CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 29, 2021
THE COLLAPSE OF A CONDOMINIUM BUILDING NEAR SOUTH BEACH, ONE OF THE RICHEST AREAS OF SOUTH FLORIDA, SHOULD NEVER HAVE HAPPENED. NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED DEAD WITH 150 STILL MISSING.
RECORDS SHOW AN ENGINEER WARNED IN 2018 OF MAJOR STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IN THE BUILDING, WHICH MOSTLY CONTAINS ELDERLY JEWISH RESIDENTS, MEMBERS OF A NEARBY SYNAGOGUE. WHY WAS NOTHING DONE IN THE THREE YEARS? PART OF THE REASON MAY HAVE BEEN THE ESTIMATED $9 MILLION COST TO MAKE THE BUILDING SAFE. CONDO RESIDENTS ARE RELUCTANT TO HAVE TO PAY SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS. MANY WERE RETIRED AND DON’T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. SO NOTHING WAS DONE AND DISASTER RESULTED.
LOCAL NEWS OUTLETS SAY OTHER BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED AROUND THE SAME TIME AND IN THE SAME AREA ARE ALSO AT RISK. SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY MOVED, ANTICIPATING ANOTHER DISASTER.
CAN I SAY THIS IS ALSO A METAPHOR FOR OUR COLLAPSING CULTURE? I’M READING IN 2 KINGS HOW THE ANCIENT ISRAELITES, DESPITE ALL THEY HAD SEEN, CONTINUED TO WORSHIP IDOLS. PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH FLORIDA AND FOR THE NATION. I’M CAL THOMAS.
