghaziabad
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/building-collapses-in-ghaziabad-60-feared-trapped/article1-1291889.aspx
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/Collapse-at-building-site-leaves-7-injured-many-feared-trapped/articleshow/45330236.cms

2014-11-29 - Building collapses in coastal Puducherry (India):
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/141130/nation-current-affairs/article/19th-century-french-era-building-collapses-pondy
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/puducherry-heritage-building-collapses-in-rain/article6646684.ece

2014-11-28 - Building partially collapses on coastal Staten Island (New York), 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/11/28/fdny-1-hurt-after-staten-island-roof-partly-collapses/
http://www.ny1.com/content/news/219641/one-dead--three-injured-in-building-collapse/
http://www.silive.com/westshore/index.ssf/2014/11/construction_worker_dies_in_ro.html
http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141128/travis/man-critically-hurt-after-car-dealerships-roof-collapses

2014-11-27 - Building collapses in Sunkesula (India), 1 killed:
http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/India/20141127/2502484.html

Note: Sunkesula is located on the banks of the Tungabhadra River...

2014-11-27 - Deck collapses at home in Greenville County (South Carolina), 22 injured, 6 seriously:
http://www.wyff4.com/news/dispatchers-deck-collapses-multiple-injuries/29961946
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/deck-collapse-sends-22-thanksgiving-celebrants-hospital-n257556
http://www.wafb.com/story/27497196/ems-responding-to-deck-collapse-in-greenville-county
http://www.wspa.com/story/27497454/deck-collapsed-in-greenville
http://www.wistv.com/story/27497196/ems-responding-to-deck-collapse-in-greenville-county
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2014/11/27/fire-department-says-1st-responders-are-on-the-sce/
http://www.sconfire.com/2014/11/27/mass-casualty-incident-deck-collapses-injuring-20-people-greenville-thanksgiving-celebration/

2014-11-26 - Building partially collapses in Upper Marlboro (Maryland):
http://www.wjla.com/articles/2014/11/wall-collapse-happens-to-2-story-building-in-upper-marlboro-109348.html

2014-11-26 - Building partially collapses in Jerusalem (Israel):
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/310167

2014-11-25 - Eight-story residential building collapses in Cairo (Egypt), near the Nile River, at least 19 killed, 8 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141125-46126-EGY
http://www.christianexaminer.com/article/egypt.building.collapse.kills.19.injures.8.others/47683.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/10-killed-egypt-building-collapse-27157645
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-30191425
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/crowd-joins-desperate-search-cairo-building-collapse-survivors-n255771

2014-11-24 - Major power outage hits Tbilisi (Georgia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20141124-46114-GEO

2014-11-22 - Balcony collapses at apartment building in Oktibbeha County (Mississippi), 16 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141123-46101-USA
http://www.wtva.com/news/national/story/UPDATE-16-hurt-in-apartment-balcony-collapse/XkYm5HOU1kWg2Cepv1yDCQ.cspx

2014-11-21 - Home partially collapses in Five Points area in Denver (Colorado):
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2014/11/21/firefighters-investigate-partial-building-collapse-in-five-points/

2014-11-21 - Balcony collapses in Knightsbridge area in coastal London (Britain), 2 killed, 6 injured:
http://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/two-dead-and-six-injured-after-balcony-collapse-in-knightsbridge-9875495.html
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2aqqtf_two-people-killed-after-balcony-collapses-in-knightsbridge_news
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/11245565/Chelsea-balcony-collapse.html

2014-11-21 - Building collapses in coastal Chennai (India), 2 killed, 3 injured:
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/two-killed-in-building-collapse-in-chennai/article6622629.ece
http://m.newindianexpress.com/tamil-nadu/395527
http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/1-killed-in-building-collapse-114112101368_1.html

Quote: "The building was located near the Customs House in the Second Line Beach area..."

2014-11-19 - Building collapses in Painesville (Ohio):
http://www.kpho.com/story/27419008/warehouse-building-collapses-in-Painesville

2014-11-18 - Bridge over creek collapses near Mound City (Missouri), 1 killed:
http://www.kctv5.com/story/27420092/man-driving-tractor-dies-when-1-lane-bridge-collapses
http://www.kctv5.com/story/27420092/man-driving-on-tractor-dies-when-1-lane-bridge-collapses
http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/27420092/man-driving-on-tractor-dies-when-1-lane-bridge-collapses
http://www.ksla.com/story/27420092/man-driving-tractor-dies-when-1-lane-bridge-collapses

2014-11-17 - Homes collapse at riverfront construction site in Chattanooga (Tennessee), 1 injured:
http://www.chattanoogan.com/2014/11/17/288724/Construction-Workers-Injured-In.aspx
http://www.wrcbtv.com/story/27404411/partial-building-collapse-at-construction-site
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2014/nov/17/two-buildings-collapse-planned-100-million-riverfr/
http://www.newschannel9.com/news/top-stories/stories/several-injured-after-2-buildings-collapse-construction-site-13798.shtml

Quote: "The collapse happened a little after 10 o'clock Monday morning at the new $100 million Cameron Harbor development along the Chattanooga riverfront. Two of the homes came crashing down and a third will have to be torn down."

