#surfside condo

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For a while now...

I've had people asking (in effect) "why did the Surfside Condo story end up provoking weirdly eccentric viral rumours?"*

Fact Check-John McAfee did not tweet about the Miami condo collapse

Claims that the late John McAfee tweeted about the Champlain Towers South condominium that collapsed in Miami, Florida on June 24, 2021, are

I don't know and I imagine there are quite a few plausible answers (including those involving mental ill health as well as codes involving "surf" as a representation of wave, board, sand, water and/or beach) but here's my most recent effort at an anagram, of sorts:

Do C on Surf, 'Side/Ides

where "C" is slang for Beach, "Surf" is an LA-based regional airline and Side/Ides is an abbreviation for Oceanside Municipal ("Bob Maxwell") Airport, the 15th of the next month or an operational instruction.

In memory of the 98 and with prayers for those that loved them.

A year after Surfside collapse, loved ones see legislation and millions but few answers

PJ Rodriguez's 7-year-old son, John, is learning to cope with the loss of his grandmother and great grandmother.

*I've been reluctant to post any kind of answer. In these circumstances, there's rarely a happy ending for the kind of thing I do.

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Surfside condo collapse: Town leaders fuming at obstacles to investigation, aim to sue county

In the days after  the collapse of Champlain Towers South, town, county, state and federal officials worked side by side,  laser-focused on finding survivors, recovering victims and providing support to the families of the missing, dead and displaced.