2014-11-16 - Five-story building collapses in Ruaka (Kenya), 1 killed:
http://www.citizennews.co.ke/news/2012/local/item/24179-1-dead-after-building-collapses-in-ruaka

2014-11-15 - Sewer lines already degrading after just 7 years, in Amarillo (Texas):
http://www.kswo.com/story/27396272/sewage-line-problem-has-city-looking-for-answers

Quote: "City officials are concerned about the damage because there not sure how the pipes could have eroded and broken down so quickly."

Note: Hydrogen sulfide is corrosive and, being a heavier-than-air gas, it will tend to flow into low-lying areas, like sewers. It's also naturally produced in sewers, but that's always been the case, so this problem is relatively new, last few years, which is in the same timeframe as the escalation in mysterious odors and smells sickening people around the world, and the escalation in underground fires and explosions, homes exploding, mysterious explosions sometimes with a 'flash of light', vehicle fires, recycling fires, animals sickening and dying, etc, etc. It's all the same problem, which is precisely why these things are all escalating concurrently...

2014-11-15 - Six-story building collapses in coastal Guangzhou (China), 2 killed, 7 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141115-46012-CHN
http://www.ecns.cn/2014/11-15/142838.shtml

2014-11-14 - Two buildings collapse hours after being checked for safety in coastal Wallasey (Britain):
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wallasey-buildings-were-checked-security-8106015
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/wallasey-building-collapse-lucky-no-8104387

Quote: "Two buildings that dramatically collapsed in Wallasey had been security checked by Wirral Council just hours before they fell. The council say the derelict terraced houses on King Street have been 'regularly checked' for safety and security since 2012, with the last security check taking place on the day of the collapse."

2014-11-14 - Concrete roof collapses at factory in coastal George Town (Malaysia), 1 killed:
http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1227066

2014-11-14 - Another pedestrian bridge under construction collapses at college in Raleigh (North Carolina):
http://www.wncn.com/story/27386370/2nd-bridge-collapses-at-wake-techs-north-campus
http://abc11.com/news/second-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-at-wake-tech/395232/
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/news/no-injuries-2nd-bridge-collapse-nc-school/nh7G9/
http://www.journalnow.com/news/state_region/nd-bridge-collapses-at-wake-tech/article_f87d0a52-6c71-11e4-b482-f7215dab09df.html

Note: A different pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed here the day prior, killing 1 person and injuring 4 more, mentioned in the 2014-11-13 update...

2014-11-13 - Pedestrian bridge under construction collapses at college in Raleigh (North Carolina), 1 killed, 4 injured:
http://www.wncn.com/story/27375916/1-killed-4-injured-in-wake-tech-bridge-collapse
http://www.wfmynews2.com/story/news/local/2014/11/13/wake-tech-bridge-collapse/18967177/
http://www.reflector.com/ap/staten/1-worker-dies-when-nc-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-2708947
http://www.newsobserver.com/2014/11/13/4318173_bridge-being-built-at-wake-tech.html

Quote: "A frantic caller to 911 said, 'Got about five guys that fell off a bridge. These guys are hurt bad. They're not even moving.'"

2014-11-13 - Concrete wall collapses at construction site in Avon Lake (Ohio), 1 killed:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/ap/ap/ohio/off-duty-ohio-firefighter-dies-when-wall-collapses/nh6qM/

2014-11-13 - Two power stations fail, airport goes dark in Bogota (Colombia):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=VIV-20141114-46001-COL

2014-11-11 - Building partially collapses in coastal Dorchester (Massachusetts):
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Officials-Building-Partially-Collapses-282299621.html
http://www.whdh.com/story/27355387/partial-building-collapse-in-dorchester
http://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2014/11/11/building-facade-partially-collapses-dorchester/anRjZMSLQrDl0fbw4yLw0N/story.html
http://www.wsvn.com/story/27355387/partial-building-collapse-in-Dorchester

2014-11-09 - Three-story apartment building collapses in coastal Frederikshavn (Denmark), 1 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141109-45940-DNK
http://cphpost.dk/news/three-storey-building-collapses-in-frederikshavn.11575.html

2014-11-09 - Stage collapses at community hall in Elandsfontein (South Africa), 64 injured:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=AC-20141109-45946-ZAF

2014-11-09 - Deck collapses at home in coastal Boston (Massachusetts), 5 injured:
http://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/article_3cf62fb6-6857-11e4-bbb3-37f73c88b019.html

2014-11-08 - Power goes off and on at Phoenix International Raceway in Phoenix (Arizona):
http://blackflag.jalopnik.com/power-goes-out-at-nascar-truck-race-fans-party-anyway-1656291091

Quote: "In one of the most bizarre occurrences at a modern race event, the power kept going out last night at Phoenix International Raceway. Rolling blackout issues affected the NASCAR Camping World Truck series race, at times lighting half the circuit, and at times lighting nothing at all."

2014-11-08 - Scaffold collapses at power plant in Anhui Province (China), 7 killed, 7 injured:
http://en.ce.cn/main/latest/201411/09/t20141109_3874189.shtml

2014-11-07 - Nuclear plant unexpectedly shuts down on Lake Erie in North Perry (Ohio):
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=NC-20141107-45923-USA

2014-11-06 - Building collapses in coastal Abidjan (Ivory Coast), 8 killed, 2 missing:
http://www.ubalert.com/nlQb
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/06/us-ivorycoast-collapse-idUSKBN0IQ1QB20141106
http://www.naijalately.com/news/8-dead-2-missing-in-ivory-coast-building-collapse

2014-11-05 - Bridge about to collapse in coastal Claxton Bay on the island of Trinidad, bridge closed:
http://www.ttonline.org/2014/11/05/claxton-bay-bridge-about-to-collapse/
http://www.ttonline.org/2014/11/05/sum-sum-hill-claxton-bay-bridge-collapses-nov-5-2014-trinidad-tobago/
http://www.youtube.com/embed/UM3g7_KBDPg

Note: Video looks like the bridge did collapse, so that story about the collapse being imminent might have been written just before the bridge collapsed. Not good, mon. This looks like at least a 3-spliff catastrophe!

2014-11-05 - Building partially collapses in Bristol (Pennsylvania), 1 injured:
http://www.theintell.com/videos/local/video-partial-building-collapse-in-bristol/html_05f2efa8-bf24-550b-b82c-4cd94157bd75.html
http://www.examiner.com/article/man-hurt-bristol-boro-building-collapse
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/local/newtown-man-seriously-hurt-in-bristol-building-collapse/article_a1e6e3e2-2135-515c-a601-9a75b197d205.html

2014-11-04 - Commercial printing building collapses in Blackwell (Oklahoma):
http://www.koco.com/news/old-blackwell-printing-building-collapses-in-blackwell/29526528
http://www.poncacitynews.com/Building-Collapse

2014-11-03 - School field house collapses in Shelbyville (Tennessee), 3 injured:
http://www.kait8.com/story/27260523/workers-injured-while-field-house-wall-collapse

2014-11-03 - Fifty-ton wall collapses at power plant under construction in coastal Stockholm (Sweden), 2 killed, 1 injured:
http://www.thelocal.se/20141104/two-dead-in-stockholm-building-collapse

2014-11-02 - Roof collapses at apartment building in Nacogdoches (Texas):
http://www.kait8.com/story/27188938/roof-collapse-at-nacogdoches-apartment-complex

2014-11-02 - Ten-story building crumbling, chunks falling off, in Tioga area of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania):
http://6abc.com/news/bricks-debris-fall-from-tioga-building-/377140/
http://news.yahoo.com/bricks-debris-fall-tioga-building-173245339.html

2014-11-01 - Huge power outage hits the entire country of Bangladesh, prisons, hospitals, roads and airports go dark:
http://hisz.rsoe.hu/alertmap/site/index.php?pageid=event_desc&edis_id=PW-20141101-45847-BGD
http://www.thedailystar.net/blackout-br-disaster-looms-48444

Quote: "People's sufferings multiplied as night descended. An eerie calm took over with darkness covering every city corner. Only the city streets blinked with the taillights of the dwindling number of cars like an illumination show."

2014-11-01 - Power station collapses, rolling blackouts hit Johannesburg, Pretoria, Ekurhuleni and Cape Town (South Africa):
http://www.sabreakingnews.co.za/2014/11/03/lights-out-across-sa-after-major-power-station-collapses/

2014-11-01 - Building collapses in Chicago (Illinois), near Lake Michigan, 1 killed, 3 injured:
http://abc7chicago.com/news/3-injured-in-west-lawn-building-collapse/376638/
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-3-injured-after-brick-facade-of-building-falls-20141101-story.html
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Building-Collapses-in--281187721.html

2014-11-01 - Home collapses in Middletown (Delaware), 1 injured:
http://6abc.com/news/man-rescued-from-building-collapse-in-delaware-idd/375285/

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